{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "one of the subtler crazy things about this election is how every worthwhile crank I\u2019ve run across since the livejournal era, all...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/150040702643/", "html": "<p>one of the subtler crazy things about this election is how every worthwhile crank I\u2019ve run across since the livejournal era, all the bits where I\u2019ve been like \u201cno, of all the weird shit on the net this shit is gonna be important\u201d, are all banging into each other</p><p>I think a lot of it\u2019s twitter, maybe in the open field quality will out, but seeing like Ian Welsh and Jacob\u00a0\u201cIOZ\u201d Bacharach kibitzing about a dispute pitting Freddie deBoer, Jacobin, and Weird Twitter against Sady Doyle, it\u2019s\u2026 honestly, it\u2019s a little ominous when all the named characters and plot threads start coming together<br/></p><p>course reading serious newspaper articles like \u201cfor more insight on /pol/ memes and their role on the alt-right, we reached out to VDare\u2026.\u201d is fucking <i>surreal</i><br/></p>"}