F*cking Around, and Finding Out

Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix! – 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 – Intro Links ubuweb.com Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)), ubuweb.com Skilled technologists are being forced out of government, Don Moynihan GSA eliminates 18F, NextGov Doppelgänger: New disinformation campaigns spreading on social media through Russian networks, Intrinsec NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models, American Sunlight Project Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg, TechCrunch – Authoritarians vs Wikipedia Censorship of Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org Find Stephen: Sourcenotes Stephen’s novel, The Editors Stephen on Bluesky – Are We Having Fun Yet? Find Kyle: Twitter Bluesky Instagram Kyle at The New Yorker Titanium Daydream (also on YouTube and Instagram) Read Kyle’s book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture – 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. Oh! to be almost loquacious Rather than fatally over loquacity’s edge Excerpt of #36 the-faux-ailing-abacus by Wayne Koestenbuam Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure