Will Oremus
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Covering online speech, social media and the information wars at @washingtonpost.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
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A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.
The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.
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A 61-year-old Tennessee man posted a liberal meme on Facebook after Charlie Kirk's death. A conservative sheriff had him arrested. Bail was set at $2 million.
He spent nearly 40 days in jail before charges were dropped. Now he's planning to sue. Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
He spent nearly 40 days in jail before charges were dropped. Now he's planning to sue. Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Two situations you never want to be in:
- Eagles have 4th and 1 and you need a stop
- It's the last play of the game and you need a field goal to beat the Eagles
- Eagles have 4th and 1 and you need a stop
- It's the last play of the game and you need a field goal to beat the Eagles
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Two situations you never want to be in:
- Eagles have 4th and 1 and you need a stop
- It's the last play of the game and you need a field goal to beat the Eagles
- Eagles have 4th and 1 and you need a stop
- It's the last play of the game and you need a field goal to beat the Eagles
late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
Strong use of the appositive here www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @faizsays.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Strong use of the appositive here www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @faizsays.bsky.social
The amount of money that just four companies—Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta—have spent on AI projects in the past year could fund the entire SNAP program for four years. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @shiraovide.bsky.social
Analysis | The AI spending frenzy is so huge that it makes no sense
Big companies could fund four years’ worth of SNAP benefits from what they’re spending on AI. It may not be a bubble but the numbers in AI are bonkers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The amount of money that just four companies—Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta—have spent on AI projects in the past year could fund the entire SNAP program for four years. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @shiraovide.bsky.social
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I spoke to @willoremus.com of the Washington post on how giving a megaphone to Nick Fuentes is a terrible idea and is a case study on how backsliding on content moderation by social media companies is opening a door to bad actors like him: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes is triggering a MAGA civil war
Once barred from nearly every social media platform, Fuentes’s resurgence has driven a wedge through the conservative movement.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I spoke to @willoremus.com of the Washington post on how giving a megaphone to Nick Fuentes is a terrible idea and is a case study on how backsliding on content moderation by social media companies is opening a door to bad actors like him: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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The social media platforms were doing the GOP a favor by booting vile bigots off their services. Now that they have largely given up, the bigots are the party's problem.
Wonder if they regret making such a stink about "deplatforming."
Wonder if they regret making such a stink about "deplatforming."
Four years ago, far-right white male supremacist Nick Fuentes was deplatformed pretty much everywhere.
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes is triggering a MAGA civil war
Once barred from nearly every social media platform, Fuentes’s resurgence has driven a wedge through the conservative movement.
wapo.st
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The social media platforms were doing the GOP a favor by booting vile bigots off their services. Now that they have largely given up, the bigots are the party's problem.
Wonder if they regret making such a stink about "deplatforming."
Wonder if they regret making such a stink about "deplatforming."
Four years ago, far-right white male supremacist Nick Fuentes was deplatformed pretty much everywhere.
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes is triggering a MAGA civil war
Once barred from nearly every social media platform, Fuentes’s resurgence has driven a wedge through the conservative movement.
wapo.st
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Four years ago, far-right white male supremacist Nick Fuentes was deplatformed pretty much everywhere.
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
i sincerely hope elise stefanik's press offficer is staying hydrated and remembering to stand up and shake their fingers out once in a while
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
i sincerely hope elise stefanik's press offficer is staying hydrated and remembering to stand up and shake their fingers out once in a while
10yo just divulged his plan to tell our Google speaker every morning to play Italian brainrot at volume 1 so no one can hear it but it still counts for Spotify Wrapped. Baby’s first click fraud!
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
10yo just divulged his plan to tell our Google speaker every morning to play Italian brainrot at volume 1 so no one can hear it but it still counts for Spotify Wrapped. Baby’s first click fraud!
how about a fellowship for people who would never use the phrase "impactful content"
a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating "impactful content" via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more (a16z)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
how about a fellowship for people who would never use the phrase "impactful content"
George Washington is a funny reference point to use in an argument that a president should hold power indefinitely
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
George Washington is a funny reference point to use in an argument that a president should hold power indefinitely
quintessential fox news chyron. zero notes. ht @ndrew.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
quintessential fox news chyron. zero notes. ht @ndrew.bsky.social
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On X, Mamdani roundly condemned an act of antisemitic vandalism, which should be very reassuring to anyone who was genuinely worried he won’t stand up for the city’s Jewish communities. Feel like he should post it here too?
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
On X, Mamdani roundly condemned an act of antisemitic vandalism, which should be very reassuring to anyone who was genuinely worried he won’t stand up for the city’s Jewish communities. Feel like he should post it here too?
YouTube publicly decries Biden pressuring it to censor, then quietly does this at Trump's behest: theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
YouTube publicly decries Biden pressuring it to censor, then quietly does this at Trump's behest: theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind's blowing today
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind's blowing today
ah yes, a victim of online lies. definitely not a leading exponent of them who rode them to a vast online audience and a seat in congress
HOSTIN: You don't believe in QAnon anymore? You've changed?
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
ah yes, a victim of online lies. definitely not a leading exponent of them who rode them to a vast online audience and a seat in congress
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Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
meanwhile over on x, things are going about as expected
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
meanwhile over on x, things are going about as expected
As the cold reality of Cuomo’s defeat sets in, this is a moment for centrists to ask themselves: Have we lost touch with the common voter? Get out and spend time in the tattoo parlors and dispensaries. The drag shows, community gardens and outsider art galleries where Real New Yorkers congregate
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
As the cold reality of Cuomo’s defeat sets in, this is a moment for centrists to ask themselves: Have we lost touch with the common voter? Get out and spend time in the tattoo parlors and dispensaries. The drag shows, community gardens and outsider art galleries where Real New Yorkers congregate
a pretty solid way to win almost every group, for that matter. it’s wild that more dems don’t try it
Genuinely, I think "confidently believes in things and has a backbone" is a pretty solid way to win young men over regardless of platform
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
a pretty solid way to win almost every group, for that matter. it’s wild that more dems don’t try it
this is gonna devastate mamdani about as badly as that NYT column did nick fuentes
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
this is gonna devastate mamdani about as badly as that NYT column did nick fuentes
Election Night bombshell. Literally no one saw this coming
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Election Night bombshell. Literally no one saw this coming
Nation's Young Men Honestly Just Making This Shit Up as They Go Along
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Nation's Young Men Honestly Just Making This Shit Up as They Go Along
All three winning candidates in the major races are active on Bluesky: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, @abigailspanberger.com & @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
All three winning candidates in the major races are active on Bluesky: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, @abigailspanberger.com & @mikiesherrill.bsky.social