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Monika Viktorova
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we fight dystopia by resisting cynicism and apathy #tech #aiethics #humanrights #UBI #booksky #crafts

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“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Ovens! My new apartment oven has dials and buttons instead of a smooth interface
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Bunch of you need to get your dumbass boy. Blue checkmarks not beating the allegations.

N.B. The answer is "nothing" because they've already tried it. They literally tried to *right at the start of the war* and their paratroopers got turned into fucking mulch.
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Minor thing given what's going on in the world right now, but I've just discovered that TurnitIn, the product many universities use for grading & plagiarism detection, offers students an 'AI-powered writing tool' as well as AI detection tools for instructors. They're selling weapons to both sides.
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.

I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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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-...
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
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.

polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Amazing record for the FIFA
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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okay i am sorry to be that bitch but the one word you can't use to describe this is "unprecedented."
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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88% of Canadians want a wealth tax. Funny how that public concern never gets a response.
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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After every war
someone has to tidy up.
Things won’t pick
themselves up, after all.

Someone has to shove
the rubble to the roadsides
so the carts loaded with corpses
can get by.

-Wisława Szymborska, “The End and the Beginning” (t. Cavanagh & Barańczak)
#everynightapoem #war
June 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Canada finally reacts, through our foreign affairs minister (not our prime minister).

Really, embarrassingly timid statement when you consider what just happened.
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/

theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”
David Hoch, who goes by his first name in Nick Shirley’s video allegedly exposing Somali fraud, referred to “demon Muslims” on social media.
theintercept.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Back in 2016 when Jezebel’s staff writers were being forced to moderate their own article comment sections and were flooded with r*pe gifs, I predicted this would get much worse with the personalization possible from deep fakes

Watching your own likeness be abused is horrifying
January 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Very sad to read that Janet Fish has passed away. Her work is gorgeous and bright and in these heady times, art that embodies joy is so necessary

www.artforum.com/news/janet-f...
January 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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CNN commentator just now: "You have to congratulate the administration on keeping this quiet".

The news media is a huge contributor to the rise of unlawful tyranny.
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
lol who has ever in the history of the planet thought to themselves “I need to litsen to my podcasts through the fridge”
January 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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This is your energy for 2026

*via Zjaan on masto/original source unknown
January 1, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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So much of any year is flammable

Naomi Shihab Nye, "Burning the Old Year"
#everynightapoem
January 1, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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As if Figma didn't already burn enough trust with designers, now they are also silently opting everyone in to let them train their AI on your work.

For the time being, you can opt out in the settings. But for how much longer?
From the UXDesign community on Reddit: PSA for Figma Admins: This AI setting is quietly enabled by default
Explore this post and more from the UXDesign community
www.reddit.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM