F*cking Around, and Finding Out

Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix!
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Intro Links

• ubuweb.com

• Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)), ubuweb.com/sound/Bok_Blonk_Stewart_ABC_Radio.h…

• Skilled technologists are being forced out of government, Don Moynihan (donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-technologis…)

• GSA eliminates 18F, NextGov (nextgov.com/people/2025/03/gsa-eliminates-18f/…)

• Doppelgänger: New disinformation campaigns spreading on social media through Russian networks, Intrinsec (intrinsec.com/doppelganger-new-disinformation-…)

• NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models, American Sunlight Project (americansunlight.org/updates/new-report-russia…)

• Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg, TechCrunch (techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/kevin-rose-and-alexi…)

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Authoritarians vs Wikipedia
• Censorship of Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia)

Find Stephen:

• Sourcenotes (sourcenotes.blog)

• Stephen’s novel, The Editors (stephenharrison.com)

• Stephen on Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/stephenharrison.com)

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Are We Having Fun Yet?

• Find Kyle: Twitter (x.com/chaykak?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%…) Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/chaykak.bsky.social) Instagram (instagram.com/kchayka/?hl=en)

• Kyle at The New Yorker (newyorker.com/contributors/kyle-chayka)

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Titanium Daydream (tiktok.com/@titanium.daydream) (also on YouTube (youtube.com/channel/UC90b2ieXBcMOGTt33rTrF4g) and Instagram (instagram.com/titaniumdaydream/?hl=en))

• Read Kyle’s book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695902/filterworl…)

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