Mike talks with Jon Greenaway, aka litcritguy, about the horror of online food videos; Georgia talks with Katie Notopoulos about why you can’t personalize your social profiles a la MySpace anymore; ALSO leaf crunches! 

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Intro Links

• Bluesky hits 20 million users and counting - ZDNet
• Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ – theonion.com
• https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law7zmt6522x
• The Onion Wins Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy – NYTimes
• Donald Trump names Project 2025 author to oversee the internet & media – LGBTQ Nation
• FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban – CNN
• A Conservative Path Forward on Big Tech | Opinion – Newsweek
• America’s News Influencers – Pew

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Food Gore

Find Jon:

• Capitalism: A Horror Story, Jon’s Book (HIGHLY recommended)
• Horror Vangaurd, Jon’s horror podcast
• The Haunt, Jon’s writing

Segment Links:

• 15 Recipes For Anyone Who Loves Fries - YouTube
• Garlic Bread & Meatball Sub – Chefclub
• Spaghetti-O Pie – Tiktok
• Your Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy – Eater
• chefclub comments on X
• Are Those Disgusting Food Hack Videos a Sex Thing? – Inside Hook
• Hocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook – Economist (Archived)

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The End of Personalization

Find Katie:

• Follow her on Threads and Bluesky
• Read her work on Business Insider

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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.

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around this blood-soaked ________. The kitchen

workers hang from the vents with duct tape.

We need the _____ put on a slide, there were

signs of struggle. There is always some precedent:

You have heard, I think, about H.,

whoever he was, & how he met his death because his

father had too much suspicion, this you will not believe,

and I can hardly prove it, but I am that same H…

Excerpt of Forensics, by Ben Doyle

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