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How and Why to Fight Back Against Social Media Bans
+ Corporate girlies, X psychosis, UGC mania, a tech swag fashion show, Minionese Idol, Machinic Taste, the secret history of Polymarket, and how VidCon became a cancelled YouTuber apology tour
What Is Peter Thiel Doing In Argentina?
Watch now | NYT's Ryan Mac joins me to break down Peter Thiel's Argentina obsession, discuss the secret cult, and more.
Hasan Piker On The Next Big Internet Battle
+ Inside tea on Peter Thielâs secret society, doom trolling, Edikted, Streamer U mania, dopamine sites, Whoa Vicky's literary era, GR00T, Footy Addicts, and a Polymarket podcast
The Bounty Economy Is Breaking Reality
On Pump Fun GO you can get paid to post election fraud conspiracies and more.
A Pro-AI Super PACâs Secret Meme Sockpuppets
Lonliness influencers, death of YouTube face, Airbnb robot cleaners, Suno addicts, George Santos Kalshi crimes, VidConization of Hollywood, why Alex Hormozi publishes 250 videos a day to social media
No, Creators Don't 'Deserve to Be Paid' for This
The influencer political advertising boom is poisoning democracy.
The Influencer Industrial Complex is Warping Local Politics
Political content creators are seeking to build their brands through collabbing with candidates, often without proper disclosure.
Ben Shapiro's Empire is Crumbling w/ Will Sommer
+ Waymo invasions, WordleTV, Halupedia, ballmaxxing, rogue AI radio, NYC roulette, Clav's List, YouTube whisperers, Elon's top reply guy, and another study finds zero benefits from smartphone bans
Stop Feeling Helpless About AI
+ 'Screenagers', Bottom G, Labububot, armpods, pew-tubers, Richard Dawkins' AI gf, ASMR subliminals, luxury micro dramas, young Wikipedians, The Clippening, & the rise of the young founder-influencer
A pro-AI dark money group tried to recruit me
A few weeks ago, an email hit my inbox that shocked me.
How Much of Substack Is Actually AI?
I analyzed thousands of posts from the top newsletters to find out how much of Substack is AI. Some of the biggest âwritersâ on Substack arenât writing at all.
The Girlboss-ification of AI w/ Kat Tenbarge
+ Bezosâs private retreat, Alex Cooper drama, new MrBeast lawsuit, the OpenAI apartment, Chinaâs âdark factories', Pasta sauce surveillance, and why big techâs âtobacco momentâ isnât what it seems
Influencers Are Replacing Themselves With AI Clones
Anthropic girlypop dinners, new Costco Guys, BuzzBallz summer, Gen Z's silent scream, FBI aura farming, Elon Musk's TikTok, Mahjong mania, SantaCon fraud, andthe case against social media "addiction"
Skibidi Toilet fans are melting down
+ Boy kibble, cyberdecks, Bierberchella, AI Michael Jackson babies, peptides overtake pickleball, dating app whimsey, deep runs, an AI storefront, YouTubers vs Apple, Claude Code whips and fairy wands
They're Putting AI Cameras In School Buses
+ NeeDoh squishies, Twitch for pets, Waymo influencer merch, OpenClaw crashouts, Alix Earle's skincare blowout, smut book clubs, Surf social, AI's millennial cringe problem, and Sam Altman tea
Dopamine Is Not Why Kids Love Social Media
+ YouTube Shorts rizz party, Clavicular's Club Stream, heat islands, MrBeast's Japan pivot, Costco's chocolate bunny, Twitch streaming as a dog, and the doomed project to cancel Hasan Piker
The Media Lied About the Social Media Addiction Trial
+ LA's crypto kids, @user3266363816019, AI bedtime stories, slop signage, alpine divorce, a KitKat heist, the White House app, byyourselfmaxxing, and against the smartphone theory of everything
The Internet is Being Deleted (And You Havenât Noticed)
AI influencer awards season, vaping squirrels, RIP Sora, bestie-fication of media, peak MrBeast, the pop diva extinction, Zuckerberg's claw, a cowgorithm, Fortnite brain rot, LinkedIn âbuilderâ plague
The Rise of Celebrity Clone Conspiracies
+ Diner Gothic, LEGO slopaganda, cartel Olympics, âporn addictionâ influencers, a $178 Jensen Huang sweater, Afroman's 1A win, tech bro taste, supplement stacking, & how OpenClaw conquer the internet
How Powerful People Became Obsessed w/ Section 230
The clout apocalypse, YouTube face, Meghan and Harryâs Netflix fallout, MOG World Order, CEO moats, sync music, the debate over influencers on the red carpet, and secret billionaire typing patterns
You Are Being Lied to About Algorithms
+ AI Amish influencers, baby gut health, Kai Trump's Erewhon vlog, bed rotting for art, the Substack book, MrBeast banking, Quittr, a new Ellison, Ben Affleck's AI startup, Heated Rivalry fanfic drama
How Epstein Warped the Entire Internet
Mr. Beast Islam, Roblox threesoms, the Staples Baddie, Parisian slop bowls, phone away from phone, AI pervert glasses, TX primary influencer wars, and prediction markets' billionaire founders feud
'Situation Monitoring' Products Are Flooding The Web
+ Yapper ads, the Most Evil Gay Guy, pop culture OpenClaw, Gucci runway texts, Jim Carry conspiracies, #sendBaron, Zuck's $170M mansion, Opensource Palantir, and how the AIs kill
ICEâs Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7
+ PewDiePieAI, sustainable abundance, MAGA influencers go solar, disappearing summer break, YT's newest teen sensation, giving birth on livestream, a plan to bathe entire cities in sunlight from space
Why The Internet Is Broken
+ Ai;dr, r/lanadelrey drama, total boomer luxury communism, American Girl novels, Benny Blanco livestreamer, Nicki Minaj bot farms, Slxughter, POLITICO's pink slime, and a YouTuber's fake ICE tip line
Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
+ Burnout feminism, slop surgery, sleepcations, serftok, Meta's celeb wrangler -> OpenAI, American Girl Ozempic, chatbot cafes, Tinder voting, 13 yr old skincare CEO, how crying girls will make u rich
They're Trying To Kill The Internet As We Know It
+ Beast Banking, Clav's mogshot, a brainrot Reels slam poet, X's fake cancer cure problem, Polymarket Portal feet pics, AI Netflix, analog YouTube, Roblox ICE raids, and giving birth on Discord
The Rise and Fall of Livestream Fail
+ Moltbook mania, Minecraft protests, wellness anarchists, travelscrimping, GlamBOT controversy, Tinder for clankers, French Zohran, and escaping a Chinese Mafia crypto slavery scheme
Can You Sue For Social Media Addiction?
+ Slopagandists, WannaBeasts, r/massivecock vs ICE, America's Kill Line, peptide pushers, Boy Throb, viral armpitting, a new class of pro-Democrat dark money creators, and is Josh the new Karen?
Why Conservatives Hate Brooklyn Beckham
A Dramageddon drag show, ManyVids AI psychosis, the far right's new goth girl, 13 yr old AI founders, UpScrolled > TikTok, Rumble Shorts, IRL Heated Rivalry, and Tay Zonday takes on ICE.
How and Why to Fight Back Against Social Media Bans
+ Corporate girlies, X psychosis, UGC mania, a tech swag fashion show, Minionese Idol, Machinic Taste, the secret history of Polymarket, and how VidCon became a cancelled YouTuber apology tour
What Is Peter Thiel Doing In Argentina?
Watch now | NYT's Ryan Mac joins me to break down Peter Thiel's Argentina obsession, discuss the secret cult, and more.
Hasan Piker On The Next Big Internet Battle
+ Inside tea on Peter Thielâs secret society, doom trolling, Edikted, Streamer U mania, dopamine sites, Whoa Vicky's literary era, GR00T, Footy Addicts, and a Polymarket podcast
The Bounty Economy Is Breaking Reality
On Pump Fun GO you can get paid to post election fraud conspiracies and more.
A Pro-AI Super PACâs Secret Meme Sockpuppets
Lonliness influencers, death of YouTube face, Airbnb robot cleaners, Suno addicts, George Santos Kalshi crimes, VidConization of Hollywood, why Alex Hormozi publishes 250 videos a day to social media
No, Creators Don't 'Deserve to Be Paid' for This
The influencer political advertising boom is poisoning democracy.
The Influencer Industrial Complex is Warping Local Politics
Political content creators are seeking to build their brands through collabbing with candidates, often without proper disclosure.
Ben Shapiro's Empire is Crumbling w/ Will Sommer
+ Waymo invasions, WordleTV, Halupedia, ballmaxxing, rogue AI radio, NYC roulette, Clav's List, YouTube whisperers, Elon's top reply guy, and another study finds zero benefits from smartphone bans
Stop Feeling Helpless About AI
+ 'Screenagers', Bottom G, Labububot, armpods, pew-tubers, Richard Dawkins' AI gf, ASMR subliminals, luxury micro dramas, young Wikipedians, The Clippening, & the rise of the young founder-influencer
A pro-AI dark money group tried to recruit me
A few weeks ago, an email hit my inbox that shocked me.
How Much of Substack Is Actually AI?
I analyzed thousands of posts from the top newsletters to find out how much of Substack is AI. Some of the biggest âwritersâ on Substack arenât writing at all.
The Girlboss-ification of AI w/ Kat Tenbarge
+ Bezosâs private retreat, Alex Cooper drama, new MrBeast lawsuit, the OpenAI apartment, Chinaâs âdark factories', Pasta sauce surveillance, and why big techâs âtobacco momentâ isnât what it seems
Influencers Are Replacing Themselves With AI Clones
Anthropic girlypop dinners, new Costco Guys, BuzzBallz summer, Gen Z's silent scream, FBI aura farming, Elon Musk's TikTok, Mahjong mania, SantaCon fraud, andthe case against social media "addiction"
Skibidi Toilet fans are melting down
+ Boy kibble, cyberdecks, Bierberchella, AI Michael Jackson babies, peptides overtake pickleball, dating app whimsey, deep runs, an AI storefront, YouTubers vs Apple, Claude Code whips and fairy wands
They're Putting AI Cameras In School Buses
+ NeeDoh squishies, Twitch for pets, Waymo influencer merch, OpenClaw crashouts, Alix Earle's skincare blowout, smut book clubs, Surf social, AI's millennial cringe problem, and Sam Altman tea
Dopamine Is Not Why Kids Love Social Media
+ YouTube Shorts rizz party, Clavicular's Club Stream, heat islands, MrBeast's Japan pivot, Costco's chocolate bunny, Twitch streaming as a dog, and the doomed project to cancel Hasan Piker
The Media Lied About the Social Media Addiction Trial
+ LA's crypto kids, @user3266363816019, AI bedtime stories, slop signage, alpine divorce, a KitKat heist, the White House app, byyourselfmaxxing, and against the smartphone theory of everything
The Internet is Being Deleted (And You Havenât Noticed)
AI influencer awards season, vaping squirrels, RIP Sora, bestie-fication of media, peak MrBeast, the pop diva extinction, Zuckerberg's claw, a cowgorithm, Fortnite brain rot, LinkedIn âbuilderâ plague
The Rise of Celebrity Clone Conspiracies
+ Diner Gothic, LEGO slopaganda, cartel Olympics, âporn addictionâ influencers, a $178 Jensen Huang sweater, Afroman's 1A win, tech bro taste, supplement stacking, & how OpenClaw conquer the internet
How Powerful People Became Obsessed w/ Section 230
The clout apocalypse, YouTube face, Meghan and Harryâs Netflix fallout, MOG World Order, CEO moats, sync music, the debate over influencers on the red carpet, and secret billionaire typing patterns
You Are Being Lied to About Algorithms
+ AI Amish influencers, baby gut health, Kai Trump's Erewhon vlog, bed rotting for art, the Substack book, MrBeast banking, Quittr, a new Ellison, Ben Affleck's AI startup, Heated Rivalry fanfic drama
How Epstein Warped the Entire Internet
Mr. Beast Islam, Roblox threesoms, the Staples Baddie, Parisian slop bowls, phone away from phone, AI pervert glasses, TX primary influencer wars, and prediction markets' billionaire founders feud
'Situation Monitoring' Products Are Flooding The Web
+ Yapper ads, the Most Evil Gay Guy, pop culture OpenClaw, Gucci runway texts, Jim Carry conspiracies, #sendBaron, Zuck's $170M mansion, Opensource Palantir, and how the AIs kill
ICEâs Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7
+ PewDiePieAI, sustainable abundance, MAGA influencers go solar, disappearing summer break, YT's newest teen sensation, giving birth on livestream, a plan to bathe entire cities in sunlight from space
Why The Internet Is Broken
+ Ai;dr, r/lanadelrey drama, total boomer luxury communism, American Girl novels, Benny Blanco livestreamer, Nicki Minaj bot farms, Slxughter, POLITICO's pink slime, and a YouTuber's fake ICE tip line
Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
+ Burnout feminism, slop surgery, sleepcations, serftok, Meta's celeb wrangler -> OpenAI, American Girl Ozempic, chatbot cafes, Tinder voting, 13 yr old skincare CEO, how crying girls will make u rich
They're Trying To Kill The Internet As We Know It
+ Beast Banking, Clav's mogshot, a brainrot Reels slam poet, X's fake cancer cure problem, Polymarket Portal feet pics, AI Netflix, analog YouTube, Roblox ICE raids, and giving birth on Discord
The Rise and Fall of Livestream Fail
+ Moltbook mania, Minecraft protests, wellness anarchists, travelscrimping, GlamBOT controversy, Tinder for clankers, French Zohran, and escaping a Chinese Mafia crypto slavery scheme
Can You Sue For Social Media Addiction?
+ Slopagandists, WannaBeasts, r/massivecock vs ICE, America's Kill Line, peptide pushers, Boy Throb, viral armpitting, a new class of pro-Democrat dark money creators, and is Josh the new Karen?
Why Conservatives Hate Brooklyn Beckham
A Dramageddon drag show, ManyVids AI psychosis, the far right's new goth girl, 13 yr old AI founders, UpScrolled > TikTok, Rumble Shorts, IRL Heated Rivalry, and Tay Zonday takes on ICE.
How and Why to Fight Back Against Social Media Bans
+ Corporate girlies, X psychosis, UGC mania, a tech swag fashion show, Minionese Idol, Machinic Taste, the secret history of Polymarket, and how VidCon became a cancelled YouTuber apology tour
What Is Peter Thiel Doing In Argentina?
Watch now | NYT's Ryan Mac joins me to break down Peter Thiel's Argentina obsession, discuss the secret cult, and more.
Hasan Piker On The Next Big Internet Battle
+ Inside tea on Peter Thielâs secret society, doom trolling, Edikted, Streamer U mania, dopamine sites, Whoa Vicky's literary era, GR00T, Footy Addicts, and a Polymarket podcast
The Bounty Economy Is Breaking Reality
On Pump Fun GO you can get paid to post election fraud conspiracies and more.
A Pro-AI Super PACâs Secret Meme Sockpuppets
Lonliness influencers, death of YouTube face, Airbnb robot cleaners, Suno addicts, George Santos Kalshi crimes, VidConization of Hollywood, why Alex Hormozi publishes 250 videos a day to social media
No, Creators Don't 'Deserve to Be Paid' for This
The influencer political advertising boom is poisoning democracy.
The Influencer Industrial Complex is Warping Local Politics
Political content creators are seeking to build their brands through collabbing with candidates, often without proper disclosure.
Ben Shapiro's Empire is Crumbling w/ Will Sommer
+ Waymo invasions, WordleTV, Halupedia, ballmaxxing, rogue AI radio, NYC roulette, Clav's List, YouTube whisperers, Elon's top reply guy, and another study finds zero benefits from smartphone bans
Stop Feeling Helpless About AI
+ 'Screenagers', Bottom G, Labububot, armpods, pew-tubers, Richard Dawkins' AI gf, ASMR subliminals, luxury micro dramas, young Wikipedians, The Clippening, & the rise of the young founder-influencer
A pro-AI dark money group tried to recruit me
A few weeks ago, an email hit my inbox that shocked me.
How Much of Substack Is Actually AI?
I analyzed thousands of posts from the top newsletters to find out how much of Substack is AI. Some of the biggest âwritersâ on Substack arenât writing at all.
The Girlboss-ification of AI w/ Kat Tenbarge
+ Bezosâs private retreat, Alex Cooper drama, new MrBeast lawsuit, the OpenAI apartment, Chinaâs âdark factories', Pasta sauce surveillance, and why big techâs âtobacco momentâ isnât what it seems
Influencers Are Replacing Themselves With AI Clones
Anthropic girlypop dinners, new Costco Guys, BuzzBallz summer, Gen Z's silent scream, FBI aura farming, Elon Musk's TikTok, Mahjong mania, SantaCon fraud, andthe case against social media "addiction"
Skibidi Toilet fans are melting down
+ Boy kibble, cyberdecks, Bierberchella, AI Michael Jackson babies, peptides overtake pickleball, dating app whimsey, deep runs, an AI storefront, YouTubers vs Apple, Claude Code whips and fairy wands
They're Putting AI Cameras In School Buses
+ NeeDoh squishies, Twitch for pets, Waymo influencer merch, OpenClaw crashouts, Alix Earle's skincare blowout, smut book clubs, Surf social, AI's millennial cringe problem, and Sam Altman tea
Dopamine Is Not Why Kids Love Social Media
+ YouTube Shorts rizz party, Clavicular's Club Stream, heat islands, MrBeast's Japan pivot, Costco's chocolate bunny, Twitch streaming as a dog, and the doomed project to cancel Hasan Piker
The Media Lied About the Social Media Addiction Trial
+ LA's crypto kids, @user3266363816019, AI bedtime stories, slop signage, alpine divorce, a KitKat heist, the White House app, byyourselfmaxxing, and against the smartphone theory of everything
The Internet is Being Deleted (And You Havenât Noticed)
AI influencer awards season, vaping squirrels, RIP Sora, bestie-fication of media, peak MrBeast, the pop diva extinction, Zuckerberg's claw, a cowgorithm, Fortnite brain rot, LinkedIn âbuilderâ plague
The Rise of Celebrity Clone Conspiracies
+ Diner Gothic, LEGO slopaganda, cartel Olympics, âporn addictionâ influencers, a $178 Jensen Huang sweater, Afroman's 1A win, tech bro taste, supplement stacking, & how OpenClaw conquer the internet
How Powerful People Became Obsessed w/ Section 230
The clout apocalypse, YouTube face, Meghan and Harryâs Netflix fallout, MOG World Order, CEO moats, sync music, the debate over influencers on the red carpet, and secret billionaire typing patterns
You Are Being Lied to About Algorithms
+ AI Amish influencers, baby gut health, Kai Trump's Erewhon vlog, bed rotting for art, the Substack book, MrBeast banking, Quittr, a new Ellison, Ben Affleck's AI startup, Heated Rivalry fanfic drama
How Epstein Warped the Entire Internet
Mr. Beast Islam, Roblox threesoms, the Staples Baddie, Parisian slop bowls, phone away from phone, AI pervert glasses, TX primary influencer wars, and prediction markets' billionaire founders feud
'Situation Monitoring' Products Are Flooding The Web
+ Yapper ads, the Most Evil Gay Guy, pop culture OpenClaw, Gucci runway texts, Jim Carry conspiracies, #sendBaron, Zuck's $170M mansion, Opensource Palantir, and how the AIs kill
ICEâs Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7
+ PewDiePieAI, sustainable abundance, MAGA influencers go solar, disappearing summer break, YT's newest teen sensation, giving birth on livestream, a plan to bathe entire cities in sunlight from space
Why The Internet Is Broken
+ Ai;dr, r/lanadelrey drama, total boomer luxury communism, American Girl novels, Benny Blanco livestreamer, Nicki Minaj bot farms, Slxughter, POLITICO's pink slime, and a YouTuber's fake ICE tip line
Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
+ Burnout feminism, slop surgery, sleepcations, serftok, Meta's celeb wrangler -> OpenAI, American Girl Ozempic, chatbot cafes, Tinder voting, 13 yr old skincare CEO, how crying girls will make u rich
They're Trying To Kill The Internet As We Know It
+ Beast Banking, Clav's mogshot, a brainrot Reels slam poet, X's fake cancer cure problem, Polymarket Portal feet pics, AI Netflix, analog YouTube, Roblox ICE raids, and giving birth on Discord
The Rise and Fall of Livestream Fail
+ Moltbook mania, Minecraft protests, wellness anarchists, travelscrimping, GlamBOT controversy, Tinder for clankers, French Zohran, and escaping a Chinese Mafia crypto slavery scheme
Can You Sue For Social Media Addiction?
+ Slopagandists, WannaBeasts, r/massivecock vs ICE, America's Kill Line, peptide pushers, Boy Throb, viral armpitting, a new class of pro-Democrat dark money creators, and is Josh the new Karen?
Why Conservatives Hate Brooklyn Beckham
A Dramageddon drag show, ManyVids AI psychosis, the far right's new goth girl, 13 yr old AI founders, UpScrolled > TikTok, Rumble Shorts, IRL Heated Rivalry, and Tay Zonday takes on ICE.