Taylor Lorenz
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Getting my “swagger” back by murdering millions of seniors
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Getting my “swagger” back by murdering millions of seniors
The ban*will* silence their voices and that’s the point!
"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
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Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The ban*will* silence their voices and that’s the point!
Today’s “teenage mental health crisis” and social media panic are founded in nostalgic myths. Our best long-term surveys and statistics show Boomer and Xer teens were no happier or more “together” than teens are today
Today’s “teenage mental health crisis” and social media panic are founded in nostalgic myths
Our best long-term surveys and statistics show Boomer and Xer teens were no happier or more “together” than teens are today. Elders: cut out your boasting, and Gen Z: don't believe them!
mikemales.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today’s “teenage mental health crisis” and social media panic are founded in nostalgic myths. Our best long-term surveys and statistics show Boomer and Xer teens were no happier or more “together” than teens are today
Biden’s White House co-wrote the bill banning tiktok, pushed it through congress, chose to defend it in the courts, and then signed it into law. Joe Biden is solely to blame for what’s happening to TikTok. Every single expert said this outcome is exactly what would happen if he did what he did.
No Joe Biden is not to blame. If the sale goes through Trump is.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Biden’s White House co-wrote the bill banning tiktok, pushed it through congress, chose to defend it in the courts, and then signed it into law. Joe Biden is solely to blame for what’s happening to TikTok. Every single expert said this outcome is exactly what would happen if he did what he did.
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Looks like @owenjones.bsky.social found more clips that confirm @taylorlorenz.bsky.social was right this time, she literally wants to ban social media until the last year of high school to indoctrinate, I mean, "educate" young Jews about why Genocide is okay when Israel does it.
youtu.be/dnchBr1sHt0
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Obama Aide’s VILE Genocide Denial: Where Do You Even Begin?
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Looks like @owenjones.bsky.social found more clips that confirm @taylorlorenz.bsky.social was right this time, she literally wants to ban social media until the last year of high school to indoctrinate, I mean, "educate" young Jews about why Genocide is okay when Israel does it.
youtu.be/dnchBr1sHt0
youtu.be/dnchBr1sHt0
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@taylorlorenz.bsky.social with a great piece here :
Many people are missing the most dangerous part of Sarah Hurwitz commentary. Her comments reveal exactly what the ruling class in America wants to do to online speech, and why we need to fight back so hard to protect our online freedoms.
Many people are missing the most dangerous part of Sarah Hurwitz commentary. Her comments reveal exactly what the ruling class in America wants to do to online speech, and why we need to fight back so hard to protect our online freedoms.
Obama Aid Goes Mask Off About Online Censorship
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social with a great piece here :
Many people are missing the most dangerous part of Sarah Hurwitz commentary. Her comments reveal exactly what the ruling class in America wants to do to online speech, and why we need to fight back so hard to protect our online freedoms.
Many people are missing the most dangerous part of Sarah Hurwitz commentary. Her comments reveal exactly what the ruling class in America wants to do to online speech, and why we need to fight back so hard to protect our online freedoms.
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I guess I'm going to catch the 3rd or 4th take on this former Obama writer going full "the problem is that young Jews aren't listening to us because we can't stop them from watching dead babies, we need to stop... social media".
via @taylorlorenz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xneR...
via @taylorlorenz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xneR...
Obama Aid Goes Mask Off About Online Censorship
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I guess I'm going to catch the 3rd or 4th take on this former Obama writer going full "the problem is that young Jews aren't listening to us because we can't stop them from watching dead babies, we need to stop... social media".
via @taylorlorenz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xneR...
via @taylorlorenz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xneR...
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The Most Depraved Commentary I've Ever Heard
Video by Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
youtu.be/xneRCEs_3jE
Video by Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
youtu.be/xneRCEs_3jE
The Most Depraved Commentary I've Ever Heard
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Most Depraved Commentary I've Ever Heard
Video by Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
youtu.be/xneRCEs_3jE
Video by Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
youtu.be/xneRCEs_3jE
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Great analysis by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social on moral panic and the censorship of media. Rekommenderar alla att se den här videon och tänka på att det alltid finns goda skäl att göra dåliga saker. Fokusera på politikens konsekvenser, inte dess orsaker.
The Most Depraved Commentary I've Ever Heard
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great analysis by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social on moral panic and the censorship of media. Rekommenderar alla att se den här videon och tänka på att det alltid finns goda skäl att göra dåliga saker. Fokusera på politikens konsekvenser, inte dess orsaker.
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@taylorlorenz.bsky.social makes a very important point here.
Exactly what is behind the TikTok ban.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social makes a very important point here.
Exactly what is behind the TikTok ban.
The Most Depraved Commentary I've Ever Heard
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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@taylorlorenz.bsky.social makes a very important point here.
Exactly what is behind the TikTok ban.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social makes a very important point here.
Exactly what is behind the TikTok ban.
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This is a great breakdown of Sydney Sweeney’s downfall by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social featuring @kattenbarge.bsky.social Especially the part where it seems Sydney knew she wouldn’t have a long career and is tryna get the bag while she can youtu.be/BdyZFk5S_xs?...
How Sydney Sweeney Lost The Culture War
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is a great breakdown of Sydney Sweeney’s downfall by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social featuring @kattenbarge.bsky.social Especially the part where it seems Sydney knew she wouldn’t have a long career and is tryna get the bag while she can youtu.be/BdyZFk5S_xs?...
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Finally found someone who talks not only about the main mask-off statements, but also about the fact that Hurwitz thinks being insulated in a national bubble was good and getting perspectives from people in other countries is bad.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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The Most Depraved Commentary I've Ever Heard
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Finally found someone who talks not only about the main mask-off statements, but also about the fact that Hurwitz thinks being insulated in a national bubble was good and getting perspectives from people in other countries is bad.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
youtu.be/xneRCEs_3jE?...
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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Is the promise of jobs worth all the water and chemicals it takes to manufacture chips in the Arizona desert?
Read more from @justcalma.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/features/825...
Read more from @justcalma.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/features/825...
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Is the promise of jobs worth all the water and chemicals it takes to manufacture chips in the Arizona desert?
Read more from @justcalma.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/features/825...
Read more from @justcalma.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/features/825...
Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic”. Teenagers’ loneliness was the same in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s long before anyone heard of TikTok or smartphones.
Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic”
Teenagers’ loneliness was the same in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s long before anyone heard of TikTok or smartphones.
mikemales.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic”. Teenagers’ loneliness was the same in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s long before anyone heard of TikTok or smartphones.
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The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify, and more in today's newsletter
The MAGA Internet Meltdown Down Over Epstein w/ Brace Belden
+ The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, and the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify
www.usermag.co
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify, and more in today's newsletter
The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify, and more in today's newsletter
The MAGA Internet Meltdown Down Over Epstein w/ Brace Belden
+ The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, and the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify
www.usermag.co
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify, and more in today's newsletter
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer Launches Investigation into Sixteen Thirty Fund’s Reported Secretive Chorus Program, Effort to Evade Campaign Finance Laws
Comer Launches Investigation into Sixteen Thirty Fund’s Reported Secretive Chorus Program, Effort to Evade Campaign Finance Laws - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer Launches Investigation into Sixteen Thirty Fund’s Reported Secretive Chorus Program, Effort to Evade Campaign Finance Laws
Brace Belden from TrueAnon joined my podcast this week to break down the latest in the Epstein saga and what it means for the right wing internet
The Epstein Saga Is Sending the Internet Into Chaos w/ Brace Belden
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Brace Belden from TrueAnon joined my podcast this week to break down the latest in the Epstein saga and what it means for the right wing internet
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Pretty sinister undercurrent to this story about how a much older, very wealthy man in journalism lured a teenager into the profession through extremely inappropriate power dynamics
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pretty sinister undercurrent to this story about how a much older, very wealthy man in journalism lured a teenager into the profession through extremely inappropriate power dynamics
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Beautiful tribute to Alice 💔
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Beautiful tribute to Alice 💔
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just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
Anti-AI Grifters, college football face scanning, The Great Kirkification Pop the Balloon dating, AI childbirth, apocalypse capitalism, Vine 2.0, Trump Clinton shippers, flipping the camera, a Ralph Lauren x-mas, and MORE in today's newsletter
Anti-AI Grifters + College Football Surveillance
+ The great Kirkification Pop the Balloon dating, AI childbirth, apocalypse capitalism, Costco singles night, Vine 2.0, Trump Clinton shippers, flipping the camera, and a Ralph Lauren x-mas
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November 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Anti-AI Grifters, college football face scanning, The Great Kirkification Pop the Balloon dating, AI childbirth, apocalypse capitalism, Vine 2.0, Trump Clinton shippers, flipping the camera, a Ralph Lauren x-mas, and MORE in today's newsletter
"Progressives’ crude hostility against young people and eagerness to suppress their internet access at every turn is among the most baffling, self-destroying bigotries of our time."
Progressives indulge irrational hostility to sabotage young people’s rights and any hope of a future
Right-wingers don’t care what I say. So, I direct my ineffectual rage at progressives: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
mikemales.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Progressives’ crude hostility against young people and eagerness to suppress their internet access at every turn is among the most baffling, self-destroying bigotries of our time."
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😡 1984 is Here 😡
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the government is using football games for mass surveillance.
It's time to push back against the Panopticon! 😡
Video Link: youtu.be/yncu7A4NtSo
#Surveillance #Privacy #BigBrother #Orwellian #Stingray #DigitalRights #BigTech
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the government is using football games for mass surveillance.
It's time to push back against the Panopticon! 😡
Video Link: youtu.be/yncu7A4NtSo
#Surveillance #Privacy #BigBrother #Orwellian #Stingray #DigitalRights #BigTech
The Secret Surveillance System Behind College Football
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
😡 1984 is Here 😡
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the government is using football games for mass surveillance.
It's time to push back against the Panopticon! 😡
Video Link: youtu.be/yncu7A4NtSo
#Surveillance #Privacy #BigBrother #Orwellian #Stingray #DigitalRights #BigTech
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the government is using football games for mass surveillance.
It's time to push back against the Panopticon! 😡
Video Link: youtu.be/yncu7A4NtSo
#Surveillance #Privacy #BigBrother #Orwellian #Stingray #DigitalRights #BigTech