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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some personal news: just had to loosen my belt a notch
December 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
some personal news: just had to loosen my belt a notch
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
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we also hadn’t invented roast vegetables yet. many problems, with the recent past
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we also hadn’t invented roast vegetables yet. many problems, with the recent past
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
The Four Seasons Total Landscaping Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Four Seasons Total Landscaping Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
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WHAT’s up guys its Plato welcome back to the cave. Guys we’ve got some CRAZY shadows for you today you are not gonna want to miss this! But first I have to thank our sponsor OnX Backcountry
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
WHAT’s up guys its Plato welcome back to the cave. Guys we’ve got some CRAZY shadows for you today you are not gonna want to miss this! But first I have to thank our sponsor OnX Backcountry
interesting twist that reddit (of boston bomber sleuthing infamy) actually did play a key role in identifying the brown shooting suspect www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Brown U. and MIT professor shootings are linked; suspect found dead, officials say
The man suspected in the deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing two days later of an MIT professor was found dead in a storage facility, authorities said.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
interesting twist that reddit (of boston bomber sleuthing infamy) actually did play a key role in identifying the brown shooting suspect www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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so, the whole of bluesky
Here are some of the ideologies that could get you surveilled by your local FBI field office under the new orders:
• anti-capitalism
• anti-Christianity
• opposition to law and immigration enforcement
• radical gender ideology
• hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality
• anti-capitalism
• anti-Christianity
• opposition to law and immigration enforcement
• radical gender ideology
• hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
so, the whole of bluesky
Trump's DOJ has been ordered to embark on a sweeping crackdown on "left-wing domestic terrorism." Civil liberties experts warn it could lead to a level of politicized FBI surveillance of Americans not seen since the era of J. Edgar Hoover and COINTELPRO.
Our story today: wapo.st/3L9lpr4 (gift link)
Our story today: wapo.st/3L9lpr4 (gift link)
Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.
wapo.st
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Trump's DOJ has been ordered to embark on a sweeping crackdown on "left-wing domestic terrorism." Civil liberties experts warn it could lead to a level of politicized FBI surveillance of Americans not seen since the era of J. Edgar Hoover and COINTELPRO.
Our story today: wapo.st/3L9lpr4 (gift link)
Our story today: wapo.st/3L9lpr4 (gift link)
[Watching my 10-year-old do his homework on a Chromebook] Son, back in my day, we studied math by doing math, not playing 20 minutes of Temu pokemon with a multiple-choice question thrown in once every 5 minutes
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
[Watching my 10-year-old do his homework on a Chromebook] Son, back in my day, we studied math by doing math, not playing 20 minutes of Temu pokemon with a multiple-choice question thrown in once every 5 minutes
A Dem senator pressed Trump's FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, on the agency's independence at a hearing today, noting it says "independent" right on the FCC website.
Minutes later, with the hearing still going on, the website updated. The word "independent" was gone. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Minutes later, with the hearing still going on, the website updated. The word "independent" was gone. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Brendan Carr said the FCC isn’t independent. Its website quickly updated.
The Federal Communications Commission chairman faced questioning over the agency’s role in pressuring media companies and its independence from the president.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A Dem senator pressed Trump's FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, on the agency's independence at a hearing today, noting it says "independent" right on the FCC website.
Minutes later, with the hearing still going on, the website updated. The word "independent" was gone. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Minutes later, with the hearing still going on, the website updated. The word "independent" was gone. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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A retired Tennessee policeman who spent more than a month in jail over an anti-Trump Facebook post is suing the authorities responsible for his arrest.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
A retired policeman was jailed over an anti-Trump meme. Now he’s suing.
Attorneys for 61-year-old Larry Bushart say a Tennessee sheriff violated the First Amendment: “In America, we do not jail people for political speech.”
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December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A retired Tennessee policeman who spent more than a month in jail over an anti-Trump Facebook post is suing the authorities responsible for his arrest.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
New: The 61-year-old retired Tennessee cop who spent 37 days in jail over an anti-Trump Facebook meme has filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against the authorities who ordered his arrest.
"In America, we do not jail people for political speech."
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"In America, we do not jail people for political speech."
Gift link: wapo.st/490I014
A retired policeman was jailed over an anti-Trump meme. Now he’s suing.
Attorneys for 61-year-old Larry Bushart say a Tennessee sheriff violated the First Amendment: “In America, we do not jail people for political speech.”
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New: The 61-year-old retired Tennessee cop who spent 37 days in jail over an anti-Trump Facebook meme has filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against the authorities who ordered his arrest.
"In America, we do not jail people for political speech."
Gift link: wapo.st/490I014
"In America, we do not jail people for political speech."
Gift link: wapo.st/490I014
had to check three times to make sure this was the real piers morgan
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
had to check three times to make sure this was the real piers morgan
every notification on x
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
every notification on x
It's interesting to think about why an AI gets so much more grace from bosses than a human doing the same job
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's interesting to think about why an AI gets so much more grace from bosses than a human doing the same job
was trying to figure out why today feels like a thursday even though it's only tuesday and then i remembered i spent monday writing an article about candace owens
wrote about the rise and further rise of candace owens, whose unapologetically unhinged right-wing conspiracy theories have made her one of the most popular political voices in america — and are now causing headaches for the MAGA movement that backed her wapo.st/3MKjPwg w/ @tatumhunter.bsky.social
She was MAGA’s favorite conspiracist. Then she dug into Charlie Kirk’s killing.
The right-wing firebrand rose to prominence as a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist. Her latest claims have infuriated some of her former allies.
wapo.st
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
was trying to figure out why today feels like a thursday even though it's only tuesday and then i remembered i spent monday writing an article about candace owens
wrote about the rise and further rise of candace owens, whose unapologetically unhinged right-wing conspiracy theories have made her one of the most popular political voices in america — and are now causing headaches for the MAGA movement that backed her wapo.st/3MKjPwg w/ @tatumhunter.bsky.social
She was MAGA’s favorite conspiracist. Then she dug into Charlie Kirk’s killing.
The right-wing firebrand rose to prominence as a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist. Her latest claims have infuriated some of her former allies.
wapo.st
December 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
wrote about the rise and further rise of candace owens, whose unapologetically unhinged right-wing conspiracy theories have made her one of the most popular political voices in america — and are now causing headaches for the MAGA movement that backed her wapo.st/3MKjPwg w/ @tatumhunter.bsky.social
Tech whistleblowers say coming forward has unexpectedly derailed their lives... They became isolated among their colleagues, suffered severe professional damage, or were pushed out of the industry altogether...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @naominix.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @naominix.bsky.social
She blew the whistle at Meta. Then her career fell apart.
After exposing the harms of Big Tech, many whistleblowers say they faced poor job prospects and isolation in Silicon Valley. They have no regrets.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tech whistleblowers say coming forward has unexpectedly derailed their lives... They became isolated among their colleagues, suffered severe professional damage, or were pushed out of the industry altogether...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @naominix.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @naominix.bsky.social
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Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.
catching that red line to open.spotify.com/track/6MVmw9...
Shady Grove
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December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
catching that red line to open.spotify.com/track/6MVmw9...
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I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
this might be the first time i've seen a community note on x that serves as a punch line to the tweet
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
this might be the first time i've seen a community note on x that serves as a punch line to the tweet