BLACK LIVES MATTER. RESIST FASCISM. THE WORLD STANDS WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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Read the episode script and my research notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6_9BLS6JEH5dC3pnCsKOiL17HD5W2IMZwR0Dh5k0rQ/edit?usp=sharing

Virgil Texas' "OKC_ebooks", where thirsty men reply ad nauseam to incoherent horse_ebooks text:
https://slacktory.tumblr.com/post/43168538440/this-is-a-pick-up-artist-talking-to-a-horse-robot 

You will look back on this moment with shock and: https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks/status/113976583752134656?lang=en 

Adrian Chen tracks down the account's father:
https://gawker.com/5887697/how-i-found-the-human-being-behind-horseebooks-the-internets-favorite-spambot

Dan Sinker's "Eulogy For A Horse":
http://web.archive.org/web/20140213003406/http://dansinker.com/post/62183207705/eulogy-for-a-horse

Excellent perspective here on the relevance of horse ebooks as ‘obliging a program’ and parallels to social media: https://www.marieconnelly.com/writing/horse-ebooks 

Academic writing on the idea of 'botness':
http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/rt/printerFriendly/814/0 

Bakkila's artist statement:
https://images.gawker.com/1915kb0m44uocjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg 

Susan Orlean's review of the gallery performance:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/10/man-and-machine-susan-orlean 

Michael Craig-Martin's "An Oak Tree":
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/craig-martin-an-oak-tree-l02262

If you have a recording of Ryan O’Connor's talk at Mind Maze II, “The Horse Computer in Kiev”, I want it. It was impossible to find and I really wish I'd been able to.

Please stay safe, dear listeners. I have more episodes written and I hope to return to a normal release pace.