Brendan I. Koerner
@brendankoerner.bsky.social
Author of THE SKIES BELONG TO US and NOW THE HELL WILL START. Contributing editor at Wired. brendankoerner@protonmail.com
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"It all started when a videoclip from episode 1,308 of The Joe Rogan Experience popped up in Smith’s Instagram feed."
We truly live in Hell World
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
We truly live in Hell World
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
One Vigilante, 22 Cell Tower Fires, and a World of Conspiracies
Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our era.
www.wired.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"It all started when a videoclip from episode 1,308 of The Joe Rogan Experience popped up in Smith’s Instagram feed."
We truly live in Hell World
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
We truly live in Hell World
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
Sitting on a late-night commuter train, vibing out to the “Tax Problems” section of Paul Hogan’s Wikipedia article. Life can be so magical sometimes.
September 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sitting on a late-night commuter train, vibing out to the “Tax Problems” section of Paul Hogan’s Wikipedia article. Life can be so magical sometimes.
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“You’ve got Groypers running Department of Homeland Security Twitter accounts” www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
One Vigilante, 22 Cell Tower Fires, and a World of Conspiracies
Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our era.
www.wired.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“You’ve got Groypers running Department of Homeland Security Twitter accounts” www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
Reposted by Brendan I. Koerner
"It all started when a videoclip from episode 1,308 of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' popped up in Smith’s Instagram feed..."
Great reporting from @brendankoerner.bsky.social here.
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
Great reporting from @brendankoerner.bsky.social here.
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
One Vigilante, 22 Cell Tower Fires, and a World of Conspiracies
Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our era.
www.wired.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"It all started when a videoclip from episode 1,308 of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' popped up in Smith’s Instagram feed..."
Great reporting from @brendankoerner.bsky.social here.
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
Great reporting from @brendankoerner.bsky.social here.
www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
Reposted by Brendan I. Koerner
Could not be more timely: @brendankoerner.bsky.social goes inside the world of the most prolific destroyer of US tech infrastructure, a guy whose vague internet 5G brainrot put him in prison-and he still clings to conspiracy. This is the shape of political violence now www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
One Vigilante, 22 Cell Towers, and a World of Conspiracies
Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our era.
www.wired.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Could not be more timely: @brendankoerner.bsky.social goes inside the world of the most prolific destroyer of US tech infrastructure, a guy whose vague internet 5G brainrot put him in prison-and he still clings to conspiracy. This is the shape of political violence now www.wired.com/story/22-cel...
Another day farther away from my one true dream of watching "Bad Lietutenant" with Darryl Strawberry.
September 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another day farther away from my one true dream of watching "Bad Lietutenant" with Darryl Strawberry.
This YouTube comment from Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" is the best novel I've read this year.
July 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This YouTube comment from Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" is the best novel I've read this year.
Takes like this are why I keep using the internet.
May 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Takes like this are why I keep using the internet.
Grateful for this chance to chat about my OnlyFans story, the nuts and bolts of reporting, and my radical pro-puppy agenda.
Longform Profiles Interview #31: Brendan I. Koerner
In this interview, Brendan I. Koerner reflects on the hidden world of OnlyFans chatters and the ethical and emotional challenges of his undercover reporting.
longformprofiles.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Grateful for this chance to chat about my OnlyFans story, the nuts and bolts of reporting, and my radical pro-puppy agenda.
I want to tell a little story about the beauty of unexpected human connections. It starts around twenty years ago, when Dikembe Mutombo (intentionally?) fractured LeBron James’s face.
LeBron James Suffers Broken Cheekbone After Hard Elbow From Dikembe Mutombo (2004)
YouTube video by BBall Vault
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May 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I want to tell a little story about the beauty of unexpected human connections. It starts around twenty years ago, when Dikembe Mutombo (intentionally?) fractured LeBron James’s face.
The woman who leads the juror orientation session at the Poughkeepsie courthouse is maybe the best public speaker I've ever seen.
April 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The woman who leads the juror orientation session at the Poughkeepsie courthouse is maybe the best public speaker I've ever seen.
Sad to report that it’s time to put “the golden age of…” on an ice floe.
March 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sad to report that it’s time to put “the golden age of…” on an ice floe.
Would love to read a book about how and when youth sports became America’s foremost religion.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Would love to read a book about how and when youth sports became America’s foremost religion.
So much human misery is attributable to our failure to heed these wise words. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
March 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So much human misery is attributable to our failure to heed these wise words. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Did I just stumble upon a rare 3rd Amendment case in the wild?
March 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did I just stumble upon a rare 3rd Amendment case in the wild?
I want a doc on the lives of the people who constantly write "Come to Galatasaray!" on footballers' Insta posts.
February 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I want a doc on the lives of the people who constantly write "Come to Galatasaray!" on footballers' Insta posts.
Is this actually a thing. Kids renting tanks for prom.
February 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is this actually a thing. Kids renting tanks for prom.
May we all be this at peace as we near the turning of our last page.
My Final Days on the Maine Coast
Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, writer Joseph Monninger meditates on life, death, and beauty from his small seaside cottage down east.
downeast.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
May we all be this at peace as we near the turning of our last page.
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As an IRS agent, Tigran Gambaryan was perhaps the most effective crypto investigator in history. Then last year he was charged in Nigeria with money laundering and thrown in prison.
Throughout, he was texting with me from a secret phone. This is his full, untold story. www.wired.com/story/untold...
Throughout, he was texting with me from a secret phone. This is his full, untold story. www.wired.com/story/untold...
The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
As an IRS agent, Tigran Gambaryan was perhaps the most effective crypto investigator in history. Then last year he was charged in Nigeria with money laundering and thrown in prison.
Throughout, he was texting with me from a secret phone. This is his full, untold story. www.wired.com/story/untold...
Throughout, he was texting with me from a secret phone. This is his full, untold story. www.wired.com/story/untold...
A certain state government wants to charge me $648 for audio recordings of four police interviews.
January 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A certain state government wants to charge me $648 for audio recordings of four police interviews.
I remember this game like it was yesterday. Still the single best kicking performance I've ever witnessed. www.nytimes.com/athletic/592...
January 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I remember this game like it was yesterday. Still the single best kicking performance I've ever witnessed. www.nytimes.com/athletic/592...
An alphabetical list of all 1,208 states that were part of the Holy Roman Empire. Pick your favorite. hrestates.blogspot.com/2008/12/alph...
Alphabetical List of Holy Roman Empire States
"The original boundaries of Charlemagne's empire were never clearly defined, and though much land was subsequently lost, other land was col...
hrestates.blogspot.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
An alphabetical list of all 1,208 states that were part of the Holy Roman Empire. Pick your favorite. hrestates.blogspot.com/2008/12/alph...
Yeoman's work still being performed by whoever runs this Tumblr. 70sscifiart.tumblr.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Yeoman's work still being performed by whoever runs this Tumblr. 70sscifiart.tumblr.com
You haven't really made it as a director until there's a standalone Wikipedia entry about the movies you failed to make. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...
unrealized projects - Search results - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
You haven't really made it as a director until there's a standalone Wikipedia entry about the movies you failed to make. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...