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The Green Ape Aug 29, 2026

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Have Americans reached a tipping point with data centers and AI? We discuss.
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Apes & other things mentioned in this ep:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wickerpark/comments/1vhtwev/the_green_ape_changed_their_sign_from_the/#lightbox
https://www.reddit.com/r/wickerpark/comments/1vjc56t/update_on_the_new_green_ape_logo_shes_claiming/
https://x.com/notlarrysabato/status/2084404186330837285

Unlocked: All This For Ten Dollars - Guys We Don't Like: Palmer Luckey Aug 25, 2026

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MLYP takes us through the history of Palmer Luckey: gamer, founder of Oculus, and (alleged) war criminal.

Slide Show:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kTHSKZQ0hMwY_sNHK5k3peFh5Q2anKdO80qf7Dj7AlM/edit

Preview: Grievance Grifting Ft. Miles Klee Aug 20, 2026

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The digital safety organization Reset Tech released a 160 page study outlining how the "Manosphere" isn't an organic movement so much as it is a series of financial scams. Miles Klee of Wired Magazine joins us to talk about his piece covering the economics of male rage and offers some thoughts on what some solutions to the issue might look like.
Read the article: https://www.wired.com/story/the-manosphere-isnt-a-movement-its-a-multibillion-dollar-grievance-industry/
Follow Miles: https://www.wired.com/author/miles-klee/

Nosy Neighbors Ft. Marcos Aug 16, 2026

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Marcos joins us on the follow-up to our pink slime episode, we talk about the communal costs we incur when local papers die, and the horrors that fill the void when they do.
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Preview: Return to Fruit Love Island Ft. Internet Today Aug 08, 2026

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Ricky & Eliot of Internet Today join us for a retrospective on Fruit Love Island, Strawberrina's series of sordid affairs, Italian Brainrot, and the slop economy at large.
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The Hole Hog Aug 02, 2026

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The Big Mac Index is here, the police used Grok to edit an evidence photo, Linkedin is now offering users the opportunity to report slop, Google pulled its disastrous AI image editing tool they put into Google Earth, you can now bet on wild fire outcomes, and more. We discuss.
Stories read and referenced:
Employees from the world’s biggest AI companies want the US to be ready to slow AI development
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/28/tech/ai-development-tech-employees-open-letter

Linkedin Adds Slop Detection Report Button

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/linkedin-adds-a-button-to-report-ai-generated-slop/
Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-pulls-down-google-earth-ai-feature
Wildfire Betting now on Prediction Market Apps

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/climate/betting-wildfires-polymarket-prediction-market-platforms
Vancouver Police use AI tool to fabricate drug bust photo
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-police-explain-made-with-ai-image-of-seized-drugs-cash/
The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed
https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000011001849/ai-influencers-health-supplements-fake-ads.html

Preview: Nobody Did This Ft. Parker Molloy Jul 28, 2026

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The right-wing noise machine spent months trying to destroy Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey. The film opened up to enormous critical and commercial success, so it would seem that they failed. But did they really? Let's talk about it.
Note: this discussion is about the discourse surrounding the film, so spoilers shouldn't be a major issue. But beware, we do talk about aspects of the film in a limited capacity.
Read Parker's article: https://www.readtpa.com
Full episode on www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Gamers, Ft. Michael Maurino Jul 22, 2026

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Michael Maurino aka Iron Stylus is a veteran game developer who has worked on a number of large projects over the years, he walks us through the current landscape of the gaming industry, layoffs, bisexual lighting, what to look forward to in the future, and more.
Follow Michael:
https://www.artstation.com/ironstylus
https://www.instagram.com/iron_stylus/
https://brainstormschool.com/
Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer

Unlocked: All This For Ten Dollars - America 250 Jul 18, 2026

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MLYP takes us through America 250's origins through today, and all the baggage that came with it.
Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AN-XayXaUfaKngfY_ghphiayJaJ-6WTcIVp9bWeOums/edit?slide=id.g36f69057379_0_79#slide=id.g36f69057379_0_79

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Preview: Pink Slime & You Jul 16, 2026

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Conservative dark money is funding a network of so-called "pink slime" websites that sell influence to the fossil fuel industry and far-right special interests, where candidates and PACs can simply buy the coverage they want on hundreds, perhaps thousands of websites, and hundreds of millions of impressions across their ad networks. These sites look innocuous, but they're filled with undisclosed press releases, bylined to newsrooms or individuals that often don't exist. What's worse: they now outnumber the country's remaining local newspaper sites, and when Yale researchers put them side by side with the real thing, nearly half of Americans preferred the fake ones. Let's talk about it and what this means for the upcoming midterm elections.
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