Never Post

Charts & Leisure
Never Post

A podcast about and for the internet, hosted by Mike Rugnetta

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    The One Thing You Can Do For Yourself

    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! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ 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 mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links TikTok CEO meets with Trump while asking for Supreme Court to take up ban appeal – UPIHawk Tuah Haliey Welch's Crypto Team Nets £2.59M Amid Botched Token Launch, Fans File SEC Complaints – IBTimesResearchers Consider the Relationship Between Misinformation, Outrage, and the Sharing of Content on Social Media – TechPolicyOnline influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco – The GuardianTeens, Social Media and Technology 2024 – Pew Research– The Horrors Persist, But So Do The Little Treats Find Jessica: jessica-defino.comThe Review of Beauty newsletterSegment Links: Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light – WorldCatStudies on retail therapy — here, here, here and here – Touching Trail Find Rusty: Rusty on BlueskyToday in TabsToday on TrailWould you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would - The ConversationMost 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 ★

    55 min
  2. DEC 4

    Leaving Social Media Roundtable

    Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their experiences leaving social platforms behind. – Take the Never Post Audience Survey! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ 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 mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– 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 daysfrom our trees, and count the ribs we will carry alongand the ribs we will leave behind, right here . . . on the last eveningwe bid nothing farewell, we don't find the time to end who we are . . .everything remains the same, the place exchanges our dreamsand exchanges its visitors. Suddenly we are incapable of satiresince the place is ready to host the dust . . . here on the last eveningwe contemplate mountains surrounding clouds: a conquest and a counterconquestand 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 ★

    1h 11m
  3. NOV 20

    Looks Great!

    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! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ 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 mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links Bluesky hits 20 million users and counting - ZDNetHere’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ – theonion.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law7zmt6522xThe Onion Wins Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy – NYTimesDonald Trump names Project 2025 author to oversee the internet & media – LGBTQ NationFCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban – CNNA Conservative Path Forward on Big Tech | Opinion – NewsweekAmerica’s News Influencers – Pew– Food Gore Find Jon: Capitalism: A Horror Story, Jon’s Book (HIGHLY recommended)Horror Vangaurd, Jon’s horror podcastThe Haunt, Jon’s writingSegment Links: 15 Recipes For Anyone Who Loves Fries - YouTubeGarlic Bread & Meatball Sub – ChefclubSpaghetti-O Pie – TiktokYour Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy – Eaterchefclub comments on XAre Those Disgusting Food Hack Videos a Sex Thing? – Inside HookHocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook – Economist (Archived)– The End of Personalization Find Katie: Follow her on Threads and BlueskyRead her work on Business Insider– 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 ★

    59 min
  4. NOV 7

    Don't Panic

    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/ 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 mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/1854202822600106162Facebook Took More Than $1 Million For Ads Sowing Election Lies - ForbesEU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products - GuardianMozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division - TechCrunchLooks 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. – X– Generated-ish 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 methodDiscover the most common AI vocabulary wordsRIP Baudrillardhttps://x.com/TheRidleyJones/status/1848214407211311466Kamala Rally photo, and indication it was shot on an iPhonewarped, surrealist, why’d you generate the background peopleGenerated-ish Examples https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFdNh7yj/https://x.com/Meelsie143/status/1832795190794342539https://x.com/Solomosos/status/1848367541665583473 https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1g9nrs0/comment/ltavo9k/https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencememes/comments/1cscpx4/comment/ltai485/https://www.reddit.com/r/curlyhair/comments/1ga02b6/comment/ltafsle/https://swankyangles.tumblr.com/post/764982891563335680/bruhhh-that-art-hard-as-fuckkkk-just-like-xeroxhttps://www.reddit.com/r/WhatBreedIsMyDog/comments/1g8p0hg/comment/lt47obw/https://newtlesbian.tumblr.com/post/720800717709901824/this-looks-ai-generated-how-did-his-eyebrowshttps://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1gesj5h/comment/lud6u0l/– KOSA is a Moral Panic (or Two)  Find Avery at https://averydame.net/ S.1409 - Kids Online Safety Act - congress.gov‘An Era Of Accountability For Big Tech’: Richard Blumenthal Touts Kids Online Safety Act - YTPenny Dreadfuls - mimimatthews.comTo Catch a Predator: MySpace and Moral Panics – Alice MarwickCAUTION: CHILDREN AT PLAY ON INFORMATION HIGHWAY – 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 ★

    1h 1m
  5. OCT 23

    A Feed to Call One’s Own

    Georgia talks with communications scholar and privacy researcher Alice Marwick about “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” groups, and how hard it is to keep private communities private. Contributing producer Noah Hertz files a story about the best, smallest social network you’ve never heard of. Also: MIKE DIES??? 🎃 👻 – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ 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 mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links Archive.org hackedAutomattic CEO quadruples down on WP Engine legal battleCracks in the Mr. Beast empire The AI restaurant problem on Instagram– Are We Dating the Same Guy? AWDTSG Wikipedia EntryFind Alice on bskyAlice’s website– David Social You can find Noah at noahhertz.comDavid Social is at davidsocial.com but don’t bother if you don’t already know DavidLily Alexandre is on YouTube and X, The Everything Website– 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.  when I first died, I stole a lock of your hair while you slept Now I dip it in ink when the mood strikes and the times you visit and kneel so pretty on the grass above me, that’s not scratching you hear. It’s writing.  except of Poem to Line My Casket with, Ramona, by Josh Bell Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

    53 min
  6. OCT 9

    Our Dearly Decommissioned

    We visit the funeral for CrowdTangle, a social listening app that was used by disinformation and human rights researchers. Mike talks with Dallas Taylor, host of the podcast 20k Hertz, about why podcasts sound the way they do. And also: videogame menu music! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ 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 mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions forand tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE– Intro Links Brazil's top court says X paid pending fines to wrong bank – ReutersMusk's X paid $5 million in fines to the wrong bank, Brazil's Supreme Court said - Business InsiderAfter weeks of drama, SF tech CEO gives workers $30,000 to quit – SFGate159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates – TechCrunchHow to Delete Your 23andme Data Amid the Company's Turmoil – MSNCalifornia enacts laws to protect child influencers' financial security – NBCDoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says – ArsTechnica – CrowdTangle, We Barely Knew Thee RIP CrowdtangleDavid KarpfKevin Roose’s Twitter Bot– Why Do Podcasts Sound Like That, with Dallas Taylor Dallas’ LinkedIn Post - LinkedIn20k HertzDeFacto Sound– 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.  Having been taught by fools, how else could i have ended up but as I am? a man who panics at the sound of his own voice, a blusterer, afraid that within the five pointed maple leaf there lies another name he never knew; ready, always, to be found wrong.  Excerpt of ON FIRE by Andrew Feld Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

    55 min
4.8
out of 5
85 Ratings

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A podcast about and for the internet, hosted by Mike Rugnetta

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