{"podcast":{"title":"what's this button do?","slug":"what-s-this-button-do-6698176","podcast_index_feed_id":6698176,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/dexdigi/","website_url":"https://dexdigi.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/78a711e2-fe03-4349-9b37-4f506cd136d7/wtbd-logo.jpg","author":"Dexter Thomas","episode_count":30,"summary":"technology for people who think they aren't nerds","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T06:20:59.623023+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176"},"episode":{"title":"pornhub vs Texas, tiktok ban, the library cop, and Shrimp Jesus","slug":"pornhub-vs-texas-tiktok-ban-the-library-cop-and-shrimp-jesus","published_at":"2024-03-20T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/pornhub-vs-texas-tiktok-ban-the-library-cop-and-shrimp-jesus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176","url":"https://dexdigi.captivate.fm/episode/pornhub-vs-texas-tiktok-ban-the-library-cop-and-shrimp-jesus","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/009613bc-80ad-40ff-8052-2fcd2e5e555c/Twitch-2024-03-19-Jason-Full.mp3","summary":"It's been a weird few weeks on the Internet. I brought on Jason Koebler, cofounder of 404 Media (and former EIC of Motherboard, VICE's tech vertical), to talk about it. The topics are all from 404media.co . Here are the links: Pornhub pulling out of Texas: https://www.404media.co/pornhub-blocked-texas/ A cop looking for books to ban in an library: https://www.404media.co/police-bodycam-shows-sheriff-kootenai-idaho-hunting-for-obscene-books-at-library/ The TikTok ban: https://www.404media.co/the-u-s-wants-to-ban-tiktok-for-the-sins-of-every-social-media-company/ and Shrimp Jesus: https://www.404media.co/facebooks-algorithm-is-boosting-ai-spam-that-links-to-ai-generated-ad-laden-click-farms/ This is the full version of our talk. I livestream these every Tuesday: twitch.tv/dexdigi","meta_description":"It's been a weird few weeks on the Internet. I brought on Jason Koebler, cofounder of 404 Media (and former EIC of Motherboard, VICE's tech vertical), to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7187,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/episodes/pornhub-vs-texas-tiktok-ban-the-library-cop-and-shrimp-jesus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-this-button-do-6698176/pornhub-vs-texas-tiktok-ban-the-library-cop-and-shrimp-jesus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}