Bess Hamilton
@besshamilton.bsky.social
Writer. Canadian. May I be a star in the dark time. She/her. My opinions & views are mine alone. Am guaranteed AI-free.
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yes, i agree that this is their intention. i also think the MAGAs are grossly mis-reading the national appetite for "it's acceptable to publicly execute non-threatening white women"
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
yes, i agree that this is their intention. i also think the MAGAs are grossly mis-reading the national appetite for "it's acceptable to publicly execute non-threatening white women"
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MAGA ghouls are so totally detached from reality that they think a video depicting a murder that ends with the killer calling the victim a "fucking bitch" somehow exonerates them with the general public
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
MAGA ghouls are so totally detached from reality that they think a video depicting a murder that ends with the killer calling the victim a "fucking bitch" somehow exonerates them with the general public
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I also reported X in the App Store.
Here’s what I wrote about it earlier, calling for the platform to be banned over this:
Here’s what I wrote about it earlier, calling for the platform to be banned over this:
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I also reported X in the App Store.
Here’s what I wrote about it earlier, calling for the platform to be banned over this:
Here’s what I wrote about it earlier, calling for the platform to be banned over this:
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You guys gotta explore the world. You’re living a miserable fucking life
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
You guys gotta explore the world. You’re living a miserable fucking life
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My native ass out here like
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
My native ass out here like
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I'll add: please use your local library. Check out the website, look at the services. Some are available for use from home.
Your local library may also host various groups, where you can meet your neighbors. People make community, which fights fascism. 🫶
Your local library may also host various groups, where you can meet your neighbors. People make community, which fights fascism. 🫶
Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I'll add: please use your local library. Check out the website, look at the services. Some are available for use from home.
Your local library may also host various groups, where you can meet your neighbors. People make community, which fights fascism. 🫶
Your local library may also host various groups, where you can meet your neighbors. People make community, which fights fascism. 🫶
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36 people have died at ICE's hands in the past year
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
36 people have died at ICE's hands in the past year
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
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Not helping someone who got stuck in snow or ice is the Minnesota equivalent of taking a shit on their car hood.
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Not helping someone who got stuck in snow or ice is the Minnesota equivalent of taking a shit on their car hood.
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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I've long maintained that "taking a duffle bag of your friends phones to the movies" is a tragically underutilized role in direct action
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I've long maintained that "taking a duffle bag of your friends phones to the movies" is a tragically underutilized role in direct action
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Horror movie idea.
Setting: Toronto
Title: Raccoons!
Plot: ??
Someone get on this.
Setting: Toronto
Title: Raccoons!
Plot: ??
Someone get on this.
a black and white photo of a bunch of hands sticking out of a wooden plank .
Alt: Creepy little raccoon hands blindly feeling through the gaps between planks of a boardwalk.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Horror movie idea.
Setting: Toronto
Title: Raccoons!
Plot: ??
Someone get on this.
Setting: Toronto
Title: Raccoons!
Plot: ??
Someone get on this.
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Also, I'm getting sick of news outlets publishing blatantly false headlines just because some provocateur makes a claim. "Cancelled" has no business describing what happened there, Canadian Press.
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Also, I'm getting sick of news outlets publishing blatantly false headlines just because some provocateur makes a claim. "Cancelled" has no business describing what happened there, Canadian Press.
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I'm sorry, help me out here, but did this dingus go public about his event being "cancelled" when it was never booked in the first place? You don't get to INVITE YOURSELF to a university and proclaim it a free speech issue! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/con...
Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Garnett Genuis accused a student group at York University of attacking free speech after he was denied permission to hold an event there — but the
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January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I'm sorry, help me out here, but did this dingus go public about his event being "cancelled" when it was never booked in the first place? You don't get to INVITE YOURSELF to a university and proclaim it a free speech issue! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/con...
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While posting from a neo-Nazi AI-creating-child-porn site.
The minister of digital asbestos is committed to doing the absolute least possible about regulating deepfake porn/CSAM machines.
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
While posting from a neo-Nazi AI-creating-child-porn site.
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One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
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THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-AI generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 8:30 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-AI generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 8:30 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!
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January 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Catholics, do people get excommunicated these days? How does that work?
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Catholics, do people get excommunicated these days? How does that work?
Doug Ford is such a dingdong.
He's somehow convinced Crown Royal production is moving to the US to justify his hasty decision to pull it over a bottling plant closing.
Again, where was this energy when Nelvana animation essentially shut down?
He's somehow convinced Crown Royal production is moving to the US to justify his hasty decision to pull it over a bottling plant closing.
Again, where was this energy when Nelvana animation essentially shut down?
Doug Ford's plan to remove Crown Royal from Ontario shelves 'misinformed,' Manitoba Conservative MP says | CBC News
A federal Conservative MP from Manitoba says Ontario Premier Doug Ford didn't have "all the facts in front of him" when he doubled down on threats to pull Crown Royal whisky off shelves.
www.cbc.ca
January 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Doug Ford is such a dingdong.
He's somehow convinced Crown Royal production is moving to the US to justify his hasty decision to pull it over a bottling plant closing.
Again, where was this energy when Nelvana animation essentially shut down?
He's somehow convinced Crown Royal production is moving to the US to justify his hasty decision to pull it over a bottling plant closing.
Again, where was this energy when Nelvana animation essentially shut down?
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FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s ‘not intended for diagnosis or treatment.’
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
I kind of wanted the music to be more orchestral or choral. Needs bombast.
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I kind of wanted the music to be more orchestral or choral. Needs bombast.
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Said for years that white gay men are... the way we are because we never got over that heartbreak. It's why there are so many bitter or toxic ones. We all grew up being told that heartbreak would never apply to us & then we found out, just as we were coming into our own, that it absolutely does.
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Said for years that white gay men are... the way we are because we never got over that heartbreak. It's why there are so many bitter or toxic ones. We all grew up being told that heartbreak would never apply to us & then we found out, just as we were coming into our own, that it absolutely does.
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Another image that sums up the protest.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Another image that sums up the protest.
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Something I’ve been trying to tell people in my life is there is no safe or right way to exist safely under {fascism|authoritarianism|whatever}. There is no logical course of action you can follow that will prevent you from being targeted, intentionally or by chance, which history shows repeatedly.
honestly even the folks saying “FAFO” immediately fall apart too, since some reporting seems to point to her just driving up after dropping her kid off at school nearby
my thing about "obey directions from law enforcement" is that it seems like in the video she barely had any time to react before ICE opened fire
January 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Something I’ve been trying to tell people in my life is there is no safe or right way to exist safely under {fascism|authoritarianism|whatever}. There is no logical course of action you can follow that will prevent you from being targeted, intentionally or by chance, which history shows repeatedly.
I'd love to see the two golf courses that neighbour each other near me restored to native grassland & forest. But I live in Doug Ford's Ontario, so if they become anything, they'll become hastily-built, high-dollar houses for urban commuters. Definitely nothing good for anyone other than developers
A golf course next to the Fraser River in northeast Metro Vancouver will be transformed into a public park with sport and playing fields.
It is part of the City of Maple Ridge's strategy to build a new major aquatic & community centre. #vanpoli #vanre
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It is part of the City of Maple Ridge's strategy to build a new major aquatic & community centre. #vanpoli #vanre
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Metro Vancouver golf course to become a park as new aquatic centre advances | Urbanized
Maple Ridge Golf Course will be transformed into a public park with outdoor recreational uses, as part of a broader new aquatic centre plan.
dailyhive.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I'd love to see the two golf courses that neighbour each other near me restored to native grassland & forest. But I live in Doug Ford's Ontario, so if they become anything, they'll become hastily-built, high-dollar houses for urban commuters. Definitely nothing good for anyone other than developers