The Internet Is A Megadungeon [Archive Pull]

Burnt Toast Audio Says “🖕 Your Levels” [Archive Pull]

Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy this episode where Georgia and guest producer Luis López wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose, and decide to give this practice a name: burnt toast audio.   – Become a Never Post member [https://neverpo.st] for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Burnt Toast Audio * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_] * https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/ [https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/?igsh=ZGx6eWJiODRxcDg1] * https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501 [https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501?_r=1&_t=8ktpSHiLKYQ] * https://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542 [https://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542?_r=1&_t=8ktqqvEJL2d] * https://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574 [https://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574?_r=1&_t=8ktqPN6UmMx] * https://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267 [https://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267?_r=1&_t=8ktpfRDu1uR] * https://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539 [https://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539?_r=1&_t=8ktunEQdWZy] * https://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406 [https://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406?_r=1&_t=8ktqF4oIwpD] * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537 [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537?_r=1&_t=8kqgpZcBXPb] * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7313244933232676129 [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7313244933232676129?_r=1&_t=8kqgkXi96g3] * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7173471436479139078 [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7173471436479139078?_r=1&_t=8klktUzJ8Nr] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzUPZs5l1Y [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzUPZs5l1Y] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3IV11_ZgA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3IV11_ZgA] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-ZO2rGcSA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-ZO2rGcSA] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sS5IuR0Gs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sS5IuR0Gs] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_r4q2imnQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_r4q2imnQ] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvjQXF5ucO0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvjQXF5ucO0] – 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

Did The Feed Ruin Taste?

Georgia talks to New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about the state of personal taste on our algorithmic feeds. When popularity reigns supreme and it feels like everything is an ad online, how do we trust our own personal taste?  – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Did The Feed Ruin Taste? * Wired - Geese’s popularity is a psyop [https://www.wired.com/story/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-industry-plant/] * Vulture - The entire feed is fake  [https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.html?_gl=1*jgjq5d*_ga*MTAwMzE3NjgwOS4xNzc4ODU4ODAz*_ga_DNE38RK1HX*czE3Nzg4NTg4MDIkbzEkZzAkdDE3Nzg4NTg4MDIkajYwJGwwJGg1NzMzMTE2OTM.&isNewSocialUser=false&providerId=google.com] Find Kyle: * His column Infinite Scroll in The New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kyle-chayka] * Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture [https://bookshop.org/p/books/filterworld-how-algorithms-flattened-culture-kyle-chayka/85103bbd18489d77?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dsa_nonbrand&utm_content=%7Badgroupname%7D&utm_term=aud-1721779758455:dsa-19959388920&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12440232635&gbraid=0AAAAACfld42h3vW2CTSS2nS7ueRz5Qrqe&gclid=Cj0KCQjwof_QBhCgARIsADaMzOfiyO_XxzZjMDVZGJg8e4_AGUWMQ81Em6pPLiEHB2g5vjnC4FpFdEQaAlwdEALw_wcB] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bo2bmuqp2gw2me4h4rxmzx5b] – 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

Why Does Everything Run Doom?

Mike talks with two game designers, a nuclear physicist and sound artist about how the iconic videogame became what it is today: something that runs on every piece of technology (and increasingly: biology) known to man – Become a member at https://neverpo.st [https://neverpo.st] – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Everything Plays Doom * Xaser Acheron on Doomwiki [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Xaser] and Github [https://github.com/XaserAcheron] * Bijan Stephen’s Website [https://bijanstephen.blog/] and Bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/bijan.bsky.social] * John Matter’s Website [https://www.jojjjajjr.net/experiments/] and Bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/jojjjajjr.bsky.social] * Matthew Gantt on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gan.tttt/] and Diagnostics [https://orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/diagnostics], his record on OMR  * Doom Guy: Life in First Person [https://romero.com/shop/p/doomguy], by John Romero * Master of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom], by David Kushner * Next Generation Magazine, 30 Jun 1997 [https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration30Jun1997/page/n11/mode/2up] * Compute! Magazine Issue 163 [https://archive.org/details/1994-04-compute-magazine/page/82/mode/2up] * Computer Gaming World Issue 116Computer Gaming World Issue 116 [https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_116/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_116_djvu.txt] * Doom Editing Utilities [https://www.doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_Editing_Utilities], Doomwiki * Other uses for DOOM engine [https://usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=alt.games.doom&mid=PDE5OTRKYW4xMi4yMDU5MDUuMTkzODdAc2hlcnJpdHQuY2E%2B], Usenetarchives * Zfootball [https://jnechaevsky.github.io/projects/zfootball/index.html], Doomhockey [https://dietinghippo.itch.io/doom-hockey], Hellshots [https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=61021], Gallery Experience [https://bobatealee.itch.io/doom-the-gallery-experience], MyHouse.wad [https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/134292-myhousewad/] – 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. I got a tattoo of God. You can’t see it but it’s everywhere. If I seem out of it, do the math. I was put on earth. And then you were, making up your feet as you went along. New thinspo clanks the spank  bank. New emoticon makes a Holocene.  Excerpt of Money Bin by Michael Robbins Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Computer Says Kiss

Georgia chats with Sydney Bradley of Business Insider about dating app Bumble’s termination of the swipe, and the dating app market’s overall pivot to AI – Subscribe to the Trustfnd Independent Media Collective bundle here [https://trustfnd.com/aftermath/c/independent-media-collective--QCZa1yLMKZDyDopXX7Pa?ref=neverpo.st]! – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links * Google Search as you know it is over [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/] * What Is Claude Mythos—And Why Anthropic Won’t Let Anyone Use It [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2026/04/08/what-is-claude-mythos-and-why-anthropic-wont-let-anyone-use-it/] * How a government contest launched a revolution in AI-based bug hunting [https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/dhs-ice-meta-glasses-ai-facial-recognition/] * ICE Plans to Develop Own Smart Glasses to ‘Supplement’ Its Facial Recognition App [https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-to-develop-own-smart-glasses-to-supplement-its-facial-recognition-app/] * ICE Mobile Fortify: Biometric Surveillance in Every Agent's Pocket [https://stateofsurveillance.org/articles/surveillance/ice-mobile-fortify-biometric-surveillance-app/] * X accounts are limited to 50 posts and 200 replies a day unless they pay for a blue checkmark [https://www.engadget.com/2175771/x-free-accounts-limited-to-50-posts-and-200-replies-a-day/] * Kickstarter faces pressure from payment processors to restrict adult content [https://www.msn.com/en-in/technology/general/kickstarter-faces-pressure-from-payment-processors-to-restrict-adult-content/ar-AA236nUk] * An Apology: Rethinking Our Mature Content Guidelines [https://updates.kickstarter.com/an-apology-rethinking-our-mature-content-guidelines/] * Navigating Stripe Mature Content Reviews [https://help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/articles/50331235578395-Navigating-Stripe-Mature-Content-Reviews?ref=updates.kickstarter.com] * Bumble Kills The Swipe To Help 'Exhausted' And 'Fatigued' Singles, CEO Confirms [https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bumble-kills-swipe-help-exhausted-104613121.html] * Dating app Bumble is ending swipe feature, introduces AI assistant for matchmaking [https://abc7.com/post/dating-app-bumble-ends-swipe-feature-introduces-ai-assistant-matchmaking/19100191/] * Bumble introduces an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’ [https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/bumble-introduces-an-ai-dating-assistant-bee/] – Swipe No More * Find Sydney: * Business Insider  [https://www.businessinsider.com/author/sydney-bradley] * Twitter  [https://x.com/sydneykbradley] * Her coverage on new dating apps [https://www.businessinsider.com/new-dating-startups-and-apps-disrupting-the-industry-2024-8]  – 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

The Internet Is A Megadungeon [Archive Pull]

Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy Mike's conversation with Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the “megadungeon” is a productive model for understanding the internet. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Megadungeons * Megadungeon: A Model for Media Complexity [https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/magazen/2023/2/megadungeon-a-model-for-media-complexity/], Magazen * Megadungeon: New Digital Volumetries in Art and Media [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzkDEscu2r2rwRFTDJ9uCaHuC8d7jYXHm], YT Playlist * paranom.asia [http://paranom.asia/], Gabriele de Seta * unive.it [https://www.unive.it/data/people/25507257/curriculum], Paolo Berti – 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.