Mike Orcutt @mike_orcutt
I journalize about technology. Bylines at @techreview, @WIRED, @QuantaMagazine, @BostonGlobe, and other places. Founding editor @projectglitch_ projectglitch.xyz District of Columbia, USA Joined March 2009-
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No one ever use "You can indict a ham sandwich" again plz. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
No one ever use "You can indict a ham sandwich" again plz. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Maybe the rebrand just sucked and it had nothing to do with our deranged politics. Just a thought.
Twilight Zone.
Twilight Zone.
Surely all the free speech champions in my timeline who have been taking a break for the past nine months will get back in the game for this one. Right?
Surely all the free speech champions in my timeline who have been taking a break for the past nine months will get back in the game for this one. Right?
Tfw when your kid starts kindergarten and you nervously marvel at the passage of time.
2/ It starts with a viral Elon Musk post. “United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing expert advice to help U.S.…
i have a theory on the cr*cker b*rrel thing no one actually cares but how twitter works is once you post about a given topic it force feeds you that same thing in the algorithmic interest feed so all of media and politics (who breathe Twitter) obsess, and it trickles down
I’ll never get over how starkly attitudes shift in crypto twitter simply because folks bought more of a certain coin than sold it for a few days.
"Who was president in 2020," the hardest question in politics.
"Who was president in 2020," the hardest question in politics.
Why does the machine underlying this website seem programmed specifically to manufacture culture war flareups over inconsequential things like jeans ads and chain restaurant rebrands?
This is simply a ridiculous answer.
This is simply a ridiculous answer.
well well well, look at who was voted best team of the quarter century (don't yell at me, i didn't vote on these) theringer.com/2025/08/15/nfl…
Why are they wearing masks? Why unmarked cars? What agency are they from? WTF is going on? Just asking questions.
Why are they wearing masks? Why unmarked cars? What agency are they from? WTF is going on? Just asking questions.
President Trump promised "serious consequences" if Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire by August 8 then backed off when the summit came together. On Wednesday, he promised “very severe consequences“ if Putin didn’t agree to cease fire yesterday then backed off. Latest:
Convincing argument! transformernews.ai/p/donald-trump…
This is way too true.
This is so weird. What could be going on to drive up producer prices? The price of inputs, going up? I don't get it.
This is so weird. What could be going on to drive up producer prices? The price of inputs, going up? I don't get it.
This whole conversation is designed to make people go insane. Think about that.
This whole conversation is designed to make people go insane. Think about that.

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