Never Post

Posting from Inside

Dexter Thomas of the tech podcast kill switch interviews Jeremy Busby about his work as a journalist from solitary confinement, within a maximum security facility. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] 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 voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves [https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate]! $4 $7 Never Post Membership Tier [https://www.neverpo.st/cyber-monday-week-discount-extravaganza]$4 $12 Never Post Membership Tier [https://www.neverpo.st/cyber-monday-week-discount-bonanza] Intro Links * Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/zillow-climate-risk-scores-homes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.pnKU.tdqxwARPeVCp&smid=bs-share] * Pew, Striking findings from 2025 [https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/12/09/striking-findings-from-2025/] * Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html] * The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Reach Landmark Agreement to Bring Beloved Characters from Across Disney’s Brands to Sora [https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-openai-sora-agreement/] * Michael Weinberg on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/michaelweinberg.org] * Michael Weinberg website [https://michaelweinberg.org/] – social media reveals life behind bars. prisons want to block it * kill switch [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-kill-switch-30880104/] podcast * kill switch episode about prison tablets [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-kill-switch-30880104/episode/tech-review-tablets-in-prisons-288044459/] * Dexter Thomas [https://whatupdex.com/] * Freedom of the Press Foundation [https://freedom.press/] – 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

Mailbag #11: Someone To Tell Us How To Be

We respond to your questions and comments! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] 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 mail 🗣️ Drop us a voice note via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] 📧 Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com 🌐 Leave a comment at neverpo.st -- Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer is Meghal Janardan. 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.

Don’t Do It Yourself

Audrey talks with cloud-server DIYer Drew Lyton about what its like trying to rebuild the internet in your living room. Also: LASERLAKE – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] 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 voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves [https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate]! $4 $7 Never Post Membership Tier [https://www.neverpo.st/cyber-monday-week-discount-extravaganza]$4 $12 Never Post Membership Tier [https://www.neverpo.st/cyber-monday-week-discount-bonanza] Intro Links * Reservation of IPv6 Address Block 44::/16 for Amateur Radio Digital Communications (44Net) [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ursini-44net-ipv6-allocation/] * Unofficial IETF draft calls for grant of five nonillion IPv6 addresses to ham radio operators [https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/ham_radio_ipv6_ietf_draft/] * iHeartRadio Exec Says Company Won’t ‘Play AI Music’ or Use ‘AI Generated Personalities’ in Staff Memo [https://www.billboard.com/pro/iheartradio-bans-ai-music-podcasts-radio-djs-new-program/] * The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul [https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/solomon-ray-ai-christian-music-soul-singer/] * Forrest Frank on IG [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRPzVIBgbZI/] * Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon [https://www.wired.com/story/poems-can-trick-ai-into-helping-you-make-a-nuclear-weapon/] * Dating algorithms? Investigating the reciprocal relationships between partner choice FOMO, decision fatigue, excessive swiping, and trust in algorithms on dating apps [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14614448241270542] – Don’t Do It Yourself  * Drew’s blog [https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/] * Drew’s website [https://www.drewlyton.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. Tresspasser. A high stone wall. I continue to obsessively study ‘improving your hurdle technique’ online, the red curve of the track guiding from the right to the left of the image as drills, minidisciplines, are suggested. Over and over. I was young when I heard recounted to me the terror and excitement of being chased of farmland, thinking there was a gun, scaling over to escape with superhuman force. Even then, I wanted to be a part of the chase. Excerpt of The [blank] jumped over the [blank] (along a line a leap a landing) by Rowan Powell Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

The Year I Learned to Pay Attention

Meghal! shares her journey trying to rebuild her attention span and then chats with Emily Mazo and Mohamed Ali, organizers of the conference “New Luddism: Technology and Resistance in the Modern Workplace” Also: MACHINES! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/]  – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves [https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate]! Intro Links * Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive [https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/] * https://andotherstuff.org/ [https://andotherstuff.org/] * https://bsky.app/profile/kalina2hu.bsky.social/post/3m5ucuht7vc2e [https://bsky.app/profile/kalina2hu.bsky.social/post/3m5ucuht7vc2e] * Why the closure of 'Teen Vogue' is a bigger deal than you realize [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/11/05/teen-vogue-vogue-tween-spaces/87104821007/] * Roosevelt Institute on Closure of Teen Vogue [https://rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releases/statement-roosevelt-institute-reacts-to-closure-of-teen-vogue-recipient-of-the-2025-freedom-of-speech-medal/] * https://kickstarterunited.org/ [https://kickstarterunited.org/] * iHeartMedia and TikTok Launch Partnership [https://podnews.net/press-release/iheart-tiktok] * TikTok Shop Is Now the Size of eBay [https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-shop-sales-global-ecommerce/?utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_110925&bxid=67a1100fb54c1a2e5b07ca9b&cndid=86095518&hasha=42b8b12ab34e365924f3e70c75fdb85a&hashc=71770f56b36bec112571b7fbe62cb043250a17b59f09bfeb9f4d3f708aa6e3f8&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM] Fixing My Attention Span (*Deep Breath*) * Meghal on IG [https://www.instagram.com/meghaljanardan] (which she is not checking as often) Man vs Machine: Technology and Resistance in the Modern Workplace * New Luddism [https://iserp.columbia.edu/events/new-luddism-technology-and-resistance-modern-workplace] Conference * NYC off Tech [https://buttondown.com/nycofftech]  * Collective Action in Tech [https://collectiveaction.tech/] * Tech Workers Coalition [https://techworkerscoalition.org/]  * Mohamed Ali [maa2382@columbia.edu] (email link)  * Emily Mazo [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xg7iix4jkdvc25uotazaie56]  * Brian Merchant Blood in the Machine [https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/] * Gavin Mueller Breaking Things at Work [https://www.versobooks.com/products/688-breaking-things-at-work] * Jathan Sadowski The Mechanic and the Luddite [https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite/paper] – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. This weeks friend of the show is Meghal Janardan. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. This week's poem is an excerpt of Dalmation People by Jessica Bet Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

When We Fight We Win

Hans talks with Paul Levy about the case of Pool World vs Prepared Food Photos; A WIGOH for the broken hearted; Tokyo! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] 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 voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves [https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate]! Intro Links * Polidashboard.org [https://app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?country=us] * No degree, no discussion? China tightens the grip on influencers [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-no-degree-no-discussion-china-tightens-the-grip-on-influencers-and-its-new-law-has-sparked-massive-debate-online-check-details/articleshow/124929667.cms] * Not Verified? Not Welcome. China’s Influencer Policy Sends a Message [https://www.globalbrandsmagazine.com/china-influencer-policy-sends-message/] * Paid Armies of 'Clippers' Boost Internet Stars Like MrBeast [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/paid-armies-of-clippers-boost-internet-stars-like-mrbeast] * Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options [https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/asia_tech_news_roundup/] * Internet Pricing Is About to Get a Lot Less Transparent [https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/internet-pricing-is-about-to-get-a-lot-less-transparent/] Making Trolls Pay Their Own Tolls * Paul at Public Citizen [https://www.citizen.org/about/person/paul-alan-levy/] * Paul’s Blog [https://clpblog.citizen.org/prepared-food-photos-finally-pays-for-its-misconduct/] * Paul Levy, the Web Bully’s Worst Enemy [https://washingtonian.com/2014/02/03/paul-levy-the-web-bullys-worst-enemy/] * Pool World [https://poolworld.biz/] * The Complaint and letter [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.103244/gov.uscourts.waed.103244.7.0.pdf] WiGOH * “i don’t even know how to process this #cheater  #toxic  #betrayl [https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DD2Xe3/]” – 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