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Ben Werdmuller
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I lead technology at ProPublica and write speculative fiction. This is a personal account. Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io. More about me: https://about.werd.io

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review https://werd.io/2025/doj-releases-its-tulsa-race-massacre-report-over-100-years

And another thing: I hate the idea that "masculine energy" is dressing up like a modern-day Roman emperor, getting really into UFC, and being hyper-competitive. These jerks are not what I'd call quintessential men. (Neither am I. Or any of us.)

It's not enough to be neutral. Platform and protocol owners should be allies. https://werd.io/2025/building-an-open-web-that-protects-us-from-harm #fediverse #opensource #indieweb

The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta’s New Content Moderation Policies https://werd.io/2025/the-good-the-bad-and-the-stupid-in-metas-new

I wrote a piece about books, stories, life, and responsibility. https://werd.io/2025/46-books

A funny thing about cries about censorship on social platforms is that they all seem to relate to people wanting to be abusive to vulnerable people who are already systemically oppressed. I guess we're allowing more of that now. This really is a new era of prosperity!

I don't disagree. The trick is that the American people voted in a set of people who *also* don't care, who will make their lives (and the world) markedly worse.