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This post lives on The Postmodern Terminal, my Gemini capsule. I wrote about why I'm posting there.

An introduction to affect with an A: the distinction between affect and emotion, how feeling circulates and sticks, and why researchers should track atmospheres.

Read it in a Gemini client at gemini://adjb.smol.pub/affect-theory, or in a browser at adjb.smol.pub/affect-theory.

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