Jason Shawhan
@jshawhan.bsky.social
Media Prophet. Film Critic (GALECA, MCFCA, Rotten Tomatoes, SEFCA). Co-host of @jjlpod.bsky.social . DJ (http://mixcloud.com/DJNomi). Catsitter. 16 insecurities in a leather jacket. Patricia Coma stan. Painter. Very gay. BLM. (He/Him)
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
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Removal of office and war crimes tribunals are minimum first steps to prevent the US from turning into an extension of Russia and what they're doing to Ukraine in Venezuela.
If there's a legitimate opposition party in this country we'll hear calls for that today.
If there's a legitimate opposition party in this country we'll hear calls for that today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Removal of office and war crimes tribunals are minimum first steps to prevent the US from turning into an extension of Russia and what they're doing to Ukraine in Venezuela.
If there's a legitimate opposition party in this country we'll hear calls for that today.
If there's a legitimate opposition party in this country we'll hear calls for that today.
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Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
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Latin American Coups promoted by the United States
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Latin American Coups promoted by the United States
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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Now imagine what the US and CIA have done to self declared socialist countries and movements
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Now imagine what the US and CIA have done to self declared socialist countries and movements
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If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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"It is a sad fact that no court since the Nuremberg Trials has held an individual accountable for the crime of aggression."
fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/29/m...
fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/29/m...
Make Aggression a Crime Again
By Michael Youhana Last week, Sinan Antoon published a reflection on the fifteenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq in The New York Times. An emergent antiwar left would do well to contemplate h…
fellowtravelersblog.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:10 AM
"It is a sad fact that no court since the Nuremberg Trials has held an individual accountable for the crime of aggression."
fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/29/m...
fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/29/m...
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CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 AM
CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
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OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
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Way too many people think AI is actually sentient and that Grok replying "we're working on it" means something but it's just Grok telling you what you want to hear, which is what AI does.
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Way too many people think AI is actually sentient and that Grok replying "we're working on it" means something but it's just Grok telling you what you want to hear, which is what AI does.
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When I say there is no democracy in this country, this is what I mean. We have no democratic control of *anything* no matter how consequential. We can’t stop a genocide, we can’t impeach a billionaire pedophile, we can’t stop an AI CSAM factory.These are all related.
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
When I say there is no democracy in this country, this is what I mean. We have no democratic control of *anything* no matter how consequential. We can’t stop a genocide, we can’t impeach a billionaire pedophile, we can’t stop an AI CSAM factory.These are all related.
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One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
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@cara.city: “Dialectics is doing two things at the same time”
Me: “Oh okay so getting spit roasted is what Marx would have wanted”
Me: “Oh okay so getting spit roasted is what Marx would have wanted”
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
@cara.city: “Dialectics is doing two things at the same time”
Me: “Oh okay so getting spit roasted is what Marx would have wanted”
Me: “Oh okay so getting spit roasted is what Marx would have wanted”
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"regarding tips, we're essentially doing Tip Theft 2.0. We don't "steal" them legally anymore because we got sued for that. Instead, we use predictive modeling to dynamically lower the base pay." www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"regarding tips, we're essentially doing Tip Theft 2.0. We don't "steal" them legally anymore because we got sued for that. Instead, we use predictive modeling to dynamically lower the base pay." www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
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I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
spitfirenews.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
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Media is starting to report the Grok child porn story but way too many are centering the bot's "apologies" and "admissions" without explaining that these are being generated in response to user requests and are not in anyway authentic or meaningful.
January 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Media is starting to report the Grok child porn story but way too many are centering the bot's "apologies" and "admissions" without explaining that these are being generated in response to user requests and are not in anyway authentic or meaningful.
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So yeah this shit should be illegal. www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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January 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
So yeah this shit should be illegal. www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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He lies like a 10-year-old
Oh, so you want to stay in a bubble, huh? You're missing out on valuable information like <opens up X for the first time in a while, this is the first post fed to me>
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
He lies like a 10-year-old
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They already started on cable news this AM. They are saying that the campaign promises are unlikely to be met. Based on what? Nothing.
It's extremely important that the administration create its own direct line of communication to voters. Brandon J did not do this & it has been a major problem.
It's extremely important that the administration create its own direct line of communication to voters. Brandon J did not do this & it has been a major problem.
starting in six weeks or so, you will hear right wing and centrist commentators on cable news, podcasts etc start to refer to Mamdani as if it's obvious that he's failed, extremely unpopular etc. its very important in order for their plot to succeed that any left wing pol be discredited
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
They already started on cable news this AM. They are saying that the campaign promises are unlikely to be met. Based on what? Nothing.
It's extremely important that the administration create its own direct line of communication to voters. Brandon J did not do this & it has been a major problem.
It's extremely important that the administration create its own direct line of communication to voters. Brandon J did not do this & it has been a major problem.
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guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
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And the sinners in Hell want icewater, Satya, so I guess NO ONE'S gettin' what they want today, huh.
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi...
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella wants you to stop saying AI "slop" in 2026
In closing comments of 2025, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an update on the company's mindset for 2026 — shocker, it's all about AI.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
And the sinners in Hell want icewater, Satya, so I guess NO ONE'S gettin' what they want today, huh.
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi...
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi...
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By retreating only to "kitchen table issues" to avoid being labeled "woke," Democratic leaders have left an open goal for the GOP. When you treat the harassment of vulnerable communities as a "distraction" rather than a crisis, you're not avoiding a fight: you're just forfeiting it.
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
By retreating only to "kitchen table issues" to avoid being labeled "woke," Democratic leaders have left an open goal for the GOP. When you treat the harassment of vulnerable communities as a "distraction" rather than a crisis, you're not avoiding a fight: you're just forfeiting it.
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I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...