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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 10d

Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America

But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.

www.theverge.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 14h

lines up with a bit of dialogue in the original star wars (anh) though. rogue one also took original star wars canon very seriously (put the death star plans on magnetic tapes just like "the stolen data tapes" line in the original)

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ErichV @erichv.bsky.social · 14h

Hey @sarahjeong.bsky.social

We’re about two weeks late for the 10 year anniversary of the Facebook Real Names fiasco (simpler times). To celebrate, here is a photo of my neighborhood in Sweden with a Psyduck just chilling.

Photograph of a cobblestone street with small historic houses. There’s a cartoon Pokémon Psyduck in the middle of the street.

Screenshot from Twitter

Oct 1, 2015
@sarahjeong
I'm trying to find the button that lets me change my name on Facebook to
"A literal psyduck" but I guess they've changed a few things

Sarah’s Facebook account is shown with Psyduck as the name in response to their Real Names policy.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

bitch I watched the collapse of something I swore three loyalty oaths to. I've been crying blood tears about the end of the republic for eight years. eat my ass

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

stop trying to aura farm at a lawyer

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

www.theverge.com/policy/79204...

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

and well, fire emblem weapons triangle is still a more clarifying analogy because there's no such thing as a stronger rock beating the weaker rock in rock-paper-scissors

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

it's written that way because my editor made fun of me for originally leading the paragraph with fire emblem and not mentioning rock paper scissors at all

Michael J Dolan @michaeljdolan.bsky.social · 1d

Why'd you have to come after Fire Emblem dorks tho

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 1d

this is… i… i think sarah’s article has genuinely unlocked all of 2025

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I think I didn't get it quite right but the string of examples is more clarifying

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think that changes the analysis, the part I was reacting to was the gigantic wide mouth that the words are not actually coming from 😭

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

you know what, I can see now that there is a slight frown but the expression changes depending on angle and that really rules

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

stronger aura farmer wins against the weaker! usually militarized force is auramaxxed but pritzker is just really good

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

he's a very good aura farmer

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I actually think gavin newsom has a tendency to bring the wrong weapon to a matchup and that the optimal politician is tim walz, who switches between all three modes while pretending like he's just being normal

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

right

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 1d

Among other things, Sarah’s theory explains this interaction which made me want to die the other day

Rep. congressperson Virginia Foxx quote RTing Sen Mazie Hirono, who tweeted that republicans are lying. Foxx’s post reads: Congratulations on the ratio - you’ve earned it. By the way, you voted to shut down the government.

Jordan Uhl posting Virginia Foxx’s age (82) and saying “Ok what are we doing here”

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Piper @yourfriendpiper.bsky.social · 1d

I love this piece and glad this part was noted: "The question of who wins or who loses in Triangle Posting Politics is divorced from material conditions, justice, or the common good."

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

kind of; I think the implication in the term is that every act of aura farming is an attempt to accrue additional aura -- like clickbait or clout farming it is at its core an exploitative practice?

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unpaid shirtz dot cool brand ambassador @sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com · 1d

Not to gas myself up but I think my piece on shitposting from like, 2017, is a great companion piece to @sarahjeong.bsky.social's incredible, important Verge article

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

my partner said "just like fire emblem" when I first described my theory to him and then I was like "yes just like fire emblem" and then I made the diagram directly inspired by fire emblem lol

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 1d

I feel like this theory also explains why the “Trump is weird” approach that Walz hit on last year was so effective and why everything fell apart once the consultants got involved and told him to act normal.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 1d

This is a powerful image

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I actually think the theory implies that ezra klein is a dummy but more on that later I guess

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship." n.pr/4ocHQcG

She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired

Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

n.pr

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