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The Disappearance of Tween Fashion [Archive Pull] Mar 19, 2026

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Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Georgia's segment talking to Professor Elizabeth Wissinger about how the social internet helped erase an entire fashion demographic — namely, tween fashion for girls.

Listen to the original episode here: https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/

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When The Taliban Turned the Internet Off in Afghanistan Mar 12, 2026

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Contributing producer and Kabul-based journalist Ali Latifi tells the story of a roughly 48-hour period, at the end of 2025, when the Taliban turned off the entire internet in Afghanistan.

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Cord Cutters

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Thank you to Suha, Fara, Saeed, Samir, Ramin, Mohammad, Hamed, Jabar, Sanam Muradi, Haroun Rahimi, Naser, Ahmad Azizi and Saeed.

This episode’s Contributing Producer is Ali Latifi. 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.

1. These are the vague demands you make on me

2. (that I) assemble
(to) recollect
(to) decode
( ) associate

3. that I admit, fraught with difficulty, reintegration
is no day at the beach in eggshell tints
“The inmates start to get brave and a little crazy”
when they hear that friendly voice–the matron

4. (But that’s also my mind, lost)
Her epic poem on the constraints society places on the

5. misunderstood

Excerpt of Sybil by Rebecca Wolf

Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Not What You Know, but How You Know: Science Communicators Roundtable Mar 05, 2026

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Mike talks with science communicators Alex Dainis, Trade Dominguez and Joe Hanson about what it’s like trying to do their job in today’s information environment.

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Alex Dainis

Trace Dominguez

Joe Hanson

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teach us about life

gently

implored the little beings

and stretched their arms

for love of the other shore

Canto XVII (for Diana) by Alejandra Pizarnik

Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

News Post: On the Impending Silicon Goods Shortage Feb 25, 2026

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Mike chats with Jeffrey Parkin of Rogue and Rory Carroll of Alloy about the impending chip shortage caused by the construction boom in AI Data centers. How did this happen, why is there no easy way out, and how should you – as a consumer – be thinking about this these things?

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News Links

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Chip Chat

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What Kind of Place is the Internet? Feb 19, 2026

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Producer Georgia Hampton looks to writer and blogger Katherine Dee and academic Charles Soukop to help her figure out how to visualize the internet. As in, what kind of a place is it, if it’s even a space at all?

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Charles’s 2006 study on virtual third places

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Pornhub Goes SFW Feb 12, 2026

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Senior Producer Hans Buetow digs into the data from the 2025 Pornhub Year-in-Review, and wonders aloud to sexual wellness educator Courney Brame, and co-founders of SWR Data, MelRose Michaels and Mike Stabile - what’s going on with the sudden rise in SFW content on a decidedly NSFW platform?

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Pornhub Is Entering Their FrictionMaxxxing Era

Courtney Brame
MelRose Michaels
Mike Stabile
SWR Data Website
SWR Data Substack
Pornhub 2025 Year-In-Review
Mia Khalifa on Always Open
In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing (The Cut)
How I Frictionmaxx (P.E. Moskowitz)
THUTT! (Jessica DeFino)

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Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Posting Disease, with Bijan Stephen [Archive Pull] Feb 05, 2026

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Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Mike's segment on the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media.

Listen to the original episode here: https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/

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His blog: https://newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/

Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/bijan.bsky.social

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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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2010 Pop by Akira Sora at Free Music Archive
Dream Pop by Holizna CC0 at Free Music Archive
Retro Synths by Holizna CC0 at Free Music Archive

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Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

News Post: Is It Time To Delete TikTok? Jan 30, 2026

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Mike, Hans, and Georgia discuss the recent U.S. deal with TikTok, how it’s changed the app, whether it’s worth sticking around to see what happens, or if it's better to just log off for good.

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DuckDuckYesNo

Kalshi gets banned
Court order against Kalshi - Mass Gov
Boston Globe
Hackers against ICE - Techdirt
EFF vs ICE tracking apps
France bans Zoom - Politico
Shopify comes to ChatGPT
The new era of AI storefronts - McKinsey
Craig Newmark pulls back on funding journalism - Neiman Lab
NoAI for DuckDuckGo
YesAI for DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo’s statement on their study
The U.S. / TikTok deal - ABC News

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There is no promise like the present
though the present’s not promise at all.
The grifter flashes a glimmer like it was
a sure thing. Clinging to these turns
blindsides what’s before the eye, a fist
behind dice. I want distraction even
more than you, but both of us lost
the duel when our seconds went missing.

Excerpt of Against Hope By Charles Bernstein

Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Announcement: 2026 Never Post Olympiad Jan 22, 2026

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Never Post is live streaming their very own Olympiad!

Join us on Monday, February 2nd at 11:30am ET to watch intrepid competitors try to win the internet by doing various internet-related tasks for points.

Want to compete? Go to neverpo.st/olympiad to find out how! Tryouts must be submitted by 11:59pm ET on Wednesday, January 28.

To watch the 2026 Never Post Olympiad, head over to twitch.tv/theneverpost.

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State of the Pod: 2026 Jan 14, 2026

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To celebrate Never Post's second birthday,Mike, Jason, Hans, and Georgia gather to talk about how it went; and to break down how many people listened, how much money changed hands, and changes coming in 2026.

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