Samantha Asumadu
@samanthaasumadu.substack.com
Jack of all trades and award losing journalist.
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Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?
And if so, what's the solution?
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The results of a little experiment I and @hleehurley.bsky.social carried out over a few months..
Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?
And if so, what's the solution? #PoliceCrimeDaily samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/are-the-cr...
Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?
And if so, what's the solution? #PoliceCrimeDaily samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/are-the-cr...
Serial rapists were left in the ranks of the Met police because of a failure to carry out necessary vetting on thousands of officers and staff
#PoliceCrimeDail
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
#PoliceCrimeDail
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Failure to properly vet officers resulted in serial rapists within Met ranks, review finds
Abandoning checks on staff and officers was ‘a dereliction of the Met’s duty to keep London safe’, says home secretary
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Serial rapists were left in the ranks of the Met police because of a failure to carry out necessary vetting on thousands of officers and staff
#PoliceCrimeDail
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
#PoliceCrimeDail
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
'If AI is going to shape our digital future, then women’s safety, dignity and participation cannot be treated as optional extras. The question isn’t whether the technology can do this. It’s whether we’re willing to insist that it shouldn’t.'
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
'If AI is going to shape our digital future, then women’s safety, dignity and participation cannot be treated as optional extras. The question isn’t whether the technology can do this. It’s whether we’re willing to insist that it shouldn’t.'
'It’s the logical outcome of years of warnings being ignored. Warnings from women’s organisations who have been saying, clearly and consistently, that new technologies would be used to reproduce old harms unless governments and platforms acted decisively.'
cc @ukhomeoffice
cc @ukhomeoffice
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
'It’s the logical outcome of years of warnings being ignored. Warnings from women’s organisations who have been saying, clearly and consistently, that new technologies would be used to reproduce old harms unless governments and platforms acted decisively.'
cc @ukhomeoffice
cc @ukhomeoffice
'This isn’t a sudden failure of one rogue AI system. On Grok's launch, xAI positioned it as a more ‘unfiltered’, 'rebellious,' and boundary-pushing AI, explicitly designed to answer ‘spicy’ questions that other models would reject. '
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
'This isn’t a sudden failure of one rogue AI system. On Grok's launch, xAI positioned it as a more ‘unfiltered’, 'rebellious,' and boundary-pushing AI, explicitly designed to answer ‘spicy’ questions that other models would reject. '
'What’s striking, though, is how predictable this all feels.
Grok doesn’t represent a new category of harm. It simply exposes, in real time, the gaps women’s organisations have been flagging for years.'
Grok doesn’t represent a new category of harm. It simply exposes, in real time, the gaps women’s organisations have been flagging for years.'
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
'What’s striking, though, is how predictable this all feels.
Grok doesn’t represent a new category of harm. It simply exposes, in real time, the gaps women’s organisations have been flagging for years.'
Grok doesn’t represent a new category of harm. It simply exposes, in real time, the gaps women’s organisations have been flagging for years.'
'Ordinary photos are being manipulated, clothes digitally removed, bodies altered and sexualised, then shared without consent. It’s invasive, humiliating, and for many women deeply unsafe.'
www.wrc.org.uk/Blog/grok-is...
www.wrc.org.uk/Blog/grok-is...
Grok isn't a glitch. And it didn’t come out of nowhere...
Think piece on the Grok scandal and the role of women's organisations
www.wrc.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
'Ordinary photos are being manipulated, clothes digitally removed, bodies altered and sexualised, then shared without consent. It’s invasive, humiliating, and for many women deeply unsafe.'
www.wrc.org.uk/Blog/grok-is...
www.wrc.org.uk/Blog/grok-is...
This one, too, please
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actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
This one, too, please
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
It takes 2 minutes
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January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
It takes 2 minutes
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Reposted by Samantha Asumadu
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter:
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter:
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Reposted by Samantha Asumadu
With sickle cell anaemia now the fastest growing genetic condition in the country, we need more capacity, not less.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
Sign the Petition
Prevent closure of the Sickle Cell Day Unit
www.change.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
With sickle cell anaemia now the fastest growing genetic condition in the country, we need more capacity, not less.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
Closing the Sickle Cell Day Unit means delayed care, worse health outcomes, and more pressure on the NHS.
Please sign and share the petition below.
Ha, they are just in the thrall of Musk (who hates them anyway) and his billions.
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Ha, they are just in the thrall of Musk (who hates them anyway) and his billions.
'We always hope.' Jesus christ!
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
'We always hope.' Jesus christ!
We're in hell.
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
We're in hell.
Horrendous. They haven't said a word. Considering all the fanfare they made about their violence against women and girls' strategy last month, they are a disgrace too.
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Horrendous. They haven't said a word. Considering all the fanfare they made about their violence against women and girls' strategy last month, they are a disgrace too.
Elon Musk's AI bot is still churning out sexualised photos of women & children every 30 seconds or so upon request. I found myself reporting CSAM last night until 2am. I'm so angry about it all. There needs to be consequences for both the men requesting it and Musk, who has encouraged & co-signed it
January 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Elon Musk's AI bot is still churning out sexualised photos of women & children every 30 seconds or so upon request. I found myself reporting CSAM last night until 2am. I'm so angry about it all. There needs to be consequences for both the men requesting it and Musk, who has encouraged & co-signed it
Reposted by Samantha Asumadu
Let’s not forget Gaza in 2026, moves like banning Oxfam & MSF are designed to cause more damage and kill more civilians.
“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence — that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Oxfam-Québec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from Gaza
Nearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.
montrealgazette.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Let’s not forget Gaza in 2026, moves like banning Oxfam & MSF are designed to cause more damage and kill more civilians.
Swapped my Bluesky and Twitter profile pics. The first seems more appropriate for Twitter 😏
January 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Swapped my Bluesky and Twitter profile pics. The first seems more appropriate for Twitter 😏
"The history of US interventionism in Latin America is a history of human rights violations, human experimentation, slavery, poverty, and genocide, not emancipation."
– Alonso Gurmendi
– Alonso Gurmendi
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"The history of US interventionism in Latin America is a history of human rights violations, human experimentation, slavery, poverty, and genocide, not emancipation."
– Alonso Gurmendi
– Alonso Gurmendi
I don't know what it means, but it definitely wasn't about me 🤔
I need examples of what Mamdani was talking about, which definitely was not people like me
January 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I don't know what it means, but it definitely wasn't about me 🤔