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Episode 131: Who Is Stalking The Twitch Streamer Keffals, And Are They From Kiwi Farms? (Part I) Sep 12, 2022

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Today, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal present the first ever BARPod two-parter in known human history. This duology will chronicle, in exhaustive detail, a calamitous struggle between Kiwi Farms, a gossip board and/or harassment amplifier and/or literal digital version of Hitler’s mountain rereat and/or actual terrorist organization (depending on you ask), and Keffals, a Twitch streamer and trans activist. The story somehow also involves, in no particular order, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Cloudflare, the entire mainstream media, Northern Ireland, Destiny, The Ulster Volunteer Force, The Ulster KiwiFarms Force, “ChudLogic” (?), questionable grooming allegations, unquestionable helping-minors-get-hormones allegations, GoFundMe, mean chat logs, even meaner chat logs, doxxing, harassing, stalking, Ethan Ralph, stealthing, screaming, swatting, and Reply All’s Alex Goldman. (Plus some more stuff in Part 2.)

(CORRECTION VIA COMMENTER: “Small correction on the go fund me targets. The original goal was way lower (30k I think). Everytime the goal was reached, a new goal was set in 10k increments. This article shows the goal at 70k just after they passed 60k in donations. I'm sure the wayback machine will have the original page. https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/twitch-streamer-keffals-left-traumatized-getting-swatted”) (Wayback does confirm this: https://archive.ph/WA0XR)

(POSSIBLY OVER-CAUTIOUS CLARIFICATION FROM JESSE, 9/12/22: We’ll mention this in the next ep but I do want to be crystal clear that there were firearms present at Keffals’ arrest. The London, Ontario Police Chief’s statement noted, “In this case, firearms were displayed until it was determined a threat no longer existed. I acknowledge that for the average citizen, having heavily armed police officers attend your residence would be traumatic. I understand this was a traumatic and shocking experience for Ms. Sorrenti.” And here’s what Keffals told Vice: “They told me to put my hands up, and when I get to the door, there are three police officers,” Sorrenti said. “Two of them were standing up and one of them in the middle was crouched down behind a riot shield with an assault rifle perched on top of the shield.”)

Notes:

Keffals claims to be woken up to an assault rifle in her face, leading to the campaign against KiwiFarms

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Episode 130: Arcade Fire Is Canceled, Student Loans Are Canceled, Everyone Is Canceled Sep 05, 2022

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This week: Jesse gets sent directly to Jewish Hell for misrepresenting Judaism, Men’s Health becomes the next to fall to ideological capture and publishes the worst advice column of all time, and Win Butler of Arcade Fire fame becomes the next to be canceled due to allegations of sexual misconduct. But as usual, there may be more to the story…

Links:

Nathan Robinson review WITH MAJOR SPOILER

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/08/j-k-rowlings-new-novel-shows-why-having-an-editor-is-important

NPR on Rowling’s new book

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120299781/jk-rowling-new-book-the-ink-black-heart

Trace’s article on Biden’s student loan cancellation program

Judaism lore: on graven images

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-graven-images/

Men’s Health publishes the worst advice column ever (a record soon to be shattered)

https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a41018711/sexplain-it-vagina-fetish-sex-bisexual/

Pitchfork breaks news of allegations against Win Butler of Arcade Fire fame

https://pitchfork.com/news/arcade-fires-win-butler-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-multiple-women-frontman-responds/

Image: DUBLIN, IRELAND - AUGUST 30: Richard Reed Parry, Win Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Régine Chassagne and Sarah Neufeld of Arcade Fire perform at The 3Arena Dublin on August 30, 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Debbie Hickey/Getty Images)

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Premium: Here’s What Happens When You Get A Book Deal Because Of TikTok Fame Sep 02, 2022

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Alex Aster’s YA novel Lightlark was rejected by 16 publishers – until she posted it on TikTok. Then she got hundreds of thousands of likes, a six-figure publishing contract, a plethora of glowing reviews, and praise from the legacy media… until the book actually came out. To make things worse, she may not have been downtrodden enough. Now, vastly superi…

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Episode 129: We Must Fight Against Presentism In Our Analysis Of Nazi Dinosaurs Aug 29, 2022

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Come see us in Arlington, Virginia on October 29th!

https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/186960

Culture war drama hits a new low when a podcasting convention issues an apology for letting Ben Shapiro show up and… actually, that’s about it. Then, Jesse Singal regales us with the story of the American Historical Association’s president, James H. Sweet, and how his attack on presentism got him canceled. Thankfully, Katie Herzog intervenes to soothe us with some nice drawings of dinosaurs and – no, nevermind, turns out there’s drama here, too: paleoartist and behavioral geneticist Emily Willoughby has been exposed for sending black elementary schoolers to jail. Somehow.

Intro

Ben Shapiro causes a firestorm by standing, also breathing

Coverage in Reason

https://reason.com/2022/08/25/ben-shapiro-podcast-movement-harm-done-twitter/

Presentism

Sweet’s credentials (Jesse forgot to mention he’s the president of the AHA)

https://history.wisc.edu/people/sweet-james/

His article in question

https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/september-2022/is-history-history-identity-politics-and-teleologies-of-the-present

The AHA’s tweet of the article, which likely kicked things off

Twitter doing what it does best

The Tattooed Prof’s response to Sweet’s piece

https://thetattooedprof.com/2022/08/19/on-presentism-and-history-or-were-doing-this-again-are-we/

The World Socialist Web Site jumps in

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/24/ogzj-a24.html

Phil Magness also comes to the defense of Sweet’s essay

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/08/22/the_suicide_of_the_american_historical_association_577652.html

Nazi Dinosaurs

Some paleo art, to cleanse the palate

http://www.charlesrknight.com/Gallery/Knight/Prehistoric/AMNH/Leaping_Laelops.jpg

http://21essays.blogspot.com/2012/03/kongs-debt-to-charles-r-knight.html

Surprise! Not even paleo art is free of drama

https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvb8kj/why-paleontologists-get-riled-up-over-this-heretical-pterosaur-concept-art

Paleo artist Emily Willoughby has some works on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Word-Human-Reason-Perspective/dp/1629016381

https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Painting-Dinosaurs-Using-Science/dp/1785009559/

She also has some on FurAffinity (SFW, astoundingly)

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3856285/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5274416/

Prehistorica_CM’s attack on Willoughby

Zoologist Derren Nash’s subsequent disavowal of Willoughby

DinoDJ accuses Willougby of promoting eugenics and racism

History illustrator Midiaou Diallo ties Willougby to the foundations of white supremacy

Willoughby’s drawing for Everyone Draw Mohammed Day

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/957957987673186344/1011361260463460432/unknown.png

PEN America Charlie Hebdo insanityhttps://pen.org/pen-receives-letter-from-members-about-charlie-hebdo-award/

University of Washington trans study comes to bizarre conclusion, unsupported by its own data

https://mynorthwest.com/3602854/rantz-despite-concerning-trans-study-uw-kept-quiet-because-of-positive-coverage/

Jesse’s original article critiquing the study

Image: Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur - stock illustration via Getty

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Premium: No, ROGD Hasn't Been 'Debunked' Aug 23, 2022

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In life, there are two offensive questions: “Where are you from?” and “Do you have rapid-onset gender dysphoria?” In this episode, Jesse and Katie spend a bit of time discussing the first and then do a deep dive into the second. Is ROGD a full-on “myth” that was debunked? Of course not. To understand why, you need to understand how much junk science is …

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Episode 128: The Salman Rushdie Attack Holds a Mirror To The West And The Opera Finally Bans Slavery Aug 22, 2022

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Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, has spent decades in hiding as radical Muslims have hunted and killed many others involved with the controversial novel. Recently, he reemerged in New York, only to be stabbed near-fatally as he took the stage. But are others wrong to draw parallels between the rhetoric used by his attackers and the rhetoric we see increasingly in the West?

Plus, Substack writer Sam Thielman had his contract unfairly terminated, but Jesse uncovers events in his past that suggest he may not be quite as fair to others. Then, enjoy the chaos as internet insanity bleeds over into the opera scene once again, this time with an abolitionist twist.

Salman Rushdie

The attack on Rushdie

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/15/us/salman-rushdie-attack-monday/index.html

Bari Weiss’s history of the fatwa against him

Jesse’s review of Helen Joyce’s book

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html

The MacLachlan assault

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2017/09/trans-rights-terfs-and-a-bruised-60-year-old-what-happened-at-speakers-corner

The outcome of the case

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5613057/Model-punched-feminist-smashed-120-camera-violent-brawl-walks-free-court.html

The Julie Bindel case

https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/feminist-speaker-julie-bindel-attacked-transgender-person-edinburgh-university-after-talk-545841

Sam Thielman

Ackerman’s post mildly criticizing Substack (note Thielman credit)

https://foreverwars.ghost.io/forever-wars-off-substack-on-ghost/

Thielman details how Substack punished him for editing the post

https://foreverwars.ghost.io/substack-retaliates-against-forever-wars-editor/

Substack backpedals

Our episode on the Gist controversy

Pesca’s suspension

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/media/slate-mike-pesca-suspended.html

Thielman isn’t happy how things turned out

Jesse’s response

Thielman digs himself deeper re: Donald MacNeil Jr.

Sam’s devastating response, a masterpiece of polemics thoroughly discrediting Jesse and dishonoring his descendants for centuries to come

Theater Blowup

Playwrights Ensemble resigns collectively

https://medium.com/@ofvictorygardensplaywrights/letter-from-the-playwrights-of-victory-gardens-theater-fcbd3e1d1840

A list of demands for white american theater, invoking, of all things, the 13th Amendment

https://www.weseeyouwat.com/

The results of the protest outside the theater

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/theater/ken-matt-martin-victory-gardens.html

The internal conflict at Victory Gardens

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/theater/victory-gardens-theater-chicago.html?smtyp=cur

Ken-Matt’s statement

http://www.kenmatt.com/blog/2022/7/18/for-those-doing-the-work

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Episode 127: How James Lindsay and Karl Anderssen Gazed Into The Abyss Aug 15, 2022

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PhD scientist James Lindsay (“ConceptualJames”) wanted to expose fellow leftist academics for their culture warring with his famous hoax paper, which blamed penises for climate change. Embraced by the right, he waded into the front lines of the culture war and allowed it to consume him. Last week, the high-profile academic was pronounced dead at a Cracker Barrel in Tennessee after a dispute over meat substitutes turned deadly. (Rest In Power, brother.)

PhD researcher Karl Andersson wanted to get into the head of people who “like” little boys a little too much. He really, really wanted to get into their heads. So much that he – oh, thank God. They took it down. Noticing the right-wing backlash to his violation of social norms, the left instinctively jumps to his aid, opening another front in the culture wars…

He who does battle with monsters…

Fear and Loathing In Cracker Barrel

“Where pork-based and plant-based sausage lovers can breakfast all day in harmony.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2022/08/04/cracker-barrel-menu-impossible-sausage-woke/10242596002/

Jimmy Concepts

The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct: A Sokal-Style Hoax on Gender Studies

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/conceptual-penis-social-contruct-sokal-style-hoax-on-gender-studies/

Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship

https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/

Is a Portland Professor Being Railroaded by His University for Criticizing Social-Justice Research?

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/is-peter-boghossian-getting-railroaded-for-his-hoax.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xdpb7k/breaking-boy-news

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Episode 126: Helen Lewis And The Stonewall Conspiracy Aug 08, 2022

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Jesse Singal has disappeared off the face of the Earth. Trace’s investigation leads straight to “Stonewall,” a shadowy LGBT charity that is said to have infiltrated the highest levels of the British government. Katie leaks the news to Gawker Media, resulting in deadly riots erupting across New York over remaining supplies of Blocked And Reported. In an attempt to quell the chaos spreading across the nation, President Biden invites Katie to join him on a nationwide broadcast to announce that strategic reserves of Blocked And Reported have been deployed. (He then forgot to show up.)

Just when all seems lost, an old friend of the pod makes a triumphant return. Can Helen Lewis provide the nation with its weekly dose of internet insanity before it’s too late? Or has the Pax Americana finally come to an end?

Links:

Helen Lewis:

Lewis’ Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights-ebook/dp/B07WVXHFM9/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights/dp/1784709735/

Lewis on the TikTok Tourette’s epidemic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/social-media-illness-teen-girls/622916/

We did an episode on this!

More B&R lore: the time Watch Dogs: Legion got a little too meta and canceled Lewis both IRL and in-game:

Her article ushering in Trans Issues Week:

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/introducing-trans-issues-week

Sarah Ditum on Laverne Cox: “A hot woman on a magazine cover” [ARCHIVE]:

https://web.archive.org/web/20140629035908/https://sarahditum.com/2014/06/24/a-hot-woman-on-a-magazine-cover/

Lewis’ article on trans women in prisons:

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2016/01/deciding-which-jail-send-trans-prisoner-isn-t-always-clear-cut-and-accusations

Would you let your child change their gender?

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2016/10/would-you-let-your-child-change-their-gender

Helen Lewis vs. Jordan Peterson:

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/helen-lewis-jordan-peterson

What happened to Jordan Peterson?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/what-happened-to-jordan-peterson/618082/

The judgment in Allison Bailey’s case against Stonewall:

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bailey-judgment.pdf

The Cass Review’s interim report on treating trans children in England:

https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/

Just how much influence does Stonewall have in the UK?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09yjp0d

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Episode 125: Tarpley's Hitt Job Reveals The Sad State Of Gawker 2.0 And We Remember The Railroading Of Andy Signore Aug 01, 2022

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Gawker is (still) back and (still) worse than ever — just ask Thomas Chatterton Williams. And you may not know the name “Andy Signore,” but if you do it’s probably because he was rather comprehensively #MeTooed back in 2017. Except he provided a lot of evidence to suggest he was innocent — evidence all the media outlets that piled on him seem to have ignored.

Links:

Gawker:

Oldest available version of the article (already updated)

https://web.archive.org/web/20220726161823/https://www.gawker.com/media/losers-pal-around-at-alex-jones-film-premiere

Thomas Chatterton Williams denies, claims he wasn’t even in the same city at the time

What remains of the article now

https://www.gawker.com/media/losers-pal-around-at-alex-jones-film-premiere

What’s going on at Reveal?

https://www.gawker.com/media/whats-going-on-at-reveal

Foot-dragging on a Jesse-related correction:

https://www.gawker.com/media/oh-no-the-anti-trans-bigotry-we-loved-is-starting-to-feel-homophobic

Andy Signore:

The allegations against him

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/sexual-harassment-whisper-network.html

Andy’s subsequent firing

April Dawn’s public accusations

Emma Bowers’ allegations

Andy Signore’s video, giving his version of events

The texts released by Signore

Other articles — not the absence of exculpatory evidence once it was available:

https://mashable.com/article/screen-junkies-andy-signore-sexual-harassment

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/sexual-harassment-whisper-network.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-accused-sexual-abuse-1046574

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-fired-sexual-abuse-claims-1046756/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-sues-defy-media-reckless-firing-1136849/

https://deadline.com/2017/10/defy-media-andy-signore-sexual-abuse-screen-junkies-honest-trailers-1202184634/

https://deadline.com/2018/08/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-sues-defy-media-over-sexual-harassment-firing-1202450855/

https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-fired-for-egregious-and-intolerable-sexual-behavior-1202583996/

https://variety.com/2017/digital/features/sexual-harassment-new-media-silicon-valley-1202589890/

https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/defy-media-reforms-andy-signore-fired-sexual-misconduct-1202601273/

https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/andy-signore-sues-sexual-harassment-firing-1202914917/

https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/andy-signore-defy-media-settlement-1203252975

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Episode 124: Karlyn Borysenko Will Have Her Revenge On New Hampshire Jul 25, 2022

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Poor Karlyn Borysenko just can’t catch a break. First, she was a Democrat…until she was forced out of the movement by a gang of roving far-left knitters.Then she joined the Republicans…until they turned their back on her for repeatedly trying to “align” her “chakras'' with a (very uncomfortable) male cowriter, and saying that a certain Austrian painter went to heaven. Now she’s a Libertarian… and the Greens are looking nervously her way.

Links:

Jesse on Leon County:

Mises Caucus ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL:

https://reason.com/2022/05/29/mises-caucus-takes-control-of-libertarian-party/

Brandon Straka, #WalkAway founder, sentenced to 3 years probation and 3 months home detention for his role in the January 6th riots:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jan6-brandon-straka-sentenced-b2000384.html

The boss where Karlyn Borysenko used to work stepped down following an internal investigation:

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2018-10-01/gardellas-exit-from-nhpr-follows-investigation-into-management-issues

Hostile takeover of the knitting community leads Borysenko to to break with the left:

https://gen.medium.com/ive-been-a-democrat-for-20-years-here-s-what-i-experienced-at-trump-s-rally-in-new-hampshire-c69ddaaf6d07

Borysenko is asked to wear wristband pass in hotel waterpark, decides to go sicko mode and get kicked out rather than comply:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201116002257/https://www.theinglesidehotel.com/guest-eviction-statement

Borysenko explains how the Austrian Painter went to heaven, gets her PragerU video privated:

She claims it was the other way around, actually:

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40drkarlynB%20kieran&src=typed_query

Borysenko’s Town Hall Putsch (note body language, which is on-point):

https://kb.locals.com/post/1507701/never-before-seen-footage-of-me-yelling-we-know-where-you-live-at-a-school-board-meeting-before-ge

www.Karlynlovesnh.com

She’s also volunteering for Jeremy Kauffmann’s Libertarian Senate campaign in NH, describes him as “[James Lindsay] level smart”:

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