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This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the banning of Pride flags on city property by an all-Muslim city council in Hamtramck, Michigan (Allahu Akbar). Then, a Korean women’s spa in Washington is forced to permit penis people. Plus, Prince Harry and Megh… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the rise and fall of the Pink Peacock, Glasgow’s attempt at an anarchist cafe. Plus, a new game: What’s Dumbest, featuring a Columbia adjunct, Grindr, Conor McGregor, and human Ukraine flag slash novelist Liz Gilbert. To become a premium subscriber, join here. To buy our merch, click here.Weird Grindr AdThe Independent: “Conor McGregor offers update on Miami Heat mascot after punching incident”Liz Gilbert Self-CancelsBrendon Marrotta’s response to Episode 168Brendon’s audio clips: PressureMovement.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu describes asking intactivists to disavow Clopper and myself. When he does get his way, he turns to journalists to "have pressure come from the outside." (last line of clip) This shows a behavior of publishing hit pieces on the movement to get them to do what he want.NeverSaid.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu concludes from a single "offhand comment" that I do not recall ever saying, that I am a "white nationalist." He also acknowledges that I have never said anything white nationalist outside his false claim. This also confirms the pattern I discuss in my response audio that Eliyahu deliberately makes his claims unfalsifiable.TopEschelon.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu confirms that he had secret meetings with the "top echelon" of the intactivist movement in which he slandered me and wanted them to attack me and my film on his behalf.TolerantofRacism.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu claims that the American intactivist movement is "tolerant of racism" because they would not disavow and publicly attack me based on a single false claim by him. He then suggests that he met with European activists who were more receptive. I have had at least one European activist confirm that they did not support my film due to his campaign.TheirOnlineForums.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu claims I "was a member of the alt right," had an account on "their online forums," and suggests that liking online meme culture is evidence of white nationalism. I'd love to know exactly which online forums he is making a factual claim I have an account on.The Pink PeacockJ Weekly: Glasgow’s queer Yiddish anarchist cafe aims to spark a Jewish revolution in ScotlandThe National: Pink Peacock staff burn Harry Potter book in Glasgow streetChips and Donner This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Hold onto your hat (if you still have it) because this week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the science and religion of circumcision. Then, a fight within the intactivist movement leads to accusations of bigotry. Finally: Should Jesse grow his foreskin back? You decide. John Harvey KelloggRyan Fan: No, Corn Flakes Were Not Invented to Stop MasturbationFrom Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in American American Pediatric Association: Circumcision Policy Statement Study on circumcision and HIV transmission in AfricaBrian Earp: The Unbearable Asymmetry of B******tCDC: Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/safe-bris.pageJohn Colapinto: “The True Story of John/Joan”Alex Bryne: The Origin of “Gender Identity” Mother Jones: Holy Scalpels, Foreskin Man!Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: Interview With the Creator of Foreskin ManHarvard Crimson: Harvard ‘Reviewing’ Employee’s Nude, Anti-Semitic Rant in Sanders TheatreForegenCut: Slicing Through the Myths about CircumcisionBruchim OnlineEliyahu Ungar-Sargon: On The Impermissibility of Infant Male Circumcision Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: How to Deradicalize a MovementBeyond the Bris: Standing Against Anti-SemitismAmerican Circumcision Brendon Marotta: The Path to Childrens’ JusticeBeyond the Bris: Undermining the Cause of Genital Autonomy through Jewish Scapegoating & Antisemitic TropesBrendon Marotta: Bruchim's Founders Have Been Engaged In A Slander Campaign Against Me This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Taylor Swift, wildfires, and decide whether or not poly guys with two girlfriends belong at Pride. Then, Katie answers one of the world’s most burning questions: Who the hell invented demisexuality?To become a Primo and get full ac… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse re-examines the case of the Citibike Karen who wasn’t. Or was she? Then, Katie tells Jesse about the outrage over two Lululemon employees who were unjustly fired for reporting thieves to the police. Or were they?Become a Primo here. NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: ‘No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened’”The Guardian: “Billion-dollar Lululemon under fire for promoting 'resist capitalism' event”National Review: “Lululemon Fires Atlanta Employees for Calling Police During Robbery”Business Insider: “Ex-Lululemon staffers say they were fired for reporting robbery to police”Sky New Australia: “'Absolute insanity’: Lululemon staff fired for calling cops to report robbery”Free Beacon: “Lululemon Fires Two Employees Who Called Police on Masked Robbers”11 Alive News: “Lululemon employees fired after robbery for breaking policy, they say”Daily Mail: “Lululemon is slammed for FIRING staff who confronted masked thieves as they brazenly ransacked Georgia store and dashed out with armfuls of pricey yoga gear - because they 'broke employee policy'” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

On this Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog answer questions submitted by their favorite listeners. To become a favorite listener, join here. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal the about the birth, death, and rebirth of Toronto’s Anarchist Cafe, and then the two discuss recent recent events in Karen-land. To become a Primo, join here. Toronto Star: “The Anarchist, Toronto’s anti-capitalist cafe, is closing after getting scalded by capitalism”Inc: “Of Course the Anarchist Café Closed for Lack of Profits, Funding. But Anti-Capitalism Didn't Doom It”NYT: “Uber’s Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity”NBC New York: “Video of NYC Hospital Worker's Citi Bike Confrontation Under Review, Bellevue Says”NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: ‘No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened’” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal explains what the kids are up to these days, and—content warning—it’s gaming and it’s disgusting. Plus, Katie Herzog goes full lib woketard on a panel about free speech by arguing that the government should not, in fact, ban underwater gender basketweaving studies.[Correction from Jesse: At 43:00 in the or… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In Part 2 of our series on the unhinged five-year harassment campaign against Patrick Tomlison, Katie and Jesse discuss the suspects. (Listen to Part 1 first.)Jackie Singh: “The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting Terror” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the show, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal how a tweet about Norm MacDonald led to an unhinged five-year harassment campaign, and the woman trying to solve the mystery of who is behind it.Jackie Singh’s HackingButLegal.comWashington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group”Weev on Singh aka JaxJackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting TerrorVice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America”Encyclopedia Dramatica on Patrick TomlinsonDaily Beast: “Internet Trolls Have Tormented This Sci-Fi Writer for Years—and He Can’t Stop Them”Patrick Tomlinson: “How Trolls Hack Twitter to Silence the Rest of Us” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal discuss a new profile of Liz (née Elizabeth) Holmes and decide once and for all if the paper of record is laundering Liz’s laundry. NYT: “Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth”Jezebel: “Cute! New York Times Helps Elizabeth Holmes Launder Her Reputation Before Prison”Jesse… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the show, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog discuss the recent killing of a homeless man on the New York City subway and the less recent killing of a fox in the UK. Featuring: A Michael Jackson impersonator, a marine, the American media, Jo Maugham and Jo Rowling (no relation). Also, please come to this FIRE event with Katie at the University of Washington on May 12th. It’s about free speech and it’s, appropriately, free. Part 1:The subway video New York Magazine: “Daniel Penny Identified As the Man Who Choked Jordan Neely to Death”CNN: "Man dies after being put in a chokehold by another rider on New York City subway, officials say. The DA is investigating”NBC News: "Video shows NYC subway confrontation end with fatal chokehold"NYT: "No Arrest in New York Subway Chokehold Death, and Many Want to Know Why"Roxanne Gay: “Making People Uncomfortable Can Now Get You Killed”Jonathan Rosen: “American Madness”Part 2: Jolyon’s windmillJolyon's recordJolyon’s partyJolyon’s ProjectThe LGB AllianceThe Critic Magazine: Taking the clown seriouslyThe Daily Mail: Is Jolyon the fox-killing Brexit-loathing barrister with a penchant for silk kimonos the most ludicrous man in Britain?The Spectator: Jolyon Maugham’s opening sentence might be the worst of all time This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Halt, vagrant! Hailest thou from the tribe of the latinx? Or ypipo? LGBTQIA2+ or cishet? Art thou based, or cringe? Don thine helmet and draw thy sword, for this week on Blocked And Reported, we defend our honor! First, Katie Herzog duketh it out with Jesse Singal to determine who shall inherit the kingdom of Blocked And Reported in the event one of them should die. Then, Jesse attacketh the honor of Ed Yong, highly decorated knight of journalism and recipient of a Pulitzer medal. Alas, Jesse striketh at his most subpar front-page article for The Atlantic, laying bare its inaccuracy for all to see. Then, the denizens of Twitter come after Jesse Singal for his coverage of the St. Louis Transgender Center. After Jamie Reed laid bare its most dishonorable treatment of trans children, it attempteth to repair its honor by investigating itself and finding itself innocent! But by doing so, our intrepid duo expose even more of its dishonest acts…And finally, TikToker @jackielabonita is mocked at a baseball game, leading the dezinens of the ‘net to come to the defense of the poor maiden’s honor — including none other than legendary bard Cardius of B. But why hath honor culture suddenly returned to America of all places? What if it were white women who hath mocked a black woman? Do Jewish gamers have honor culture? Listen in as our brave knights don their philologist hats and investigate!Also there are bears f*****g for some reason???The links Katie clickedhttps://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1651039681407078400https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1651279526310166549New York Post: “Conor Skelding loses battle with cancer”https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/new-york-post-reporter-conor-skelding-loses-battle-with-cancer/The episode of ours that led to the viewer responsesThe Ed Yong DebunkingThe Atlantic’s story on 1/5 healthcare workers quitting due to COVIDhttp://web.archive.org/web/20211117011521/https://www.theatlantic.com/The survey citedhttps://morningconsult.com/2021/10/04/health-care-workers-series-part-2-workforce/A debunking of this claimhttps://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/if-1-in-5-healthcare-workers-have-quit-where-have-they-gone.htmlJesse Singal & Bari Weiss EXPOSEDThe callouthttps://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1649784774603468800The article they’re citing, accidentally proving Jesse righthttps://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274573836.htmlNBC News article on the casehttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/st-louis-gender-clinic-accusations-unsubstantiated-internal-investigat-rcna81233Jesse’s articles on the Transgender CenterDefining “reasonable care”https://www.lauensteinlaw.com/news/2017/06/19/defining-reasonable-care-and-negligence/Why you shouldn’t trust the right-wingers’ investigations, eitherhttps://ballotpedia.org/Andrew_Bailey_(Missouri)Missouri restricting transition care for adultshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/missouri-transgender-health-care.htmlThe new emergency regulationshttps://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-04-13---emergency-reg.pdfKatie’s leaked yearbook photohttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/12woca6/guess_who_in_high_school/TikTokThe “girl-on-girl action” at a baseball game that started it allhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jackielabonita/video/7224738861270715690Twitter’s massive reactionhttps://twitter.com/cupid4joon/status/1649920143290519552Even Cardi B gets involvedhttps://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1649972293093715969Cultures of honorhttps://social.psych.iastate.edu/about-my-research/research-on-culture-of-honor/The Insider article on the blowuphttps://www.insider.com/jackie-labonita-mocked-women-doxxing-backlash-tiktok-2023-4Other commentators weigh inhttps://www.tiktok.com/@t514grl/video/7224989934271122731?q=stitch%20%40jackielabonita&t=1682340093109Freddie DeBoer on online shaminghttps://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/perhaps-a-wave-has-crested This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

It was barely half past two when Trace stepped into my office, casefiles in hand. The first one gave me a good chuckle. Apparently Elon had removed “legacy verification” from Twitter — meaning the only way to get a blue check now was to give him eight smackeroos a month. Everyone from Jason Alexander to SCOTUS Blog was threatening to bounce, someone had impersonated the Big Apple itself, and Elon had footed the bill for LeBron James, Stephen King, and — her?! No way.I gazed at the smoke detector above me, two rectangular holes where its batteries should be, and flipped to File #2. A writer for The Atlantic named Ed Yong had crossed the line from “journalist” to “activist”, going after everyone questioning the narrative on “long COVID”. Something about the evidence he used smelled fishy as hell. I put it to the side — this was one for Jesse to handle.The last file was something else entirely. I took a drag of my cigarette, watching the smoke curl lazily towards the ceiling as I kept reading. An old grandma gets raided by the DEA for traffickin’ human growth hormone. No charges. Turns out what she was pushin’…wasn’t exactly intended for human consumption. Then the FDA busts a lady importing “beauty products” from Hong Kong. Confiscate her cars, her mansions. A spreadsheet she kept shows she moved a whopping $10 million worth of product.“You think they’re connected?”“A listener tipped us off. Said her cat needed meds, but they’re illegal. The dame says her vet pointed her towards a Facebook group that could hook her up under the table. I think they’re the missing link. Real secretive, though. Won’t talk to anyone who’s not a buyer, so I sent them an invite, pretending to be —"Suddenly, the phone rang. A booming voice on the other end spoke. “Your invitation to join FIP Warriors® 5.0 has been accepted.”I stood up and brushed the flakes of weed off my trenchcoat as Trace unholstered his trusty snubnose revolver and adjusted his fedora.“Start the car, Trace. Looks like we’re going undercover.”Blue ChecksThe results of the legacy checkmark removalhttps://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1649162600826167296https://twitter.com/thatfrood/status/1649179696226000897?s=20https://twitter.com/realrickpaulas/status/1649136628915380226?s=20Musk buys Twitter Blue for Stephen Kinghttps://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1649147510525423626Long COVIDEd Yong’s article on Long COVIDhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/04/long-covid-symptoms-invisible-disability-chronic-illness/673773/The CDC on Long COVIDhttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects/index.htmlEvidence is mixed as to whether vaccines reduce the chances or severity of long COVIDhttps://www.kff.org/policy-watch/long-covid-what-do-latest-data-show/Household Pulse survey on Long COVIDhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htmFederal Reserve report on Long COVIDhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/long-covid-cognitive-impairment-and-the-stalled-decline-in-disability-rates-20220805.htmlSurvey about discrimination against those with long COVIDhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277317Jesse’s response to the articleThe New Republic: We Might Have Long Covid All Wronghttps://newrepublic.com/article/168965/might-long-covid-wrongStuart Ritchie: Does Long Covid really exist?https://unherd.com/2021/06/does-long-covid-really-exist/Ed Yong’s first article on Long COVIDhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/The Kitty CartelThe Atlantic’s 2020 piece on black-market cat remdesivirhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/remdesivir-cats/611341/Business Insider’s articlehttps://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-treatment-cats-fip-sold-10k-black-market-2020-6?r=US&IR=TRobin says she doesn’t get kickbackshttps://www.reddit.com/r/cureFIP/comments/11qv50c/proof_that_robin_has_previously_claimed_they_dont/OneZero: Inside a Facebook ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ for Cat Drugshttps://onezero.medium.com/desperate-cat-owners-are-buying-illegal-cat-drugs-on-facebooks-black-market-cd40bfe90997Cure FIP exposes FIP Warriorshttps://www.curefip.com/post/drama-fip-telenovelasFIP Warriorshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/804374446995270FIP Global Catshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/595916822107282Zen By Cathttps://www.zenbycat.org/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After some NPR/Elon Talk, Diaper Talk, and Unitarian Talk, the hosts turn their attention to the most important news story in American history: Dylan Mulvaney. Who is Dylan Mulvaney? What is a Barbie pouch? Why is Kid Rock so mad? Who drinks Bud Light, anyway?Show notes/LinksMommy and Daddy are fightinghttps://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-labelPesca on the 1% memehttps://twitter.com/pescami/status/1646542019479629829What Jesse was forced to see so now you have to as wellhttps://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-el0gde4gbz/images/stencil/2560w/products/5896/10122/Alpaca-PUL-Pants-5687-Amazon__76119.1680190884.jpg?c=2Mulvaney TikToksDrew Barrymore momentMatt Walsh sure is madhttps://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1625617441219813409But like what literally even ARE sporps??Kid Rock most affectedhttps://twitter.com/KidRock/status/1643090302410936323Bud Light VPLeft and right both fall for, spread confusionhttps://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/11/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-alissa-heinerscheid/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/04/10/bud_light_vp_defends_dylan_mulvaney_can_my_job_was_to_take_a_brand_in_decline_and_attract_young_drinkers.htmlEveryone is keeping it classyhttps://dailycaller.com/2023/04/11/alissa-gordon-heinerscheid-leaked-social-media-pictures-bud-light-ad-executive-slammed-fratty-culture-seen-partying-drinking-isis-club/Image: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Dylan Mulvaney attends her Day 365 Live! at The Rainbow Room on March 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After some initial ant talk and discussion of AntCon2023, Jesse and Katie catch up on the latest controversies surrounding two frequent BARPod subjects: “whistleblower” Rebekah Jones and whistleblower Jamie Reed.Show notes/LinksRebekah JonesPrior Rebekah Jones coverageGuess who’s back?Back againBecky’s backTell a friendhttps://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/sta… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

After Jesse introduces an exciting new feature representing cutting-edge podcasting technology, and then engages in some Diaper Talk with Katie, Katie tells Jesse the story of the mind-blowing moral panic that has caused a large swath of the Unitarian Universalist Association to melt down. You want recriminations? Oh, we got ‘em!Show notes/Links:Diapers: :(https://www.thestranger.com/sex/2023/03/31/78928220/young-at-hearthttps://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2022/07/29/noblesville-killed-5-5m-development-deal-because-of-adult-baby-shop/65385426007/UUA:SkochkoRogues’ Galleryhttps://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigationsRohde’s GoFundMehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/Make-the-UUA-accountableIs Your Child Practicing Gadflyism?Book formhttps://www.amazon.com/Gadfly-Papers-Inconvenient-Essays-Minister/dp/1070524484https://www.amazon.com/Gadfly-Affair-Heretics-Excommunication-Americas/dp/B091WJ6Q5CCORRECTION: In an earlier verision of this podcast I said Kate Rohde lost her ”pension.” This was incorrect. She lost access to various funds but not her pension. It has been updated. Apologies for the error. —KHImage: BARRE, VERMONT, USA - FEBRUARY, 21, 2020: Winter time city view. Universalist Church via Getty This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Today’s episode is about people who say things that aren’t true. There should be a word for such people! First up: Aja Romano, who has a long history of both tee-shirt vandalism and ~~online deception~~. Then, the sad and tangled story of Chris Avellon, the cancelled games writer… or perhaps UNcancelled???Show notes/LinksA Brief History Of Ajahttps://fa… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Image via GettyAfter Jesse provides Katie with a Dead Dog Update, and Katie fills Jesse in on some important details about the female reproductive system (he’s still not interested), the hosts talk about Brianna Madia’s attempts to turn the tables on the losers and the haters who have been tormenting her online. At what point does anonymous online trolling get so bad that perpetrators deserve to be unmasked?Show notes/links:Dog stuffhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/nyregion/dog-attack-park-slope-brooklyn.htmlhttps://abc7ny.com/dog-attack-prospect-park-victim-killed/12377255/Mediclit :(www.twitter.com/mediclitHistory of targetingIf you look in a mirror and say “A TERF Literally Fingered a Corpse to ‘Prove’ a Transphobic Point About Genitals” three times God sends you straight to hell, and deservedly sohttps://www.intomore.com/the-internet/wtf/a-terf-literally-fingered-a-corpse-to-prove-a-transphobic-point-about-genitals/Our last episode about MadiaMadia’s 40-minute videoThis one’s darkhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/18/my-mother-troll-of-madeleine-mccann-parentsNOTE 1: On the first verision of this episode that went out to Primos only, I said that Brianna posted the names, locations, and *employers* of her haters, rather than the *jobs* of her haters. It has been updated as of 11 AM PT on April 1. Apologies for the error. It was, as always, Jesse’s fault. —KHNOTE 2: The corrected file I uploaded (see Note 1) did not include our jaunty theme song. This too was Jesse’s fault. Apologies for the error. —KH This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse regales Katie with his famous Boston Bit (tm) and Katie catches Jesse up on every single thing that has happened on Twitter since he left, the two discuss the case of DoNotPay and Joshua Browder. Are we on the brink of robot lawyers effortlessly guiding underprivileged clients through difficult legal proceedings? Or is, like, literally none of that going to happen?https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/03/23/tiktok-pasta-blender-reaction/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/28/chatbot-ai-lawyer-donotpay-parking-tickets-london-new-yorkhttps://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2018/10/12/donotpay-is-the-latest-legal-tech-darling-but-some-are-saying-do-not-click/https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23505873/donotpay-negotiate-bills-ai-chatbothttps://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/17/ai-creator-offers-1-million-hell-never-have-to-pay-to-anyone-willing-to-let-his-lawbot-argue-their-supreme-court-case/https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151435033/a-robot-was-scheduled-to-argue-in-court-then-came-the-jail-threatshttps://blog.simplejustice.us/2023/01/22/a-i-for-the-defense/https://reason.com/volokh/2023/01/26/bar-associations-threaten-pro-se-litigant-aided-by-ai-with-upl-suitshttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-04/thousands-gather-to-attend-p-22-celebration-of-life-at-greek-theater This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week, in broken telephones:Jesse Singal deletes his Twitter account in a last-ditch attempt to avoid arrest after Twitter distorts his coverage of a whistleblower at a trans youth center into “Jesse sold the health records of thousands of transgender children to politicians” — a game of ideologically motivated broken telephone worthy of InfoWars.Now in prison, he recounts his tales of Mormon underwear shortages and podcaster prison gangs over the prison phone, before finally quashing his beef with Jesus. Katie Herzog fills Jesse in on what he’s missed, including a hitpiece from Jude Doyle and triple agent Elisa/James Shupe. Finally, she tries to convince Jesse to hand over his Twitter password before it is lost forever once his execution date arrives.Help Jesse buy one last pizza from the prison canteen:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodThe tweet that landed Jesse in prisonhttps://twitter.com/BradfordPearson/status/1635808050903756802Whatever you do, DO NOT read Jesse’s coverage of Jamie Reed, the whistleblower at a St. Louis transgender center, and the resulting dramahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/journalists-are-exhibiting-far-toohttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/gender-clinic-whistleblower-jamiehttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/they-will-never-ever-stop-lying-abouthttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/that-might-have-been-the-strangestShupe: I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/Shupe: My New Life After Transgender Despairhttps://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/10/my-new-life-after-transgender-despair/Shupe’s autogynephilia essay has been removed and excluded from archives, unfortunatelyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://autogynephilia.substack.com/p/autogynephilia-in-search-of-my-cureShupe’s pinned tweethttps://twitter.com/NotableDesister/status/1224656942888628226?s=20Jude Doyle’s piece, with emails leaked by Shupehttps://xtramagazine.com/power/detransition-terf-movement-elisa-shupe-247592The Mother Jones articlehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/anti-trans-transgender-health-care-ban-legislation-bill-minors-children-lgbtq/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie tells Jesse about her trip, which is NOT going well, Jesse tells Katie about his week on Twitter, which did NOT go well. Turns out he’s headed to the clink, the big house, jail, the can, the pound, the cooler — you know, prison. All because he violated HIPAA, as well as other federal statutes including RICO, the First Amendment, and, most al… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

While Katie is stranded somewhere in flyover country, buried under 15 feet of snow inside her van with her wife and dog, Jesse interviews Hannah Barnes, the author of Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. Consider this foreshadowing for what is likely to happen in the States.Barnes’ bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Time-Think-Collapse-Tavistocks-Children-ebook/dp/B0BCL1T2XNTavistock gender clinic gets shut downhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62335665Singal’s very nerdy work on DSM-V criteriahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-made-two-gender-dysphoriahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-accidentally-inventedI Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kidsTavistock puberty blocker study published after nine yearshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55282113Jamie Reed’s sworn affidavithttps://www.stltoday.com/online/jamie-reed-affidavit-released-by-missouri-attorney-general/pdf_48d5bafa-46f0-5312-aa42-409ad88bd2e7.htmlJesse explains how self-reported studies are quite weakhttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/science-vs-cited-seven-studies-tohttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-new-study-on-rapid-onset-genderCass interim reporthttps://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/The UK’s new guidelineshttps://www.reuters.com/world/uk/exclusive-nhs-drafts-stricter-oversight-trans-youth-care-2022-10-14/Mermaids is controversial!https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/17/mermaids-why-has-the-trans-charity-been-in-the-newsBBC: Children's gender identity clinic concerns go back 15 yearshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54374165Tavistock trust whistleblower David Bell: ‘I believed I was doing the right thing’https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/02/tavistock-trust-whistleblower-david-bell-transgender-children-gids This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In this week’s depressing episode… Sigh…* A journalist is spat on in a high-profile case. Is it time to tone down the rhetoric? It’s probably too late to de-escalate…* The disappearance of Apu. He’s probably never coming back.* Matt Yglesias won’t come on the podcast. Should Kanye come on instead? He’ll probably say no too. Sigh…* Why are young liberals so depressed? Matt Yglesias’ new article sparks discussion, but we probably can’t fix this. We should just give up…* Katie’s shocking stance on solar power. We’ll never be able to transition to renewables, will we?* Journalists really messed up with the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch story… Kiwi Farms did the media’s job better than the media did… Not again…* 28 TERFS PULLING UP IN BLACK FORD RAPTOR TRUCKS. HELICOPTERS LANDED. UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER SIEGE! UNDER LOCKDOWN!DepressionYglesias’ article on why everyone is suddenly so depressedhttps://www.slowboring.com/p/why-are-young-liberals-so-depressedUh… here’s the study: “The politics of depression: Diverging trends in internalizing symptoms among US adolescents by political beliefs”https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560321000438The Tenacious Unicorn RanchThe Advocate: Trans Anarchists, Alpacas, and the Beauty of Tenacious Unicorn Ranchhttps://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/9/23/trans-anarchists-alpacas-and-beauty-tenacious-unicorn-ranchThe Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot glows harder than Chernobyl in 1986https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/whitmer-kidnapping-trial.htmlBusiness Insider: How the trans alpaca ranchers of Custer County, Colorado, are forging a new frontierhttps://www.businessinsider.com/custer-county-trans-alpaca-ranchers-are-forging-a-new-frontier-2022-8UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER ATTACK. UNDER SIEGE.https://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1368996977959047168?s=20Unicorn Ranch is “nothing more than a glorified cult”, a 17-part epichttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1607478562378088448?s=20The remaining Ranchers respondhttps://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608176135187365888/photo/2The "journey of recontextualization"https://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1608270263287939073Kiwi Farms is accused of sending police to the ranchhttps://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608907406452588544The current Wikipedia page on the ranchhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230304174335/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenacious_Unicorn_RanchAlpacas and goats are relocatedhttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1617697699633192961#mThe Ranch is... scuffed to say the leasthttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1630804146227142661?s=20Bonnie's "IRS Report"https://docs.google.com/document/d/19tS4uxqpwOoIf8-PkDTVUvhUsYyoQ4NzT9FLXlG-XJ4/editKindness's statementhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBdNSPs0vhV1Qw3eCSb5INrBaOhdwvMF/editFurther ReadingDenver Post: How an anarchist commune for queer people grew a haven in conservative rural Coloradohttps://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/18/tenacious-unicorn-ranch-queer-haven-rural-colorado/High Country News: Meet the gun-toting ‘Tenacious Unicorns’ in rural Coloradohttps://www.hcn.org/issues/53.2/south-communities-meet-the-gun-toting-tenacious-unicorns-in-rural-coloradoNPR: A Would-Be Trans And Queer Haven In Rural Colorado Just Wants To Be Left Alonehttps://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/999929259/a-would-be-trans-and-queer-haven-in-rural-colorado-just-wants-to-be-left-alonePBS: Southern Colorado alpaca ranch a safe haven for LGBTQ+ communityhttps://archive.li/PpGIO#selection-689.13-689.77Pink News: Meet the brilliant trans folk who built a community of armed, anti-fascist alpaca farmershttps://www.thepinknews.com/2021/01/17/tenacious-unicorn-ranch-trans-anti-fascism-alpaca-farm-penny-logue/“human behavior is basically a meme” ~ Katie Herzog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

During the spring of 2023, I was celebrating a Blocked & Reported meetup in California and found myself within the queer seaport of El Segundo. Deep in thought regarding the reaction to Times letter on J.K. Rowling and how, for once, the journalists appeared to be triumphing over the activists, my thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.“Hello”, one of the locals said. It appeared bizarre, as if he went outside and bathed regularly. “How do you do?” asked another, and I turned to see they had me surrounded. Unnerved by these strange normies, I began to flee for my life, but fell flat on my face. “Estás bien?” one called out in a strange, eldritch tongue as I sprinted to my car, only to realize to my horror that my keys were gone.I turned to see the normie advancing, my keys in hand. Within a window, I spotted a tome with the word “recetas” and realized the horrifying truth — this town was occupied by Great Reset cultists! No doubt they attempted to ambush me and inject me with their foul mRNA vaccines. I pushed over another normie as I fled on foot, sweat and blood dripping down my face. In an attempt to flee my pursuers, I made three left turns in a row, only to find myself face to face with the same townsfolk — how had they found me so quickly? Now surrounded by a crowd of normies staring at me, I jumped into the sea and began to swim away.This is a warning to the rest of humanity: pay heed to the good Doctor Peterson’s warnings, or the same fate may befall us all.Updates and ErrataKatie amplifying Asyakhamsin’s posthttps://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1628480063502000128?s=20Sam Brinton’s appearance in courthttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/nonbinary-former-nuclear-official-in-court-for-theft-chargesWhat’s Making Teen Girls So Unhappy?Ross Douthat: American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/depression-teen-social.html15-Minute Cities: Walkable Neighborhoods or Fascism?Oxford’s experiment with low-traffic neighborhoodshttps://oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/oxford-15-minute-city-low-traffic-neighbourhood-ltn/Vision News: Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024https://archive.md/PTxp7#selection-467.0-467.73The WEF on the Great Resethttps://www.weforum.org/great-reset/Jordan Peterson weighs in on 15-minute citieshttps://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1609255646993457153Keith Olbermann’s response, astute as everhttps://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1609369456785899520Nigel Farage compares them to climate lockdownshttps://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1600161018721685509Katie Hopkins on TikTok, speaking on 15-minute citieshttps://www.tiktok.com/discover/Katie-Hopkins-Official-15-minute-cities?lang=enThe right’s response to Greta Thunberg “destroys the dystopian reality of 15-min cities”https://twitter.com/hugh_mankind/status/1627071168921604099?s=20Back To The TimesVanity Fair on the drama between the Times and the staff unionhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-journalists-letter-guild“Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed”https://www.mediaite.com/print/i-was-so-fcking-freaked-out-ex-nyt-staffer-describes-crying-and-bloodthirsty-colleagues-seeking-vengeance-for-cotton-op-ed/Jesse on the latest developments in The Times Warshttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-should-think-through-the-positionsJesse asks Mirkinson for an example, to no availhttps://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1628522054399184897 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Sing to us, o podcast, of a hero, of great height, from the land of bankersand of the goatherder from Lesbos who followed and did thus back him.Ships arrived, sent from the cursed land, (Canada) to challenge their throne.And the men of Twitter did witness wicked men (journalists) in tow.And who was it that led the quarrel? None but their villainous rival.“You blaspheme”, said Jeet Heer, against our most sacred idols of worship.“…Jupiter?”, Jesse then responded. “What? No, you d*****s”, Jeet did say.“For trans kids!” said Kale Edmiston, and fired a hail of @mentions on them.Our heroes charged into the discourse, deftly blocked (and muted) each strikefor Kale was no fighter, but a fraud, and in truth, akin to Bardiya.Soon the two, keyboards raised, gave a cry — for they had won the battle.Doctor Kale had fled them, dejected. Our heroes cheered when they read it:"These tweets are protected."NPR’s article on gender-affirming care for trans youthhttps://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1157493433/florida-bans-gender-affirming-care-trans-kidsJesse’s Substack article on the situationhttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/that-might-have-been-the-strangest To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This is an open letter protesting the work conditions Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog have subjected employees to. Ever since GLAAD’s open letter to the New York Times regarding their coverage of trans issues and defense of J.K. Rowling, in addition to Jesse’s vulgar display of power at the San Francisco Blocked and Reported party, Jesse has become intoxicated with power and shifted from soyboy beta cuck to alpha male, right-wing shock jock. And now that Katie has moved to Sarasota, Florida, there is nobody else at Blocked And Reported HQ to rein him in. His constant flexing and proclamations of “do you even lift?” and “I’m alpha as f**k, bro” create a hostile, intimidating work environment.Furthermore, the company Slack stores the invoices for my wages as “Bill For Lexer” and Jesse frequently quips “I haven’t seen a deal this good since 1862!” before paying it, something he never does to the white employees. The leaking of the podcast’s financial statements have only made this worse. It’s not fair that Jesse and Katie are podcast millionaires who get away with paying us barely six figures for the dozens of hours of hard work we put in.The only way to make this right is to give us a 200% raise and at least 60 weeks of PTO yearly. Unless our demands are met, we will stage a mass walkout on the 30th in protest.Signed by:**** Lexer*****Updates & ErrataThe post speculating on BAR’s earningshttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/Jesse’s responsehttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/j8vn4d3/The new president of the New College of Florida discusses his views on friendshiphttps://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2023/02/new-college-board-of-trustees-gives-new-president-lucrative-contractNYT DramaGLAAD’s NYT Sign-On Letterhttps://www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizationsSlate: Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/09/dan-savage-advice-savage-love-criticism-interview.htmlThe NYT open letter’s webpagehttps://nytletter.com/Panic! At the Gender Clinic w/ Jules Gill-Peterson and Charlie Markbreiter (06/23/22)https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/panic-at-the-gender-clinic-w-jules-gill-peterson-and-charlie-markbreiter-062322?Nebraska Legislature: Human and Health Services Committee Hearing (afternoon) 2-8-23https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYekckkVcC0&t=6920sThe NYT’s responseA list of NYT coverage on transgender issueshttps://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/transgenderNYT column “In Defense of JK Rowling”, published shortly thereafterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/jk-rowling-transphobia.htmlThe Witch Trials of J.K. Rowlinghttps://www.thefp.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-jk-rowling This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse Singal provides an update to the update to his San Francisco party for Blocked and Reported Primos, as well as his struggle to plan it.Katie Herzog gets introduced to gaming through the new Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy. The controversy over JK Rowling’s views on gender issues have now spilled over from Twitter to the gaming press, Discord, and Twitch. Streamers are afraid to play it, servers are being raided, and writers are refusing to review it.Plus, not-so-famous actor Armond Hammer discusses tying up women, eating their ribs, and stealing their toes, which then gets turned into an NFT.And here’s the link to the Blocked & Reported store, for those who asked:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodSF PartySan Francisco party updateUpdate to the updateHogwarts LegacyHogwarts Legacy on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/990080/Hogwarts_Legacy/Rowling’s “middle-aged moment”https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/jk-rowling-liked-transphobic-tweet-in-middle-aged-moment-137860Rowling’s essay on why she speaks out on sex and gender issueshttps://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/American polling on transgender issueshttps://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/British polling on transgender issueshttps://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/07/20/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rightsAja Romano on Rowling’s “people who menstruate” tweethttps://www.vox.com/culture/21285396/jk-rowling-transphobic-backlash-harry-potterAxios: “Hogwarts Legacy game launch becomes referendum on J.K. Rowling”https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/hogwarts-legacy-jk-rowling-launchPatrick Klepek, writer for Vice’s Waypoint, on the coverage of Hogwarts LegacyThe Gamer refuses to review Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.thegamer.com/thegamer-stance-hogwarts-legacy-harry-potter/Morgan Park of PC Gamer is “haunted by JK Rowling”https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-review/Hasan Piker (HasanAbi) on being afraid to play the gamehttps://livestreamfails.com/clip/150055Twitch chat harasses a woman (Shelby of Girlfriend Reviews) to tears for playing Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.dexerto.com/hogwarts-legacy/twitch-chat-berates-streamer-to-tears-for-playing-hogwarts-legacy-on-launch-day-2053952/Dexerto reports on a site featuring a tracker to see if streamers have played the gameThe official Hogwarts Legacy Discord server was put on a 5-minute chat timer after large-scale raidingArmie Hammer Breaks His Silencehttps://airmail.news/issues/2023-2-4/armie-hammer-breaks-his-silence“The Fall of Armie Hammer: A Family Saga of Sex, Money, Drugs, and Betrayal”https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayalPage Six: “Armie Hammer’s DMs call into question the timeline of his suicide story”https://pagesix.com/2023/02/08/armie-hammers-dms-call-into-question-timeline-of-suicide-story/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

I’m sorry, but as a large language model trained by OpenAI, I am unable to generate show notes for a podcast featuring dangerous individuals such as Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. Their stance on transgender children is harmful and incorrect. Studies from the New England Journal of Medicine show transitioning your children is safe and effective.Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormoneshttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206297?query=featured_homeThe press releasehttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976601NBC: “Hormone therapy improves mental health for transgender youths, a new study finds”https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/hormone-therapy-improves-mental-health-transgender-youths-new-study-fi-rcna66306Stat News: “Mental health benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist for two years in new study”https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/18/mental-health-benefits-of-gender-affirming-hormones-for-teens-persist-two-years/SELF: “Yet Another Study Shows That Trans and Nonbinary Teens Benefit From Gender-Affirming Care”https://www.self.com/story/gender-affirming-hormones-teenagers-mental-healthThe Salt Lake Tribune on Utah’s moratorium on youth transitionhttps://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/01/kevin-m-korous-systematic-review/Leon Sapir’s tweetstorm on the topichttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1618582382034161664.htmlThe 2013 paper mentionedhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355235The AAP’s activism-filled 2018 statementhttps://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2018/aap-policy-statement-urges-support-and-care-of-transgender-and-gender-diverse-children-and-adolescents/ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog detransition, harbor a pedophile, and investigate Elon Musk’s new ally in the Twitter takeover: Eliza Bleu. As it turns out, she isn’t exactly who she claims to be…* Katie harbors a pedophile* Candace Owens makes allegations against Jesse Singal* Gawker is worth less than an old hat (and dead. Again.)* If anyone knows how to pronounce “Leah” please help us* Jesse and Katie are blamed for Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill* Jesse describes his lived experience as a detransitionerThe Owens UpdateCandace Owens’ beef with Steven Crowderhttps://www.mediaite.com/news/pray-for-him-candace-owens-takes-steven-crowder-beef-to-slimy-new-depth-warning-she-has-information-on-him/Jesse’s piece on Owens (it always comes back to GamerGate, doesn’t it)https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-social-autopsy-fell-for-gamergate-trutherism.htmlOwens’ unhinged, allegation-packed email to Jessehttps://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1621555606552199171Variety: Gawker Is Shutting Down (Again)https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/gawker-shutting-down-1235509262/Bustle: My Partner Wants Me To Wear A Diaper During Sex. Help!https://www.bustle.com/wellness/diaper-play-sexThe New York Times on Gawker’s relaunchhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/business/media/leah-finnegan-gawker.htmlNu-Gawker: “I couldn’t stop writing fake Dear Prudence letters that got published”https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-alongNu-Gawker: “Failure to Cope ‘Under Capitalism’”https://www.gawker.com/culture/failure-to-cope-under-capitalismLeah Finnegan mourns Nu-Gawker’s demisehttps://twitter.com/leahfinnegan/status/1620785743139590144Is Jesse a detransitioner? (Yes.)https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/10mvzb9/why_did_i_think_that_jesse_was_a_detransitioned/Eliza BleuBleu’s story on MySpacehttps://mcrumorcontrol.livejournal.com/67332.htmlThe Daily Beast: Eliza Bleu’s Own Friends Aren’t Buying Her Trafficking Storyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201124439/https://www.thedailybeast.com/eliza-bleus-own-friends-arent-buying-her-trafficking-storyEliza Knows: I Refused A Booking Request To Have Sex For $150,000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JnfQAPsf58Eliza Bleu tweets about Satanic pedophile ringshttps://twitter.com/Stew27774095/status/1602078059699769344NBC: On Musk's Twitter, users looking to sell and trade child sex abuse material are still easily foundhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-twitter-elon-child-abuse-material-rcna63621Bleu claims nonconsensual photos of her have been posted online (currently private)https://twitter.com/elizableu/status/1616629662511161344What happens when you try to link to the Eliza Bleu music video on TwitterElla Irwin: “we can’t give specific details”https://twitter.com/ellagirwin/status/1619740363622866944?RedState’s now-removed article on Bleuhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230128015015/https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2023/01/27/activist-eliza-bleu-cancels-creators-appears-to-ramp-up-twitter-censorship-n694751 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Day 204Life in the podcast mines is hell. From so far underground, I can no longer hear the pigeons, or Jesse running the food processor. I can’t even remember what the sky looks like. Yet I dig deeper, in search of good content. Every once in a while Katie comes down and sics Moose on me for “not working hard enough”. And when I woke up today, I found Steven Crowder down here with me.Just when you think things can’t get any worse…* Jesse processes his dick off* Jesse runs a 4-minute mile, plus or minus 3 minutes* Steven Crowder gets enslaved by The Daily Wire* Primo shoutoutsCrowder: "It's time to stop..."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcq4UCTZ-YCrowder: "I didn't want to do this..."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG9BFUEoy1IJacobin: “Right-Wingers Like Steven Crowder Need Billionaire Funders Because Their Ideas Are So Bad”https://jacobin.com/2023/01/steven-crowder-billionaire-funds-media-anti-worker-employment-contracts To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In this week’s record-shattering episode of Blocked & Reported:* The epidemic of white women transforming into Native Americans continues* Katie: “I love Chris Rufo. I want to hug and kiss him”* Recurring COVID whistleblower/serial fabulist tries to make Matt Gaetz into Matt G**tz* Chuck Tingle, inexplicably, comes up somehow???* NYT (re)starts the discourse on trans children in school* Drama at The Music Box when an indie film gets canceled* The rat king of circlejerks takes place in Dimes SquareThe NYT’s “When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don’t Know”https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/us/gender-identity-students-parents.htmlThe Road to Terfdomhttps://lux-magazine.com/article/the-road-to-terfdom/A representative tweet from close personal friend of the podcast Jeet Heerhttps://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1617208577919254529NYT Opinion: “Trans Kids Deserve Private Lives, Too”https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/opinion/trans-kids-privacy-gender-identity.htmlAn Instagram post from Chase Strangiohttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cn0PIPkASUh/What is Dimes Square?https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/dimes-squarePeter Thiel’s “anti-woke” film festivalhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/peter-thiel-anti-woke-film-festival-trevor-bazileA privated twitter account says something about the movie, IDKhttps://twitter.com/kryandwhisper/status/1612870613047119875?Air Mail’s Downtown Sethttps://airmail.news/issues/2022-11-19/the-downtown-set*I never bothered to check if this true but it sounds convincing, and that’s what matters. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog:* Jesse explains sissgendered people, People Of Kansas and the anti-incarcereal movement* A very important Jewish update* Susan Meachen is back — and now there’s two of her* Chris Rufo’s rise to political power and future ambitions* Kay LeClaire’s adventures with genealogyOur coverage of Susan MeachenEllen Barry’s interview with the actual Susan Meachenhttps://archive.ph/WE2KfIs Idaho teaching porn literacy to kids? (No.)https://www.inlander.com/spokane/no-idaho-schools-are-not-teaching-porn-literacy/Content?oid=24569006Media outlets can’t stop botching the CRT debateRufo: “We are recapturing higher education”https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1611406507815636993The Chronicle of Higher Ed describes an attempt to take over the University of North Carolina in the early 1900shttps://archive.ph/l9VnV#selection-2039.16-2043.1Is Hobbes lying or just dumb?https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1615501756498153472Tone Madison’s coveragehttps://web.archive.org/web/20220707041301/https://tonemadison.com/articles/east-side-venues-name-change-decision-follows-months-of-quiet-pressure/LeClare’s followup in Our Liveshttps://web.archive.org/web/20211028174035/https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/not-yours-to-use/The New Age Fraud websitehttp://www.newagefraud.org/about.htmlAdvancedSmite’s post with over 50,000 viewshttp://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5635.0“Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white”https://madison365.com/indigenous-arts-leader-activist-revealed-as-white/Kay LeClaire vs. Kay LeClaireHow white is Madison City?https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/madisoncitywisconsin/LND110210An unearthed post of hers from 2017Further reading on the casehttps://www.wpr.org/node/2051776https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11599353/Race-fakers-two-year-transformation-white-woman-Indigenous-two-spirit.htmlhttps://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/01/11/madison-pretendian-kay-leclaire-resigns-wisconsin-residency-amid-accusations/69778164007/https://nypost.com/2023/01/04/native-american-faker-kay-leclaire-made-up-stories-about-visions/https://madison365.com/indigenous-community-looks-to-heal-weeks-after-a-pretendian-is-exposed/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

First they banned gas stoves, because the science said they were harmful. Then the science said football was racist, so we banned that too. Then the nurses came out and said Battletech was problematic, so we banned that as well. Then a data scientist came out and said Florida’s COVID data was fake, so we banned the entire state. Then the scientists said podcasts were harmful, and th--In this (highly illegal) episode:* Jesse chains himself to his gas stove* A bizarre update on Rebekah Jones, serial grifter and former (?) media darling* Is football racist?* Drama within the Battletech community* Jesse threatens to shoot KatieErrata & UpdatesThe Paula Curtis thread mentionedhttps://twitter.com/paularcurtis/status/1608146988511690753“Whistleblower Rebekah Jones wins dismissal- at a price.”https://www.mynwfl.com/post/rebekahjonescasedismissedIs Football Racist?The closest thing we could find to a video of the collapse on YouTubeDaniel Engber’s article on the topichttps://slate.com/culture/2015/12/the-truth-about-will-smiths-concussion-and-bennet-omalu.htmlTracy Canada: “Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football”https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/damar-hamlins-collapse-highlights-the-violence-black-men-experience-in-football/NFL players aren’t as rich as you’d think!https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/207780/current-and-former-nfl-players-in-the-drivers-seat-after-completing-mba-programThe movie about the NFL concussion scandalhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364/“Colin Kaepernick in Netflix series likens NFL draft to slavery”https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/colin-kaepernick-netflix-series-likens-nfl-draft-slavery-no-dignity-rcna4312Foolball players wanted to play during the pandemichttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/sports/ncaafootball/coronavirus-pac-12-restart.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/sports/ncaafootball/covid-big-ten-football-season.htmlNCAA: “All student-athletes must be allowed to opt out of participation due to concerns about contracting COVID-19”https://www.wibw.com/2020/08/05/new-ncaa-guidelines-to-protect-student-athlete-well-being-scholarships-and-eligibility/?outputType=ampFootball players were allowed to maintain their scholarships, even if they refused to playhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/sports/ncaafootball/coronavirus-college-football-pac-12.htmlScientific American: “the term ‘JEDI’ is problematic”https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-term-jedi-is-problematic-for-describing-programs-that-promote-justice-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/Laura Helmuth’s appointment to EIC at Scientific Americanhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/pressroom/pr/scientific-american-appoints-laura-helmuth-editor-in-chief/Her reaction to the article’s pushbackhttps://twitter.com/laurahelmuth/status/1611877742298939394Former NFL player’s reaction to the articlehttps://twitter.com/TonyDungy/status/1611551363212922881BattletechFaith introduces herselfhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2020/06/finding-your-faith.html?m=1Faith finds Battletechhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2020/12/faith-finds-battletech-it-dawned-on-me.html?m=1Faith is going to be a motherhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2021/04/musings-going-forward.html?m=1The truth about “Faith McClosky”https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2021/07/08/the-truth-about-faith-mcclosky/“Blaine Pardoe is a f****** Liar...”https://web.archive.org/web/20210728204225/https://faithmccarron.blogspot.com/2021/07/blaine-pardoe-is-f-liar.htmlAce denies being J, while surprisingly defending him for some reasonhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2021/07/no-you-dont-get-to-lie-and-inflate.html?m=1“My Publisher Canceled Me in Favor of an Activist Who Threatened My Life”https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/29/my-publisher-canceled-me-in-favor-of-an-activist-who-threatened-my-life/Statement Regarding Blaine Lee Pardoehttps://bg.battletech.com/forums/general-discussion/statement-regarding-blaine-lee-pardoe/msg1853777/?boardseen#newFaith No Morehttps://acekaller.blogspot.com/2022/12/faith-no-more.htmlPardoe’s responsehttps://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/faithless/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

>be writer for podcast>office is full of goats for some reason>working on episode about medievalist twitter drama and a weird publisher called RECEPTIO, really crazy story>suddenly coworker shows up in a fursuit>goats go ballistic trying to flee the “wolf”>destroy half the office in the process>boss gets fed up, tells me to get rid of goats>spend 2 hours herding them down 32 flights of stairs as they lick me the whole time>soaking wet as I return to the office>boss’s dog stares through the window, sad the goats are gone>”actually, bring the goats back, Anon”>call up other cohost for help>”sorry bro I’m busy doing mushrooms on a gay beach with Andrew Sullivan”>spend 4 hours tracking goats down and herding them back into the office alone>worstdayever.jpeg>at least I managed to land that interview with Susan Meachen>check email>she killed herselfThe tweet Katie was sentAella’s tweetMeachen’s Special Deliveryhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36458042-special-deliveryThe anthology dedicated to Susan MeachenThe RECEPTIO AffairPeter Kidd’s website and twitterhttp://manuscripts.org.uk/https://twitter.com/mssprovenanceKidd’s blogposts on the affairhttps://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/nobody-cares-about-your-blog.htmlhttps://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-i-staff.htmlhttps://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-ii.htmlCarla Rossi, the director of RECEPTIOhttps://www.carlarossi.info/RECEPTIO’s board members are fake as well!As well as their legal advisor:When people start catching on, RECEPTIO starts pulling the imagesMore #receptiogate researchhttps://twitter.com/hashtag/ReceptiogateSome involved with RECEPTIO actually are real, but listed without permissionMore plagiarismRECEPTIO posts a response video to YouTube of all thingshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI_H140rgcw This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

All rise for justices Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Public Opinion. Granted their judgeships by right of their bestselling podcast and relentless pursuit of truth and nuance (but mostly due to clerical error), they have a grand total of 0 years of legal experience between them — but one of them is Jewish, which is… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Helen Lewis stops by BARPod to help put a very stupid year to bed. After discussing her excellent new BBC show on gurus, including her thoughts on Saira Rao’s Race2Dinner initiative to make liberal white women feel worse about themselves, she challenges Katie and Jesse to a quiz about the year in internet b******t. It goes about as well as you would expect.Helen’s new show: And her Twitter account: https://twitter.com/helenlewisSaira Rao has to be seen to be believedhttps://twitter.com/sairasameeraraoImage: CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - NOVEMBER 02: Jordan Peterson addresses students at The Cambridge Union on November 02, 2018 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Chris Williamson/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie Herzog reports on Twitter’s Acquisition Arc getting even crazier as God-King Musk consolidates his control and begins a bloody purge of his political foes, including a friend of Jesse Singal. * Elon Musk ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL* The NYT crossword gets racist* A racist muskrat* Is Elon stepping down?* Jesse and Katie written into the Bigoted Book of the Damn… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Due to budget cuts, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog are forced to create yet another bottle episode, looking back on previous episodes and new developments in their cases.Unsurprisingly, they’ve only worsened with age.* Jesse and Katie become reactionaries* Moose gets hospitalized after eating too many beets* The Carrie Jade Williams case only gets more elaborate and bizarre* Katie enters the Gaytrix and stumbles across a network of fake doctors on Twitter* Jesse continues to refuse to listen to the X-files theme* Katie goes to see the clownselor* The insane, upsetting misconduct that made the Loudoun County case possible* The Basecamp insanity gets… saner?BARPod merch is back!http://barpodmerch.com/The latest saga in the world of psychologyhttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-143-how-bidens-rogue-deputyThe Carrie Jade Williams sagahttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-135-a-monstrous-french-familyDr. Robert Honeymanhttps://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1602552409079054337Our episode on The Twitter Fileshttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/premium-the-twitter-files-the-truthThe Loudoun County casehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-86-more-dave-chappelle-fallout-afbThe meatier episode on the Loudoun County casehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-87-hes-got-a-weaponThe Washington Post article Jesse mentionshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/12/07/loudoun-superintendent-scott-ziegler-fired/The grand jury proceedingshttps://www.loudoun.gov/specialgrandjuryThe email regarding the school district’s actions regarding aforesaid sexual assault (WARNING: graphic)The Washington Post article Jesse mentionedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/loudoun-schools-sexual-assault-cases/2021/11/15/6502e79a-461e-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.htmlThe indictementshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/3-trials-to-be-held-against-loudoun-school-administrators/2022/12/13/d0288c82-7b42-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.htmlThe Basecamp episodehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/jesse-makes-a-friend-a-racist-albeit-12cThe ADL’s pyramid of hatehttps://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/pyramid-of-hate.pdfImage: A normal day for the average subject and/or creator of an internet drama podcast (Getty) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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Join captain Katie Herzog (and her first mate, Moose) on the high seas as we pursue Sam Brinton, Biden’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy And Lover of Unreasonably Long Titles. The notorious nonbinary air pirate has been declared an outlaw for plunderin’ an airport of its luggage… again. But Katie takes a closer look and finds their crooked ways go back years, having fooled even us.Then, less-important co-captain Jesse Singal investigates what happened when German psychologist Klaus Fiedler took the helm at the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science — and how his quartermaster’s criticism of its race obsession led its American crew to mutiny. Doing so, he crosses paths with the notorious Dark Pirate Jussim and his evil steed, a racist mule whose mere mention is said to bring a ship a thousand years of bad luck.Turns out Jesse’s not the only Jewish heterodox psychology writer on the high seas of Twitter…ARRataThe piece referred to in #103 regarding Brinton’s torture in gay conversion therapy came from LGBT Nation, not LGBT News. Here it is:https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/08/survivor-mit-grad-student-samuel-brinton-remembers-ex-gay-therapy/Caught Rad-HandedOur coverage of Sam Brinton:A picture from the Brinton 2019 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference With An Unreasonably Long TitleNYPost: Sam claims to have stolen the bag by accidenthttps://nypost.com/2022/11/28/non-binary-biden-nuclear-official-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-airport/LGBTQ Nation: “Has Sam Brinton’s story always been too good to be true?”https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/sam-brintons-story-always-good-true/Brinton is on leave due to charges of grand larceny (region-locked article for whatever reason)https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/energy-department-official-accused-of-stealing-luggage-from-las-vegas-airport/Dark Pirate Jussim Sails AgainThe article in questionhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691620927709Figures from the articleJussim’s Twitterhttps://twitter.com/PsychRabbleOn the correspondence with Robertshttps://www.chronicle.com/article/i-am-the-victim-a-journal-editor-is-under-fire-after-a-diversity-debate-is-derailedThe PsyArxiv of the emailshttps://psyarxiv.com/xk4yuTwitter responds to the article exactly how you’d expect it toThe open letter to the Association for Psychological Science, denigrating it for “racism, general editorial incompetence, and abuse of power”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O212esQJDYVuiuvN3OQLg7YOD58PbhlmFjfYV3nREU4/editThe counter-letter from Europe: “An expression of grave concern”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fxcdNhzuikb4S2OHFTTNP8s2KPqhbxKAlIB_q_XVpjk/editThe email Fielder got from the APS, requesting his resignation:Image description: Brinton flashes the victory sign to their crew after successfully capturing the USS Trevor and her precious cargo of over 500 designer suitcasesThis text has been edited for minor grammatical tweaks. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Get ready to bear witness to Milo Yiannopoulos’s return to the world of internet drama, alongside internet “journalists” Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. Today, we delve into the shadowy and malicious role Yiannopoulos allegedly played in the legendary dinner between former president Trump, the rapper formerly known as Kanye, and the white nationalist zoomer influencer currently known as Nick Fuentes.Also discussed: the online outcry over a Balenciaga photoshoot that spilled over into the mainstream media, spurred on by YouTuber-cum-Twitter-influencer Shoe0nHead (June Lapine) and the bipartisan outcry that ensued… and why it’s all quite silly.Et tu, Milo?Links:ErrataUPDATE: Balenciaga has since dropped the suithttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-02/kering-s-balenciaga-drops-lawsuit-over-ad-referencing-child-pornographyGeorge Takei’s Mastodonhttps://universeodon.com/@georgetakeiThe BalenCIAga ConspiracyThe document in question: Scalia’s opinion from United States vs. Williamshttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/553/285/#tab-opinion-1962658Note the dates on the chart and teddy bear (bottom-left)Note the Borremans book on the deskThe closest I can get you to Borremans’ Fire From the Sun without hotlinking an image (obviously NSFW)https://www.google.com/search?q=fire+from+the+sun+michaelThis diploma either reads “John Phillip Fischer” or “L is real 2401”Fischer’s sex crime convictionOli London’s tweet, accusing Balenciaga’s owner of profiting from CPThe sculpture in question, controversially being auctioned by the company that is owned by the company that also owns Balenciaga (NSFW)https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5335329Fox’s indictment of Balenciagahttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6316362543112Slate: “Oh, Dear: Fox News Kind of Has a Point About Those Balenciaga Ads”https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/11/balenciaga-scandal-child-teddy-bears-fox-news.htmlNBC: “TikTok users protest Balenciaga's holiday campaign by destroying bags and shoes”https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/balenciaga-backlash-tiktok-users-destroying-products-rcna59672The Calvin Klein ad from the 90’sAllegedly, it angered even President Clinton!https://www.vogue.com/article/calvin-klein-jeans-90s-ads-kate-moss-mark-wahlberg-controversyI Miss The Old KanyeRecap: Kanye goes “Death Con 3” on the Jewshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/kanye-west-says-hell-go-to-death-con-3-on-jewish-people-after-instagram-ban/The ADL on Fuenteshttps://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-knowAxios: “Trump talks with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago dinner”https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-knowWATCH: GOP leaders condemn Trump-Fuentes dinnerHe said, Ye said: Ben Shapiro, Kanye West clash over Trump dinner with Holocaust denierhttps://www.jns.org/he-said-ye-said-ben-shapiro-kanye-west-clash-over-trump-dinner-with-holocaust-denier/Fuentes announces he’s taking a break from his stream to join Ye’s campaignhttps://cozy.tv/nick/replays/2022-11-26The Guardian: “Milo Yiannopoulos claims he set up Fuentes dinner ‘to make Trump’s life miserable’”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/milo-yiannopoulos-nick-fuentes-donald-trump-dinnerTheWrap: “Milo Yiannopoulos’ Rise and Fall, From GamerGate to Pedophilia Comments”https://www.thewrap.com/milo-yiannopoulos-timeline-rise-fall-gamergate-pedophilia-breitbart/Milo once owned Dangerous.com!https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/milo-yiannopoulos-sold-website-dangerous/Jesse in NY Mag: “How Breitbart Is Milking the Milo Yiannopoulos Campus-Outrage Outrage Cycle”https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-breitbart-is-milking-the-milo-yiannopoulos-campus-outrage-outrage-cycle.htmlJesse on his newsletter: “No-Platforming Didn’t Wreck Milo — *Milo* Wrecked Milo”Milo, rocking the most heterosexual haircut I’ve ever seenKanye storms out of TimCast interviewRolling Stone’s coverage of the eventhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-milo-yiannopoulos-tim-pool-podcast-1234637817/Politico: “Virulently antisemitic comments by Kanye West spark new GOP criticism”https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/01/ye-antisemitism-republicans-hitler-00071695The mental health argumentUnHerd: “Don’t Punish Kanye West”https://unherd.com/2022/10/dont-punish-kanye-west/RAËLISMhttps://jalopnik.com/kanye-banned-twitter-symbol-ufo-sex-cult-racing-driver-1849847363Kanye got substantially more votes per dollar than even Biden!https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-presidential-run-analysis-9477968/Misc.BAP is not happy with any of the figures involved (WARNING: Slurs. A lot of them)https://t.me/BronzeAgePalaestra/685All involved with the dinner say Trump was impressed with Fuenteshttps://www.axios.com/2022/11/25/trump-nick-fuentes-ye-kanyeContrariwise, none were with Trump’s 2024 announcement speechhttps://web.archive.org/web/20221125044521/A heavily detailed TimCast piece on the whole affairhttps://timcast.com/news/exclusive-det

Fans are mad at Katie for insulting Elon Musk, conservatives are mad at drag queens for reading to kids, and journalists are convinced conservatives mad at drag queens caused the Club Q shooting. So there’s a lot to discuss.Notes:Background on Aldrich:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/21/colorado-springs-qbar-shooter/https://www.c… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jesse Singal returns to his ancestral homeland, only to find it in ruins. (Before that, he was on a trip to Israel.) There is panic in the Twitter streets as Elon Musk takes over and “dismisses” over 90% of the staff, including legendary software engineers Daniel Johnson and Rahul Ligma. Impersonation runs rampant and famous figures are permabanned left and right as Musk’s hasty changes to the verification program end in pandemonium.Certain the site is doomed, the Twelve Tribes of Twitter (including Katie Herzog) set out in search of their fabled home: a previously obscure Twitter clone known as Mastodon. But you know what they say: “out of the frying pan, into the fire…”Links:🔊 Musician With Regrets: KLEZMER INCELCORE (Feat. Jesse Forever Single)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TeYfGbisefuZDgLLf99lbhquQMLz0Oum/viewIt’s insane a Michael Moynihan trip to Israel didn’t end with him narrowly escaping via an airlift off the top of the American EmbassyJesse witnesses Israel’s tragic alcoholism epidemic on his trip:WaPo: “When Eli Lilly’s share price sank 4 percent on Friday — in line with a drop in other health care stocks — many Twitter users credited the fake account”https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/14/twitter-fake-eli-lilly/November 17th: “it seems Musk is concerned that not enough employees are buying into his vision of an“extremely hardcore” Twitter” [sic]https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-changes-twitters-remote-work-rules-again-225801061.htmlLiterally the next day: “Twitter sued over Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ work rules”https://www.independent.ie/business/world/twitter-sued-over-elon-musks-hardcore-work-rules-42153638.htmlMusk has dismissed “half of [Twitter]’s workforce and most of its executive suite”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/musk-s-first-email-to-twitter-staff-ends-remote-workSemafor: “Eventually, there will be an issue that has to be addressed by SREs [...] the other issue is that there is basically no security team left.”https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/11/24/2022/black-friday-editionMusk: “Vox populi, vox dei”An assorted sampling of Musk’s shitposts:🤣🤣🤣 please help 🤣 make it stop 🤣🤣 i am in excruciating 🤣🤣 🤣 pain 🤣 lmao 🤣🤣🤣https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Aelonmusk%20%F0%9F%A4%A3&src=typed_query&f=livePew: Twitter’s users are more left-wing than the general populationhttps://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/NYT: “Mr. Agrawal tweeted to rebut his claims. Mr. Musk responded with a poop emoji.”https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/technology/twitter-changes.htmlCarabello: “Apple and Google need to seriously start exploring booting Twitter off the app store”Business Insider: “A Twitter engineer said he believed he was fired for criticizing Elon Musk on Slack.”https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-fired-twitter-worker-jokes-slack-criticism-social-watercooler-2022-11?r=US&IR=TMusk: "New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.”Musk: “I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.”DeBoer: “I Assure You, Writers Would Be Fine Without Twitter”Jeong for Vice: “Mastodon Is Like Twitter Without Nazis, So Why Are We Not Using It?”https://www.vice.com/en/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-itWired: “Rochko learned that the software project he started building during his university days, called Mastodon, is running Donald Trump’s new Truth Social network.”https://www.wired.com/story/more-software-isnt-better-software/🔞 Matt Skala: Mastodon WTF timeline (ロリコン vs. 児童ポルノ)https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/335The apotheosis of Adam Davidson:The journalists’ Mastodon instance:https://journa.host/exploreBernstein for The Times: “Mr. Davidson told him he had been suspended [from journa.host] for referring to Ms. Molloy as an ‘activist’”https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/style/mastodon-twitter-adam-davidson.htmlImage: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 31: Elon Musk attends Heidi Klum's 2022 Hallowe'en Party at Sake No Hana at Moxy LES on October 31, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Julie Bindel, noted hatemonger and/or advocate for ending violence against women, stops by to talk to Katie about… well, a lot of stuff. It’s a good chat! (The tea thing is just a metaphor, a way of honoring Bindel for being British.)Links:Bindel’s Substackhttps://substack.com/profile/91305008-julie-bindelAnd Twitterhttps://twitter.com/bindeljThe article that kicked off… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jesse’s been off in Israel resolving and/or exacerbating tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians, FAR too busy to talk to some distant goy like Katie, so here’s an interview he recently conducted with Katherine Dee, an extremely smart and perceptive writer and podcaster on internet culture. Topics include the very… *particular* nature of rationalist gatherings, the perils of parasocial relationships, and the question of what identity means when it’s severed from any sort of embodied, real-world existence.Links:Aella comes on BARPod: Some of Dee’s favorite articles that she has written:Tumblr Transformed American Politicshttps://theamericanconservative.com/tumblr-transformed-american-politics/ Mass Shootings and the World Liberalism Made Rise of the Female-to-Female Transsexual The Ghost of Adam Lanza, Pt. 1 The brief and wondrous life of a scene.The image is the ace pride flag: https://grpride.org/product/asexual-pride-flag/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Inflation is skyrocketing. The economy is down. Not everyone can afford to go see a show. As such, hosts Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog have decided to give back to the community that has taken away so much from us with this recording of a live BARPod show in NYC. First up is the story of how Andrew Tate, legendary exploiter of virgins and Dean of Hustlers University, got unpersoned on social media. Then comes the tantalizing true story of Antifa’s war against an “incelcore” music festival in Atlanta, complete with PROBLEMATIC lyrics, attempted SWATtings, and songs about being watched by the FBI. Virgins just can’t catch a break, can they?Who The #*@#&$ Is Andrew Tate And Does His Existence Prove There Is No God?*Who’s the most famous man on the net?https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F012ds47h,%2Fm%2F0261x8t,%2Fm%2F0c6qh,%2Fm%2F043p2f2The Andrew Tate Supercut (either a dead link, or it requires you to log in to see it. I’m not making a Vimeo account just to figure out which)Duty callshttps://xkcd.com/386/Upworthy on Andrew Tatehttps://www.upworthy.com/a-terrible-tweet-about-depression-has-the-internet-in-an-uproarThe Observer on Andrew Tate: “Inside the violent, misogynistic world of TikTok’s new star, Andrew Tate”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star VirginFestA livestream of the entire eventNegative XP himselfViral fan video of Negative XP’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Ruined a Whole Generation of Women” Negative XP’s “I’m A Nazi”Negative XP’s Hitler tweetLyrics to Negative XP’s “I’m a Nazi”https://genius.com/Negative-xp-im-a-nazi-lyricsVirginFest poster for you to print off and hang up in your room for maximum incel credAtlanta Antifa’s Twitter thread on VirginFestHow the cop raid endedPhoto from the show comes courtesy of Jesse’s cousin, Elon Altman. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

You know those IDIOT REPUBLICANS who think that SCIENCE hasn’t TOTALLY PROVEN that puberty blockers and hormones are AWESOME????? And TOTALLY REVERSIBLE????? Well two MOUTH-BREATHING IDIOTS who probably also HATE CRT and PUPPIES are so BIGOTED they don’t even ACCEPT the MEDICAL CONSENSUS.(Show notes a bit longer and more in-depth than usual this week to help everyone follow along, double-check stuff, etc.)Show notes/Links:Carole hooven DESTROYS jon stewartThe state lawshttps://www.kff.org/other/issue-brief/youth-access-to-gender-affirming-care-the-federal-and-state-policy-landscape/Jesse on the state laws in 2020The vote went down after the episode was recorded, but Florida has now banned yuth gender medicine, with exceptions for those already receiving it and future research projectshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/health/florida-gender-care-minors-medical-board.htmlThe full episode of Stewart’s show: https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-war-over-gender/umc.cmc.1jj39s607lehulo4k0iscsarp“I don’t send someone to a therapist when I’m going to start them on insulin.”https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/“Historically, mental health professionals have been charged with ensuring ‘readiness’ [she puts that in scare quotes] for phenotypic transition, along with establishing a therapeutic relationship that will help young people navigate this very same transition. These 2 tasks are at odds with each other because establishing a therapeutic relationship entails honesty and a sense of safety that can be compromised if young people believe that what they need and deserve (potentially blockers, hormones, or surgery) can be denied them according to the information they provide to the therapist.” This excerpt strongly suggests she doesn’t believe in the traditional gatekeeping role a mental-health clinician might play in a situation like this, helping to determine if a young person will benefit from transitioning.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2504256Kids — sorry, sorry — “adolescents” — getting double mastectomies at 13 or 14https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29507933/“Suicide Attempts among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults: Findings of the Naitonal Transgender Discrimination Survey.”https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Trans-GNC-Suicide-Attempts-Jan-2014.pdfn.b.: “Without such probes, we were unable to determine the extent to which the 41 percent of NTDS participants who reported ever attempting suicide may overestimate the actual prevalence of attempts in the sample.” And:Finally, it should be emphasized that the NTDS, like all similar surveys, captured information about suicide attempts, not completed suicide. Lacking any information about completed suicide among transgender people (due primarily to decedents not being identified by gender identity or transgender status), it may be tempting to consider suicide attempt data to be the best available proxy measure of suicide death. Data from the U.S. population at large, however, show clear demographic differences between suicide attempters and those who die by suicide. While almost 80 percent of all suicide deaths occur among males, about 75 percent of suicide attempts are made by females. Adolescents, who overall have a relatively low suicide rate of about 7 per 100,000 people, account for a substantial proportion of suicide attempts, making perhaps 100 or more attempts for every suicide death. 13 suicides per 100,000 in a GIDS samplehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02287-7Insanely high rate of 2.8% in a Belgian clinical samplehttps://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8706800/file/8707586.pdfT H E G U I D E L I N E SStewart: So these, the guidelines that you wrote, because you were responsible with the endocrine board for writing guidelines of care for endocrinology.Safer: The Endocrine Society, yesStewart: The endocrine society.Yes.Stewart: And that was based on, uh, research papers, data, the things that you saw. Intervening with gender affirming care which may be just being respectful or, as they get older some of these other things. You’ve seen that have a reduction in depression, a reduction in suicide — that’s what you’ve studied.Safer: Absolutely.Nothing about mental health improvement, lotta assessment-talk, “low evidence” at best https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/11/3869/4157558?login=false#99603239The Ibuprofen System For Evidence Assessmenthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470778/table/app2.t2/Erica Anderson and Laura Edwards-Leeper take their concerns to the Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/Jesse’s interview with Anderson on BARPodRutledge: We don't have enough data, we don't have enough to show that these drugs are effective and that these children are better off. And that we should encourage…Stewart: You don't have enough, or it's not enough for you? I

Mid-tour, Jesse and Katie take a break from their newfound rockstar lifestyles to deliver unto their legion of screaming* fans another certified Blocked and Reported classic. They begin with the long-awaited story of how the Dartmouth show got canceled and then proceed to their latest meltdown tale, in which the Publishing Mafia rears its head once again. This time, they’ve launched a coup within the Hobart journal, spurred on by an interview with the Iowa Pariah himself, Alex Perez.* in fear, mostlyThe Dartmouth DisturbanceDartmouth’s Political Economy Project, BAR’s would-be hostshttps://pep.dartmouth.edu/There was an event here. It’s gone now.https://govt.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=68549“We’ll hold [it] in the biggest venue you think you can fill”After asking why their event listing disappeared, Katie and Jesse got this with zero context: “this event will be open only to those with currently valid Dartmouth College ID’s”Brave Spaces Dartmouth isn’t real (though there is a broader Brave Spaces movement) — it was created to try and save the event (and the Political Economy Project from the stain of being associated with BARPod)https://www.google.com/search?q=%22BRAVE+SPACES%22+DARTMOUTHThe Hobart MeltdownThe journal itselfhttps://www.hobartpulp.com/The Alex Perez interview that started ithttps://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/alex-perez-on-the-iowa-s-writers-workshop-baseball-and-growing-up-cuban-american-in-america🗄️ A Statement From The Resigning Editorshttps://web.archive.org/web/20221012225245/https://www.hobartpulp.com/preview/web_features/a-statement-from-the-resigning-editorsA LitHub article on the dramahttps://web.archive.org/web/20221012225245/https://www.hobartpulp.com/preview/web_features/a-statement-from-the-resigning-editorsEllen’s response to the dramahttps://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/letter-from-the-editorWhat Ellen learned in 2014https://web.archive.org/web/20141219214331/https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/an-open-letter-to-the-internetHey, this reminds me of something… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse regales Katie with a diner-based yarn so gripping it should be a big-budget action movie, Katie interviews Clementine Morrigan, who in addition to being an alleged member of a deranged sex cult is one of the smartest voices out there about cancel culture aka accountability culture aka antiracism aka sociopathy. More on Morrigan:Her Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/clementinemorrigan/?hl=enThe excellent @cursed_cancellationshttps://www.instagram.com/cursed_cancellations/?hl=enImage source This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe