Jeremiah Johnson
@jeremiahdjohns.bsky.social
Founder @cnliberalism.org. Writing at Infinite Scroll. Carly Rae Jepsen stan. Send me the worst tweets on this site.
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Last week I read The Sirens' Call from @chrislhayes.bsky.social. It made me think about the relationships between social media platforms, attention, and choice, and how much of our lives we unconsciously surrender to algorithms.
September 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last week I read The Sirens' Call from @chrislhayes.bsky.social. It made me think about the relationships between social media platforms, attention, and choice, and how much of our lives we unconsciously surrender to algorithms.
The line between being an influencer and a journalist has never been thinner.
Are we all suffering for it?
Are we all suffering for it?
September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The line between being an influencer and a journalist has never been thinner.
Are we all suffering for it?
Are we all suffering for it?
Why does Taylor Lorenz constantly find herself in the center of online drama?
It's because she can't separate her job as a journalist with her desire to be an influencer.
It's because she can't separate her job as a journalist with her desire to be an influencer.
September 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Why does Taylor Lorenz constantly find herself in the center of online drama?
It's because she can't separate her job as a journalist with her desire to be an influencer.
It's because she can't separate her job as a journalist with her desire to be an influencer.
Gavin Newsom is trying to answer two very simple questions: Does anyone hate Republicans as much as he does? And can trolling propel a Democrat to the presidency?
August 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Gavin Newsom is trying to answer two very simple questions: Does anyone hate Republicans as much as he does? And can trolling propel a Democrat to the presidency?
There isn't going to be a 'client list' and Epstein almost certainly killed himself.
July 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
There isn't going to be a 'client list' and Epstein almost certainly killed himself.
An update on our friends over at X
July 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
An update on our friends over at X
The revelation this week of secretive right wing group chats filled with billionaires & media moguls is the culmination of a long running trend: important conversations are moving away from global social media platforms and into private or semi-private spaces.
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May 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The revelation this week of secretive right wing group chats filled with billionaires & media moguls is the culmination of a long running trend: important conversations are moving away from global social media platforms and into private or semi-private spaces.
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Remember: Donald Trump is killing your 401K and eroding the value of the dollar, but on the other hand, he's also causing mortgage rates to skyrocket
April 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Remember: Donald Trump is killing your 401K and eroding the value of the dollar, but on the other hand, he's also causing mortgage rates to skyrocket
There is no grand plan behind the Trump tariffs. There is no secret theory among his team. They're just idiots.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
There is no grand plan behind the Trump tariffs. There is no secret theory among his team. They're just idiots.
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No idea how you even get through here
March 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
No idea how you even get through here
Democrats can't just sit around talking about messaging strategy. They need to change their actual policies if they want to win.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Democrats can't just sit around talking about messaging strategy. They need to change their actual policies if they want to win.
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This week's Weekly Scroll: Gavin Newsome's dumb podcast gambit, Male Morning Routines, Idiot Plots, and feral Lorde fans:
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March 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This week's Weekly Scroll: Gavin Newsome's dumb podcast gambit, Male Morning Routines, Idiot Plots, and feral Lorde fans:
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Wondering if we wouldn't be better off with this crew
March 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Wondering if we wouldn't be better off with this crew
Some folks are trying to cancel Harry Sisson for flirting with lots of women on Snapchat. When did we decide that 'being a dumb fuckboy' should be treated with the same seriousness as a sexual abuse scandal?
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March 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Some folks are trying to cancel Harry Sisson for flirting with lots of women on Snapchat. When did we decide that 'being a dumb fuckboy' should be treated with the same seriousness as a sexual abuse scandal?
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Why have JD Vance memes taken over the internet? Does he just have a funny face, or is there a deeper meaning?
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March 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Why have JD Vance memes taken over the internet? Does he just have a funny face, or is there a deeper meaning?
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The internet really feels like a place where you used to discover things serendipitously. Now everything is algorithmically optimized and locked behind platforms.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The internet really feels like a place where you used to discover things serendipitously. Now everything is algorithmically optimized and locked behind platforms.
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MAGA fans responding to an escalating tariff war:
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
MAGA fans responding to an escalating tariff war:
The best way to understand the appeal of MAGA messaging is to look back at to Nietzsche's 'master morality' - that strength justifies itself.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The best way to understand the appeal of MAGA messaging is to look back at to Nietzsche's 'master morality' - that strength justifies itself.
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If this is real, it's one of the funniest posts I've ever seen on the former bird app.
Even if it's not real, it's STILL one of the funniest posts I've ever seen the former bird app.
Even if it's not real, it's STILL one of the funniest posts I've ever seen the former bird app.
February 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
If this is real, it's one of the funniest posts I've ever seen on the former bird app.
Even if it's not real, it's STILL one of the funniest posts I've ever seen the former bird app.
Even if it's not real, it's STILL one of the funniest posts I've ever seen the former bird app.
As much as I try not to hysterically resistance-post about Elon all the time, his entire... everything last week is genuinely concerning.
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February 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As much as I try not to hysterically resistance-post about Elon all the time, his entire... everything last week is genuinely concerning.
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The easiest political prediction in the world was "Trump's newfound popularity will only last until he starts actually doing things"
January 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The easiest political prediction in the world was "Trump's newfound popularity will only last until he starts actually doing things"
Lots of folks, left and right, tend to celebrate the slow death of traditional media and the surge of new media.
But rarely do they sit down and reckon with who they're elevating as they knock the CNN/WaPo types down to size.
But rarely do they sit down and reckon with who they're elevating as they knock the CNN/WaPo types down to size.
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Lots of folks, left and right, tend to celebrate the slow death of traditional media and the surge of new media.
But rarely do they sit down and reckon with who they're elevating as they knock the CNN/WaPo types down to size.
But rarely do they sit down and reckon with who they're elevating as they knock the CNN/WaPo types down to size.
Lots of folks claim that Americans using RedNote will have their minds deprogrammed, or become more sympathetic to Chinese values and culture.
In reality, the reverse is true. It's Chinese users who will convert to Western ideas if given half a chance.
In reality, the reverse is true. It's Chinese users who will convert to Western ideas if given half a chance.
January 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Lots of folks claim that Americans using RedNote will have their minds deprogrammed, or become more sympathetic to Chinese values and culture.
In reality, the reverse is true. It's Chinese users who will convert to Western ideas if given half a chance.
In reality, the reverse is true. It's Chinese users who will convert to Western ideas if given half a chance.