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The story of how "otakus" in 1980s Japan connect to the far-right conspiracy known as QAnon. How the alt right and the Capitol Riots are traceable to anonymous imageboards started by teenagers to trade anime. How 4chan birthed a group of hacktivists known as Anonymous and law enforcement destroyed it. And how social media companies lined their pockets while the credulous media were taken for a ride by organized trolls.\n\nThis episode was co-written by Dale Beran and Julian Feeld.\n\nFollow Dale Beran: twitter.com/daleberan\nGet Dale Beran's Book "It Came From Something Awful": http://bit.ly/3rxImFd\n\nGUESTS:\n\nFollow Matt Alt: http://twitter.com/Matt_Alt & http://www.instagram.com/altmattalt/\nGet Matt Alt's Book "Pure Invention": http://amzn.to/2O0DxWd\n\nFollow Fredrick Brennan: http//:twitter.com/fr_brennan\nCheck out Fred's font work on Github: http://github.com/ctrlcctrlv/\n\nFollow Fuxnet: http://twitter.com/fuxnet\nCheck out Fuxnet's Cleveland-based mutual aid org providing relief to the homeless during COVID: https://twitter.com/therhizomehouse\n\nQAA LINKS\n\n\u2193\u2193\u2193\u2193 SUBSCRIBE FOR $5 A MONTH SO YOU DON'T MISS THE SECOND WEEKLY EPISODE \u2193\u2193\u2193\u2193\nhttps://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous\n\nQAA Merch / Join the Discord Community / Find the Lost Episodes / Etc: https://qanonanonymous.com\n\nEpisode music by Nick Sena (http://nicksenamusic.com), Doom Chakra Tapes (http://doomchakratapes.bandcamp.com