We brought back an old friend to talk about what happened to the catastrophic metaverse, and what Zuckerberg's plans for it could be in the future.
The successor podcast to Western Kabuki. Highly recommended.
I'm actually thinking of starting a podcast. Please let me know if there's a better place for this. I'm mostly making this post to give this profile the smallest modicum of legitimacy. The idea behind this podcast is longform discussion with strangers. Definitely include some background of said stranger to know how much credibility should be given to opinions that are expressed, but expressing and dissecting opinions is the point. My main goal is show that everyone has a complicated web of opinions that doesn't fit into any neat box, as well as show how fallible human thought is. ... read full post
Matt is back to talk about the continuing, increasingly grotesque saga of Epstein and Trump as well as some articles about people going insane using AI. That was the plan, at least, until yesterday happened.

worst release timing or best release timing?
I got into Cumtown super late, as in just got into it last year. It's been a genuinely wonderful thing to have while navigating a very, very dark park of my life. I started listening to full episodes after finding a pirate feed on reddit that was someone's patreon link. The feed was nice because it was all in one, with both free and premium episodes. ... read full post

What the fuck lol
pretty good chat I thought
Ritchie Torres is a huge AIPAC recipient. He is a US congressman in the House of Representative, representing the South Bronx district of NY. ... read full post
My wife was asking for podcast recs. She's an exvangelical lesbian who tends to pick up liberal takes through osmosis from her workmates.
I'm seeking good current events political slop. Yes, "good" and "slop" sound mutually exclusive, but Chapo fits the bill. When I'm able to handle something more heady I listen to Citations Needed, Rania Khalek's Dispatches, Drop Site, Caitlin Johnstone, Rev Left, Guerrilla History, Electronic Intifada, but lately I've been too depressed to do much except play videogames and listen to easily-digestible podcasts where I don't have to catch all the details. And all these shows are either too serious / dense / require mental faculties and presence, and/or are too emotionally grueling to make for easy background listening. ... read full post
A side project of the Western Kabuki successor, Kill the Computer.