Michael Rusch

past projects: @BuzzFeed, @YouTube, and @Google

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

This is Rocket. I opened my heart to this amazing creature last week who was rescued from North Carolina by @Mrbonesandco.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

going mobile

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

ok bye ✌️

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

imagine explaining this ban to your kids one day.

“what got you banned from every nba arena for life?”

“i ran onto the court for a selfie.”

“was the selfie at least good?”

well…

[Hoops @Hoopss]

Dude got arrested & banned for life just for his selfie with Wemby to look like this😂

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

kind of lame

[TG Casino @TGCasino_]

Bro who ran on the court to take a selfie with Wemby was just trying to promote a meme coin 😭

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

i’m genuinely fascinated by the math here.

arrested.

lifetime ban from every nba arena.

all in exchange for about 10 seconds of internet fame.

somewhere in there, somebody decided that was a good trade.

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

A fan just ran on the court during the NBA Finals to take a selfie with Victor Wembanyama

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

fixed it

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

two media formats that spent years moving in opposite directions are suddenly starting to look a lot more alike.

i got curious and put together a quick comparison.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

to be clear, i don’t think rogan succeeds because he’s the toughest interviewer.

he often lets people talk uninterrupted, sometimes longer than i think he should.

but that’s also why guests say things on his show they’d never say in a traditional television interview.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

i’ve watched hundreds of hours of rogan on youtube, and i’ve always thought the guests were the bigger draw.

his real talent wasn’t becoming america’s top interviewer.

it was proving people would rather listen to a 3-hour conversation than a perfectly produced 7 min segment.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

60 minutes spent decades teaching america that long-form conversations matter.

then youtube and podcasts took the format, removed the gatekeepers, and captured the audience.

now legacy media is trying to figure out how to get them back.

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

Austin-based podcaster Joe Rogan reportedly being considered for 60 Minutes role. https://t.co/Q3SOtB6qra

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

if cbs is considering rogan, the story isn’t joe.

the story is that legacy tv spent years dismissing podcasts, only to discover the audience left anyway.

the question isn’t whether rogan fits @60Minutes

it’s whether 60 minutes is trying to become a podcast.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: Joe Rogan is reportedly being considered as a possible “60 Minutes” replacement for Anderson Cooper.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

fixed it

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

the funniest part of 2026 is that nobody even asked which part of this post was satire.

p.s. hunter’s hatred of jake tapper appears to be one of the few remaining constants in the universe.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

WTF timeline are we on. Someone called me the MAGA whisperer and I’ll gladly take the title. Left, right, D or R we all want the same things. We’re being divided on purpose by the Epstein Elite Oligarch class because as long as we’re at each other’s throats, they get fat and rich off of our misery. The second we figure out we agree on more than we disagree, they’re done. Love your neighbor. Be yourself. Radical honesty. No fucks given, no fucks taken. Everything else is just noise. (But still fuck Jake “Brick Tamland” Tapper on any time line)

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

Yesterday I argued that if you’re going to fundamentally remake an institution, the burden of proof is on the people doing the remaking.

The CBS story has now moved beyond personnel decisions and executive shakeups.

It’s become a fight over credibility itself.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

.@HunterBiden goes viral on twitter for a week.

people start joking about a presidential run.
prediction markets start reacting.

welcome to 2026, where memes hit the markets before they hit the polls and attention gets priced in before reality.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

.@HunterBiden goes viral on twitter for a week.

people start joking about a presidential run.
prediction markets start reacting.

welcome to 2026, where memes hit the markets before they hit the polls and attention gets priced in before reality.

[Kristi Yamaguccimane @TheWapplehouse]

This is so fucking funny. This is what you make the night before a project is due in 3rd grade lmao.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

instagram somehow convinced me that logging back into twitter was the healthier choice.

am i wrong?

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

@60Minutes Every institution runs on trust.

Not buildings. Not logos. Not press releases.

Trust.

And when the people inside the institution start publicly questioning each other's integrity, the audience inevitably starts questioning the institution itself.

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[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

Yesterday I argued that if you’re going to fundamentally remake an institution, the burden of proof is on the people doing the remaking.

The CBS story has now moved beyond personnel decisions and executive shakeups.

It’s become a fight over credibility itself.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

Maybe it’s because I spent a large part of my career in news and media, but the reaction to Scott Pelley being fired has been almost as interesting as the firing itself.

[Michael Rusch @weeddude]

The irony?

For years, attacks on @60Minutes came from the outside.

Now the questions are coming from inside the building.

And audiences tend to pay closer attention when the criticism comes from people who were in the room.