The Attention Economy Navigator, April 2026 w/ Bridget Todd and Negin Owliaei

This week we are building April's Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d assume. Joining to help build this month's Attention Economy Navigator in real time are host of There are No Girls on the Internet, Bridget Todd (her new audiobook Love at First Prompt is available July 14th from Simon & Schuster) and Editor-in-Chief at Truthout, Negin Owliaei. You can also watch the panel plot these stories in real time on YouTube, or read the article version on the Convergence website. Stories referenced in this episode: Using forensic investigation methods, the FBI was able to extract copies of incoming Signal messages from Prairieland defendants' iPhones. Rep. Eric Swalwell drops out of California Governor's race amid many sexual assault and misconduct allegations. The Democratic Congressman and frontrunner for Governor of California has been outed as a serial sexual predator in the workplace. Student organizers are fighting back against 287(g) agreements on campuses, and some of them are even winning. Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been in a Kuwaiti prison for over a month now for re-sharing video coverage of the US-Israel military operations in the Gulf. How people are digesting Peter Magyar's victory in the Hungarian elections – Not everyone is taking the right lessons here, and it's still early days to understand what is happening (and what will happen in a new Hungary). AI-powered facial recognition is being used to deny food benefits to pregnant and post-partum people in India. Is Brooklyn-based band Geese a psyop or nah? Wired repeated the hype from the band's PR firm that claims to have been able to game the algorithm on TikTok to blow up their most recent (and critically acclaimed) album, Getting Killed. The meme war over Iran has commenced, and maybe Iran is winning? AI-generated animated Lego meme videos are covering the internet and they're pretty effective at narrating the war from the Iranian perspective. Erika Kirk is not suing Druski over his "How Conservative white women in America act" skit. Want more? Enrich your media diet: Movement Media Alliance Contact us: [email protected] Subscribe to Convergence Magazine's YouTube to catch the video premiere of each episode: Mondays at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT Have we made a difference in your life? Help us keep it going. convergencemag.com/membership