Ten Thousand Posts

[PREVIEW] The Matrix Resurrections ft. Sophie (Part 1)

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We're going back to where it all started....back to the Matrix!

We're once again joined by the podcast oracle, Sophie (@sophie_frm_mars) to talk about the new Matrix movie, in which Neo and Trinity find themselves in a new Matrix - a Matrix *within* a Matrix, where everything has bisexual lighting, Neo is sad and drinks a lot of tiny coffees. We talk about why this was a reluctantly made sequel for Lana Wachowski, the efforts to produce something new within an economy fuelled on nostalgia, and, of course, why all the funko pop guys are, once again, mad online.

For more Sophie on Twitch, Youtube and Podcasts, follow her here: http://linktr.ee/SophieFromMars

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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_OnEarth).

The Text Man Cometh ft. Magdalene Taylor

We take our first steps into the world of "tiktok" this week, as Magdalene Taylor (@magdajtaylor), a senior writer at MEL magazine, talks us through the West Elm Caleb discourse, and what happens when pile-ons, projections and participatory posting are co-opted by brands on social media platforms. Indeed, what happens when we get tired about making fuccboi content, and the fuccboi becomes *the* content that needs constant regeneration. While it's likely that nobody is talking about Caleb anymore, it seems clear that this is probably the next stage of the 'main character'.  We also talk about "fuc*ing the text man for texts" as a rare example of a perfectly written post - and one that explains transactional relationships (and hyper-transactional exchanges) in a better way than any of us could on the pod. 
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Read Magda's work at: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/author/magdalene-taylor

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Ten Thousand Posts is the show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth). 

 

[PREVIEW] Notice Me Senpai ft. Travis View

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Phoebe couldn't be on the bonus this week, so Hussein sits down with Travis from QAnon Anonymous to talk about what's been going on with Q guys since Jan 6th, the splintering of its factions as they descend into even weirder conspiracies, and their relationship to posting - in which being online is not just an addiction, but a sense of duty. Travis explains how, when it comes to QAnon, posting is proof of your dedication to the 'movement' and, reaffirmation of your faith in Q. Essentially, we conclude that it's not too unlike  K**op Stans (do not tell them I said this). 

A Dummies Guide To Ozposting ft. Andrew Law

This week, we're rejoined by Andrew Law (@IllyBocean) from Boontavista to talk about the kooky characters of Australian Twitter. This includes a guy who believes he is solely responsible for trending topics, people who are *really* into voluntary lockdowns because they realise it makes for great content, and some Australian witches, who are somehow just as bizarre as other self-fashioned witches in other commonwealth nations. Plus, we talk about why mundane movie opinions always go viral, and what it is about David Lynch that seemingly makes everyone mad online. 

[PREVIEW] Wife Guys Don’t Cry

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Fellas, is it gay if you shed a tear? That's the subject of most of today's episode, as we attempt to dissect a thread in which a kind of trad (?) woman tries to make the argument that men shouldn't cry because she doesn't find it attractive, and then tries to walk back on it, then double down on it, all while people are getting mad at her throughout. The lesson? Once your tweet gets retweeted more than 10 times, delete it! Nothing good will come out of it!

We then issue an apology re. saying that there are no wife guys left, as we are confronted with "Snow Wife Guy" , a local news reporter who found himself become the main character as he watched his poor doctor wife shovel snow after a night shift. Dudes Rock!

What If Your Ape Could Rap? ft. Ryan Broderick

This week, we finally have to address the big ape with laser eyes smoking weed in the room and is worth over £5 million for some reason. Yes, we are talking about NFTs, the crypto economy, and what's driving this accelerated faith that bored apes and lazy lions are apparently going to rescue capitalism from itself. We're joined by Ryan Broderick (@Broderick) from The Content Mines and the Garbage Day Newsletter, to talk about why Mike Shinoda, the rapper from Linkin Park, seems to think they're the future. Then we talk about a recent-ish essay from Hamilton Nolan about what happens if or when the crypto economy fails. Nolan believes that the most likely outcome is probably reactionary fascism, but is this hyperbole? Or, could something worse actually happen instead? It's like a fun game to figure out what the dumbest way we could all die could be.
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You can read Hamilton Nolan's Essay here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-ticking-bomb-of-crypto-fascism
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[PREVIEW] HK’s Anime Club : Serial Experiments Lain 07-08

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The gang is back to finish this goddamn series about girls who love being on the computer. We talk about episode 7 and 8, in which, as Lain discovers more about herself and her relationship to the Wired, the mysterious group of hackers known as the Knights are, for some reason, killing their fans for being a little bit too into them. Then, as Lain sort of gets to grips with the idea of a digital Lain, she now has to contend with a *third* version of Lain - another freak who keeps nosying around and spreading rumours about girls who don't have computers. Lain, stop it!

REBUILD OF 10K Posts: Wife Guys (Reloaded) ft. Miles Klee

In our first new episode of 2022, we're joined by 10k Posts LA correspondent and leading Wifethropologist Miles Klee (@milesklee), to check in on what's going on with wife guys. We go over some of the classics (curvy wife, cliff wife, cheese wife) and discuss some of the new developments in the Wifing world (Alarm clock wife, Coffee Shop pronouns wife). Crucially, Phoebe makes an incorrect prediction about the future of wife guys, and she will be issuing an Apple notes apology in due course.

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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@Hkesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth). For bonus content, subscribe to our patreon for $5 a month at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast.

*UNLOCKED* - The Facebook Papers ft. Shoshana Wodinsky

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This week, we talk to Gizmodo reporter Shoshana Wodinsky (@swodinsky), who covers the business of data, and is one of the leads on Gizmodo's ambitious project to make the Facebook Papers public.

We talk about some of the revelations from the Papers that didn't make the headlines, how much of Facebook's problems are caused by negligence and its sheer scale, rather than being outright ghouls, and the value of open source information gathering when studying the platform technologies collectively. Shoshana also brings us an NFT related meme that neither of us initially understand, and end up descending into a deep conversation about the virtue of hot keys and warm change.

You can read Shoshana's work and keep up to date with the project here: https://gizmodo.com/author/swodinsky.

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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

Poster’s Roundtable 2021 ft. Nish Kumar

We close out a year of Posts with friend of the show Nish Kumar, as we each bring a favourite post, tweet or column and explain why it bests defines this strange and absurd year. From right-wing talk show hosts who keep getting bested by sweet treats, to the emergence of the Woke Taliban (in a very literal sense), what were the themes of 2021's tweets? Why did things feel so strange in the latter half? And does it have something to do with Michael Owen walking through a tear in the Time-Space Continuum? All these questions and more, answered by your favourite Post Analysts. 

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