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Marcos is here to talk about some news stories: AI PACs are astroturfing, Pump.fun has a bounty system, Zohran Mamdani is fighting fascism by suspending bedtime for the Knicks playoff run, and more. Support Marcos: https://www.patreon.com/TheHomieCollective.
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Kill The Computer
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June and Caleb talk about the ways in which internet culture spills out into the real world; good and bad.
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