Flashing Eyes In Which My Hopes Rise

Mike talks with Know Your Meme Editor-in-Chief Don Caldwell about the prevalence and decline of the Laser Eyes Meme, and the ever shifting place of internet memes in presidential election season; the staff then talks about posts that baffle and confound us. And also: fair play.

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Intro Links

EU top court ruling paves way for Apple to pay Ireland over €13bn in taxes – Irish Times

 Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits – Gizmodo.com

Brazil Blocks Musk’s X After Company Refuses to Comply Amid Feud With Judge – Time

Elon Musk Has Backed Himself Into a Corner in Brazil – WIRED

What to know about Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ feud with a Brazilian judge – AP

Who are Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin? The 6 commentators linked to Tenet indictment – USA Today

Who Are Tim Pool And Benny Johnson? What To Know About The Six Right-Wing Commentators DOJ Alleges Were Funded By Russia. – Forbes

YouTube Deletes Tim Pool’s Embarrassing Kremlin-Backed Videos – Gizmodo

Media start-up from Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin was secret Russian influence campaign, indictment alleges – DailyDot

cohost to shut down at end of 2024 – cohost 

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Laser Eyes

Laser Eyes – KYM

Dark Brandon – KYM

Dark Brandon Explained – KYM

Fell Out of a Coconut Tree – KYM

What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been – KYM

Find Don:

https://x.com/doncald
https://x.com/knowyourmeme
https://www.instagram.com/knowyourmeme
https://www.tiktok.com/@knowyourmeme
https://www.youtube.com/knowyourmeme
https://www.snapchat.com/p/41102048-8d2d-4288-b54e-c9e89b1afa44/1147140847384576

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What Is Going On Here?

Twitter — runwildkian

Reddit — Celebrity Number Six

Reddit — The fabric

Google Docs — Hugh’s work

Reddit — Hugh’s situation

TikTok — fembasecon

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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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on history’s breath,

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