Never Post

Never Post

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Never Post episodes

  • The Cat and Mouse Game of Age Verification Online

    Mike talks with David Huerta about age verification laws, VPNs, and Bluesky being blocked in Mississippi; The team asked chat WHAT (?!) Is Going On Here; ALSO: Never Post Plays

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      Intro Links

      • TShirt Preorder!!!!!! - https://neverpost.bigcartel.com

      • You've got mail no more: AOL to shutter dial-up internet service
      • An Open Letter to Kickstarter Creators & Allies: Why We, Kickstarter United, Are Fighting for a Four-Day 32-Hour Workweek
      • YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality
      • MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
      • twitch.tv/theneverpost 

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        Never Post Plays

        • Date Everything
        • Pancito Merge
        • NBA Jam
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          Agewalled Gardens

          • An In-Depth Guide to Choosing a VPN

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          WIGOH LIVE: Memberdrive Streamweek Ed.

          • Kurt Cobain Will Have His Revenge on the Straights
          • Most iconic thing in pop culture (warning: X link)

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            Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer for this episode is Toby Martin. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.

            Reader unmov’d and Reader unshaken, Reader unseduc’d

            and unterrified, through the long-loud and sweet-still

            I creep toward you. Toward you, I thistle and I climb.


            I crawl, Reader, servile and cervine, through this blank

            season, counting – I sleep and I sleep. I sleep,

            Reader, toward you, loud as a cloud and deaf, Reader, deaf


            as a leaf…


            Except of Sweet Reader, Flanneled and Tulled

            by Olena Kalytiak Davis


            Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

            59 min
          • Assigned Male At Login

            How do social algorithms perceive and prescribe gender? Contributing producer Toby Martin investigates. Then Mike goes deep on the ins-and-outs of RSS. Also: Internet Instruments!

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              Intro Links

              -Reddit to block Internet Archive

              -OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train AI on your posts

              -Google cut deal with Reddit for AI training data

              -OpenAI may pay Reddit $70M for licensing

              -Wikipedia legal challenge

              -‘AI slop’ on Wikipedia

              -IL bans AI therapists

              -K-12 cellphone ban

              -Tasteland 51: ft. Mike Rugnetta

              -twitch.tv/theneverpost 

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              Internet Instruments

              • 10kdrummachines
              • Nest
              • 303-gen
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                Gender By Algorithm

                • Toby
                  • @astroacespace on Tumblr
                • Adam Aleksic 
                  • The Etymology Nerd
                  • Algospeak
                  • Thank you Lily, Adam, and George for their voices
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                    Terms & Conditions: RSS

                    • RSS and Atom
                    • The Rise and Demise of RSS
                    • RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law
                    • On shutting down Google Reader
                    • Find Justin:

                      • Bsky

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                      Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

                      1 hr 1 min
                    • Mailbag #9: Don't Livestream at The Club

                      We respond to your comments!

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                      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”

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                      🌐 Leave a comment at neverpo.st

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                      Head to neverpo.st to see pictures of graffiti

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                      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.

                      1 hr 10 min
                    • Rescuing Public Datasets the U.S. Gov't Deletes

                      Hans looks into the tactical archiving efforts of our nation’s librarians, and Mike unboxes a bussin glow-up of an alt big mood to brainrot. Also: Ask an Expert!

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                      Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows.

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                      • Drop us a voice memo via airtable
                      • Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com
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                        Intro Links

                        • Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library
                        • Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
                        • A Second Tea Breach
                        • Itch.io Suddenly Pulls NSFW Adult Content
                        • Update on NSFW content
                        • YouGov poll results
                        • European project Eurosky
                        • eurosky.social
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                          Ask an Expert!

                          • Micah Loewinger
                          • Adopt-A-Station
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                            Tactical Archiving

                            • Tracking Government Information
                            • Data Rescue Project
                            • UChicago Data Mirror
                            • Federal Data Forum
                            • America’s Essential Data
                            • Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
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                              Tralalero Tralarot

                              Ryan:

                              • Garbage Day
                              • Panic World
                              • Emilie:

                                • ‘It speaks to me in brain rot’
                                • emilieowens.ca
                                • hf.uio.no
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                                  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

                                  1 hr 4 min
                                • Ringtones and Customization: Summer Yapfest 2025

                                  An episode-long staff round-table about device customization with special guest Meghal Janardan. 

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                                  • Drop us a voice memo via airtable
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                                  • See what interstitials we need submissions for
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                                    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

                                    51 min
                                  • Betting On Whatever

                                    Mike thinks through the amount of gambling we are forced into, and contributing producer Melissa Locker tells us the story of a very special 90’s online newsletter. Also: Book reviews!

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                                    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”

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                                    • Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail
                                    • Drop us a voice memo via airtable
                                    • Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com
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                                      Intro Links

                                      • What to know about online age verification laws
                                      • Trial reveals flaws in tech intended to enforce Australian social media ban for under-16s
                                      • Australia regulator and YouTube spar over under-16s social media ban
                                      • French city of Lyon ditching Microsoft for open source office and collab tools
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                                        Posting In The Age of Chance

                                        •  Trapped - the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight back)
                                        • Everything in America is Gambling Now - Adam Conover
                                        • Tiny Subversions (2014) - Darius Kazemi
                                        • Tiny Subversions (2024) - Darius Kazemi
                                        • The Online Gambling Epidemic - Drew Gooden
                                        • You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information - Hank Green

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                                          Whatever

                                          • https://oasisinet.com/
                                          • And After All - Melissa’s book on Oasis

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                                            Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. This episode's contributing producer was Melissa Locker. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.

                                            Look,

                                            this is not the West, this is

                                            the 21st Century but still as desolate

                                            cottonwood pollen blowing through

                                            abandoned mansions, the ball-bearing factory,

                                            strikers with their flapjack placards

                                            waving at a glance of traffic


                                            At the discount cinema, gunfighters name

                                            a young Cherokee guide “Look”

                                            because of the way she stares, because

                                            of the way they look at her. And everyone

                                            keeps their eyes on the horizon,

                                            Look, you’ve won a set of false teeth.


                                            Excerpt of Look by Sarah Messer


                                            Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure

                                            1 hr 6 min
                                          • Ohhhhh I Wanna Dance With Somebody

                                            Georgia talks with Tim Lawrence about the posts emptying dancefloors, and the team gathers to ask What Is Going On Here. Also: Signoffs!

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                                            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”

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                                            • Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail
                                            • Drop us a voice memo via airtable
                                            • Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com
                                            • See what interstitials we need submissions for
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                                              Intro Links

                                              • WhatsApp is bringing subscription model and ads to its messaging platform
                                              • Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement
                                              • Download festival rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpits spark emergency alerts
                                              • Thirst Traps and Quick Cuts: The Effects of TikTok “Edits” on Evaluations of Politicians
                                              • Nexus Mods' new owner is a company whose co-founder has already had to reassure folks that NFTs and crypto aren't incoming 
                                              • End of an era: Nexus Mods has change in ownership after 24 years following "stress-related health issues"
                                              • An Update From Dark0ne
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                                                An Exuberance Entombed

                                                • Find Tim
                                                • Dancing In The Streets by Barbarba Erenreich 

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                                                  What Is Going On Here

                                                  • Reembot
                                                  • r/FifthWorldPics
                                                  • r/WackyTicTacs
                                                  • The Sufi Blower
                                                  • https://www.tiktok.com/@maydonoztadi/video/7322541177171971333?lang=en
                                                  • @haqkhattebhussain
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                                                    Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. This episodes contributing producer was Tori Dominguez Peek. 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

                                                    1 hr
                                                  • Mailbag #8: I will not become food for monsters

                                                    We respond to your comments!

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                                                    ☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail
                                                    🗣️ Drop us a voice note via airtable
                                                    📧 Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com
                                                    🌐 Leave a comment at neverpo.st

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                                                    Head to neverpo.st to see pictures of graffiti and a screenshot of Tyver's Twitter-leaver's oath

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                                                    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.

                                                    1 hr
                                                  • Reanimator: AI and Shared Histories

                                                    Hans confronts the technological, moral, and philosophical impacts of using Artificial Intelligence to animate still photos, including those of both personal and historical significance.

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                                                    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”

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                                                    • Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail
                                                    • Drop us a voice memo via airtable
                                                    • Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com
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                                                      Intro Links

                                                      • Why Academics Are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky
                                                      • This Cybersecurity Startup Is Quietly Moderating X’s Community Notes to Fight Crypto Scams
                                                      • Scam Sniffer
                                                      • Nancy Mace ran bot army, had staff run fake accounts to boost profile, report claims: ‘It’s what she does for fun’
                                                      • RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Cites Research Studies That Don't Exist
                                                      • The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
                                                      • Roblox’s Hit Farm Game Spurs Underground Digital Fruit Economy
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                                                        Animating History

                                                        • Falcon Heights, MN City Council Meeting - March 26, 2025
                                                        • Errol Morris at NYPL
                                                        • Synthesis of a Vocal Sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun ‘True of Voice’
                                                        • Making a Dead Lion Roar
                                                        • Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
                                                        • Saigon Execution
                                                        • Oral History with Eddie Adams
                                                        • oldphoto.ai
                                                        • Intersubject Synchronization of Cortical Activity During Natural Vision
                                                        • Ways of Seeing
                                                        • 'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
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                                                          Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. This episodes contributing producer was Tori Dominguez Peek. 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

                                                          52 min

                                                        About Never Post

                                                        From the publisher's feed

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

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