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There's a great article up by @cwarzel in The Atlantic about The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account. It's a scary but thoughtful analysis of a grim societal trend, focusing specifically on how intensification is implemented via the ex-bird site, lately a cesspool of distilled toxicity from which many still regularly feed.

ESPECIALLY the part in Warzel's article about ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) made me shudder. The article is worth reading for that part alone.

(His post at BlueSky, which I've linked below, has what I think may be a gift link.)

bsky.app/profile/cwarzel.bsky.

Bluesky Social · Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel.bsky.social)I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/gleeful-cruelty-white-house-x-account/682234/?gift=bQgJMMVzeo8RHHcE1_KM0fEulOousRZ7mgN3LeyPGbg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

#GoodMorning! An early morning #gravel escape to Greater Poland National Park with a friend! Sunrise, abysmal wind, hot coffee and tea, a local climb at #OsowaGora and beautiful #forest. It couldn’t get any better!🥰

#WielkopolskiParkNarodowy #WPN #Cycling #Bicycle #Bici #Bicicleta #Ciclismo #Velo #Fahrrad #Rower #Wahoo #Wahooligan #Velominati #LifeBehindBars #Poznan #Warta #Wartostrada #ASMR #DadOnBike #SRAM #Fizik #Eagle #AXS #BikeToot #BikeTooter @cycling @rower

Non ho idea di che persona fosse al di fuori del suo.mestiere, ma devo dire che sentire la sua voce mi faceva un effetto molto piacevole, tipo #ASMR per intenderci. Sarà semplicemente per via del fatto che accompagnava quando ero bambino quei momenti di euforia generale che c'erano nei giorni in cui giocava l'Italia. Una specie di babbo natale del calcio insomma. Mi è passata presto la smania per la nazionale, ma l'affetto per quel particolare timbro di voce mai.

Young adults increasingly struggling offline turn to #ASMR videos, report finds - theguardian.com/society/2025/m "Visceral videos of people playing with slime or braiding hair soothe those who feel overwhelmed by in-person contact" hmm, sounds worrying...

The Guardian · Young adults increasingly struggling offline turn to ASMR videos, report findsBy Libby Brooks