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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]– Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See what interstitials we need submissions for and tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE –Intro Links Elon Musk's X blinks in standoff with Brazil – Yahoo.com Elon Musk’s X Backs Down in Brazil – NYT Lionsgate Inks Deal With AI Firm to Mine Its Massive Film and TV Library – Hollywood Reporter Runway Partners with Lionsgate – runwayml dot com Three Mile Island to Host New Disaster in Exclusive Deal to Power Microsoft AI – Splinter.com Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI – WaPo After CEO’s arrest, Telegram says it will now turn some bad actors’ data over to law enforcement – CNN Read Oldster! Find me on Something Rotten talking about Spec Ops: The Line Jacob Geller’s Swordstream 2024 Announcement Find me on Jay Springett’s Experience.Computer on Sept. 26th –Find My Friend Surveillance Find Cliff on Google Scholar  Gamification and Social Media  –Vulnerableposting The politics of vulnerability in the influencer economy – Sagepub Find 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 sign

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.– Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See what interstitials we need submissions for and tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE –Intro Links EU 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.com Brazil Blocks Musk’s X After Company Refuses to Comply Amid Feud With Judge – Time Elon Musk Has Backed Himself Into a Corner in Brazil – WIRED What to know about Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ feud with a Brazilian judge – AP Who are Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin? The 6 commentators linked to Tenet indictment – USA Today Who Are Tim Pool And Benny Johnson? What To Know About The Six Right-Wing Commentators DOJ Alleges Were Funded By Russia. – Forbes YouTube Deletes Tim Pool’s Embarrassing Kremlin-Backed Videos – Gizmodo Media start-up from Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin was secret Russian influence campaign, indictment alleges – DailyDot cohost to shut down at end of 2024 – cohost  –Laser Eyes Laser Eyes – KYM Dark Brandon – KYM Dark Brandon Explained – KYM Fell Out of a Coconut Tree – KYM What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been – KYM Find Don:

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!– Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See what interstitials we need submissions for –Find the slides for this live performance on our website.Intro Links J.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 angel Swifties for Trump? Not so fast-Taylor Swift fires back at Donald Trump's AI-generated endorsement – Marca Fans Suspect Taylor Swift Just Subtly Addressed Donald Trump's AI Image Scandal in New Statement – parade.com Donald Trump Shares Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement Using AI-Generated Images – Stereogum Trump shares AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans supporting him – NBC anyway 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 effect Shanghai Zhan podcast Syracuse University  –Writing is DeathFind Shannon Mattern: wordsinspace.net shannonmattern.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 o

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!– Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See what interstitials we need submissions for, like: SEND US YOUR DRAFTS –Intro Links Google has an illegal monopoly on search, judge rules. Here’s what’s next – MSN.com Crooked Media, Producer of ‘Pod Save America,’ Reaches Deal With Union, Which Withdraws Claim Company Engaged in Union-Busting Tactics – Variety.com After Walkout, Crooked Media Union Reaches Tentative Deal With ‘Pod Save America' Company – MSN.com Spotify is full of AI music, and some say it’s ruining the platform – FastCo Cartoon Network Website Shuts Down, Warner Bros. Discovery Kicks Visitors Over to Max – Variety.com 5 Podcasts for the Constantly Online – NYT XOXO 2024 Schedule! –#DeathoftheHashtagFind Lia: ICYMI newsletter Website Twitter LinkedIn –Meming the News, Newsing the MemesFind Whitney: University of Oregon site Twitter The 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 Levin

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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.– Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See what interstitials we need submissions for, like: SEND US YOUR DRAFTS –Intro Links War Thunder does it again, this time with classified documents relating to 3 Russian tanks, cyberdaily.au It’s happening again: War Thunder players continue to leak classified military documents, dotesports.com Commission sends preliminary findings to X for breach of the Digital Services Act, europa.eu Musk says EU wanted “secret deal” to “censor free speech” after fine threat, msn.com Chasing YouTube, Spotify adds comments to podcasts, techcrunch.com An 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 There What’s the deal with Roblox? An EX Special Report – exresearch.co Roblox fruit jumpscares, x.com This Brokkhaven Roleplay In ROBLOX Be Weird…, tiktok.com Pretending to be a spying christmas tree in roblox, youtube.com ROBLOX DOORS BUT IT'S ME, youtube.com Roblox is down.., youtube.com ROBLOX DIFFICULTY CHART, youtube.com The nuggets gonna get ya, tiktok.com The Strange Origins of "Old ROBLOX Music", youtube.com –Love Island Face https://www.tiktok.com/@jackmacbarstool/video/7379780711802309930 https://www.tiktok.com/@barrettplasticsurgery/video/73801

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. – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See 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

We respond to you!–LINKS! Angelmamii7 in Limerance Burnt toast about burnt toast HEADPHONE USERS BEWARE – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See 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