From May 21, 2023: In this episode, Kenny and Virgil break down the vigilante culture behind Citizen, Nextdoor, and Ring. We get into why and how these companies capitalize on your fear and paranoia, while successfully pitting communities against one another. We also give you social-anxiety babes a lil advice on how to build up the courage to just ask your neighbor for a cup of sugar.

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Works Cited and Further Reading:

Vigilante app removed from apple store

Citizen lays off employees

Citizen usage in Philly

False Arrest Due to Racial profiling - Citizen

Nextdoor CEO admits fault for racist biases

Citizen app does not promote public safety

LAPD + Citizen

Citizen crime alerts

How crime tracking apps create a culture of fear and incite panic

Citizen app employees mental health

Inside the Citizen App

From April 23, 2022:

In part two of the Parasocial Power Hour, [the podcaster formally known as] Ceres talks about their travels for the past six weeks on their E̶a̶t̶ ̶P̶r̶a̶y̶ ̶L̶o̶v̶e̶ Smoke Rave Chillax journey. They talk about their thrilling adventures through being held on trial at the Tenderqueer Tribunal, worshiping the moon, and taking shrooms. Like if Hunter S. Thompson was hot.

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Kenny and Virgil don some overalls and get to work! They help the feeble and sickly Bolsonaro launder some cows to get them squeaky clean. Your favorite they-devils peer down using satellite imagery to analyze the dairy and beef industry within the Amazon Rainforest. Pay Pigs and Prayer Warriors, they find more than just one Inconvenient Truth. Deforestation, milk taxonomy, cow fraud and yes, those pesky government cheese caves. You won't want to miss this.

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Works Cited:

Amazon Deforestation Satellite Study

Protected areas still used to produce Brazil's cattle (Conservation Letters Journal)

Deforestation Linked to Agriculture (WRI)

Cattle Production at a Glance (USDA)

How Illegal Land Grabs in Brazil's Amazon Feed the Global Beef Industry (OCCRP)

Slaughtering in the Amazon (Greenpeace)

Brazil cuts environment budget despite climate summit pledge

Brazil sacks officials who curbed deforestation on Amazon indigenous lands

Emails Show the Meatpacking Industry Drafted an Executive Order to Keep Plants Open

Examining the Decline in U.S. Per Capita Consumption of Fluid Cow’s Milk, 2003–18

Government Recommended Dietary Guidelines

Fluid Milk Consumption Continues Downward Trend, Proving Difficult to Reverse

Aubrey Plaza Wood for Milking Commercial

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