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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

Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, discusses how AI is reshaping the job market and the unique challenges job seekers now face, including algorithmic bias and privacy concerns. Jamie Loftus, a comedian and writer, shares insights from her podcast 'Sixteenth Minute of Fame,' diving into the bizarre phenomenon of fleeting internet fame and its psychological ramifications. Together, they explore the surreal nature of modern hiring and the societal impacts of online notoriety, all while keeping the conversation engaging and entertaining.

Georgia digs deep into the enshittification of dating apps, and pays dearly as a result. Mike talks to Aftermath co-founder Luke Plunkett about recent, massive changes to Google’s Page Rank algorithm, and the risk of reconfiguring entire industries to pander to search traffic. And also: An AI Voice Clone of Mike is set to *maximum chaos*. Show Notes:Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/– 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 –Intro Links Belle Delphine earned over $90K selling jars of her bathwater in 2019. PayPal only released her money this week – Katie Notopulous, Business Insider Slack has been using data from your chats to train its machine learning models – Will Shanklin, Engadget It’s the End of Google Search As We Know It – Lauren Goode, WIRED Uber and Lyft agree to deal with state lawmakers on minimum pay rates for drivers – Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more –  Christopher Dring, gameindustry.biz IGN buys Eurogamer, VG247, and Rock Paper Shotgun – layoffs have already started – Game Central, Metro.co.uk Never Post at XOXO 2024  12 Best Podcasts of 2024 (So Far) – Lauren Passell, Lifehacker  Mike on Blocked Party –Dating Apps (derogatory) Dating Apps: The Uncertainty of Marketised Love https://www.tiktok.com/@officialbrept/video/7028325781537393925?_t=8lrDLmaKbTa&_r=1 https://www.tiktok.com/@hannahgraser/video/7117094997484309806?_r=1&_t=8ly4uYqQrPD https://www.tiktok.com/@harmonythread/video/7262952885158235435?_t=8lwOVY3O0LP&_r=1 https://www.tiktok.com/@hannahgraser/video/7125991346489314603?_t=8lwOSDK1l3H&_r=1

The second and final installment of our two part collab with Slate’s ICYMI! Mike talks with mis- and disinformation researcher Joan Donovan about the line between gossip and conspiracy; then ICYMI’s Candice and Rachelle join us to talk about what it feels like swimming in the wide open sea of monocultural event discourse. Also: C-SPAN’s earliest internet memories!Special thanks to Candice, Rachelle, Se’era, Daisy and the whole ICYMI team! Please listen to them on slate.com and wherever you get your podcasts.–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 –Everyone is a Journalish Find Joan at her website and at publicinterestinter.net –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. vertigo of too many nuancesdon’t drown in their rapiditychoose the nuances you loveand settle down with themExcerpt of #45 - butter colored slacks and rubber rum balls by Wayne KoestenbaumNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure

This week, we got TWO episodes coming at you - one today and one on Saturday. Both are a collaboration with the incredible team at the Slate Podcast ICYMI.In today's episode, the first of our collaboration, Mike guests on ICYMI, where they break down one of 2024’s biggest internet stories and ask: what's the recipe for a rare monocultural event?It's been more than a month since Kate Middleton announced she'd started preventative chemotherapy treatments following a cancer diagnosis. Which means it's also been just over a month since conspiracy theories about the princess ran rampant across the internet. As an increasingly algorithmic internet silos us further into our own little content niches, all-consuming events like Kate Middleton's disappearance are fewer and far between. So what does it take, in 2024, to capture the internet's attention and create these rare monocultural moments?ICYMI is produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.---To get ahold of the Never Post team:- 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 forNever 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

Senior producer Hans Buetow investigates the transit vacuum that’ll result when Uber and Lyft leave the Twin Cities; Mike looks at how the car has become a default setting for vertical, short form video. Also: PLANES, TRAINS… BIKES– 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 –Intro Links The House just voted on a potential TikTok ban (again). Now what? – CNN Biden signs a bill that could ban TikTok — after the 2024 election – NBC News Steve Mnuchin seeks AI partner to rebuild TikTok’s algorithm in takeover bid: sources – NY Post Google blocks California news in response to bill that would force tech giant to pay – NPR When Facebook bans the news – Matt Pearce Nvidia drops 10% as investors see risk in Big Tech shares – FT Super Micro And Nvidia Stock Woes Could Mean Trouble For Generative AI – Forbes AuthorJMac Tweet Mike on The Eurowhat Podcast If You Love Podcasts, Dump Spotify – Alex Sujong Laughlin, Defector –Twin Cities Transit Vacuum Minnesota Reformer Uber Archives Max Nesterak is on Twitter  –The American Car  Garlic Naan And Butter Chicken Fountain?! – Tiktok David After Dentist – YouTube Taco Reacts – Tiktok The American Room – Paul Ford, Medium It is NOT My day – Tiktok forget a rage room, ima just rent out my car so y’all can scream in it – Evelyn, Tiktok Shanin Blake – Tiktok Dear single parents ~ when I was 18 I got pregnant with my daughter and her dad went to prison right a