This week we kick things off with a look at Google’s very bad earnings report and a bombshell Reuters report that revealed that Twitter seems to be hemorrhaging users. Then we take a dive into the exploitative and uncomfortable world of British “dangerous places” YouTubers. You know the ones. Those posh guys that go vlog in failed states and turn human misery into clickbait. And, finally, we take a long and comprehensive look at the rise of the TikTok stay-at-home girlfriend. Ryan says stay-at-home girlfriend content seems deeply isolating and lonely and sort of haunting to watch. While Luke just really wants to do nothing all day except drink juices and swim.
SHOW NOTES
“Alphabet just had its worst day since March 2020, when Covid shutdowns started in the U.S.”
“Exclusive: Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show”
Lord Miles Routledge Adventures
Bald and Bankrupt
Yes Theory
Kendel Kay’s TikTok
Our Unified Theor(ies) Of 2023
Another Dispatch From Outside
A Dispatch From Outside
We're Escaping The Content Mines
An A.I. Wrote This Podcast
BONUS: Season one of "Andor"
Twitter Might Not Be Salvageable Anymore
Has Facebook “Fixed” Its News Feed?
BONUS: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Turning Nostalgia Into Crypto Pyramid Schemes
The Great Paid Verification Debate
Vague Hype Cycles With Billion Dollar Valuations
The Liz Truss Lettuce And Trickle-Down Twitter Brain
TwitchCon's Cursed Foam Pit
Elon Musk Is Not A Deep Thinker
There’s A Digital Advertising Apocalypse Coming
Can Meta's Platforms Still Swing An Election?
The Daftest Ways The UK Is Mourning The Queen
The Weird Thread Men Of Twitter
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WSJ Tech News Briefing
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The WAN Show
Cyber Security Headlines
Babbage from The Economist