Sacha Haworth
@sachalouise.bsky.social
Fighting for a better internet @techoversight.bsky.social
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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you can hear the air quotes
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
you can hear the air quotes
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Abolish Meta is and has been the moderate position
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Abolish Meta is and has been the moderate position
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but it's ok because now ChatGPT will tell people to take breaks :) bsky.app/profile/kash...
One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
but it's ok because now ChatGPT will tell people to take breaks :) bsky.app/profile/kash...
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We've all seen awful news about ChatGPT-related suicides/psychosis -- @rebeccabellan.bsky.social and I studied the chatlogs in these lawsuits + talked to a bunch of experts to figure out what makes ChatGPT so successful at isolating people from their communities: techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/c...
ChatGPT told them they were special — their families say it led to tragedy | TechCrunch
A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We've all seen awful news about ChatGPT-related suicides/psychosis -- @rebeccabellan.bsky.social and I studied the chatlogs in these lawsuits + talked to a bunch of experts to figure out what makes ChatGPT so successful at isolating people from their communities: techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/c...
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Persitent grifter www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn
In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Persitent grifter www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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This new Saturday morning TV show hits different
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This new Saturday morning TV show hits different
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guess we're doing this again today. meta is an evil company
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
guess we're doing this again today. meta is an evil company
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RFK Jr is not really the subject of this truly devastating account of a woman and mother who is dying of leukemia. But Tatiana Schlossberg is using the platform she has in the moments she has left to call him out. She follows in the footsteps of her mother. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RFK Jr is not really the subject of this truly devastating account of a woman and mother who is dying of leukemia. But Tatiana Schlossberg is using the platform she has in the moments she has left to call him out. She follows in the footsteps of her mother. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Lawyer up, you little shits.
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Lawyer up, you little shits.
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
Zuckerberg fundraised off of this for years btw: AI was supposed to make profit margins wider bc it automated content moderation. It did do this — just too well it would seem.
oh! using AI for good at lea--- err, nvm. job well done @mosseri.bsky.social!
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Zuckerberg fundraised off of this for years btw: AI was supposed to make profit margins wider bc it automated content moderation. It did do this — just too well it would seem.
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Mark Zuckerberg has blood on his hands. Here's our statement. techoversight.org/2025/11/22/m...
Meta’s Unsealed Internal Documents Prove Years of Deliberate Harm and Inaction to Protect Minors - Tech Oversight Project
Mark Zuckerberg has blood on his hands: he has known for over a decade that pedophiles and sex traffickers were targeting children on his platforms, and instead of fixing the problem, what he did was ...
techoversight.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Mark Zuckerberg has blood on his hands. Here's our statement. techoversight.org/2025/11/22/m...
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This is haunting and so full of love and heartbreak and the world is just so unfair. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is haunting and so full of love and heartbreak and the world is just so unfair. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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pay very close attention to this "100% confidence" standard because it's the same one AI companies like openAI use to determine whether or not a user is talking about killing themselves:
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
pay very close attention to this "100% confidence" standard because it's the same one AI companies like openAI use to determine whether or not a user is talking about killing themselves:
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4 million users under 13 in 2015. mark zuckerberg was letting pedophiles contact children and has known about it for over a decade
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
4 million users under 13 in 2015. mark zuckerberg was letting pedophiles contact children and has known about it for over a decade
Good morning to everyone except for the Meta executives who were aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites, knew Instagram was letting adult strangers connect with teenagers, aggressively targeted young users, & then "lied to Congress" about it!
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good morning to everyone except for the Meta executives who were aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites, knew Instagram was letting adult strangers connect with teenagers, aggressively targeted young users, & then "lied to Congress" about it!
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...