Charlie Warzel
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
workshopping a take that this book may actually be era defining. the rub is that it's the era of people who can't really read books because their minds are so addled and outsourced to algo slop/chatbots slate.com/culture/2025...
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
workshopping a take that this book may actually be era defining. the rub is that it's the era of people who can't really read books because their minds are so addled and outsourced to algo slop/chatbots slate.com/culture/2025...
ok so i'm reading this NYT story on Kalshi raising a billion dollars in its latest round. there's a lot in here but can somebody tell me wtf this means? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
ok so i'm reading this NYT story on Kalshi raising a billion dollars in its latest round. there's a lot in here but can somebody tell me wtf this means? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
i've seen horrors you people can't comprehend
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
i've seen horrors you people can't comprehend
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
the real war on christmas
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
the real war on christmas
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
like...it's very very grim.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
like...it's very very grim.
genuinely: a russian nesting doll of bullshit that bad actors are using to cast aspersions on basically anything they want
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
genuinely: a russian nesting doll of bullshit that bad actors are using to cast aspersions on basically anything they want
exhausting. it's *exhausting*
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
exhausting. it's *exhausting*
wrote with @matteowong.bsky.social about Elon's ritual humiliation at the hand of his chatbot, Grok. It's hilarious, yes. But it's also a reminder that he's trying to bend his platform/tools to rewrite or warp history (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
wrote with @matteowong.bsky.social about Elon's ritual humiliation at the hand of his chatbot, Grok. It's hilarious, yes. But it's also a reminder that he's trying to bend his platform/tools to rewrite or warp history (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
once again forced to conclude that the cultural dynamic of late 2025 is 'i have lead poisoning' or 'there is a gas leak'
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
once again forced to conclude that the cultural dynamic of late 2025 is 'i have lead poisoning' or 'there is a gas leak'
but for real i tried to capture what i felt going through these emails (on here & in the document hellscape). how it feels like a last nail in a coffin of some kind in terms of a rot in the heart of the elite. and proof that the truth is dumber than fiction
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
but for real i tried to capture what i felt going through these emails (on here & in the document hellscape). how it feels like a last nail in a coffin of some kind in terms of a rot in the heart of the elite. and proof that the truth is dumber than fiction
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
i don't hold out a lot of hope for the culture to change around this but i do think its interesting that there are murmurs of people getting exhausted by the radicalized tech elite reactionary grift
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i don't hold out a lot of hope for the culture to change around this but i do think its interesting that there are murmurs of people getting exhausted by the radicalized tech elite reactionary grift
honestly sort of comforting to know bill mitchell's still out there doing his thing
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
honestly sort of comforting to know bill mitchell's still out there doing his thing
in 2017 i made a twitter list of right wing accounts, mostly like shock jock types...just so i could check in. just now i went to X to see how they were 'covering' the epstein stuff and this was the 2nd post in that feed
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
in 2017 i made a twitter list of right wing accounts, mostly like shock jock types...just so i could check in. just now i went to X to see how they were 'covering' the epstein stuff and this was the 2nd post in that feed
Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
genuinely, the vibe is like 'i live too close to the high tension power lines'
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
genuinely, the vibe is like 'i live too close to the high tension power lines'
just like long tortured discussions about pmarca posting memes of a journalist and sydney sweeney at the pope/journalists writing fan fic about people hyperventilating on bluesky/ppl arguing with grok over slop videos with 3 million views/govt agencies posting like mass shooters shit's wild
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
just like long tortured discussions about pmarca posting memes of a journalist and sydney sweeney at the pope/journalists writing fan fic about people hyperventilating on bluesky/ppl arguing with grok over slop videos with 3 million views/govt agencies posting like mass shooters shit's wild
wrote this a week ago and feel very strongly that there is just going to be a lot of pain any way you slice this. and i feel like the societal backlash might be genuinely surprising
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
wrote this a week ago and feel very strongly that there is just going to be a lot of pain any way you slice this. and i feel like the societal backlash might be genuinely surprising
this is what's goin on on X on a saturday afternoon
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
this is what's goin on on X on a saturday afternoon
everyone involved in this chart needs to go to jail
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
everyone involved in this chart needs to go to jail
if there's one thing to take away from the nyc election it is that you should never commit to an idea unless it is sufficiently tested to be popular or...even if it does seem popular...you should probably wait...just to see. because it's important to have the data bc you don't wanna go out on a limb
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
if there's one thing to take away from the nyc election it is that you should never commit to an idea unless it is sufficiently tested to be popular or...even if it does seem popular...you should probably wait...just to see. because it's important to have the data bc you don't wanna go out on a limb