Elon Kills the Block Button, AI Comes for Podcasts, and The Good Liar's Guide to Talking to Trump Voters
The Good Liars, a MAGA trolling comedy duo, join Offline to share what it\u2019s like on the ground at Trump rallies this close to the election. Davram Stiefler and Jason Selvig have been churning out political satire since they occupied Occupy Wall Street, and they talk to Jon about finding the humor and holes in the Trump camp\u2019s rhetoric. But first! This week the app formerly known as Twitter announced a major change to the block function: it\u2019s gone. Max and Jon discuss whether the ensuing X-odus will finally make Bluesky relevant, and why Jon doesn\u2019t like to give his haters the satisfaction of being blocked. Then, it\u2019s bros vs. brobots as the guys face down their own obsolescence and listen to an AI-generated podcast from NotebookLM. The platform is trained on whatever data\u2013or book about saving democracy\u2013you upload, and can synthesize the material into a jokey conversation between two hosts with a good rapport\u2026sound familiar?