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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. Got a speeding ticket once. Occasionally defends a newspaper headline. Signal: willoremus.24

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 18d

When he named Brendan Carr as his FCC chair, Trump called him a "warrior for free speech."

We wrote about how he has become a warrior against it.

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Trump’s media enforcer is relishing his Jimmy Kimmel moment

Brendan Carr has become the personification of the president’s crusade against the mainstream media, and he’s just getting started.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 21m

Good morning

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 27m

(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 · 36m

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 · 41m

had the nina simone version in my head

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 55m

baltimore

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1h

grey amtrak morning

view out of the amtrak window on the susquehanna bridge

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 16h

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 · 18h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

[belligerently] go birds

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 19h

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.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 19h

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

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 1d

Bluesky, come through

Lisa Bonos @lisabonos.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

If you work at CBS or Paramount, I'd love to hear your thoughts and what you've been told (or not told) so far. My Signal is willoremus.24

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

If you work at CBS or Paramount, I'd love to hear your thoughts and what you've been told (or not told) so far. My Signal is willoremus.24

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

Bari Weiss is expected to be named editor in chief at CBS News on Monday, with parent company Paramount paying $150m in cash and stock to acquire her Substack publication, The Free Press. My story this morning: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News

Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist’s publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

at the post we have a small team of professional pollsters who have to review the full methodology behind any survey results before we can feature them in a story. they’re super annoying sometimes and i’m also very grateful that we have them

The Independent @the-independent.com · 5d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

any you’d recommend that might be plausibly findable at a half-decent but not amazing US wine shop?

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

if only they could keep the prices down as well—but also i get it, real estate on a volcano is a finite resource

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

freedom of *speech* you crave. dammit. if you read my previous post you can see why i might be making typos

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

everyone’s claiming this is hypocritical, but if the freedom of you crave involves homophobia and transphobia, then yeah honestly saudi arabia might not be your worst bet?

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 5d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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