sarah jeong

This piece is incredibly important for understanding the Trump administration and what happens next. There's a stochastic element to what they do, because social media algorithms are central, not incidental, to government policy [www.theverge.com/news/869824/...](

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When “independent journalists” aren’t really journalists

The rise of slop producers like Nick Shirley

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When “independent journalists” aren’t really journalists

The rise of slop producers like Nick Shirley

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Wrote this paragraph 17 days ago, about the killing of Renee Good. RE:

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sarah jeong (@sarahjeong.bsky.social)

Consensus reality has been under assault by Trumpism and by tech for years now. But it's important to underline that people are still putting their...

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part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis RE:

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Naomi Kritzer (@naomikritzer.bsky.social)

I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to shar...

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something that really took me aback this past year was normie boomers being more likely to give me interviews after they glimpsed a gas mask in my backpack. they'd warm right up to me like "ah yes here's a good kid right here" RE:

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Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social)

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the wildest thing is right-wingers acting like minnesotans in videos must be outside agitators when we can all hear their accents. i don't think i could do that accent convincingly if i spent a year practicing. and neither would i wish to. have you heard that shit? craziest american accent

Consensus reality has been under assault by Trumpism and by tech for years now. But it's important to underline that people are still putting their lives on the line because they believe it matters. [www.theverge.com/policy/85905...](

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People are fighting for the truth in Minneapolis

Ordinary civilians aren’t playing along with Trump

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People are fighting for the truth in Minneapolis

Ordinary civilians aren’t playing along with Trump

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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all

are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson

It's fucking crazy to me that Keith Olbermann is out here posting about Olivia Nuzzi like "haha funny thing, I used to date her, it's crazy" as if this current shitshow has nothing to do with him. Here's Nuzzi in 2013 glazing Olbermann in writing while dating him [www.huffpost.com/entry/msnbc-...](

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MSNBC:

As in polling, you can get television numbers to tell you anything you want to hear. But even in that context, when ratings changes are as profound...

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MSNBC:

As in polling, you can get television numbers to tell you anything you want to hear. But even in that context, when ratings changes are as profound...

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you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird