Charlie Warzel

absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov@bsky.brid.gy to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qnd2lqn52ernybdfonq4mc43&cid=bafkreifk6qj2u5d77dewtmbvnhevdhaguzswq2qrpagqveqaautevghoxy

ah yes, everyone remembers that moment after 9/11 where everyone got cancelled and we started the extremely woke war on terror www.piratewires.com/p/heather-co... https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qnd2lqn52ernybdfonq4mc43&cid=bafkreif6g4qpq5e3ggfwvdot6zhcmljcf43x3q77ohtvdbcy4uzr3wvpb4

three years ago today ChatGPT launched. so i wrote about its legacy (for now). (turns out a whole hell of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... The World Still Hasn’t Made Se...

the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qnd2lqn52ernybdfonq4mc43&cid=bafkreidwqvhqhp3uabhmsprkihdn2pmgdcjaw3k7wsba4enhddbduezsyu

when its definitely not a hostage situation https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qnd2lqn52ernybdfonq4mc43&cid=bafkreigwwowp7b5hzydfolwdatdnn3omt6iycchsriaurxwalmnhwc2ko4

the culture war/political divide is obviously real. but stuff like this shows it's also heavily amplified by essentially synthetic actors. researchers know this but the extent is notable. the platforms like this engagement. this is a desired outcome for them. fraying the social fabric for ad revenue

genuinely: a russian nesting doll of bullshit that bad actors are using to cast aspersions on basically anything they want https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qnd2lqn52ernybdfonq4mc43&cid=bafkreidf64snorq3p33u7wfauzo2rxesu4ezydesdidkc3rb3qzu5djmym

I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be. That MAGA Account Might Be a T...

this is quite good and thorough www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t... What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT U...

Today's pod is up and it's a conversation with the great @pablo.show@bsky.brid.gy! We talk about PTFO's theory of sports as the great attentional commodity, billionaires, YT unboxing videos as investigative journalism tool, the gambling epidemic, and how scale obsession is causing everyone to think short term Pablo Torre: Are Sports The Mo...