This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss AI friends and lovers. Plus, Jesse reads some sexts.

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by our fantastic researcher Jessica the ‘80s Baby to discuss the rise and fall of one of the UK’s most notorious forums.

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Tattle Life

BBC Audio | File on 4 | Me and my Trolls

Caroline Flack: ‘Be kind,’ social-media users urge

The full story of how the operator of gossip site Tattle Life was unmasked in an Irish court

The internet’s nastiest gossipmonger has been exposed and guess what – he wants his privacy | Marina Hyde | The Guardian

Thanks to everyone who joined our live chat today. Discussed: Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and Jesse and Katie play a round of Cancel Culture vs Consequence Culture: Dasha Nekrasova Edition.

Olivia Nuzzi on the Scandal With RFK Jr. that Upended Her Career - The New York Times

The Long, Thorny Path to Dasha Nekrasova’s Hollywood Shunning

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new report on intellectual capture at the BBC. Plus, antisemitism in NYC.

The Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes 2024 Annual Report

In NYC, Jews targeted in hate crimes more than all other groups combined in 2024

Vandals Splash Graffiti on Home of Jewish Director of Brooklyn Museum

Apparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish director | AP News

Three Charged with Hate Crimes Related to Defacing and Vandalizing Homes of the Brooklyn Museum’s Director and Board Members – The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office

Statement on the “Hate Crime” Charges Against NYC Journalist Samuel Seligson — WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZA

Journalist Charged With Hate Crime for Covering Gaza Protest

Does Trump have a defamation case against the BBC? | Reuters

BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit

When the BBC’s disinformation correspondent lied on her CV - The New World

Car insurance quotes higher in ethnically diverse areas

Research into trans medicine has been manipulated

Internet replaces TV as UK’s most popular news source for first time | Media | The Guardian

BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss #stickergate, LGB vs T, and Brianna Wu’s latest arc.

Rachel Doodles and More

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“The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition” (WSJ)

“What Is a Woman?” (New Yorker)

“Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars” (The Nation)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie revisit the case of Kate Clanchy, a British author who was canceled over accusations of -isms in 2022. Plus, Teen Vogue, Lauren Duca, firings at Condé Nast, the New York mayoral race, and announcing the BARPod Book Club.

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Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (Indie Books)

Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (Amazon)

Condé Nast abruptly fires 4 staffers after HR confrontation | Semafor

Watch the Video of Condé Nast Employees Confronting HR Over Teen Vogue Layoffs | Exclusive

Anal Sex: Safety, How tos, Tips, and More | Teen Vogue

We Should Probably Talk About Lauren Duca

Please Accept My Apology - The Stranger

The girl who killed ‘Teen Vogue’ - UnHerd

Kate Clanchy to rewrite memoir amid criticism of ‘racist and ableist tropes’ | Kate Clanchy | The Guardian

Call for Picador to reach out ‘beyond publishing’ for Clanchy rewrite

Ostracised, disinvited, rescinded: what it’s like to get cancelled

How sensitivity readers corrupt literature - UnHerd

Kate Clanchy: I was cancelled. It made me contemplate suicide

Publisher apologises for ‘the hurt’ it caused Kate Clanchy over controversy

We’re still on hiatus from the free show (back next week) but this week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss The Will Stancil Show and what the hell brought us to this point. Plus, a Graham Platner update.

Graham Platner’s claims that he didn’t know tattoo was Nazi-linked undercut by new evidence | CNN Politics

How CNN found the Reddit user behi…

Thanks to Brad Polumbo and everyone who joined our live chat this afternoon. Discussed: Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the war for the soul of the American right.

Brad vs Everyone

NORMAL GAYS with Brad Polumbo & Clarkson Lawson

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