Kill The Computer

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  Preview: The Kirkiversary 09.09.2026 15min

  www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for the full episodeOne year ago, Charlie Kirk was assassinated while hosting a speaking event on a college campus in Utah. In the wake of his death followed a year of political turmoil, conservative infighting, New McCarthyism, conspiracy theories, organized doxxing + harassment campaigns and worse. Curiously, Kirk's likeness has survived via "kirkification" memes which have endured probably more than any other in the post-Covid internet landscape. Today, we discuss all of this plus our personal stories about being in the crosshairs of the backlash.Articles + Media discussed in this episode:https://imperialistrealism.substack.com/p/seven-theses-on-charlie-kirkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHpUXlsvbI&list=RDZUHpUXlsvbI&start_radio=1https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sif7s9tlskkhttps://www.tiktok.com/@trustmoneyinstead/video/7674836397156519198https://www.tiktok.com/@bogusia_kirkorowi/video/7676981778518658326
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  American Panopticon 05.09.2026 1t 17min

  First we address America's most pressing issue: the Trump/Jelly Roll divide. Then we discuss Flock Safety, its abuses, the pushback, and more. Note: we initially had a slightly different angle and intro for this episode planned which is brought up briefly. Articles discussed:https://www.wired.com/story/flock-ai-search-user-interface/ https://www.404media.co/flock-taught-cops-how-to-surveil-no-kings-protesters/ https://www.newsweek.com/anti-flock-camera-protests-surge-12403463 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8W1CpNGgw8Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 
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  Preview: The Curious Case of Daejon Love Ft. Ed Zitron, Arif Hasan 01.09.2026 29min

  www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for the full episode Daejon Love is alleged by the FBI to have defrauded 26+ women of ~1.3 million dollars predominantly by pretending to be a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. He used social media to poison LLMs into reporting he was a member of the team. To talk about it, we brought Ed Zitron and Arif Hasan on.Follow Arif: Wideleft.footballFollow Ed: BetterOffline.com  
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  The Green Ape 29.08.2026 1t 2min

  Have Americans reached a tipping point with data centers and AI? We discuss.Support us on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer Join the game jam: https://forms.gle/Qz1Zus6gDAah7PpH9  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
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  Unlocked: All This For Ten Dollars - Guys We Don't Like: Palmer Luckey 25.08.2026 53min

  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  
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  Preview: Grievance Grifting Ft. Miles Klee 20.08.2026 26min

  Full episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 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/
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  Nosy Neighbors Ft. Marcos 16.08.2026 1t 10min

  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.Follow Marcos: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHomieCollective
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  Preview: Return to Fruit Love Island Ft. Internet Today 08.08.2026 34min

  Full episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 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.Follow Internet Today: https://www.youtube.com/@InternetTodayTV  
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  The Hole Hog 02.08.2026 1t 10min

  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 developmenthttps://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/28/tech/ai-development-tech-employees-open-letterLinkedin 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 Attackshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-pulls-down-google-earth-ai-featureWildfire Betting now on Prediction Market Apps https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/climate/betting-wildfires-polymarket-prediction-market-platformsVancouver Police use AI tool to fabricate drug bust photohttps://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-police-explain-made-with-ai-image-of-seized-drugs-cash/The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feedhttps://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000011001849/ai-influencers-health-supplements-fake-ads.html
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  Preview: Nobody Did This Ft. Parker Molloy 28.07.2026 27min

  Full episode on www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer  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.comFull episode on www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 
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  Gamers, Ft. Michael Maurino 22.07.2026 1t 15min

  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/ironstylushttps://www.instagram.com/iron_stylus/https://brainstormschool.com/Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 
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  Unlocked: All This For Ten Dollars - America 250 18.07.2026 1t 11min

  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 Support us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 
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  Preview: Pink Slime & You 16.07.2026 22min

  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.www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer  
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  Weekend at Mitchell's 10.07.2026 1t 5min

  What's going on with Mitch McConnell? We talk about it. Plus, Waymo is arresting teens, Trump's airport logo appears to be AI slop, Bluesky rolls out age verification in Texas, and more.www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for more. Articles discussed:Mitch McConnell https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/politics/mitch-mcconnell-video-stretcher-ambulancehttps://www.tmz.com/2026/07/10/mitch-mcconnell-house-has-carpeting-and-tile-workers/Waymo Calls Police on Teenshttps://abc7news.com/post/waymo-calls-police-15-year-olds-joyriders-underaged-drinking-shooting-toy-guns-driverless-vehicle/19465228/ The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Be AI Slophttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-airport-logo-aiBluesky age verification begins in Texashttps://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-bluesky-age-verification-22328414.php
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  Preview: Worst Tweets of 2026 Pt. 2 Ft. Maddy & Marcos 05.07.2026 29min

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  Worst Tweets of 2026 Pt. 1 Ft. Quorators 04.07.2026 1t 3min

  The Quorators gang joins us to rank the worst posts from around the internet in the first half of 2026, as submitted by our listeners.Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rsSqQR6eolZQjzq-146cJCjX5ZgWR43v-3zf9nLq2Lk/edit?usp=sharingSupport Quorators: https://www.patreon.com/cw/QuoratorsListen to Part 2 at https://www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 
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  Unlocked: What is going on here? Ft. Dan Friesen 30.06.2026 1t 1min

  Note: this episode was originally recorded June 4th. Dan Friesen, formerly of the podcast Knowledge Fight, joins us to talk about Tucker Carlson and how he and other right wing media figures are attempt to launder white nationalism under the guise of "sensible" positions on Palestine and more. Follow Dan's next project: https://www.showmestateofmind.comSupport us at https://www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 
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  The Ones Who Rug Pull Omelas Ft. Worker's Lit 24.06.2026 1t 14min

  Lenore and Jacob from the Worker's Lit show join us to talk about #AlgaeGate, Peter Thiel's secret society Dialog and their recent hack, more clip farming news, and more.Follow Worker's Lit: https://www.workerslit.comhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/WorkersLithttps://bsky.app/profile/workerslit.bsky.social Support us:www.KillTheComputer.comwww.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer    
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  Preview: Ignore All Previous Instructions Ft. Ed Zitron 18.06.2026 32min

  Ed broke some very interesting news about Open AI's finances that could have an impact on its upcoming IPO + more.Follow Ed at www.wheresyoured.atFull Episode: Patreon.com/KillTheComputer 
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  Disaster Tags Ft. Aysha U. Farah 14.06.2026 1t 26min

  Aysha joins us to talk about the wonderful world of fan fiction and erotica.Slide w/ links: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11QmLnXowsXY73tZSKjyU6yTasP_86DGrB7HsxRA9o3Q/edit?usp=sharingFollow Aysha: https://bsky.app/profile/ayshaufarah.bsky.social www.WorkersLit.com