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Will Oremus

@willoremus.com

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Covering online speech and tech policy for @washingtonpost.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky. Trigger warnings: Got a speeding ticket once. Occasionally defends a newspaper headline. Signal: willoremus.24

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

Our personal tech columnist @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social tracked the prices of a bunch of items on Amazon ahead of the latest Prime Day sale.

Turns out only a few prices went down, many stayed the same... and several went significantly *up.* www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Column | I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.

Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

ok who else is hyped for Good Bunny

screenshot of headline: MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

The GOP's long-running crusade against what they see as social media censorship of conservative views has racked up a lot of wins. But it's quickly becoming an awkward topic for the right as Trump and Brendan Carr take jawboning to new levels. Our story today: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Trump is complicating the GOP’s anti-censorship campaign

Republicans’ years-long fight against tech companies’ content moderation practices is facing pushback over the Trump administration’s limits on media.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

thank you philip

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

thankful to find that the office is still standing, here in war-ravaged DC

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

i’m off the train now but am a big bouie fan

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

capitol

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

Good morning

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

demons is a strong word for one of the MLS’ most successful teams of the past 8 years. that said—a cup sure would be a nice complement to those shields

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

had the nina simone version in my head

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

baltimore

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 2d

grey amtrak morning

view out of the amtrak window on the susquehanna bridge

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

Full story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian

A new report finds 17 pro-Palestinian posts for every pro-Israeli one, but they tend to get the same amount of traction online.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

This is far from being "cancelled" but I do think a lot of people have forgotten the somewhat hilarious episode in which, after a series of controversial opinion columns that included factual errors, the NYT literally shipped her off to Australia

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

coincidence? i prefer to think not

screenshot of two consecutive bluesky notifications. the first one chronologically (bottom of screenshot) shows brendel's quote-skeet of me saying "we're in the middle of a civil war and you're posting on bluesky." the second one chronologically (top of screenshot) reads, "The Louvre of Bluesky followed you back"

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

[belligerently] go birds

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

For every pro-Israel TikTok post, there are 17 backing Palestinians, a new analysis finds. But!

The median pro-Israel video actually gets a bit more reach, puncturing the notion China is manipulating the algo. Maybe the Palestinian cause is just more popular. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | On TikTok, pro-Palestinian videos outnumber those that are pro-Israel

The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

We’re in the middle of a civil war and you’re posting on Bluesky

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

It only happened once

New York Post headline “Beat the Meatles” about the Beatles doing sex stuff together

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 4d

Bluesky, come through

Lisa Bonos @lisabonos.bsky.social · 4d

Do you abstain from AI? I'd love to hear about why you avoid it -- and how hard that might be getting. Send me a DM or Signal @lisabonos.18

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 4d

CBS News has indeed named Bari Weiss, an anti-"woke" commentator, staunch Israel advocate and vocal critic of the mainstream media, as its new editor in chief. Our developing story is here and will be updated with reactions from inside and outside the network: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News

The founder of the Free Press, a website critical of mainstream media, takes a new position in which she will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 5d

The rain has soaked through everything. Your socks just sprouted a mushroom. You haven't smelled decent BBQ since your last night in Texas, before mustering. Suddenly, a metallic creak echoes through the fog. They were coming again. The naked cyclists. "Just four weeks a year," you mutter.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 6d

Larry Ellison and his son David have rapidly assembled a potentially Trump-friendly tech & media empire that spans Hollywood, television, the cloud, new media and soon a chunk of TikTok.

We wrote about the rise of America's newest media barons: wapo.st/3KyaHtE by @ceodonovan.bsky.social & me

This billionaire Trump ally and his son are building an unprecedented media empire

Larry and David Ellison’s holdings span movies, TV networks, CBS and soon a stake in TikTok, in a paradigm shifting portfolio with huge influence.

wapo.st

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