10k Posts Summer Fayre ft Mattie Lubchansky

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July 21, 2026 · 1h 26m · Episode 472

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of AI posters in local advertising and their implications, featuring guest Mattie Lubchansky.

This week we’re joined by friend of the show Mattie Lubchansky to talk about the epidemic of AI posters filling every small town, village and hamlet, and what it suggests about the state of local advertising today. We try to figure out how to describe the aesthetic of AI posters, why their maximalism has become so ubiquitous, and how they are offshoots of the “dead internet” - an online environment where things exist with no meaning, purpose or intended audience. -------- LEBANON AID LINKSHere are some fundraisers to support collective rebuilding and survival efforts on the ground in Lebanon. -Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity. https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-directly/ or donate in general https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-now/ -LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.https://livelove.org/donate -Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished peoplehttps://lebanesefoodbank.org/take-action/donate/ Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels…

People in this episode

Host: Ten Thousand Posts

Guest: Mattie Lubchansky

Topics covered

AI posters
local advertising
aesthetic of AI
dead internet
community support
Lebanon aid
Palestine aid

Keywords

AI posters
local advertising
aesthetic
dead internet
community aid
Lebanon
Palestine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beit El-Baraka, LiveLove, Lebanese Food Bank, Solar Powered Lebanon, Palestinian Communist Youth Union