(Season 4) Episode 11 – The Ongoing Sanitization of the Internet

Things have been… happening lately on the internet. No, we don’t mean your local favorite meme (but man it was funny, wasn’t it?) What we mean is.. sanitization, across the board. Come on in, and find out which corporations just seem to Hate Fun and Information.


Sources:

YouTube Dislikes:

Sexually-Explicit Content on Fandom Wiki:

“Removing sexually explicit content from r/all” @ Reddit.com


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(Season 4) Minisode 7 – We’ll USB-C You Later, Apple

Okay, the Apple in the title is just rubbing it in their faces- this minisode is about USB-C! It’s a compact connector you may have seen on your smartphone (if you don’t have an iPhone), laptop, and/or tablet. And just recently… well okay, Apple’s been making a fuss.


Sources:

Older Ports:

USB History:

USB Superposition:

Lightning Connector:

EU Parliament on Common Charging Port:


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Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

[Out-of-Order Release] (Season 4) Episode 10 – A (Meta) Crisis

Meta… like the concept? Meta, like metaphysical? Meta… like… a Facebook rebrand. Well, you know them, you know we don’t love them, but let’s talk about all of the changes that have come with this rebrand.


Sources:

Meta Name Controversy:

Facebook’s Metaverse Buildout:

Positive changes:

The Facebook Files: (The Wall Street Journal Link):

The Verge, 16 November 2021, “Meta Goes Into Lockdown”


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