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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 · 11h

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 · 11h

stop trying to aura farm at a lawyer

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11h

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

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h

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 · 21h

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 · 22h

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

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23h

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

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 21h

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

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 22h

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 · 22h

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 · 22h

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 · 22h

he's a very good aura farmer

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 22h

right

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

This is a powerful image

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23h

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

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 23h

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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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 3d

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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