Aidan Walker
@aidanwalker.bsky.social
internet meme researcher and historian, sometimes reporter
Substack: How To Do Things With Memes, @aidanetcetera TikTok, Insta, YouTube
Substack: How To Do Things With Memes, @aidanetcetera TikTok, Insta, YouTube
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Aidan Walker
@aidanwalker.bsky.social
· Nov 25
all posts are the same thing, just a person shouting “will you please love me” into a void. then a few computers squirm at the sound like leaves when the wind blows
was this how y'all felt about obama? like for real... the feeling that we're in the story, rather than at its end or epilogue. people who look like me and friends I love fist-bumping, hugging, walking proud in the streets, all kinds. got me libbed out heavy
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November 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
was this how y'all felt about obama? like for real... the feeling that we're in the story, rather than at its end or epilogue. people who look like me and friends I love fist-bumping, hugging, walking proud in the streets, all kinds. got me libbed out heavy
x.com/ZohranKMamda...
x.com/ZohranKMamda...
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Watch the full video with @aidanwalker.bsky.social in THE BACK ROOM. We talk Bill Maher, memes and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnT0...
Aidan Walker on Bill Maher, Memes and More!
YouTube video by The Back Room with Andy Ostroy
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October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Watch the full video with @aidanwalker.bsky.social in THE BACK ROOM. We talk Bill Maher, memes and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnT0...
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Did you catch his epic appearance recently on Real Time with Bill Maher? Writer, creator and internet culture researcher @aidanwalker.bsky.social's in THE BACK ROOM talking memes, Maher and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Did you catch his epic appearance recently on Real Time with Bill Maher? Writer, creator and internet culture researcher @aidanwalker.bsky.social's in THE BACK ROOM talking memes, Maher and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
i am going to write a letter to the editor of Harper’s magazine about Gooning
October 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
i am going to write a letter to the editor of Harper’s magazine about Gooning
last winter: eye of rah, bought a property in egypt, chopped chin
this summer; eeffoc, adrian, barbershop haircut, etc.
now: burger in vegas.
i hazard the prediction that we’ll see new standard collage elements emerge to go with that burger clip, seems to be how these edit trends work
this summer; eeffoc, adrian, barbershop haircut, etc.
now: burger in vegas.
i hazard the prediction that we’ll see new standard collage elements emerge to go with that burger clip, seems to be how these edit trends work
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
last winter: eye of rah, bought a property in egypt, chopped chin
this summer; eeffoc, adrian, barbershop haircut, etc.
now: burger in vegas.
i hazard the prediction that we’ll see new standard collage elements emerge to go with that burger clip, seems to be how these edit trends work
this summer; eeffoc, adrian, barbershop haircut, etc.
now: burger in vegas.
i hazard the prediction that we’ll see new standard collage elements emerge to go with that burger clip, seems to be how these edit trends work
the last time i wrote about gooning — spring of 2024. On a rainy afternoon in richmond, VA visiting a friend. Was on a deadline to get an explainer for the term “gooncave” posted to know your meme dot com by 5:30 pm. remember eating chicken tikka masala later that night. core memory.
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
the last time i wrote about gooning — spring of 2024. On a rainy afternoon in richmond, VA visiting a friend. Was on a deadline to get an explainer for the term “gooncave” posted to know your meme dot com by 5:30 pm. remember eating chicken tikka masala later that night. core memory.
have consulted the group chat and it looks like i gotta write something about gooning because print media has gotten a piece of story very well, but the depths still demand to be plumbed
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
have consulted the group chat and it looks like i gotta write something about gooning because print media has gotten a piece of story very well, but the depths still demand to be plumbed
one cause of the bothsidesism we still see, even today, is the left isn’t really foreign to the center like the right is.
when they get mild opposition from the left it hurts more because it’s in a language they understand, from the kind of people they respect, so it leaves a deeper impression
when they get mild opposition from the left it hurts more because it’s in a language they understand, from the kind of people they respect, so it leaves a deeper impression
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
one cause of the bothsidesism we still see, even today, is the left isn’t really foreign to the center like the right is.
when they get mild opposition from the left it hurts more because it’s in a language they understand, from the kind of people they respect, so it leaves a deeper impression
when they get mild opposition from the left it hurts more because it’s in a language they understand, from the kind of people they respect, so it leaves a deeper impression
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Episode 5 of The Mingle Projects starts RIGHT NOW, streaming live on the Michael Smerconish YouTube Channel with Special Guest @aidanwalker.bsky.social .
Tune in to watch 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGtLL3e7AHk
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Are the Kids Alright? Aidan Walker joins The Mingle Project with Michael Smerconish (Ep 5)
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October 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Episode 5 of The Mingle Projects starts RIGHT NOW, streaming live on the Michael Smerconish YouTube Channel with Special Guest @aidanwalker.bsky.social .
Tune in to watch 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGtLL3e7AHk
Tune in to watch 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGtLL3e7AHk
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Watch the Trailer for The Mingle Project Episode 5: "Are The Kids Alright?" with special guest @aidanwalker.bsky.social
Full episode streams Thursday Oct 23 at 8 PM ET, exclusively on the Michael Smerconish YouTube channel. Subscribe ➡️ https://loom.ly/QzHOoAg
Full episode streams Thursday Oct 23 at 8 PM ET, exclusively on the Michael Smerconish YouTube channel. Subscribe ➡️ https://loom.ly/QzHOoAg
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Watch the Trailer for The Mingle Project Episode 5: "Are The Kids Alright?" with special guest @aidanwalker.bsky.social
Full episode streams Thursday Oct 23 at 8 PM ET, exclusively on the Michael Smerconish YouTube channel. Subscribe ➡️ https://loom.ly/QzHOoAg
Full episode streams Thursday Oct 23 at 8 PM ET, exclusively on the Michael Smerconish YouTube channel. Subscribe ➡️ https://loom.ly/QzHOoAg
the defining image of the early 21st century is an agent of the state pointing a gun at a person, and a citizen pointing a smartphone camera back at them
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the defining image of the early 21st century is an agent of the state pointing a gun at a person, and a citizen pointing a smartphone camera back at them
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world
nothing like looking at moving water while one is melancholy. this is what it’s all about, a good feeling
September 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
nothing like looking at moving water while one is melancholy. this is what it’s all about, a good feeling
Phrenology reply guy on twitter looked at my head shape when i was on bill maher and really went “physiognomy check failed, not listening to a word he’ll say”
internet is a great place
internet is a great place
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Phrenology reply guy on twitter looked at my head shape when i was on bill maher and really went “physiognomy check failed, not listening to a word he’ll say”
internet is a great place
internet is a great place
it is all about the simple joys: herringbone sidewalks paved with brick, the smell of wood fire, the precisely-chosen typeface on an esoteric shitpost
September 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
it is all about the simple joys: herringbone sidewalks paved with brick, the smell of wood fire, the precisely-chosen typeface on an esoteric shitpost
Isaac Chotiner is an american hero
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Isaac Chotiner is an american hero
memory is a contest -- rambles about the difficulty of internet archival work and the deficiency of progress narratives to explain history open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...
memory is a contest
why memes matter, especially now
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September 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
memory is a contest -- rambles about the difficulty of internet archival work and the deficiency of progress narratives to explain history open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...
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Super proud of the team for pulling this together in just a few days. Always insightful to hear from @aidanwalker.bsky.social
we did a big deep dive with @aidanwalker.bsky.social explaining the meme references found on the bullet casings, the groyperfication of young people, and why this shooting was, ultimately, a shitpost: disruptive and incoherent
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
Groypers, Doxxing and Charlie Kirk’s Death as a S***post | KQED
What is a “groyper?” The term began trending on Google in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. Kirk, the right-wing podcaster and Turning Point USA co-founder, was fatally shot last Wednesday during...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Super proud of the team for pulling this together in just a few days. Always insightful to hear from @aidanwalker.bsky.social
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we did a big deep dive with @aidanwalker.bsky.social explaining the meme references found on the bullet casings, the groyperfication of young people, and why this shooting was, ultimately, a shitpost: disruptive and incoherent
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
Groypers, Doxxing and Charlie Kirk’s Death as a S***post | KQED
What is a “groyper?” The term began trending on Google in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. Kirk, the right-wing podcaster and Turning Point USA co-founder, was fatally shot last Wednesday during...
www.kqed.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we did a big deep dive with @aidanwalker.bsky.social explaining the meme references found on the bullet casings, the groyperfication of young people, and why this shooting was, ultimately, a shitpost: disruptive and incoherent
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
September 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
is MrBeast the antichrist?
the woe of more and more and more and more and more and more and more
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September 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
strangely charming to imagine these man-children fumbling about their lives, screenshotting the email draft with 30% battery on the smartphone and posting it to the official department of justice account -- the country being run by sad sack losers
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September 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
strangely charming to imagine these man-children fumbling about their lives, screenshotting the email draft with 30% battery on the smartphone and posting it to the official department of justice account -- the country being run by sad sack losers
pbs.twimg.com/media/G0CltA...
pbs.twimg.com/media/G0CltA...
This is the way I felt after watching a program called “bailing out baddies,” on instagram reels
open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...
open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...
everywhere is ohio
the spiritual alienation of american weird, part two
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is the way I felt after watching a program called “bailing out baddies,” on instagram reels
open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...
open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...
Does anybody have a good explanation for why congressional democrats arent on 14th street heckling the occupiers? I’m not angry so as much as just wanting to understand why
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Does anybody have a good explanation for why congressional democrats arent on 14th street heckling the occupiers? I’m not angry so as much as just wanting to understand why