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- 10 / 06 / 2021 -

Trouble with the intro, Kyle and Emmanuel are in Skypeland while traveling through the country, how this has been a disastrous week for a number of companies, the Facebook whistleblower is unmasked, Gila describes how Monday's Facebook outage affected her, how Mastodon and Twitter benefited, WhatsApp is the primary means of connectivity in many parts of the world, Alex describes the BGP error that led to Facebook being unreachable, Alex describes the Facebook testimony before Congress this week, a discussion over what kind of responsibility Facebook should have, comparing Facebook to cigarettes, Mark Zuckerberg's response to criticism, Alex explains why Facebook should be given some credit, Rob changes the topic to Twitch, trying to define what Twitch is, what was recently leaked, the devastating effects this will have on the company, the alleged motives of the leaker, how this shows a recurring pattern of a good idea being caught off guard by bad behavior, why people should support WBAI, how text messages have reportedly been hacked for five years, 1.5 billion Facebook users' information has been posted for sale, there won't be an "Overtime" tonight.

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October 6
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- 10 / 20 / 2021 -

Where Kyle and Emmanuel are and have been, Emmanuel gave a keynote address at THOTCON in Chicago, how Emmanuel has been trying to attend this conference for years, how people are reacting differently to the virus in different regions of the country, why the train was a very safe means of travel, the way that people in Seattle are handling the virus, the feeling of change and activism that prevails in this city, the serious issue of homelessness, the huge problem of Amazon in Seattle, the pro-Amazon propaganda that exists everywhere, a nearly empty light rail line, a humorous exchange overheard between a parent and child, how Amazon almost came to Queens, Amazon is accused of copying products and rigging search results, how Amazon is turning into a monster, Emmanuel describes what an Amazon bookstore was like, Rob and Gila get a printed Amazon catalog in the mail, the many different Amazon brands that exist in Seattle, mixed feelings about space missions, Facebook plans to rename their company, Gila reveals that today is a "Facebook holiday," Emmanuel reveals why he favors the name "Metaverse," Kyle's theory on why this name change is taking place, listener feedback on Facebook, the governor of Missouri accuses a reporter of being a criminal hacker after they revealed the existence of a massive security hole, there is a "bomb cyclone" approaching Seattle.

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October 20
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- 10 / 27 / 2021 -

Alex is in Chicago, Kyle and Emmanuel are confused as to where everyone is, Alex and Emmanuel are both wearing THOTCON t-shirts, Kyle and Emmanuel are in western Washington, Kyle describes the rain forest in Washington, there are bomb cyclones hitting both Washington and New York, Kyle and Emmanuel will be driving back to New York and are looking for suggestions on interesting places to visit, audio from an Amazon propaganda piece, the negative way that Amazon employees are being portrayed, how these pieces slow down streaming platforms, a new pro-Trump social media site will use posts called "truths," "Truth Social" is the name of this new platform, Rob explains how the platform is actually using stolen code, why it's so hard for them to simply give credit to the software, Alex describes how Orwellian this is, how the rollout so far has been a complete disaster as the site was brought to its knees within two hours, Kyle's issue with the use of the word "truth," Alex compares the number of subscribers to The New York Times to Trump's Twitter followers, Kyle describes the history of failed attempts to relaunch platforms after Trump was kicked off Twitter, Emmanuel's one issue with Trump's account being removed, a discovery that Usenet still exists, the end of the Usenet newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting, Rob reveals that the group is still in limited use, why Usenet failed, an issue involving Signal that results in lost messages, other annoyances from Signal, Rob explains the situation, why Signal needs to do better, appealing for people to vote on Tuesday.

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October 27
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