Great piece by [@shivaaaamm](/user/profile/shivaaaamm) , teen journalist for i-D Magazine, writing about his generations experience with politics online. "Neo-fascists are using social media platforms to spread racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexism. " _...Read More_

Doomer, Gloomer, Bloomer, Zoomer, Boomer explained. The piece itself is not as sensational as the title but it is a bit disturbing to see how quickly these types of memes get coopted by extremist movements.

Good thread about this from [@robhorning](/user/profile/robhorning) “the "fakeness" of deepfakes is not necessarily supposed to trick people; viewers know it's fake and enjoy seeing a hidden "truth" revealed symbolically _...Read More_

Are these people on to something or completely mad?

This article provides a succinct macro-level introduction to the concept of applying blockchain technology towards a relatively novel use, namely the tokenization of memes and the subsequent creation of economies surrounding the exchange _...Read More_

Cannot deny Relevant's gamified arena of meme fitness is exciting but how long before emergent social/economic exploits become apparent? Anyway some hashtags for the article as that seems to be incentive for reward here:

"Jia Tolentino on how Donald Trump, Jr., embodies the “large adult son” meme, an Internet joke inspired by Mike Huckabee’s sons, David and John Mark."