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A brief account of piracy and the forces that shaped it
Nostalgia under the guise of education.
Sep 14
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Alejandro Cuevas
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The Last Good Online Community Is a Piracy Website
Private trackers survived because they demand something modern platforms abandoned: obligations toward strangers.
Sep 5
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Alejandro Cuevas
5
2
July 2026
The learned aesthetics of YouTube channels
How ChatGPT interprets what cryptocurrency and thirst trap channels look like
Jul 28
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Alejandro Cuevas
4
Field notes and other droppings - July 2026
Mosquito-killing drones, legalized pseudo-insider trading, and bad spa vibes.
Jul 19
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Alejandro Cuevas
Five boring yet lucrative services from the Internet's underbelly
No bread is hard enough for he who is hungry.
Jul 11
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Alejandro Cuevas
2
Gambling is so back
If you like prediction markets, try Craps next time you're in Vegas.
Jul 3
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Alejandro Cuevas
1
June 2026
The first ever Porn research summit
That I know of, at least.
Jun 27
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Alejandro Cuevas
CivitAI (Part 3)
What did this all mean?
Jun 19
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Alejandro Cuevas
The CivitAI Saga (Part 2)
The chickens come home to roost.
Jun 13
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Alejandro Cuevas
Stealing Fire
How Justin Maier delivered Promethean fire to mortals. Part 1 of the CivitAI saga.
Jun 5
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Alejandro Cuevas
2
May 2026
What is Internet research anyway?
Finally a 101 on what this Substack is about. This post should probably have come like 2 months ago.
May 29
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Alejandro Cuevas
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Internet researchers, you have to stop
Your research is too detached. Your questions too shallow. Your understanding too limited. They will kill you.
May 22
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Alejandro Cuevas
3
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