I took a look at the top “tech” podcasts and holy SHIT all but, like… 2? of them are just straight up fascist propaganda by VC firms promoting their defense investments or lifestyle scams from right-wing bros? Obviously we don’t need any more podcasts, but it made me think I should bring mine back.
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Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 12:06:54 JST Anil Dash
- Kim Scheinberg repeated this.
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Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 12:08:59 JST Adrianna Tan
@anildash so many of the ‘productivity’ YouTube channels I follow have gone fash too. Guess if you’re really into optimizing things, first it’s Evernote and later it’s the birth rate.
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Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 13:21:27 JST Anil Dash
@jwz I’m trying to explain to the youngs that nothing could be less cool than a banker who cuts checks to arms dealers. Listening to the ramblings of one? Oh buddy.
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jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 13:21:28 JST jwz
@anildash The collective noun of "techbro" is "a podcast".
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Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 22:37:11 JST Anil Dash
(My old show was here: https://open.spotify.com/show/61FfAOZJBJQbP7vfLoTuYB or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/function-with-anil-dash/id1439658455 )