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TV gave everyone the same two minutes of Senate floor shouting, and then it was over. Social media gives you a personalized drip of the content most likely to make you specifically furious, and it never stops. The mechanism is not mysterious, and the platforms are not helpless.
By Jules Fontaine · 3 min read
SXSW had a $1,995 platinum badge this year and an artisanal street taco tent charging $18 next to a 22-year-old cash-only stand. That proximity is not a coincidence. It is corporate absorption running exactly on schedule.
By Jules Fontaine · 3 min read
A well-made political joke requires the same precision as a recipe perfected over decades. But the platform delivering it has no interest in craft, only in what makes you share before you think. Satire in 2026 is confirming what you already believe, faster and louder than ever.
By Jules Fontaine · 3 min read