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    On this weeks episode, parenting columnist Amil Niazi comes on the show to discuss some of the ways that your social feeds change once tech companies figure out you’ve had a child. Amil talks about the odd and often conspiratorial ‘advice’ content recommended by social media platforms, the inevitable propensity to impulse buy baby products that don’t work, and the unique position ‘Parent Influencers’ have in the ecosystem to market themselves before their kids age out at 5.

    Read Amil's columns here: https://www.thecut.com/author/amil-niazi/

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  • On this week’s episode, Phoebe returns to catch up on all the online shenanigans she missed during maternity leave. We talk about JD Vance’s inability to order donughts and what happens when you’re too cooked on posts to operate in the real world. We also talk about ‘Brat Summer’ (RIP) as perpetual, all encompassing marketing with no real end point, and finally address the elephant in the room: Why British people should never be allowed to say the words “Hawk Tuah”.

    Read Emma Garland’s article that we reference here: https://www.emmaggarland.com/

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    Aaron Thorpe, co-host of The Trilbillies podcast comes back on the show to talk about Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979).

    Hussein and Aaron talk about the impact the film had on sci fi horror and monster movies, the darkness and wetness that sets it apart from the more recent sequels, and why the film is actually about bureaucracies and how nobody wants to work in space. Plus, Aaron theorises how the Xenomorph and the cat may have been in cahoots.Check out the Trilbillies here!

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  • Dr Nayana Prakash, formerly of the Oxford Internet Institute, comes into studio this week to give an insight into the shape and structure of the internet in India. She talks about the country’s testy relationships with Facebook/ Meta and Twitter/X, why so many Indians see the internet as essential for social mobility and escape, and the ways in which internet culture has been weaponised, only to be subsequently restricted, by the Indian government under Narendra Modi’s BJP.

    Read and listen to Skeptechs here https://skeptechs.substack.com/

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    In the second part of ‘Slop Week’, Hussein chats to Ed Zitron, writer of the “Where’s Your Ed At?” newsletter and the “Better Offline” podcast.

    Ed has been keeping a keen eye on the big financial backers behind AI companies, and he explains why, in his estimation, there is very little run way for AI projects to prove they are worth the money. Ed explains how OpenAI’s promises of building a tech God requires more money than any infrastructure project in recent human history, and how its dismal returns may force it to reduce its ambitions. He also suggests that tech companies in general have run out of ideas, and the consequences this will have both on the internet, and the global economy at large.

    Read Ed’s newsletter here: https://www.wheresyoured.at/Listen to ‘Better Offline’ here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBPt1j2DoNij1kVdx8Ig6

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  • Welcome to part one of ‘Slop Week’, where we try to understand the incentives that have led to the internet being filled with incomprehensible, aimless content, and how it’s reshaping the way people communicate online.

    Jason Koebler, co-founder of 404 Media and the host of the 404 Media podcast, joins us to talk about his recent investigation into junk AI on Facebook, and the the Indian Youtube influencers making online courses teaching people how to make slop around the clock. Jason explains how the creation of AI Slop is much more calculated and structured than we would otherwise think, how Facebook/Meta uses Indian slop creators to test and train its AI, and whether the internet could malfunction if AI projects are abandoned, leaving behind a whole trail of nonsensical images in its wake.

    Read Jason’s Investigation, “Where AI Slop comes from”, here: https://www.404media.co/where-facebooks-ai-slop-comes-from/

    Listen to the 404 Media podcast, here: https://www.404media.co/the-404-media-podcast/

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  • We’re joined by journalist Chris Stokel-Walker, author of How AI Ate The World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future, to talk about the UK’s responses to the recent nation-wide race riots, and in particular, how it’s dealing with a certain tech CEO spreading overtly racist disinformation. Chris talks about the Online Safety Act and where it might be expanded in the aftermath of the riots, the challenges of prosecuting Elon Musk, and why any chance of avoiding future outbreaks would require the government to understand social media use through the lens of public health, rather than a problem requiring more technological solutions.

    Buy Chris’ books here: https://www.stokel-walker.com/

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    Friend of the show Sarah Hagi returns to the show to talk about growing up on the internet. Sarah recalls the creative methods she would employ to subvert her parents’ restrictions on her internet use, why she never had a MySpace phase, and of course, the curse- benefit analysis of still using Twitter. We also talk about the added performative expectations social media placed on millennials in the 2010s, and the struggles to move beyond that as we age out of internet culture. Plus, an update from friend of the show Jordan Peterson.

    Listen to Sarah’s podcast, Scamfluencers, here: https://wondery.com/shows/scamfluencers/

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  • This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast-------Resident oafthropologist Tom comes back on the show for a smorgasbord of online delights. We get an update on British oafs, including Big John's attempt to quell the recent UK Riots, Gymskin's reaction to being on an economy class flight, and then try (and fail) to truly understand the break up of the Hegelian E-girls.

    For dessert, we look at the supposed revival of Indie Sleaze, and whether cameras are too good for it to truly come back.

    You can listen to Tom's podcast Beneath The Skin here,You can check out Lions Led By Donkeys here!

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  • Novara Media's North of England Editor Craig Gent (@VivaHarehills) joins the show to talk about their latest book, CYBERBOSS : The Rise of Algorithmic Management.--------Craig talks about the rise of algorithmic technologies across workplaces, and the ways in which these technologies have re-shaped the physical boundaries of our working environments. Craig also talks about the challenges unions have faced when it comes to resisting AI, the problem with seeking fair equity from tech companies, and the innovative techniques workers themselves have employed to push back against the management algorithms that seek to undermine their labour.

    --------Get a copy of CYBERBOSS, from Verso, here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2958-cyberboss?srsltid=AfmBOoqOce40m775S7PSU6XEZTT5lQEeZ3j6nQI-gNreSZrRrVeZLVgC----more----

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  • This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast-------Activist, campaigner and co-founder of Gamban app Matt Zarb-Cousin comes on the show to talk about how online culture has become consumed by the gambling industry, and the ways it affects our online and offline experiences.

    Matt tells us about how the gambling industry has expanded on the internet as a way of avoiding further regulations, and the new 'games' the industry has built to keep people addicted for longer periods of time. Matt also explains how the techniques and strategies employed by the gambling industry are being adopted by social media companies, game developers, dating apps and the reasons why government agencies are struggling to keep up with them.

    Follow and support Matt's work at Gamban, here: https://gamban.com/

    Watch Tom Nicholas' video series on gambling, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuTQbOo3Y30&pp=ygUVdG9tIG5pY2hvbGFzIGdhbWJsaW5n

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  • Writer and editor at Verso John Merrick (@johnpmerrick) joins the show this week to talk about the rise of Britain's new right wing in the aftermath of the Conservative election defeat. John explains how this new right wing movement are younger, more welcoming of racism and violence, and, of course, much more online. He also notes how in these digital spaces, within all the Groyper memes, is the idolising of Enoch Powell, an whose fantasies of race wars across the country they are hoping to fulfil.

    Read John's article here: https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/britains-new-powellites

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  • Find the rest of this episode on our reasonably-priced Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/109318683

    Friend of the show Sarah Hagi returns to the show to talk about growing up on the internet. Sarah recalls the creative methods she would employ to subvert her parents’ restrictions on her internet use, why she never had a MySpace phase, and of course, the curse- benefit analysis of still using Twitter. We also talk about the added performative expectations social media placed on millennials in the 2010s, and the struggles to move beyond that as we age out of internet culture. Plus, an update from friend of the show Jordan Peterson.

    Listen to Sarah’s podcast, Scamfluencers, here: https://wondery.com/shows/scamfluencers/

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  • Hari returns to the podcast to talk about his latest novel, "Blue Ruin", published by Scribner.

    Hussein and Hari talk about the London art scene in the 90s and early aughts, and how the novel examines the relationship between art, authenticity and access to capital. Hari also talks about the challenges of writing a 'Pandemic Novel' at a time when most governments are choosing to believe it never happened, and whether art can have a long-lasting social impact at a time when so much cultural production demands more intensity and immediacy as a means to enhance the 'consumer experience'.

    Purchase a copy of 'Blue Ruin' here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Blue-Ruin/Hari-Kunzru/9781398528918Listen to Hari's podcast, 'In the Zone' here: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/into-the-zone

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  • This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast-------Alex (@Alexgoldmund) returns to the show to talk about the state of podcasting in 2024, and why podcasters and producers are now facing similar tensions with tech platforms as musicians.Alex, who was a podcaster and producer at Gimlet, talks about the 'golden age' of podcasting in the 2010s, when venture capital and mattress advertising was able to sustain unique, experimental shows with dedicated audiences, and how that declined as a result of algorithmic gaming, platform's vying for IP, and of course, pivoting to video. Alex also talks about his transition to independent production, and what the future of podcasting might look like as platforms like Spotify continue to defund their dedicated divisions.--------Listen to Alex's podcast, Western Kabuki, here: https://x.com/westernkabukihttps://open.spotify.com/show/6jH7ZL5LkzFuBtv7R9TgDg?go=1&sp_cid=e9451d87fd88c6a2f65fa3a7f866dd53&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=79c06516189843b0

  • In this unlocked bonus episode, Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds swung by the studio and so we forced him to podcast. In this episode, Hussein explains the Bromley Chicken Yaoi reddit post, and the phenomena of London chicken shops with American names. We also talk about some of our favourite recent posts, weird Christian TikToks and why exorcisms always make for good content, and Josh tells us about the time Putin opened the oldest tomb.Check out Josh's podcast here!

    Support them on Patreon here!

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  • Listen to the full episode here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/108426946

    Hari returns to the podcast to talk about his latest novel, "Blue Ruin", published by Scribner.

    Hussein and Hari talk about the London art scene in the 90s and early aughts, and how the novel examines the relationship between art, authenticity and access to capital. Hari also talks about the challenges of writing a 'Pandemic Novel' at a time when most governments are choosing to believe it never happened, and whether art can have a long-lasting social impact at a time when so much cultural production demands more intensity and immediacy as a means to enhance the 'consumer experience'.

    Purchase a copy of 'Blue Ruin' here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Blue-Ruin/Hari-Kunzru/9781398528918Listen to Hari's podcast, 'In the Zone' here: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/into-the-zone

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  • Economist Dan Davies makes his debut on the pod this week, to talk about his latest book, "The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind". The book examines the social and political conditions of the last years of neoliberal politics, and how technology is used not to improve people's lives meaningfully, but to obscure power. Dan explains his theories on 'accountability sinks' , and how it can be applied to both macroeconomics and internet culture. He then explains how an old theory of cybernetics and information distribution, first posed by the British theorist Stafford Beer, may hold a solution to the accountability crisis – and might be one of the only methods to combat the emerging far right. ----more----Purchase or order a copy of Dan's book, here: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-unaccountability-machine/ Read Dan's substack, here: https://backofmind.substack.com/

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  • We're joined by Eiynah (@Nicemangos), host of the Polite Conversations podcast, to look back on the cursed mid-2010's, and in particular, the "Intellectual Dark Web". Coined by Bari Weiss in 2016, the IDW – a mix of aggrieved academics and podcasters, united mainly by their refusal to acknowledge pronouns – had been presented as the group best placed to explain the ascent of Donald Trump, only to collapse under its own contradictions, personal beefs, and of course, some of its members going completely off the rails with conspiracy theories. Eiynah explains the relationship between the 'IDW' and the New Atheism of the 2000s, how most of its remaining impulses are driven by Islamophobia, and why so many of its founding members have decided to become 'cultural Christians' now.

    Listen to Polite Conversations podcast here: https://t.co/xM13InkuUU

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    PALESTINE AID LINKSAs the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

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    PHOEBE ALERTCan't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!

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  • We're joined by Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox, the co-hosts of the Lucky Paper Radio podcast, a show about Magic : The Gathering. Anthony and Andy talk about how they got started in Magic, how to play the game, and the ways in which people can play it, both in card form and online, today. They also talk about the state of the game today, from tense relationships between competitive players. traders and speculators, as well as the corporate ambitions of Wizards of the Coast, who may be trying to make the game a new Marvel Cinematic Universe. Finally, we talk about how MTG cards are valued, how and why some finance guys see them as more stable assets than housing, and whether unregulated MTG finance markets might be making the competitive side of the game feel less sustainable in the long run.

    Link to Lucky Paper Radio: https://luckypaper.co/podcast/

    Lucky Paper website and shop: https://luckypaper.co/

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    PALESTINE AID LINKSAs the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

    https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict--------

    PHOEBE ALERTCan't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!

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    Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).