Stand-Up Call - 7/29/25
Welcome to All Hands on Deck—a special podcast for Tortuga Society members and Tortuga Media paychads.
These are recordings of Tortuga’s biweekly standup calls, in which our guys convene to update the group on progress with job stacking and assorted ventures, theorycraft business ideas, and shoot the shit on issues of the day.
Most episodes will be available to paid subscribers — our spicer discussions will be exclusive to full Tortuga Society Members.
Topics Include:
AI avatar consistency and branding for virtual influencers on Instagram
Market dynamics of VTubers and AI spokespeople (e.g., Grok‑powered avatars)
Sponsorship risk management through AI influencer agencies
Leveraging internal expertise: reaching out to Rajiv for AI spokespeople projects
Launch of the “Space Age Culture” article as a counterpoint to Lenu Wright’s critique
Revival of Tortuga Tech calls: scheduling, seasonal constraints, and project planning
Decompiling legacy firmware: using AVRDUDE and exploring Ghidra
Developing a C programming “three‑pager” for the Codex Tortuga
Transitioning Tortuga’s primary hub to Substack: sunsetting the main site and paywall setup
Comping founding members via Substack membership emails
Implementing a self‑service events calendar for member autonomy
Cross‑Hosting Sunday: amplifying member content and content calendar through September
Platform resilience: Substack censorship contingency and Squarespace fallback
Preview of tomorrow’s Kino Veritas episode with Prestor John Andrews
The appeal of esoteric subcultures vs. the “ubiquitous internet”—friend‑enemy distinctions
Nativism vs. elitism: Nick Fuentes, Richard Hanania, and the shifting right‑wing spectrum
Economic and policy debates: tariffs, manufacturing jobs, and individual vs. collective interests
Immigration policy tensions: deportation impacts on agriculture and housing costs
Influence mapping: how online commentators like Hanania shape mainstream figures (e.g., JD Vance)
Balancing open inquiry and decisive leadership in ideological communities
