The first meeting of the Blocked and Reported Challenging Books Book Club met earlier today to discuss Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance with author Laura Delano. We did experience some technical difficulties, so no video this time—sorry about that—but you can listen to the conversation here.

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Tyler Austin Harper’s recent Atlantic piece on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an $8 billion behemoth whose grantmaking now plays an outsized role in the humanities. Plus, more Epstein (sorry).

Jeffrey Epstein Is a Horrifying Person, But That Doesn’t Mean He’s a Pedophile - The Stranger

The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine - The Atlantic

What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education? - The Atlantic

I am the wrong kind of Black professor - The Boston Globe

No Freedom Without the Second Amendment - The Atlantic

Back by (somewhat) popular demand, we present to you… the Official Blocked and Reported Low-Effort Matchmaking Service.

Thanks to everyone who submitted a personal ad. We got a great selection this year, and if you all get together, this could be the largest polycule and/or chlamydia circle outside of Portland.

If you failed to submit your personal ad on time, or are newly single/ready to mingle, feel free to leave one in the comments.

Reminder: BAR Pod and its affiliates assume no legal responsibility for any bad dates, emotional damage, unwanted pregnancies, and/or murders that may result from participation in this service. This is legally binding.

Have fun, be smart, and good luck!

This week on the Primo show, we revisit Epstein Island and discuss the public condemnation of everyone who ever met, emailed, and/or ordered pizza with Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, a letter from Minneapolis, and updates on Uncle Roger, Hasan Piker, Sarah Stock, Clavicular, Danya, and more.

This week on Blocked and Reported, we conclude our series looking back at the net neutrality wars. In Part 2, net neutrality lives! And then dies. And then lives! And then dies.

Opinion: John Oliver finds humor in net neutrality, but loses the facts - Los Angeles Times

What can we learn from 800,000 public comments on the FCC’s net neutrality plan? : Sunlight Foundation

One group dominates the second round of net neutrality comments : Sunlight Foundation

President Obama’s Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and Free

How White House Thwarted FCC Chief on Net Neutrality - WSJ

Obama on Net Neutrality: Enough Already! | The New Yorker

FCC Releases Open Internet Order | Federal Communications Commission

Dear FCC: Rethink The Vague “General Conduct” Rule | Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Resistance Must Be Digitized | Free Press

Net Neutrality Repeal Process Begins With FCC Chairman’s Announcement : The Two-Way : NPR

Net Neutrality: The Social Justice Issue of Our Time - Public Knowledge

The alliance fighting to save FCC’s net neutrality rules - The Washington Post

Fake Comments: How U.S. Companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your Voice

Pai threat

A Large-Scale Analysis of Deployed Traffic Differentiation Practices

Thanks to everyone who joined Benjamin Ryan and me for a chat on the first destransitioner lawsuit, the state of youth gender medicine, and more.

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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Will Stancil’s latest arc as a civil rights hero and anarchist antagonist. Plus, the latest Epstein drop and the latest AI evolution.

‘We’re here to demoralize’: The Minneapolis residents tracking Trump ICE agents’ every move | The Independent

On the Front Line of Minnesota’s Fight With ICE - The New Y…

This week on Blocked and Reported, the first of our two-part series revisiting net neutrality. First up, the early history and how internet activists (and Jon Oliver) manufactured a movement.

Comcast blocks some Internet traffic - Online World - MSNBC.com

2010 Open Internet Order

Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet

Verizon v FCC

FCC Commissioners Meet With Protesters Before Net Neutrality Vote - ABC News

This week on the Primo episode, Part 2 of our series on the ongoing battle between streamers Hasan Piker and Ethan Klein. Plus, Ethan goes to court.

Katie’s Duke event

Katie’s book

This week on Blocked and Reported, Part 1 of our series on the ongoing battle between stramers Hasan Piker and Ethan Klein.

https://www.twitch.tv/hasanabi

‘I love when my enemies hate me’: how Hasan Piker became one of the biggest voices on the US left | US politics | The Guardian