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June and Caleb talk about the ways in which internet culture spills out into the real world; good and bad.
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Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins us to talk about Melania (2026).
Follow Josh: https://www.worstpossible.world/
Hear the full thing at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
1Maddy was originally going to come on and discuss the Secret Life of Erika Kirk (which we will be doing later) as well as plug the new L O S T bonus sideshow. However we wanted to start the episode with some thoughts on the current situation in Minneapolis, which ended up eating up an entire hour. Take care of yourselves as best you can, please.
Maddy will be back for the Erika ep and our LOST miniseries soon, both of which you can find here at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
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It's estimated that Grok, Elon Musk's chatbot formerly known as "MechaHitler" is now generating upwards of thousands of images of CSAM a day. While other countries are moving to outright ban it, Elon Musk is shrugging it off, his friends like Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney are rallying to his side, and the Trump administration, perhaps unsurprisingly, is silent. We brought on journalist Maggie Harrison Dupré to discuss her article on the subject and more.
Follow Maggie:
https://bsky.app/profile/mharrisondupre.bsky.social
https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison
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Eoin Higgins, author of the book Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left joins us to discuss his book, the media landscape in 2026, and more.
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Owned-Billionaires-Bought-Loudest-Voices/dp/1645030466
Support Eoin: https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/subscribe
We're back from our holiday break, thank you for sticking with us. More to come very soon, in the meantime, you can find the remainder of this episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
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Hussein Kesvani, freelance journalist, co-host of Trash Future and 10k Posts, joins us for our first ep of the year. In it, we borrow a term from our friend Ed Zitron known as "The Rot Economy". Instead of applying the theory to products and services, we ask what happens to the human brain when companies know they're harming their users but still insist upon a growth-at-all-cost mentality. Consider this the first part in an ongoing arc exploring this topic.
Hussein can be found at: https://trashfuture.co.uk/
We take a trip down memory lane and discuss the history of alt-tech microblogging platforms like Parler, Gettr, Gab etc that, while failing, ultimately served to pave the way for Trump's Truth Social and Elon Musk's "X". As usual, along the way we discover some interesting critters.
Note: this episode was originally recorded on September 29th. We're unlocking it because we may not be releasing another episode on the main feed before the end of the year. Thank you for being with us, we hope you have a wonderful New Years and look forward to our best work coming in 2026!
Follow Jordan: https://x.com/JordanUhl
Full Episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
Janie from the homie collective joins us again for the episode we were supposed to record last time, the worst tweets of Q3 and Q4. Part two coming shortly on Patreon. In the meantime:
Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lXu9PlS5ocynhXRdJwSS413UOHPl6MykWDpecDxUagk/edit?usp=sharing
Support Janie at www.JanieDanger.com
While recording our end of the year worst tweets episode, Caleb lost power mid-recording due to the recent extreme weather in the PNW, so June and Janie decided to pivot into a free-form conversation about art and music. We decided to release it as bonus content while we finish two bracket episodes. Sorry for the delay, we'll get those out to you ASAP!
Support Janie at https://www.janiedanger.com/
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MLYP is back to take us through some of the worst DIY projects from the early internet. Harrowing.
Essential slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uHYOQLcSt3sfxYR6WeIXMeuD0biGIenSG9Uzwuew6Ns/edit?usp=sharing
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We discuss Samantha Fulnecky's abysmal essay and then unwrap the history of her family how this entire stupid situation was a transparently crafted grift from the start.
Follow Parker at Pakermolloy.com on Bluesky or www.readtpa.com
We start this ep by discussing how social media completely redefined Charlie Kirk's life and death through the use of "Kirkification" edits. Then we take a more serious look at the "Grieftech" industry-- people who want to revive the dead in the form of AI for profit.
Full Episode at Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
The original plan was for Jeremy to join us to finish some of the news articles from last ep, but instead turned into a loose form discussion on some of the horrifying ways tech companies are profiting off of our isolation.
Support Jeremy at Patreon.com/Quorators
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In the midst of a slew of Epstein dumps, Ed Zitron released an interesting article about Open AI that got lost in the noise regarding some, let's say, financial irregularities he believes are a possible sign of the bubble beginning to burst.
Follow Ed at BetterOffline.com
Caleb's friend, former spaces collaborator, and KTC discord mod Corby aka Noumena joins us for a wild ride through the world of r/kitchencels. This episode will be much improved with a visual guide, which can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13teJqhkWba2ej2LWv4l-w-6O-QLXpZhp4pfoZXnGLs0/edit?usp=sharing
To see more of Corby's slop meals, Charlemagne Benoit posts, and more Kitchencel content, join the discord at www.Discord.gg/KillTheComputer
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Great ep, Ed! But please leave your horrible asshole girlfriend out of our podcast listening. Nobody cares, and she's an awful person actually. Multiple people have tried to tell you this. Maybe shut up and listen instead of being her doormat.
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