Ten Thousand Posts

This is a preview of a bonus episode. To listen to the full episode, subscribe for as little as $5 a month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/10kpostspodcast

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This week, we’re joined by Conrad Qulity-Harper, editor of the newsletter Dark Luxury, and formerly a writer and editor at GQ.

We talk about the dark side of the luxury industry, and the changing relationships between the luxury industry and the influencer economy, and whether luxury brands are slowly weaning themselves off promoting their products via social media. We also talk about how luxury has changed conceptually, and how global wars, tariffs and a rising cost of living has subsequently made fakes and duplicates valuable commodities. We also talk about how our styles and tastes in fashion have changed as young parents, and what kind of stuff you need to wear to the playground to mog other parents.

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Read and subscribe to Dark Luxury: https://www.darkluxury.news/

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This week, Annie returns to the podcast to talk about her podcast miniseries, Truly, Tradly, Deeply. 

We talk about the diversity of ‘tradwives’ as expressed online, their relationship to broader conspiratorial movements like QAnon, and how they fit into the governing ambition of the political right. We also discuss how the online content made by tradwives has changed over the past few years as they received media attention, and in some cases, lucrative brand deals.

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out, and our extensive backlog of bonus episodes, on our patreon!

Phoebe also talks about her time watching The Odyssey, the lacklustre backlash against the movie among right-wing online chums, and whether she has squashed the beef with Christopher Nolan.

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This week we’re joined by friend of the show Mattie Lubchansky to talk about the epidemic of AI posters filling every small town, village and hamlet, and what it suggests about the state of local advertising today.

We try to figure out how to describe the aesthetic of AI posters, why their maximalism has become so ubiquitous, and  how they are offshoots of the “dead internet” - an online environment where things exist with no meaning, purpose or intended audience.

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out on our patreon!

This week, we’re joined by Bloomberg senior reporter Amanda Mull, to talk about the FIFA World Cup and the way it’s been watched and interacted with online. We talk about the significance of the 2026 cup taking place in America, awhy the Trump administration doesn’t really care about football & the ways that international influencers, including fake ones, are being used to try tell the world the US is doing just fine. We also talk about Amanda’s recent article in Bloomberg, in which she explores the deep wealth disparity in American society as reflected by who gets to attend World Cup matches, and how they are seated. 

Read Amanda’s article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-11/world-cup-2026-what-the-most-expensive-tickets-buy-at-gillette-stadium?srnd=undefined

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This is an unlocked bonus episode! Find the original, along with our extensive backlog, on our Patreon!

Our friend Niamh joins us on the pod this week to talk about the recent ‘Unite The Kingdom’ rally in London, and the way that the far-right are embracing and incorporating AI into their visual language and political organising.

Niamh also talks about her recent article, which profiles a devout Pakistani Muslim who is also one of the British far-right’s most popular slop producers.

We talk about how he works, and how economic incentives set out by platforms that demand more content than ever before are leading to a mass production of racist, Islamophobic content being largely produced in the global south.

Read Niamh’s article here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-05-05/a-devout-muslim-in-pakistan-is-making-a-living-from-islamophobic-ai-slop

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

Recorded during the height of the most recent heatwave, Jon from Horror Vanguard joins us to finally decide if Franz Kafka was a Poster.

A German-speaking Czech Jewish man born in Prague, which at the time was part of the Empire of Austria-Hungary, Kafka is well-regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century literature, producing novellas, novels and short stories, almost all of which he burned or instructed to be burnt after his death. But is that enough to make him a Poster?

Check out Horror Vanguard here! https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Listen to the rest on our Patreon!

This week, we’re joined by tech and culture writer Kat Tenbarge, founder of Spitfire News. 

We talk about the moment she got into trouble online while pretending to be Lucifer on a Tumblr advice blog, her experiences in fandoms combining British and American sci-fi shows from the 2000’s, and how fan culture have changed and shaped mainstream culture over the past two decades. We also talk about the challenges of giving good advice to strangers on the internet, and whether online communities can exist in an increasingly surveilled and restricted internet.

Subscribe to Spitfire: https://spitfirenews.com/

Read Kat’s recent work: https://spitfirenews.com/p/blake-lively-olivia-henderson-settled-plea-deal

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LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This week, novelist and screenwriter Sufiyaan Salam comes onto the pod to talk about TENET, Christopher Nolan’s take on the spy thriller genre that continues to confuse audiences. Hussein and Sufiyaan talk about TENET as Nolan’s passion project, how his take on time travel makes the film unique, and whether you can watch a film to experience it, without thinking about it too much. Sufiyaan also talks about his debut novel, WIMMY ROAD BOYZ and gives an insight into his writing process, and the way that anarchic social media platforms informed the stylistic choices that has made his novel one of the most anticipated of the year.

Get your copy of WIMMY ROAD BOYZ : https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/310243/sufiyaan-salam

Watch Sufiyaan’s short film, MAGID/ZAFAR : https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-magid-zafar-2025-online

LEBANON AID LINKS

-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. 

-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.

-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people

Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.

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PALESTINE AID LINKS

These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!

-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; 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).

This is a preview episode. To listen to the full episode, subscribe for as little as $5 a month at www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast .

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This week, Hussein talks to writer, author and tech critic Paris Marx about how the global shortage of hardware has led to a surge in prices of most electronic devices, and have also made them worse in quality. They also talk about how this has led to the worsening of existing internet infrastructure, especially search, where the pursuit of AI at all costs has made search engines near impossible to use, while also making tech companies more reliant on owning and storing your data. 

Read and subscribe to Disconnect: https://disconnect.blog/

Pre Order Paris' new book, Hyperscale : The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires : https://bookshop.org/p/books/hyperscale-the-ambition-and-excess-of-big-tech-s-data-empires-paris-marx/bef8c026f7d016e2?ean=9798217048526&next=t&next=t&affiliate=18331

PALESTINE AID LINKS

-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below.

https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

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

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine

https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla

https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also

https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here!

Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, 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).