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Image via GettyAfter Jesse provides Katie with a Dead Dog Update, and Katie fills Jesse in on some important details about the female reproductive system (he’s still not interested), the hosts talk about Brianna Madia’s attempts to turn the tables on the losers and the haters who have been tormenting her online. At what point does anonymous online trolling get so bad that perpetrators deserve to be unmasked?Show notes/links:Dog stuffhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/nyregion/dog-attack-park-slope-brooklyn.htmlhttps://abc7ny.com/dog-attack-prospect-park-victim-killed/12377255/Mediclit :(www.twitter.com/mediclitHistory of targetingIf you look in a mirror and say “A TERF Literally Fingered a Corpse to ‘Prove’ a Transphobic Point About Genitals” three times God sends you straight to hell, and deservedly sohttps://www.intomore.com/the-internet/wtf/a-terf-literally-fingered-a-corpse-to-prove-a-transphobic-point-about-genitals/Our last episode about MadiaMadia’s 40-minute videoThis one’s darkhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/18/my-mother-troll-of-madeleine-mccann-parentsNOTE 1: On the first verision of this episode that went out to Primos only, I said that Brianna posted the names, locations, and *employers* of her haters, rather than the *jobs* of her haters. It has been updated as of 11 AM PT on April 1. Apologies for the error. It was, as always, Jesse’s fault. —KHNOTE 2: The corrected file I uploaded (see Note 1) did not include our jaunty theme song. This too was Jesse’s fault. Apologies for the error. —KH This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse regales Katie with his famous Boston Bit (tm) and Katie catches Jesse up on every single thing that has happened on Twitter since he left, the two discuss the case of DoNotPay and Joshua Browder. Are we on the brink of robot lawyers effortlessly guiding underprivileged clients through difficult legal proceedings? Or is, like, literally none of that going to happen?https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/03/23/tiktok-pasta-blender-reaction/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/28/chatbot-ai-lawyer-donotpay-parking-tickets-london-new-yorkhttps://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2018/10/12/donotpay-is-the-latest-legal-tech-darling-but-some-are-saying-do-not-click/https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23505873/donotpay-negotiate-bills-ai-chatbothttps://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/17/ai-creator-offers-1-million-hell-never-have-to-pay-to-anyone-willing-to-let-his-lawbot-argue-their-supreme-court-case/https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151435033/a-robot-was-scheduled-to-argue-in-court-then-came-the-jail-threatshttps://blog.simplejustice.us/2023/01/22/a-i-for-the-defense/https://reason.com/volokh/2023/01/26/bar-associations-threaten-pro-se-litigant-aided-by-ai-with-upl-suitshttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-04/thousands-gather-to-attend-p-22-celebration-of-life-at-greek-theater This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week, in broken telephones:Jesse Singal deletes his Twitter account in a last-ditch attempt to avoid arrest after Twitter distorts his coverage of a whistleblower at a trans youth center into “Jesse sold the health records of thousands of transgender children to politicians” — a game of ideologically motivated broken telephone worthy of InfoWars.Now in prison, he recounts his tales of Mormon underwear shortages and podcaster prison gangs over the prison phone, before finally quashing his beef with Jesus. Katie Herzog fills Jesse in on what he’s missed, including a hitpiece from Jude Doyle and triple agent Elisa/James Shupe. Finally, she tries to convince Jesse to hand over his Twitter password before it is lost forever once his execution date arrives.Help Jesse buy one last pizza from the prison canteen:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodThe tweet that landed Jesse in prisonhttps://twitter.com/BradfordPearson/status/1635808050903756802Whatever you do, DO NOT read Jesse’s coverage of Jamie Reed, the whistleblower at a St. Louis transgender center, and the resulting dramahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/journalists-are-exhibiting-far-toohttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/gender-clinic-whistleblower-jamiehttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/they-will-never-ever-stop-lying-abouthttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/that-might-have-been-the-strangestShupe: I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/Shupe: My New Life After Transgender Despairhttps://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/10/my-new-life-after-transgender-despair/Shupe’s autogynephilia essay has been removed and excluded from archives, unfortunatelyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://autogynephilia.substack.com/p/autogynephilia-in-search-of-my-cureShupe’s pinned tweethttps://twitter.com/NotableDesister/status/1224656942888628226?s=20Jude Doyle’s piece, with emails leaked by Shupehttps://xtramagazine.com/power/detransition-terf-movement-elisa-shupe-247592The Mother Jones articlehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/anti-trans-transgender-health-care-ban-legislation-bill-minors-children-lgbtq/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie tells Jesse about her trip, which is NOT going well, Jesse tells Katie about his week on Twitter, which did NOT go well. Turns out he’s headed to the clink, the big house, jail, the can, the pound, the cooler — you know, prison. All because he violated HIPAA, as well as other federal statutes including RICO, the First Amendment, and, most al… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

While Katie is stranded somewhere in flyover country, buried under 15 feet of snow inside her van with her wife and dog, Jesse interviews Hannah Barnes, the author of Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. Consider this foreshadowing for what is likely to happen in the States.Barnes’ bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Time-Think-Collapse-Tavistocks-Children-ebook/dp/B0BCL1T2XNTavistock gender clinic gets shut downhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62335665Singal’s very nerdy work on DSM-V criteriahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-made-two-gender-dysphoriahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-accidentally-inventedI Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kidsTavistock puberty blocker study published after nine yearshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55282113Jamie Reed’s sworn affidavithttps://www.stltoday.com/online/jamie-reed-affidavit-released-by-missouri-attorney-general/pdf_48d5bafa-46f0-5312-aa42-409ad88bd2e7.htmlJesse explains how self-reported studies are quite weakhttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/science-vs-cited-seven-studies-tohttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-new-study-on-rapid-onset-genderCass interim reporthttps://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/The UK’s new guidelineshttps://www.reuters.com/world/uk/exclusive-nhs-drafts-stricter-oversight-trans-youth-care-2022-10-14/Mermaids is controversial!https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/17/mermaids-why-has-the-trans-charity-been-in-the-newsBBC: Children's gender identity clinic concerns go back 15 yearshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54374165Tavistock trust whistleblower David Bell: ‘I believed I was doing the right thing’https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/02/tavistock-trust-whistleblower-david-bell-transgender-children-gids This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In this week’s depressing episode… Sigh…* A journalist is spat on in a high-profile case. Is it time to tone down the rhetoric? It’s probably too late to de-escalate…* The disappearance of Apu. He’s probably never coming back.* Matt Yglesias won’t come on the podcast. Should Kanye come on instead? He’ll probably say no too. Sigh…* Why are young liberals so depressed? Matt Yglesias’ new article sparks discussion, but we probably can’t fix this. We should just give up…* Katie’s shocking stance on solar power. We’ll never be able to transition to renewables, will we?* Journalists really messed up with the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch story… Kiwi Farms did the media’s job better than the media did… Not again…* 28 TERFS PULLING UP IN BLACK FORD RAPTOR TRUCKS. HELICOPTERS LANDED. UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER SIEGE! UNDER LOCKDOWN!DepressionYglesias’ article on why everyone is suddenly so depressedhttps://www.slowboring.com/p/why-are-young-liberals-so-depressedUh… here’s the study: “The politics of depression: Diverging trends in internalizing symptoms among US adolescents by political beliefs”https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560321000438The Tenacious Unicorn RanchThe Advocate: Trans Anarchists, Alpacas, and the Beauty of Tenacious Unicorn Ranchhttps://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/9/23/trans-anarchists-alpacas-and-beauty-tenacious-unicorn-ranchThe Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot glows harder than Chernobyl in 1986https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/whitmer-kidnapping-trial.htmlBusiness Insider: How the trans alpaca ranchers of Custer County, Colorado, are forging a new frontierhttps://www.businessinsider.com/custer-county-trans-alpaca-ranchers-are-forging-a-new-frontier-2022-8UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER ATTACK. UNDER SIEGE.https://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1368996977959047168?s=20Unicorn Ranch is “nothing more than a glorified cult”, a 17-part epichttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1607478562378088448?s=20The remaining Ranchers respondhttps://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608176135187365888/photo/2The "journey of recontextualization"https://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1608270263287939073Kiwi Farms is accused of sending police to the ranchhttps://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608907406452588544The current Wikipedia page on the ranchhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230304174335/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenacious_Unicorn_RanchAlpacas and goats are relocatedhttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1617697699633192961#mThe Ranch is... scuffed to say the leasthttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1630804146227142661?s=20Bonnie's "IRS Report"https://docs.google.com/document/d/19tS4uxqpwOoIf8-PkDTVUvhUsYyoQ4NzT9FLXlG-XJ4/editKindness's statementhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBdNSPs0vhV1Qw3eCSb5INrBaOhdwvMF/editFurther ReadingDenver Post: How an anarchist commune for queer people grew a haven in conservative rural Coloradohttps://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/18/tenacious-unicorn-ranch-queer-haven-rural-colorado/High Country News: Meet the gun-toting ‘Tenacious Unicorns’ in rural Coloradohttps://www.hcn.org/issues/53.2/south-communities-meet-the-gun-toting-tenacious-unicorns-in-rural-coloradoNPR: A Would-Be Trans And Queer Haven In Rural Colorado Just Wants To Be Left Alonehttps://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/999929259/a-would-be-trans-and-queer-haven-in-rural-colorado-just-wants-to-be-left-alonePBS: Southern Colorado alpaca ranch a safe haven for LGBTQ+ communityhttps://archive.li/PpGIO#selection-689.13-689.77Pink News: Meet the brilliant trans folk who built a community of armed, anti-fascist alpaca farmershttps://www.thepinknews.com/2021/01/17/tenacious-unicorn-ranch-trans-anti-fascism-alpaca-farm-penny-logue/“human behavior is basically a meme” ~ Katie Herzog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

During the spring of 2023, I was celebrating a Blocked & Reported meetup in California and found myself within the queer seaport of El Segundo. Deep in thought regarding the reaction to Times letter on J.K. Rowling and how, for once, the journalists appeared to be triumphing over the activists, my thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.“Hello”, one of the locals said. It appeared bizarre, as if he went outside and bathed regularly. “How do you do?” asked another, and I turned to see they had me surrounded. Unnerved by these strange normies, I began to flee for my life, but fell flat on my face. “Estás bien?” one called out in a strange, eldritch tongue as I sprinted to my car, only to realize to my horror that my keys were gone.I turned to see the normie advancing, my keys in hand. Within a window, I spotted a tome with the word “recetas” and realized the horrifying truth — this town was occupied by Great Reset cultists! No doubt they attempted to ambush me and inject me with their foul mRNA vaccines. I pushed over another normie as I fled on foot, sweat and blood dripping down my face. In an attempt to flee my pursuers, I made three left turns in a row, only to find myself face to face with the same townsfolk — how had they found me so quickly? Now surrounded by a crowd of normies staring at me, I jumped into the sea and began to swim away.This is a warning to the rest of humanity: pay heed to the good Doctor Peterson’s warnings, or the same fate may befall us all.Updates and ErrataKatie amplifying Asyakhamsin’s posthttps://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1628480063502000128?s=20Sam Brinton’s appearance in courthttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/nonbinary-former-nuclear-official-in-court-for-theft-chargesWhat’s Making Teen Girls So Unhappy?Ross Douthat: American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/depression-teen-social.html15-Minute Cities: Walkable Neighborhoods or Fascism?Oxford’s experiment with low-traffic neighborhoodshttps://oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/oxford-15-minute-city-low-traffic-neighbourhood-ltn/Vision News: Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024https://archive.md/PTxp7#selection-467.0-467.73The WEF on the Great Resethttps://www.weforum.org/great-reset/Jordan Peterson weighs in on 15-minute citieshttps://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1609255646993457153Keith Olbermann’s response, astute as everhttps://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1609369456785899520Nigel Farage compares them to climate lockdownshttps://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1600161018721685509Katie Hopkins on TikTok, speaking on 15-minute citieshttps://www.tiktok.com/discover/Katie-Hopkins-Official-15-minute-cities?lang=enThe right’s response to Greta Thunberg “destroys the dystopian reality of 15-min cities”https://twitter.com/hugh_mankind/status/1627071168921604099?s=20Back To The TimesVanity Fair on the drama between the Times and the staff unionhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-journalists-letter-guild“Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed”https://www.mediaite.com/print/i-was-so-fcking-freaked-out-ex-nyt-staffer-describes-crying-and-bloodthirsty-colleagues-seeking-vengeance-for-cotton-op-ed/Jesse on the latest developments in The Times Warshttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-should-think-through-the-positionsJesse asks Mirkinson for an example, to no availhttps://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1628522054399184897 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Sing to us, o podcast, of a hero, of great height, from the land of bankersand of the goatherder from Lesbos who followed and did thus back him.Ships arrived, sent from the cursed land, (Canada) to challenge their throne.And the men of Twitter did witness wicked men (journalists) in tow.And who was it that led the quarrel? None but their villainous rival.“You blaspheme”, said Jeet Heer, against our most sacred idols of worship.“…Jupiter?”, Jesse then responded. “What? No, you d*****s”, Jeet did say.“For trans kids!” said Kale Edmiston, and fired a hail of @mentions on them.Our heroes charged into the discourse, deftly blocked (and muted) each strikefor Kale was no fighter, but a fraud, and in truth, akin to Bardiya.Soon the two, keyboards raised, gave a cry — for they had won the battle.Doctor Kale had fled them, dejected. Our heroes cheered when they read it:"These tweets are protected."NPR’s article on gender-affirming care for trans youthhttps://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1157493433/florida-bans-gender-affirming-care-trans-kidsJesse’s Substack article on the situationhttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/that-might-have-been-the-strangest To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This is an open letter protesting the work conditions Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog have subjected employees to. Ever since GLAAD’s open letter to the New York Times regarding their coverage of trans issues and defense of J.K. Rowling, in addition to Jesse’s vulgar display of power at the San Francisco Blocked and Reported party, Jesse has become intoxicated with power and shifted from soyboy beta cuck to alpha male, right-wing shock jock. And now that Katie has moved to Sarasota, Florida, there is nobody else at Blocked And Reported HQ to rein him in. His constant flexing and proclamations of “do you even lift?” and “I’m alpha as f**k, bro” create a hostile, intimidating work environment.Furthermore, the company Slack stores the invoices for my wages as “Bill For Lexer” and Jesse frequently quips “I haven’t seen a deal this good since 1862!” before paying it, something he never does to the white employees. The leaking of the podcast’s financial statements have only made this worse. It’s not fair that Jesse and Katie are podcast millionaires who get away with paying us barely six figures for the dozens of hours of hard work we put in.The only way to make this right is to give us a 200% raise and at least 60 weeks of PTO yearly. Unless our demands are met, we will stage a mass walkout on the 30th in protest.Signed by:**** Lexer*****Updates & ErrataThe post speculating on BAR’s earningshttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/Jesse’s responsehttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/j8vn4d3/The new president of the New College of Florida discusses his views on friendshiphttps://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2023/02/new-college-board-of-trustees-gives-new-president-lucrative-contractNYT DramaGLAAD’s NYT Sign-On Letterhttps://www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizationsSlate: Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/09/dan-savage-advice-savage-love-criticism-interview.htmlThe NYT open letter’s webpagehttps://nytletter.com/Panic! At the Gender Clinic w/ Jules Gill-Peterson and Charlie Markbreiter (06/23/22)https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/panic-at-the-gender-clinic-w-jules-gill-peterson-and-charlie-markbreiter-062322?Nebraska Legislature: Human and Health Services Committee Hearing (afternoon) 2-8-23https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYekckkVcC0&t=6920sThe NYT’s responseA list of NYT coverage on transgender issueshttps://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/transgenderNYT column “In Defense of JK Rowling”, published shortly thereafterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/jk-rowling-transphobia.htmlThe Witch Trials of J.K. Rowlinghttps://www.thefp.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-jk-rowling This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse Singal struggles to plan a party while Katie Herzog explores the controversy over JK Rowling's views on gender issues in gaming. They discuss how the controversy spills over to the gaming press, Discord, and Twitch. Also, the podcast includes a discussion about Armie Hammer's career and controversies, including allegations of predation and cannibalistic behavior.