This week, Hussein and Phoebe catch up on their lives, and wonder whether it’s possible to do this show without mentioning the ongoing horrors.

They run through some rare fun posts, talk about various home cleaning strategies and ask what happened to Marie Kondo.

They also talk about the ongoing exodus of influencers from Dubai, and what this tells us about the future of the Gulf, its soft power strategy, and speculate on the future of Influencing online.

------- PALESTINE AID LINKS

-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here!

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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check out the rest, as well as our extensive backlog of bonus episodes, here!

This week, Josh returns to the podcast to talk about the Theatre of Cruelty, and the Trump administrations use of ICE agents to create bizarre viral content for its diminishing base of supporters. We talk about how the administration’s content strategy has changed since 2016, and how it’s had to change to adapt to aimless scrolling and lowered attention spans. We also visit the UK and talk about the results of the Gorton & Denton by-election, and ask: did Matt Goodwin lose because he spent too much time on his phone?

Listen and subscribe to The Worst of All Possible Worlds: https://www.worstpossible.world/

Follow Josh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bosh.worstpossible.world

------- PALESTINE AID LINKS

-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here!

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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).

Researcher and journalist Adam Smith joins us this week to talk about what happens when AI boosters hype up their own speculation. We talk about Moltbook, a project that purported to be a “social network for AI agents” and claimed to prove that the sentience and consciousness of AI was inevitable. Adam explains the tricks AI boosters used to present their bots as smarter than they actually were, and why Moltbook should be considered more as theatre, than a glimpse into the future of communication.

Read and subscribe to Adam on substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/wealthofnotions/p/i-think-therefore-i-am-probably-roleplaying

------- PALESTINE AID LINKS

-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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PHOEBE ALERT

Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here!

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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).