Never Post

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

Practical Magic: A Witch’s Guide to Etsy Witches

Georgia talks with Mahigan St. Pierre about witches Etsy-and-not, and Ph.D candidate in forensic psychology Alex Frampton about the image of witches today.  – 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 – * 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 – Intro Links * Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you [https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/too-burned-out-to-travel-this-new-app-fakes-your-summer-vacation-photos-for-you/] * Photography, Or The Writing Of Light by Jean Baudrillard [https://baudrillard-scijournal.com/photography-or-the-writing-of-light-by-jean-baudrillard/] * X will start selling inactive usernames to paid users [https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter-selling-inactive-handles-usernames] * A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks] * Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request [https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/facebook-suspends-popular-ice-sightings-group-at-trump-administrations-request] * 2025 Fiscal Year Among the Deadliest in ICE History for Detained Migrants [https://www.notus.org/immigration/2025-among-deadliest-death-ice-immigration-customs-migrant-detention] * Nearly two years after the “Chicago Rat Hole” became a viral sensation, scientists have weighed in on the debate over what type of critter made the splat. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DP30WhbDfvO/] * 'Chicago Rat Hole' was not made by a rat, say rodent researchers [https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/10/15/chicago-rat-hole-squirrel-research] Interstitial Music from the Trick or Beep Collection [https://archive.org/details/retro-game-champion-trick-or-beep] * Elvira II - Jaws of Cerberus (Amiga version) * Beetlejuice (NES version) * Pinball Jam - Elvira and the Party Monsters * Sweet Home * Noctropolis (MS-DOS version) * Spear of Destiny * Rise of the Dragon (MS-DOS version) * Monster Bash (MS-DOS version) * Thrill Kill * Castlevania * Chakan - The Forever Man (Sega Genesis Version) * Castlevania II - Simon’s Quest * Gauntlet Dark Legacy  (Arcade Version) The Business of Digitized Witchcraft * Find Mahigan   * Kitchen Toad [https://www.kitchentoad.com/] *   * Their Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/kitchentoad] (where you can also find their podcast) * Find Alex * “In The Broom Closet” [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-022-03441-z] – 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

A.I. and New American Fascism

Mike asks if there’s anything in the connection between fascism and the aesthetics of A.I.. And if they are connected, how are they? Is there something inherently fascistic about these technologies? Also: OPEIU Local 153 is union PROUD! – 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 – Intro Links * Vote for us in the Signal Awards! [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/technology] * Friend.com ads backlash [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/style/friend-ai-subway-ads-new-york.html] * ICE looking to create social media surveillance team [https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/] * Apple and Google remove ICE tracking apps [https://www.wired.com/story/apple-and-google-pull-ice-tracking-apps-bowing-to-doj-pressure/] * The bots come for Cracker Barrel [https://gizmodo.com/cracker-barrel-outrage-was-almost-certainly-driven-by-bots-researchers-say-2000664221] – AI and New American Fascism * White House Posts Ghoulish AI Cartoon Showing Woman's Deportation [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-deportation-ai-ghibli-animation-cartoon_n_67e5b4ace4b0455df70b41c2] (Huffpost) * With Manifest Destiny art, DHS goes hard on ‘white makes right’ [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-26/dhs-manifest-destiny-american-progress-painting] (LA Times) * Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop [https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/intensification/6782975/eating-the-future-the-metabolic-logic-of-ai-slop] (e-flux) * The Other Side of the Canvas [https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-other-side-of-the-canvas] (Unpopular Front) * Ur-Fascism [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism] (The Anarchist Library) * In Unhinged Speech, Pete Hegseth Says He's Tired of ‘Fat Troops,’ Says Military Needs to Go Full AI [https://www.404media.co/in-unhinged-speech-pete-hegseth-says-hes-tired-of-fat-troops-says-military-needs-to-go-full-ai/] (404 Media) * Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline [https://www.neverpo.st/everything-old-embeds-again/] from Ep. 13 * Generated-ish [https://www.neverpo.st/dont-panic/] from Ep. 22 – Thank you to Dannel Jurado for recording the Kickstarter picket [http://kickstarterunited.org/]. 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 #10: Bring Back Ringbacks

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 -- Head to neverpo.st [https://neverpo.st/] to see the extensive morning alarm routine -- 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.

Is It Even Possible To Ban A.I. In The Classroom?

Tori Dominguez-Peek returns to look at the prevalence of AI in the college classroom, and what it takes to ban it. Also: BOP SPOTTER! – 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 – * 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 – Intro Links * Vote for us in the Signal Awards! [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/technology] * Google to reinstate banned YouTube accounts censored for political speech [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/google-reinstate-banned-youtube-accounts-censored-political-speech] * Alex Jones sports Hitler mustache in shocking broadcast: 'It had a wild effect on women' [https://www.rawstory.com/alex-jones-2674040002/] * U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-secret-service-disrupts-telecom-network-threatened-new-york-city-u-n-general-assembly/] * TProphet on bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/tprophet.org/post/3lzjlmomhas2f] * The Irresistible Rise of On Tyranny [https://slate.com/culture/2025/08/tyranny-fascism-trump-tiktok-timothy-snyder.html] * Here’s what’s happening right now with the US TikTok deal [https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/heres-whats-happening-right-now-with-the-us-tiktok-deal/] * Inside Trump's deal to save TikTok [https://www.axios.com/2025/09/22/tiktok-bytedance-trump-algorithm-lease] * Paramount Skydance eyes takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery as high as $24 a share: report [https://nypost.com/2025/09/19/media/paramount-skydance-eyes-takeover-bid-for-warner-bros-discovery-report/] * LimeWire acquires Fyre Festival, has vague plans to offer 'real experiences' [https://www.engadget.com/general/limewire-acquires-fyre-festival-has-vague-plans-to-offer-real-experiences-200158421.html?guccounter=1] * LimeWire, Former File-Sharing Service, Is Revealed as Buyer of Fyre Festival [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/limewire-crypto-fyre-festival.html] * Bop Spotter [https://walzr.com/bop-spotter] – Teaching AI * Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/openai-chatgpt-ai-cheating-education-college-students-school.html] Find Everyone: * Megan Fritts on X [https://x.com/freganmitts] * Dr. Rui Sousa-Silva on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rui-sousa-silva-83a38731/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=pt] * Tori Dominguez Peek on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/toridp98.bsky.social] * Press Start Pod on Bluesky [https://linktr.ee/press_startpod] – 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