Show Notes
Mike asks if there’s anything in the connection between fascism and the aesthetics of A.I.. And if they are connected, how are they? Is there something inherently fascistic about these technologies? Also: OPEIU Local 153 is union PROUD! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” –
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Friend.com ads backlash
ICE looking to create social media surveillance team
Apple and Google remove ICE tracking apps
The bots come for Cracker Barrel
– AI and New American Fascism
White House Posts Ghoulish AI Cartoon Showing Woman's Deportation (Huffpost)
With Manifest Destiny art, DHS goes hard on ‘white makes right’ (LA Times)
Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop (e-flux)
The Other Side of the Canvas (Unpopular Front)
Ur-Fascism (The Anarchist Library)
In Unhinged Speech, Pete Hegseth Says He's Tired of ‘Fat Troops,’ Says Military Needs to Go Full AI (404 Media)
Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline from Ep. 13
Generated-ish from Ep. 22
– Thank you to Dannel Jurado for recording the Kickstarter picket. 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. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia
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