This week, we’re joined by writer and curator Matt Muir, to talk about various online ephemera haunting our screens. We spend a lot longer than anticipated talking about ‘Fruitslop’ and the genre of regurgitated AI videos where horny fruits keep cheating on each other, mostly with a banana that has a six-pack. We then talk about the challenges, and creative possibilities outside of the platform economy, and whether there are acceptable use cases for AI tools when conducting creative experiments on the internet.

Check out and support Webcurios here: https://webcurios.co.uk/

------- PALESTINE AID LINKS

-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here!

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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).

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check out the rest, as well as our extensive backlog of bonus episodes, here!

We’re joined by Screen Rot host Jake Farrell, to talk about his early experiences online, and how they shaped his personality today. Hussein and Jake briefly talk about their time at York University, and the unwarranted self-importance that comes with student journalism. We then talk about the proliferation of chaotic British people on social media and why they are so compelling, and explore the reasons why so many British comedians are now expected to make tiktoks and front-facing videos to explain why Britain is the way it is.

Follow & subscribe to Screen Rot: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thescreenrotpod

------- PALESTINE AID LINKS

-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here!

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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).

This week, Hussein and Phoebe catch up on their lives, and wonder whether it’s possible to do this show without mentioning the ongoing horrors.

They run through some rare fun posts, talk about various home cleaning strategies and ask what happened to Marie Kondo.

They also talk about the ongoing exodus of influencers from Dubai, and what this tells us about the future of the Gulf, its soft power strategy, and speculate on the future of Influencing online.

------- PALESTINE AID LINKS

-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here!

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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).