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News Post: On the Impending Silicon Goods Shortage

Mike chats with Jeffrey Parkin of Rogue and Rory Carroll of Alloy about the impending chip shortage caused by the construction boom in AI Data centers. How did this happen, why is there no easy way out, and how should you – as a consumer – be thinking about this these things? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for access to an ad-free feed, and member-only episodes. – * 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 * New Mexico's Internet Affordability Program [https://communitynets.org/content/acp-gone-new-mexico-creates-first-state-level-internet-affordability-program] * https://acpdashboard.com/ [https://acpdashboard.com/] * Affordable Connectivity Program [https://www.fcc.gov/acp] * TikTok's usership steadies post-sale [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/tiktok-us-joint-venture-user-data-no-mass-exodus-oracle-mgx-silver-lake-larry-ellison-trump.html] * TechCrunch on TikTok's usership steadying [https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/tiktok-recovers-from-dip-in-usage-that-benefited-rival-apps-following-u-s-ownership-change/] * Temu’s global rise runs into a regulatory wall [https://restofworld.org/2026/temus-raids-fines/] * The political effects of X’s feed algorithm [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2] * Pope says beware of the internet [https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-02/pope-dialogue-priests-rome-young-people-internet-prayer-study.html] * Exclusive: Goldman Sachs launches AI-free index [https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/ai-goldman-sachs-stocks-index] * Substack, Polymarket announce partnership [https://thehill.com/homenews/5745387-substack-polymarket-partnership-prediction/] * Looming Taiwan chip disaster [https://indianexpress.com/article/world/taiwan-chip-disaster-silicon-valley-tsmc-10549784/] * U.S. aim to curb China's chipmaking access [https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us-lawmakers-push-curb-chinas-access-chipmaking-tools-5924376] * Will Intel deliver leading-edge chips? [https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/02/the-us-needs-leading-edge-chip-research-can-intel-deliver-will-it-even-try.html] * Taiwan won't move chip production to U.S. [https://www.pcmag.com/news/taiwan-were-not-moving-40-of-chip-production-to-us-despite-trade-deal] * Why Taiwan Fears ‘America First’ Risks Eroding Its ‘Silicon Shield’ [https://www.stimson.org/2025/why-taiwan-fears-america-first-risks-eroding-its-silicon-shield/] – Chip Chat * Rogue.site [https://www.rogue.site/] * Alloymag.com [http://alloymag.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. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

What Kind of Place is the Internet?

Producer Georgia Hampton looks to writer and blogger Katherine Dee and academic Charles Soukop to help her figure out how to visualize the internet. As in, what kind of a place is it, if it’s even a space at all? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for access to an ad-free feed, and member-only episodes. – * 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 – Find Charles Soukop: * Charles’s 2006 study on virtual third places [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444806061953] Find Katherine Dee: * default.blog [https://default.blog/] * NYT: The phone as a portal to the Otherworld [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/opinion/internet-phones-social-media-addiction.html] – 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

Pornhub Goes SFW

Senior Producer Hans Buetow digs into the data from the 2025 Pornhub Year-in-Review, and wonders aloud to sexual wellness educator Courney Brame, and co-founders of SWR Data, MelRose Michaels and Mike Stabile - what’s going on with the sudden rise in SFW content on a decidedly NSFW platform? – 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 – You can find all sorts of 24/7 camera streams at webcamtaxi.com [http://webcamtaxi.com] – Pornhub Is Entering Their FrictionMaxxxing Era * Courtney Brame [https://spfpp.org/courtney] * MelRose Michaels [https://www.instagram.com/MelRoseMichaels/] * Mike Stabile [https://bsky.app/profile/mikestabile.bsky.social] * SWR Data Website [https://www.swrdata.com/] * SWR Data Substack [https://swrdata.substack.com/] * Pornhub 2025 Year-In-Review [https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2025-year-in-review] * Mia Khalifa on Always Open [https://archive.org/details/roosterteeth-2243] * In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing [https://www.thecut.com/article/brooding-friction-maxxing-new-years-2026-resolution.html] (The Cut) * How I Frictionmaxx [https://mentalhellth.xyz/p/how-i-frictionmaxx] (P.E. Moskowitz) * THUTT! [https://jessicadefino.substack.com/p/thutt] (Jessica DeFino) – 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

Posting Disease, with Bijan Stephen [Archive Pull]

Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Mike's segment on the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Listen to the original episode here: https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/ [https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/] – 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 – Find Bijan: His blog: https://newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/ [https://newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/] Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/bijan.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/bijan.bsky.social] – 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. – CC-BY Licensed Audio Used https://freemusicarchive.org/music/kirk-osamayo/blue-season-4 [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/kirk-osamayo/blue-season-4]https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/sounds/679130/ [https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/sounds/679130/] 2010 Pop by Akira Sora at Free Music Archive Dream Pop by Holizna CC0 at Free Music Archive Retro Synths by Holizna CC0 at Free Music Archive – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

News Post: Is It Time To Delete TikTok?

Mike, Hans, and Georgia discuss the recent U.S. deal with TikTok, how it’s changed the app,  whether it’s worth sticking around to see what happens, or if it's better to just log off for good.  – 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 – DuckDuckYesNo * Kalshi gets banned [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/kalshi-sports-wagering-to-be-banned-in-massachusetts-court-says] * Court order against Kalshi - Mass Gov [https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-campbell-secures-court-order-that-will-block-kalshi-from-offering-unlawful-sports-wagers-in-massachusetts] * Boston Globe [https://archive.is/iZXBq] * Hackers against ICE - Techdirt [https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/27/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice/] * EFF vs ICE tracking apps [https://www.eff.org/cases/eff-v-doj-dhs-ice-tracking-apps] * France bans Zoom - Politico [https://www.politico.eu/article/france-ban-officials-us-video-tools-zoom-teams-visio/] * Shopify comes to ChatGPT [https://www.pymnts.com/news/ecommerce/2026/shopify-merchants-to-pay-4percent-fee-on-sales-made-through-chatgpt-checkout/?hashed_user=42b8b12ab34e365924f3e70c75fdb85a] * The new era of AI storefronts - McKinsey [https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-agentic-commerce-opportunity-how-ai-agents-are-ushering-in-a-new-era-for-consumers-and-merchants] * Craig Newmark pulls back on funding journalism - Neiman Lab [https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/craig-newmark-explains-why-hes-pulling-back-on-funding-journalism/] * NoAI for DuckDuckGo [https://noai.duckduckgo.com/] * YesAI for DuckDuckGo [https://yesai.duckduckgo.com/#chat] * DuckDuckGo’s statement on their study [https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/1qpevtl/duck_tales_episode_16_the_story_behind_our_yes_ai/] * The U.S. / TikTok deal - ABC News [https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tiktok-finalizes-deal-operating-us/story?id=129475609] – 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. There is no promise like the present though the present’s not promise at all. The grifter flashes a glimmer like it was a sure thing. Clinging to these turns blindsides what’s before the eye, a fist behind dice. I want distraction even more than you, but both of us lost the duel when our seconds went missing. Excerpt of Against Hope By Charles Bernstein Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia