Assigned Male At Login

How do social algorithms perceive and prescribe gender? Contributing producer Toby Martin investigates. Then Mike goes deep on the ins-and-outs of RSS. Also: Internet Instruments!
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Intro Links
-Reddit to block Internet Archive (theverge.com/news/757538/reddit-internet-archi…)
-OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train AI on your posts (theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-…)
-Google cut deal with Reddit for AI training data (theverge.com/2024/2/22/24080165/google-reddit-…)
-OpenAI may pay Reddit $70M for licensing (searchengineland.com/openai-may-pay-reddit-70m…)
-Wikipedia legal challenge (thenational.scot/news/25380290.wikipedia-loses…)
-‘AI slop’ on Wikipedia (washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/08/wikip…)
-IL bans AI therapists (engadget.com/ai/illinois-is-the-first-state-to…)
-K-12 cellphone (news.ballotpedia.org/2025/08/08/twenty-two-sta…) ban
-Tasteland 51: ft. Mike Rugnetta (tasteland.fyi/ep-51-never-post-ft-mike-rugnetta)
-twitch.tv/theneverpost
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Internet Instruments

• 10kdrummachines.com

• Nest (nest.oo8.be)

• 303-gen-06a668.netlify.app

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Gender By Algorithm

• Toby• @astroacespace on Tumblr

• Adam Aleksic
• The Etymology Nerd (etymologynerd.com)

• Algospeak (bookshop.org/p/books/algospeak-how-social-medi…)

• Thank you Lily, Adam, and George for their voices

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Terms & Conditions: RSS

• RSS and Atom (archive.org/details/developingfeedsw0000hamm/p…)

• The Rise and Demise of RSS (vice.com/en/article/the-rise-and-demise-of-rss)

• RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law (cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html)

• On shutting down Google Reader (techbloat.com/google-product-director-explains…)

Find Justin:
• Bsky (bsky.app/profile/justinjackson.ca)
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