Georgia talks to Cliff Lampe, Professor of Information at the UMich School of Information about how Find My has become indispensable technology of friendship in a hypergamified social-media landscape. Then, Hans talks with Dr. Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University, about the need to be vulnerable as an influencer. And also: [REDACTED]–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions forand tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE–Intro LinksElon Musk's X blinks in standoff with Brazil – Yahoo.comElon Musk’s X Backs Down in Brazil – NYTLionsgate Inks Deal With AI Firm to Mine Its Massive Film and TV Library – Hollywood ReporterRunway Partners with Lionsgate – runwayml dot comThree Mile Island to Host New Disaster in Exclusive Deal to Power Microsoft AI – Splinter.comMicrosoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI – WaPoAfter CEO’s arrest, Telegram says it will now turn some bad actors’ data over to law enforcement – CNNRead Oldster!Find me on Something Rotten talking about Spec Ops: The LineJacob Geller’s Swordstream 2024 AnnouncementFind me on Jay Springett’s Experience.Computer on Sept. 26th–Find My Friend SurveillanceFind Cliff on Google Scholar Gamification and Social Media –VulnerablepostingThe politics of vulnerability in the influencer economy – SagepubFind Brooke @ brookeduffy.com–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Now I promise the shriek that the pressure of days, the pressure of days will be weapon. We drive and we drive, we blare music, we go on. On the highway of our lost intentions, all signs are strident, all exits goodbye.Except of [Now I promise…] by Karen VolkmanNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike talks with Know Your Meme Editor-in-Chief Don Caldwell about the prevalence and decline of the Laser Eyes Meme, and the ever shifting place of internet memes in presidential election season; the staff then talks about posts that baffle and confound us. And also: fair play.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions forand tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE–Intro LinksEU top court ruling paves way for Apple to pay Ireland over €13bn in taxes – Irish Times Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits – Gizmodo.comBrazil Blocks Musk’s X After Company Refuses to Comply Amid Feud With Judge – TimeElon Musk Has Backed Himself Into a Corner in Brazil – WIREDWhat to know about Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ feud with a Brazilian judge – APWho are Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin? The 6 commentators linked to Tenet indictment – USA TodayWho Are Tim Pool And Benny Johnson? What To Know About The Six Right-Wing Commentators DOJ Alleges Were Funded By Russia. – ForbesYouTube Deletes Tim Pool’s Embarrassing Kremlin-Backed Videos – GizmodoMedia start-up from Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin was secret Russian influence campaign, indictment alleges – DailyDotcohost to shut down at end of 2024 – cohost –Laser EyesLaser Eyes – KYMDark Brandon – KYMDark Brandon Explained – KYMFell Out of a Coconut Tree – KYMWhat Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been – KYMFind Don:https://x.com/doncaldhttps://x.com/knowyourmemehttps://www.instagram.com/knowyourmemehttps://www.tiktok.com/@knowyourmemehttps://www.youtube.com/knowyourmemehttps://www.snapchat.com/p/41102048-8d2d-4288-b54e-c9e89b1afa44/1147140847384576–What Is Going On Here?Twitter — runwildkianReddit — Celebrity Number SixReddit — The fabricGoogle Docs — Hugh’s workReddit — Hugh’s situationTikTok — fembasecon–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. All day we leave and arrive at the hive,concelebrants. The hive is love,what we serve, preserve, avowed in Latin murmursas we come and go, skydive, freightedwith light, to where we thrive, us, in time’s hum,on history’s breath,        industrious, identical…Excerpt of Hive by Carol Ann DuffyNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia talks with marketing consultant Bryce Whitwam and takes us in and out and further in – maybe further in than any of us have ever wanted to go – to the TikTok shop; Mike talks with media studies professor Shannon Mattern about Drafts – writing while it is still in progress – and how it feels to POST them. Also: Audience participation!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Find the slides for this live performance on our website.Intro LinksJ.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety“it was so nice when you were following legal advice to shut the fuck up” – death angelSwifties for Trump? Not so fast-Taylor Swift fires back at Donald Trump's AI-generated endorsement – MarcaFans Suspect Taylor Swift Just Subtly Addressed Donald Trump's AI Image Scandal in New Statement – parade.comDonald Trump Shares Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement Using AI-Generated Images – StereogumTrump shares AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans supporting him – NBCanyway here's the story of how i worked with a cafe (isshiki matcha) to import the olympic village muffins for a popup in nyc… – @kelin_online–The Shop ZoneMore of Bryce Whitwam:The TikTok effectShanghai Zhan podcastSyracuse University –Writing is DeathFind Shannon Mattern:wordsinspace.netshannonmattern.bsky.social–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. It’s slow writingon re-admission of the abyssso if this body is sleepy-tiredplease walk aroundSuddenly there’s nothingin the laws of the alphabetthat breaks open revealingwhat buoyancy am I.Excerpt of Puberty of Puck, by Mark HyattNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Hans talks with Lia Haberman of the newsletter ICYMI about the ostensible death of the hashtag; Georgia talks with media scholar Whitney Phillips about catching breaking news via internet memes. Also: Hit Em!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for, like: SEND US YOUR DRAFTS–Intro LinksGoogle has an illegal monopoly on search, judge rules. Here’s what’s next – MSN.comCrooked Media, Producer of ‘Pod Save America,’ Reaches Deal With Union, Which Withdraws Claim Company Engaged in Union-Busting Tactics – Variety.comAfter Walkout, Crooked Media Union Reaches Tentative Deal With ‘Pod Save America' Company – MSN.comSpotify is full of AI music, and some say it’s ruining the platform – FastCoCartoon Network Website Shuts Down, Warner Bros. Discovery Kicks Visitors Over to Max – Variety.com5 Podcasts for the Constantly Online – NYTXOXO 2024 Schedule!–#DeathoftheHashtagFind Lia:ICYMI newsletterWebsiteTwitterLinkedIn–Meming the News, Newsing the MemesFind Whitney:University of Oregon siteTwitterThe Ambivalent Internet book–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. The idea, the teacher said, was that there was a chaosleft in matter – a little bit of not-yet in everything that was –so the poets became interested in fragments, interruptions–the little bit of saying lit by the unsaid–was it a way to stay alive, a way to keep hope,leaving things unfinished?as if in completing a sentence there was death–– Excerpt of Ars Poetica (the idea) by Dana LevinNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

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Victoria Dominguez, a contributing producer and co-host of Press Start, dives into the fascinating world of AI and grief. They explore the emotional complexities of digitally resurrecting deceased loved ones, revealing how technology shapes our memories and mourning processes. Discussions touch on the bittersweet nature of recreating joyful images and the ethical dilemmas this practice raises. Dominguez shares personal experiences and insights, highlighting the tension between preserving memories and the risks to healing that such technology might pose.

Mike chats with EX Research about their new report which goes deep on Roblox, the massively multiplayer online game played by HALF of all American teenagers. Georgia takes a look at Love Island UK – as many people have over the last few weeks – and asks why so much of that looking is preoccupied with plastic surgery. Also: the sound of touching grass.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for, like: SEND US YOUR DRAFTS–Intro LinksWar Thunder does it again, this time with classified documents relating to 3 Russian tanks, cyberdaily.auIt’s happening again: War Thunder players continue to leak classified military documents, dotesports.comCommission sends preliminary findings to X for breach of the Digital Services Act, europa.euMusk says EU wanted “secret deal” to “censor free speech” after fine threat, msn.comChasing YouTube, Spotify adds comments to podcasts, techcrunch.comAn Illinois law requires parents to give 15% of earnings to children who star in their videos, tubefilter.com–Once Day, We’ll All Be In ThereWhat’s the deal with Roblox? An EX Special Report – exresearch.coRoblox fruit jumpscares, x.comThis Brokkhaven Roleplay In ROBLOX Be Weird…, tiktok.comPretending to be a spying christmas tree in roblox, youtube.comROBLOX DOORS BUT IT'S ME, youtube.comRoblox is down.., youtube.comROBLOX DIFFICULTY CHART, youtube.comThe nuggets gonna get ya, tiktok.comThe Strange Origins of "Old ROBLOX Music", youtube.com–Love Island Facehttps://www.tiktok.com/@jackmacbarstool/video/7379780711802309930https://www.tiktok.com/@barrettplasticsurgery/video/7380161281510231326https://www.tiktok.com/@anniereneau3/video/7205726511478115630https://www.tiktok.com/@boldglamour/video/7206238027528637742https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb6CKuD1GTkhttps://www.tiktok.com/@drgarynyc/video/7384530805407829294–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. What can I tell you? It was a summer that seemed to bemaking history — their personal history — almost beforeit began, and they stood back slightly, still in it, butobserving it, saying “the summer this,” “the summer that,”all the while it was going on. They became obsessed witha fountain, for example, one they walked past each day,how abundantly it would reach upwards and yet be pouringback down itself the whole time — all winter this fountainhad been dry, not saying a word. What more can I tell you?Oh, everything…Excerpt of No Name by Emily BerryNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

DylanPDX is an unsung internet pillar who maintains the integrity of embeds on platforms like vxTwitter. He discusses the challenges posed by corporate limitations on social media that affect user accessibility. Tallulah Trezevant, an antiquities scholar, shares her experiment exploring the online pathways of ancient history that often lead to the alt-right. The conversation dives into the implications of social media on public discourse and the need for a more nuanced understanding of history in contemporary discussions.

An episode-long staff round-table about music library management with special guest Meghal Janardan. --Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

We respond to you!–LINKS!Angelmamii7 in LimeranceBurnt toast about burnt toast HEADPHONE USERS BEWARE–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Moss’ Email​​Hi Never Post!My name is Moss (she/her) and I am trans.Your recent segment on before and after pics got me thinking about the particular variety of before and afters that are shared online in the trans community. I think that this became a lot more visible to me after being witness to the early chaos of unconstrained trans horniness and wild openness in the early formation of Bluesky last year, which is a whole fascinating bit of platform ecosystem history, especially seeing how much Bluesky has leveled out into something much more "presentable" and twitter-like now that it's operating at scale—but I digress.On sites like Twitter and Bluesky (and surely elsewhere...) there is an established trend of trans beings (queer beings) sharing before and after pictures of themselves. These are occasioned by trans holidays, like Transgender Day of Visibility, by personal events like transition anniversaries, and by quote chains of such pics (not to mention special occasions of steps taken towards transition). I think it's important to mention these not only as a queer phenomenon, but as something that illuminates how before and afters work for everyone in a variety of situations (as is the case with many things related to transness—it's not [only] about being trans: it's about living more freely). The trans case highlights a few aspects that I want to explore here:1) The pics, by virtue of being in a trans discourse, would seem to point to something deeper about how life is structured—an identity, a gender—rather than merely an aspect of life—weight, appearance, dwelling, &c.—not of course that identity and gender are not merely aspects of life nor that what seem to be mere aspects are not structuring, but thinking about the weight these are given culturally. What does it mean to see one photo and then another and think, and be encouraged to think by the poster, to see the second as more in line with their gender, as "more woman," "more animal," "more thing," "more man," "more..."? But perhaps above all "MORE THEMSELF." I think we can reasonably be quite ambivalent about this: as your segment points out, the after of the before and after is actually a changing state, and that perhaps it's harmful to over-fix (and that it might fix norms that should be taken as fluid and contextual), but, on the other hand, the fixing function of the before and after photo may be precisely the point for the trans poster—a trans performance to reinforce self. We might further ask, what is visible and what is invisible about transition—does the before and after pic over-reinforce the visible (and how does it then interact with the endless discourse of "passing")? There is also of course a great potential for rupture with norms with queer people—the after often completely rejects standard norms (but then is it rejection or creation...? and so on and so on and so on).2) The before pic is possibly quite contentious for trans beings, when it is understood to be a pre-transition pic (and not say, both before and after being after the start of transition). This is because there are a ton of frameworks for understanding what one was before transition, and—rightfully—everyone has a different approach: Shall I define myself in opposition to my past? Shall I cut the past off and build myself in the now? Should my transition be understood as an attempt to work with my past, to heal my past, and to continue what is good from it? Is transition not at all a dividing line between me and my past—is it simply an event in a continuous life? Is transition not an event but a continuous process that has been operating since the very moment of my birth? (How many of these are at play at once!?) This makes understanding what is conveyed by the after very difficult. There's a sense in which the before and after flattens all these possibilities into the idea of CONTRAST, of cutting off, of opposition, without precisely exploring what kind of contrast is meant, or whether it is meant at all. There's also a tendency that I've noticed in the commentary (from both the original poster and commenters) on these posts to read them in terms of well-known transition narratives, where before the being was miserable, and after the being is happy and thriving. There's kind of an assertion that this is somehow visible in the picture—that a moment of photography can capture years of pain, years of pleasure—when, of course, life is so complicated, so variegated, even when transition does mark a huge change for the better (and it really does).3) There is a pretty complicated interaction between the before and after pic and the values of the audience, when the audience is trans (I could also talk about the beings trying to figure out whether they should transition, but I don't want to make this too long). If I come across a before and after pic displaying a change in weight, I might (will) have a complicated emotional reaction, but I myself may not have committed to changing that aspect of myself, and there's a sense that a weight before and after is aimed at a pretty broad swath of the poster's community. But if I come across a before and after transition pic, not only does the pic feel in some sense aimed at me as a member of the trans community, but I in fact have as a trans being already accepted the underlying goals and values of this by committing myself to transitioning—it is something that I myself am trying to accomplish (but of course, not necessarily by the same methods as the being in the pics, and not the same goals). This is not to say that this kind of in-community targeting of before and after pics is unique to the trans community—think for example of before and afters shared in a weight-loss subreddit vs. ones that show up from a friend on your general feed. However, there's a kind of weird way in which being connected to trans people on social media, just as your friends and peers, puts one into a community rather than general discourse.In any case, I think I have rambled enough—it's a big can of worm spaghetti. Hopefully there's enough wiggle room and questioning here that all beings might find a place to be nurtured from it. Thank you all for your wonderful work on this enjoyable podcast, and thank you for encouraging community input. Keep it up!Moss ★ Support this podcast ★