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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Tyler Austin Harper’s recent Atlantic piece on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an $8 billion behemoth whose grantmaking now plays an outsized role in the humanities. Plus, more Epstein (sorry).
Jeffrey Epstein Is a Horrifying Person, But That Doesn’t Mean He’s a Pedophile - The Stranger
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine - The Atlantic
What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education? - The Atlantic
I am the wrong kind of Black professor - The Boston Globe
No Freedom Without the Second Amendment - The Atlantic


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Back by (somewhat) popular demand, we present to you… the Official Blocked and Reported Low-Effort Matchmaking Service.
Thanks to everyone who submitted a personal ad. We got a great selection this year, and if you all get together, this could be the largest polycule and/or chlamydia circle outside of Portland.
If you failed to submit your personal ad on time, or are newly single/ready to mingle, feel free to leave one in the comments.
Reminder: BAR Pod and its affiliates assume no legal responsibility for any bad dates, emotional damage, unwanted pregnancies, and/or murders that may result from participation in this service. This is legally binding.
Have fun, be smart, and good luck!


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This week on the Primo show, we revisit Epstein Island and discuss the public condemnation of everyone who ever met, emailed, and/or ordered pizza with Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, a letter from Minneapolis, and updates on Uncle Roger, Hasan Piker, Sarah Stock, Clavicular, Danya, and more.


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This week on Blocked and Reported, we conclude our series looking back at the net neutrality wars. In Part 2, net neutrality lives! And then dies. And then lives! And then dies.
Opinion: John Oliver finds humor in net neutrality, but loses the facts - Los Angeles Times
What can we learn from 800,000 public comments on the FCC’s net neutrality plan? : Sunlight Foundation
One group dominates the second round of net neutrality comments : Sunlight Foundation
President Obama’s Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and Free
How White House Thwarted FCC Chief on Net Neutrality - WSJ
Obama on Net Neutrality: Enough Already! | The New Yorker
FCC Releases Open Internet Order | Federal Communications Commission
Dear FCC: Rethink The Vague “General Conduct” Rule | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Resistance Must Be Digitized | Free Press
Net Neutrality Repeal Process Begins With FCC Chairman’s Announcement : The Two-Way : NPR
Net Neutrality: The Social Justice Issue of Our Time - Public Knowledge
The alliance fighting to save FCC’s net neutrality rules - The Washington Post
Fake Comments: How U.S. Companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your Voice
Pai threat
A Large-Scale Analysis of Deployed Traffic Differentiation Practices



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Thanks to everyone who joined Benjamin Ryan and me for a chat on the first destransitioner lawsuit, the state of youth gender medicine, and more.
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