Georgia talks to Cliff Lampe, Professor of Information at the UMich School of Information about how Find My has become indispensable technology of friendship in a hypergamified social-media landscape. Then, Hans talks with Dr. Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University, about the need to be vulnerable as an influencer. And also: [REDACTED]

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Intro Links

• Elon Musk's X blinks in standoff with Brazil – Yahoo.com
• Elon Musk’s X Backs Down in Brazil – NYT
• Lionsgate Inks Deal With AI Firm to Mine Its Massive Film and TV Library – Hollywood Reporter
• Runway Partners with Lionsgate – runwayml dot com
• Three Mile Island to Host New Disaster in Exclusive Deal to Power Microsoft AI – Splinter.com
• Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI – WaPo
• After CEO’s arrest, Telegram says it will now turn some bad actors’ data over to law enforcement – CNN
  
  
• Read Oldster!
• Find me on Something Rotten talking about Spec Ops: The Line
• Jacob Geller’s Swordstream 2024 Announcement
• Find me on Jay Springett’s Experience.Computer on Sept. 26th

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Find My Friend Surveillance

• Find Cliff on Google Scholar 
• Gamification and Social Media 

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Vulnerableposting

• The politics of vulnerability in the influencer economy – Sagepub
• Find Brooke @ brookeduffy.com

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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. 

Now I promise the shriek that the pressure of days, the pressure of days will be weapon. We drive and we drive, we blare music, we go on. On the highway of our lost intentions, all signs are strident, all exits goodbye.

Except of [Now I promise…] by Karen Volkman

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