Kill The Computer
June and Caleb talk about the ways in which internet culture spills out into the real world; good and bad.
Episodes
Maggie Harrison Dupre returns with Jon Christian to take us through their reporting on Brown Brothers Media, a family operated slop mill that quietly reached tens of millions by gaming Google with thousands of fake articles written with fake bylines by personas with falsified credentials. Oh, and by the way, they had a Shaman. Read the article here: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ai-slop-empire ...
Tilly Norwood speaks a little Chinese for for Piers Morgan, America almost goes to war with China over an AI hallucination, AI agents are making the internet a more annoying place, Americans are totally exhausted, and we weigh in on the AI doomerism + Ethical Altruism vs MAGA civil war. Articles discussed in this episode: Tilly Norwood Speaks Chinese https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/watch-piers-morgan-gobsmacked-as-ai-actress-ti...
www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for the full episode One 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 ...
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/
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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.football Follow Ed: BetterOffline.com
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_...
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
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.wir...
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
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
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 development https://edition.cnn.com/...
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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 ab...
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/ironstylus https://www.instagram.com/iron_stylus/ https://brainstormschool.com/ Support us at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer...
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
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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...
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-ambulance https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/10/mitch-mcconnell-house-has-carpeting-and-tile-worker...
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=sharing Support Quorators: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Quorators Listen to Part 2 at https://www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
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.
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