On Tasteland this week, @mikerugnetta.com joined us to talk about late-stage platformism, the rise of the agentic web, that the attention economy is a zero-sum game, how Hentai explains platforms, and heading to the library to avoid AI slop.

Full episode on all pod platforms! pod.link/1760333416/

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@lizkellynelson.com is one of a network of leaders helping journalists make the jump from traditional newsrooms to starting up their own publications through her essential newsletter, Project C.

An essential episode today.

Today on Tasteland, @colenowicki.com joins @princessdaisy.bsky.social and I to talk about the state of the skate industry, Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (and the pitfalls of happinessmaxxing), the smell of skateboarding, and religion being big in skateboarding.
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