Cate Young
@ninjacate.blacksky.app
writer, film + culture critic, producer, full-time bisexual ✨
I used to write about movies. now I make podcasts and write about movies.
I used to write about movies. now I make podcasts and write about movies.
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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Rest in power Ms. Claudette, thank you for everything. We've gained another powerful ancestor, gonna need all their help for what comes next.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Rest in power Ms. Claudette, thank you for everything. We've gained another powerful ancestor, gonna need all their help for what comes next.
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A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being. n.pr/4pA3kkl
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being. n.pr/4pA3kkl
the thing I don't get about the Dems' constant "it's political posion" stance is how can it be poison if it's literally what the people you want to vote for you are calling for? just admit you want the same shit as the other side but ~peacefully~ and leave us alone.
January 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
the thing I don't get about the Dems' constant "it's political posion" stance is how can it be poison if it's literally what the people you want to vote for you are calling for? just admit you want the same shit as the other side but ~peacefully~ and leave us alone.
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Chinese app for people living alone goes viral
"Are You Dead?", an app that sounds the alarm if a user doesn't check in every 48 hours, is one of China's top-selling paid apps recently as the country's growing class of solo dwellers flock to download it
"Are You Dead?", an app that sounds the alarm if a user doesn't check in every 48 hours, is one of China's top-selling paid apps recently as the country's growing class of solo dwellers flock to download it
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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do white supremacists drown all the blonde babies with brown eyes?
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 AM
do white supremacists drown all the blonde babies with brown eyes?
doesn't TD have kids? you think he'd have more experience corralling toddlers.
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
doesn't TD have kids? you think he'd have more experience corralling toddlers.
I don't feel good about the horde of cameras rushing in to take photos as she continues to be brutalized. put them down. help her.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 14, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I don't feel good about the horde of cameras rushing in to take photos as she continues to be brutalized. put them down. help her.
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One of the better pieces of advice I got when I was younger is that if you’re having a bad day, go to bed.
January 14, 2026 at 5:08 AM
One of the better pieces of advice I got when I was younger is that if you’re having a bad day, go to bed.
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are doing the rounds for their new movie and … no matter how you slice it, all cop shows/movies are copaganda
January 14, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are doing the rounds for their new movie and … no matter how you slice it, all cop shows/movies are copaganda
lol y'all arguing about surrogacy, and the latest episode of SVU is about a baby mill of women trafficked to give birth to other people's kids.
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
lol y'all arguing about surrogacy, and the latest episode of SVU is about a baby mill of women trafficked to give birth to other people's kids.
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I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
*Jim Crow America
Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
*Jim Crow America
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The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
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Drink wines
Do crimes
Be the cool Mom
Do crimes
Be the cool Mom
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Drink wines
Do crimes
Be the cool Mom
Do crimes
Be the cool Mom
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Gen X is at +5 support for ICE while millennials are at -25.
Is this at all related to the United States banning lead paint in houses in 1978?
Is this at all related to the United States banning lead paint in houses in 1978?
Some interesting stuff in the cross-tabs.
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Gen X is at +5 support for ICE while millennials are at -25.
Is this at all related to the United States banning lead paint in houses in 1978?
Is this at all related to the United States banning lead paint in houses in 1978?
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Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
jobless behavior
The California governor blasted the MAGA attorney general with a humiliating edit of one of the 79-year-old president’s more senior moments.
Newsom Trolls Bondi With Savage Trump-Epstein Gag
The California governor bagged a two-for-one, blasting the MAGA attorney general with a humiliating edit of one of the 79-year-old president’s more senior moments.
trib.al
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
jobless behavior
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This is effectively a large tax on any store that accepts EBT cards and will make many households’ SNAP benefits unusable.
RFK Jr: "One of the things we're doing is Brooke Rollins is requiring that any facility, and store that accepts food stamps will have to double the amount of whole food that is now available to recipients. So that will change the marketplace around the country."
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This is effectively a large tax on any store that accepts EBT cards and will make many households’ SNAP benefits unusable.
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About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Australia festival faces mass boycott after dropping Palestinian author
About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred author Randa Abdel-Fattah.
www.aljazeera.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred author Randa Abdel-Fattah.