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!

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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

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Authoritarians vs Wikipedia
Censorship of Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org

Find Stephen:

Sourcenotes
Stephen’s novel, The Editors

Stephen on Bluesky

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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

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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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Rather than fatally over

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