F*cking Around, and Finding Out

12/03/2025 1h 3min Episodio 29
F*cking Around, and Finding Out

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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

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