Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, Lucy Reade and James Ball discuss how the online world has reacted to the US Midterm results. The Democrats have revelled in their victory, declaring that Woke 3.0 shall be installed, whereas the Republicans are drowning their sorrows while pretending they’re in Star Wars.
Woke 3.0 links
https://x.com/sapphodii/status/2119847542091551022?a=Lme8lHN8CPOBfWE5oqc&s=46
https://x.com/jerrybaglover/status/2118070214130913314?a=S-h-X_2q3YLuc0IDGB8&s=20
https://x.com/vmonshope/status/2117856776926171274?a=eLxRGVgjGIcKHb63w_A&s=20
https://x.com/mfcbish/status/2119053894684672154?a=xZPt8-wvNrfWneVwJWQ&s=20
https://x.com/jocelynseip/status/2118260591680983528?a=Oo9Eln9dDEsQhCc1rXc&s=20
https://x.com/lunaloonies/status/2118106445606699236?a=yWDJat8OgivEf5JHTbY&s=20
Anakinposting links:
https://bsky.app/profile/zakiscorner.bsky.social/post/3myx7dt3jwk2l
https://x.com/usedgov/status/2116192924710941130
https://x.com/minordissent/status/2116622484233752629
https://x.com/SlainByTheWire/status/2116646608662393082
https://x.com/dream_in_sanity/status/2118470890812006678?s=12
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2116990933103509723
https://x.com/gremlinfoid/status/2117492470556602496
https://bsky.app/profile/zakiscorner.bsky.social/post/3myx7dt3jwk2l
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