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Georgia talks with beauty reporter and critic Jessica DeFino about the capitalistic excesses of “self-care” online; Mike talks with Today in Tabs’ Rusty Foster about logging off. Also: UNBOXING. – Take the Never Post Audience Survey [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagAL1S38O5028JrI/form]! – 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 memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com * See what interstitials we need submissions for [http://neverpo.st/interstitials] – Intro Links * TikTok CEO meets with Trump while asking for Supreme Court to take up ban appeal – UPI [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/12/17/TikTok-meets-Trump/8321734435916/] * Hawk Tuah Haliey Welch's Crypto Team Nets £2.59M Amid Botched Token Launch, Fans File SEC Complaints – IBTimes [https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/hawk-tuah-haliey-welchs-crypto-team-nets-259m-amid-botched-token-launch-fans-file-sec-complaints/ar-AA1vS57W] * Researchers Consider the Relationship Between Misinformation, Outrage, and the Sharing of Content on Social Media – TechPolicy [https://www.techpolicy.press/researchers-consider-the-relationship-between-misinformation-outrage-and-the-sharing-of-content-on-social-media/] * Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco – The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/26/online-influencers-need-urgent-fact-checking-training-warns-unesco] * Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024 – Pew Research [https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/] – The Horrors Persist, But So Do The Little Treats Find Jessica: * jessica-defino.com [http://jessica-defino.com] * The Review of Beauty newsletter [https://jessicadefino.substack.com/] Segment Links: * Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light – WorldCat [https://search.worldcat.org/title/A-burst-of-light-:-essays/oclc/268793392] * Studies on retail therapy — here [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969698923002552], here [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mar.20404], here [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315526935-4/therapeutic-utility-shopping-retail-therapy-emotion-regulation-well-being-leonard-lee-tim-b%C3%B6ttger] and here [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1057740813001149]  – Touching Trail Find Rusty: * Rusty on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/rusty.todayintabs.com] * Today in Tabs [https://www.todayintabs.com/] * Today on Trail [https://www.todayontrail.com/] * Would you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would - The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/would-you-pay-to-quit-tiktok-and-instagram-youd-be-surprised-how-many-would-235180] Most of the TikTok users (64%) and almost half of the Instagram users (48%) were prepared to pay to be off them, so long as others were off them, resulting in average valuations across all users of minus US$28 for TikTok and minus $10 for Instagram. – 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. NoOne kneads us again of earth and clay, noOne conjures our dust. Noone. Praised be thou, NoOne. For your sake we want to flower. Toward you. Psalm, by Paul Celan  Trans. Pierre Joris Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/signup]

Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their experiences leaving social platforms behind. – Take the Never Post Audience Survey [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagAL1S38O5028JrI/form]! – 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 memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com * See what interstitials we need submissions for [http://neverpo.st/interstitials] – 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. On the last evening on this earth, we sever our days from our trees, and count the ribs we will carry along and the ribs we will leave behind, right here . . . on the last evening we bid nothing farewell, we don't find the time to end who we are . . . everything remains the same, the place exchanges our dreams and exchanges its visitors. Suddenly we are incapable of satire since the place is ready to host the dust . . . here on the last evening we contemplate mountains surrounding clouds: a conquest and a counterconquest and an ancient time handing over our door keys to the new time Excerpt of Eleven Planets At The End Of The Andalusian Scene by Mahmoud Darwish Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/signup]

Mike talks with Jon Greenaway, aka litcritguy, about the horror of online food videos; Georgia talks with Katie Notopoulos about why you can’t personalize your social profiles a la MySpace anymore; ALSO leaf crunches!  – Take the Never Post Audience Survey [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagAL1S38O5028JrI/form]! – 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 memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com * See what interstitials we need submissions for [http://neverpo.st/interstitials] – Intro Links * Bluesky hits 20 million users and counting [https://www.zdnet.com/article/bluesky-hits-20-million-users-and-counting-watch-it-keep-growing-here/] - ZDNet * Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ [https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/] – theonion.com * https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law7zmt6522x [https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law7zmt6522x] * The Onion Wins Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html] – NYTimes * Donald Trump names Project 2025 author to oversee the internet & media [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-names-project-2025-author-to-oversee-the-internet-media/ar-AA1ujlAG] – LGBTQ Nation * FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban [https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/tech/fcc-commissioner-tiktok-ban/index.html] – CNN * A Conservative Path Forward on Big Tech | Opinion [https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-path-forward-big-tech-opinion-1520375] – Newsweek * America’s News Influencers [https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/] – Pew – Food Gore Find Jon: * Capitalism: A Horror Story [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740011/capitalism-a-horror-story-by-jon-greenaway/], Jon’s Book (HIGHLY recommended) * Horror Vangaurd [https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500], Jon’s horror podcast * The Haunt [https://thehaunt.blog/], Jon’s writing Segment Links: * 15 Recipes For Anyone Who Loves Fries [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHHfmFdgPPM] - YouTube * Garlic Bread & Meatball Sub [https://www.chefclub.tv/en-us/recipes/original/f2e83c16-bb31-430c-b803-4bf88055d4c1/garlic-bread-meatball-sub-theres-nothing-butter-than-this/] – Chefclub * Spaghetti-O Pie [https://www.tiktok.com/@fuelfitfinds/video/7177880654334479658?refer=embed] – Tiktok * Your Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy [https://www.eater.com/2021/5/11/22430383/why-are-gross-viral-food-videos-popular-rick-lax-facebook-watch] – Eater * chefclub comments on X [https://x.com/lisasaurstomp/status/1313136522338557953] * Are Those Disgusting Food Hack Videos a Sex Thing? [https://www.insidehook.com/internet/gross-viral-food-hacks-rick-lax-facebook-sploshing-fetish] – Inside Hook * Hocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook [https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/07/28/hocus-focus-how-magicians-made-a-fortune-on-facebook] – Economist (Archived) – The End of Personalization Find Katie: * Follow her on Threads [https://www.threads.net/@katienotopoulos] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/katienotopoulos.bsky.social] * Read her work on Business Insider [https://www.businessinsider.com/author/katie-notopoulos] – 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. What we need is a crane & to chain chains around this blood-soaked ________. The kitchen workers hang from the vents with duct tape. We need the _____ put on a slide, there were signs of struggle. There is always some precedent: You have heard, I think, about H., whoever he was, & how he met his death because his father had too much suspicion, this you will not believe, and I can hardly prove it, but I am that same H… Excerpt of Forensics, by Ben Doyle Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/signup]

Mike talks about how and why some authentic media looks like it was generated by AI; Hans talks about KOSA – the Kids Online Safety Act – and how it is shaped by not one, but two concurrent moral panics. Also: RARE TAPES! 📼 – 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 memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com * See what interstitials we need submissions for [http://neverpo.st/interstitials] – Intro Links * https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/1854202822600106162 [https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/1854202822600106162] * Facebook Took More Than $1 Million For Ads Sowing Election Lies [https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2024/10/31/facebook-ads-election-misinformation/] - Forbes * EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/31/eu-launches-action-against-shopping-website-temu-over-products] - Guardian * Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division [https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/] - TechCrunch * Looks like a random AI slop site based in Illinois, aided by social media, has coaxed hundreds of people on to the main street of Dublin for a Halloween parade that was never happening. [https://x.com/ste_mcdermott/status/1852095696293499022?t=zbEJRxPwfz6TJf7iPdgXiA] – X – Generated-ish * https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1gfij22/comment/luhu6kz/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1gfij22/comment/luhu6kz/] * How can you tell if text is AI-generated? Researchers have figured out a new method [https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-text-ai-generated-figured-method.html] * Discover the most common AI vocabulary words [https://gptzero.me/ai-vocabulary] * RIP Baudrillard [https://x.com/ChrisExpTheNews/status/1848121457609748862] * https://x.com/TheRidleyJones/status/1848214407211311466 [https://x.com/TheRidleyJones/status/1848214407211311466] * Kamala Rally photo [https://x.com/crampell/status/1817240851942084662], and indication it was shot on an iPhone [https://x.com/crampell/status/1817741694164422729?t=WDymB5EVDSpeetWJNjFkiQ] * warped [https://x.com/romepix/status/1817750184345956485], surrealist [https://x.com/Tim_The_Sandman/status/1817746636862308784], why’d you generate the background people [https://x.com/MaverickLIVE_/status/1817736154633863362] Generated-ish Examples * https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFdNh7yj/ [https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFdNh7yj/] * https://x.com/Meelsie143/status/1832795190794342539 [https://x.com/Meelsie143/status/1832795190794342539] * https://x.com/Solomosos/status/1848367541665583473 [https://x.com/Solomosos/status/1848367541665583473] * https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1g9nrs0/comment/ltavo9k/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1g9nrs0/comment/ltavo9k/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=comment_embed&utm_content=action_bar&embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.mention.com%2Fworkspace%2FOTgxMmQ4N2ItNjdjNy00YzRhLWFlYTQtZTJjYzRiMDgwYmEwOjM5NTA4MDYxMTk5NTYzNw%3D%3D] * https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencememes/comments/1cscpx4/comment/ltai485/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencememes/comments/1cscpx4/comment/ltai485/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=comment_embed&utm_content=action_bar&embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.mention.com%2Fworkspace%2FOTgxMmQ4N2ItNjdjNy00YzRhLWFlYTQtZTJjYzRiMDgwYmEwOjM5NTA4MDYxMTk5NTYzNw%3D%3D] * https://www.reddit.com/r/curlyhair/comments/1ga02b6/comment/ltafsle/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/curlyhair/comments/1ga02b6/comment/ltafsle/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=comment_embed&utm_content=action_bar&embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.mention.com%2Fworkspace%2FOTgxMmQ4N2ItNjdjNy00YzRhLWFlYTQtZTJjYzRiMDgwYmEwOjM5NTA4MDYxMTk5NTYzNw%3D%3D] * https://swankyangles.tumblr.com/post/764982891563335680/bruhhh-that-art-hard-as-fuckkkk-just-like-xerox [https://swankyangles.tumblr.com/post/764982891563335680/bruhhh-that-art-hard-as-fuckkkk-just-like-xerox] * https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatBreedIsMyDog/comments/1g8p0hg/comment/lt47obw/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatBreedIsMyDog/comments/1g8p0hg/comment/lt47obw/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=comment_embed&utm_content=action_bar&embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.mention.com%2Fworkspace%2FOTgxMmQ4N2ItNjdjNy00YzRhLWFlYTQtZTJjYzRiMDgwYmEwOjM5NTA4MDYxMTk5NTYzNw%3D%3D] * https://newtlesbian.tumblr.com/post/720800717709901824/this-looks-ai-generated-how-did-his-eyebrows [https://newtlesbian.tumblr.com/post/720800717709901824/this-looks-ai-generated-how-did-his-eyebrows] * https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1gesj5h/comment/lud6u0l/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1gesj5h/comment/lud6u0l/?embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.mention.com%2Fworkspace%2FOTgxMmQ4N2ItNjdjNy00YzRhLWFlYTQtZTJjYzRiMDgwYmEwOjM5NTA4MDYxMTk5NTYzNw%3D%3D] – KOSA is a Moral Panic (or Two)  * Find Avery at https://averydame.net/ [https://averydame.net/] *  S.1409 - Kids Online Safety Act [https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1409] - congress.gov * ‘An Era Of Accountability For Big Tech’: Richard Blumenthal Touts Kids Online Safety Act [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAsAP5IPxXs] - YT * Penny Dreadfuls [https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/11/16/penny-dreadfuls-juvenile-crime-and-late-victorian-moral-panic/] - mimimatthews.com * To Catch a Predator: MySpace and Moral Panics [https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2152/1966] – Alice Marwick * CAUTION: CHILDREN AT PLAY ON INFORMATION HIGHWAY [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/11/28/caution-children-at-play-on-information-highway/75a3b71b-7058-40ab-b606-da136dd1742b/] – WP – 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 ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/signup]

Episode coming later this week. For now: something meaningless. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] -- ☎️ 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 See what interstitials we need submissions for [http://neverpo.st/interstitials] -- 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. ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/signup]