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ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
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Alternative headline: humiliating and abusing women on X by digitally undressing them is now a privilege reserved to paying users.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Alternative headline: humiliating and abusing women on X by digitally undressing them is now a privilege reserved to paying users.
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Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Her expression turned even more grim. “Corporate slave labor camps.” I said, “Yes, but if we call them that, Marketing and Branding gets angry and we get a power surge through our brains that fries little pieces of our neural tissue.” Indah winced.
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Her expression turned even more grim. “Corporate slave labor camps.” I said, “Yes, but if we call them that, Marketing and Branding gets angry and we get a power surge through our brains that fries little pieces of our neural tissue.” Indah winced.
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This is how you can be an ally. They need to feel the cost of what they've done.
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is how you can be an ally. They need to feel the cost of what they've done.
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
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Recommended read.
My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Recommended read.
I think this was one of the first books I read where I felt the main character was an actual person in a real fantasy world, not just a character. I devoured the story.
I should re-read it.
I should re-read it.
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'happen' #BookQW #BookSky
Coincidentally, my very first novel was published in January, back in 1999. By chance, this word's in the second paragraph, so here's how it all began...
For purchase links, visit @wtpress.bsky.social
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...
Coincidentally, my very first novel was published in January, back in 1999. By chance, this word's in the second paragraph, so here's how it all began...
For purchase links, visit @wtpress.bsky.social
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I think this was one of the first books I read where I felt the main character was an actual person in a real fantasy world, not just a character. I devoured the story.
I should re-read it.
I should re-read it.
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It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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As we’ve reached more people in recent months, and are approaching 80k signatures, we of course receive push-back against our core message.
We simply won’t engage where that feedback debates trans identities, positions trans people as a harmful group, or suggests they are something to be fixed.
We simply won’t engage where that feedback debates trans identities, positions trans people as a harmful group, or suggests they are something to be fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 AM
As we’ve reached more people in recent months, and are approaching 80k signatures, we of course receive push-back against our core message.
We simply won’t engage where that feedback debates trans identities, positions trans people as a harmful group, or suggests they are something to be fixed.
We simply won’t engage where that feedback debates trans identities, positions trans people as a harmful group, or suggests they are something to be fixed.
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NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza.
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza.
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
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Thread. :/
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Thread. :/
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Feel like it shld be front page, 34-sized font headline news that the person who gave ~$250 million to Trump campaign and then was co-president for a few months, dismantling agencies and stealing Americans' data, built an AI tool that is being used for child porn.
This Sept. piece is instructive
This Sept. piece is instructive
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Feel like it shld be front page, 34-sized font headline news that the person who gave ~$250 million to Trump campaign and then was co-president for a few months, dismantling agencies and stealing Americans' data, built an AI tool that is being used for child porn.
This Sept. piece is instructive
This Sept. piece is instructive
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'The list includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan, racist ex-cop Rick Prior and transphobic ex-prison officer David Toshack. Some individuals donated upwards of £10,000 each to various campaigns.'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Hack by trans activists exposes 'Free Speech Union' funders
The list of Free Speech Union donors includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan. Some individuals donated upwards of
www.thecanary.co
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
'The list includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan, racist ex-cop Rick Prior and transphobic ex-prison officer David Toshack. Some individuals donated upwards of £10,000 each to various campaigns.'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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Guardian reports how misgendering can affect mental health when the victim is cis. Doesn't seem so bothered when it happens to trans people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
January 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Guardian reports how misgendering can affect mental health when the victim is cis. Doesn't seem so bothered when it happens to trans people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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If the US of NA cared about democracy, they would help promote free and fair elections in embattled democracies around the world - rather than invading countries once the elections are over.
Then again, with this administration, free and fair elections don't seem to be a priority at home, either.
Then again, with this administration, free and fair elections don't seem to be a priority at home, either.
January 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM
If the US of NA cared about democracy, they would help promote free and fair elections in embattled democracies around the world - rather than invading countries once the elections are over.
Then again, with this administration, free and fair elections don't seem to be a priority at home, either.
Then again, with this administration, free and fair elections don't seem to be a priority at home, either.
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it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.