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Episode Synopsis
Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix!–
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–Intro Links
ubuweb.com
Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)), ubuweb.com
Skilled technologists are being forced out of government, Don Moynihan
GSA eliminates 18F, NextGov
Doppelgänger: New disinformation campaigns spreading on social media through Russian networks, Intrinsec
NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models, American Sunlight Project
Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg, TechCrunch
–Authoritarians vs WikipediaCensorship of Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org
Find Stephen:
Sourcenotes
Stephen’s novel, The Editors
Stephen on Bluesky
–Are We Having Fun Yet?
Find Kyle: Twitter Bluesky Instagram
Kyle at The New Yorker
Titanium Daydream (also on YouTube and Instagram)
Read Kyle’s book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
–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.Oh! to be almost loquaciousRather than fatally overloquacity’s edgeExcerpt of #36 the-faux-ailing-abacus by Wayne KoestenbuamNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure
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