Graham
@grahamistearingup.bsky.social
Internet Culture, Media, and Politics. 📝Endless Yammering on Substack. 🎸 Used to have a band. 🎓MA in Communication & Culture.
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Trolling is Dead. Long Live Rage Farming.
What Oxford's 2025 Word(s) of the Year Tell Us About Digital Platforms
substack.com
NEW YAMMERING: Rage bait, biohack, and aura farming may appear to be just your average brain-rot words, but there's a larger context behind them that shows how digital platforms are shaping our lives, and the way we understand our bodies.
Eyes Wide Shut
Name your fav Christmas film
December 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Eyes Wide Shut
Craziest part about Andrew Tate’s loss is that we got knocked out by a guy who was cut from the Montreal Alouettes.
December 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Craziest part about Andrew Tate’s loss is that we got knocked out by a guy who was cut from the Montreal Alouettes.
I recently got assessed for ADHD and it involved a module where you press a button while distracting sounds play through headphones. Apparently the test was designed in Israel, which made sense since the distracting sounds were a woman in the West Bank asking you to not bulldoze their house.
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I recently got assessed for ADHD and it involved a module where you press a button while distracting sounds play through headphones. Apparently the test was designed in Israel, which made sense since the distracting sounds were a woman in the West Bank asking you to not bulldoze their house.
I’m convinced at this point they’re just saying this because they are actively constructing an alternate reality.
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I’m convinced at this point they’re just saying this because they are actively constructing an alternate reality.
Australia’s worst mass shooting since 1996. Absolutely horrific. Jewish community targeted. 12 dead. Can’t wait for everyone to process this rationally.
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Australia’s worst mass shooting since 1996. Absolutely horrific. Jewish community targeted. 12 dead. Can’t wait for everyone to process this rationally.
absolutely no disrespect to her as a sex worker, but this is hilarious
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-st...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-st...
I stand with Nigel Farage
I have sweet memories of Christmas. My dad is proper old-school and would set up the video recorder. I don’t think we’ve ever watched the footage; I don’t know if he was even filming. But we couldn’t ...
www.spectator.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
absolutely no disrespect to her as a sex worker, but this is hilarious
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-st...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-st...
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NEW YAMMERING: Rage bait, biohack, and aura farming may appear to be just your average brain-rot words, but there's a larger context behind them that shows how digital platforms are shaping our lives, and the way we understand our bodies.
Trolling is Dead. Long Live Rage Farming.
What Oxford's 2025 Word(s) of the Year Tell Us About Digital Platforms
substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW YAMMERING: Rage bait, biohack, and aura farming may appear to be just your average brain-rot words, but there's a larger context behind them that shows how digital platforms are shaping our lives, and the way we understand our bodies.
Is anyone else watching Pluribus?
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Is anyone else watching Pluribus?
NEW YAMMERING: Rage bait, biohack, and aura farming may appear to be just your average brain-rot words, but there's a larger context behind them that shows how digital platforms are shaping our lives, and the way we understand our bodies.
Trolling is Dead. Long Live Rage Farming.
What Oxford's 2025 Word(s) of the Year Tell Us About Digital Platforms
substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW YAMMERING: Rage bait, biohack, and aura farming may appear to be just your average brain-rot words, but there's a larger context behind them that shows how digital platforms are shaping our lives, and the way we understand our bodies.
Crazy how this guy calls Paul Dano boring and all of sudden everyone’s acting like he committed a war crime. Like this post if you think Benjamin Netanyahu should be allowed to have his own opinions.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Crazy how this guy calls Paul Dano boring and all of sudden everyone’s acting like he committed a war crime. Like this post if you think Benjamin Netanyahu should be allowed to have his own opinions.
"Rage bait" has been declared the 2025 Word of the Year by
@academic.oup.com . Given the other competitors were "aura farming" and "biohack," what do these words all have in common?
@academic.oup.com . Given the other competitors were "aura farming" and "biohack," what do these words all have in common?
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Rage bait" has been declared the 2025 Word of the Year by
@academic.oup.com . Given the other competitors were "aura farming" and "biohack," what do these words all have in common?
@academic.oup.com . Given the other competitors were "aura farming" and "biohack," what do these words all have in common?
The one thing about creating content online is pretty much anyone who is successful at it will tell you that their own success seemingly happened by accident. There’s no “formula” which is… kind of nice to know? It’s it’s like something things are still happening without some grand scheme behind it
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The one thing about creating content online is pretty much anyone who is successful at it will tell you that their own success seemingly happened by accident. There’s no “formula” which is… kind of nice to know? It’s it’s like something things are still happening without some grand scheme behind it
Most of what I see in my feed is just different versions of “You’ve got to get mad.”
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Most of what I see in my feed is just different versions of “You’ve got to get mad.”
He's so happy whenever anyone calls him a big special boy
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
He's so happy whenever anyone calls him a big special boy
Crazy how you can lose so much money by pouring billions of dollars into something nobody wanted.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Crazy how you can lose so much money by pouring billions of dollars into something nobody wanted.
Some thoughts on Spotify Wrapped and how “wrapped” lists are shifting the way we understand our tastes.
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Some thoughts on Spotify Wrapped and how “wrapped” lists are shifting the way we understand our tastes.
My ears are very delicate.
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My ears are very delicate.
New Stranger Things feels like a show meant for adult children, or maybe it’s meant for children? Most the dialogue is one character saying something and another saying “Wait, uh, how does that make sense?”
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New Stranger Things feels like a show meant for adult children, or maybe it’s meant for children? Most the dialogue is one character saying something and another saying “Wait, uh, how does that make sense?”
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Every time I see a political party I love post a meme I die a little inside. Please stop. #Ndp
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
Why Politicians Should Never Post Memes
They're not for you. They're for us.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Every time I see a political party I love post a meme I die a little inside. Please stop. #Ndp
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
Every time I see a political party I love post a meme I die a little inside. Please stop. #Ndp
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
Why Politicians Should Never Post Memes
They're not for you. They're for us.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Every time I see a political party I love post a meme I die a little inside. Please stop. #Ndp
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
open.substack.com/pub/endlessy...
Very funny to see Rona Ambrose melting down over this and calling it misogynistic.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very funny to see Rona Ambrose melting down over this and calling it misogynistic.
Washington Post quoted Laura Loomer saying the most racist shit about this guy and now, here we are:
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Washington Post quoted Laura Loomer saying the most racist shit about this guy and now, here we are:
DEI: Delicious Ench iLadas
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
DEI: Delicious Ench iLadas