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Okay, artists. Twitter can now outright steal your work, and unsurprisingly, the ToS was updated to SPECIFICALLY allow for AI content theft.
Grok can remove watermarks. It can remove signatures.
You can no longer justify Twitter with "but my audience..."
They. Are. Stealing. Your. Work.
Grok can remove watermarks. It can remove signatures.
You can no longer justify Twitter with "but my audience..."
They. Are. Stealing. Your. Work.
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Okay, artists. Twitter can now outright steal your work, and unsurprisingly, the ToS was updated to SPECIFICALLY allow for AI content theft.
Grok can remove watermarks. It can remove signatures.
You can no longer justify Twitter with "but my audience..."
They. Are. Stealing. Your. Work.
Grok can remove watermarks. It can remove signatures.
You can no longer justify Twitter with "but my audience..."
They. Are. Stealing. Your. Work.
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The NY Times headline reads “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry."
This is false. He took a side: that of neo-Nazis and other assorted bigots and nuts.
I think he thinks it's strategic. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/12/23/j...
This is false. He took a side: that of neo-Nazis and other assorted bigots and nuts.
I think he thinks it's strategic. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/12/23/j...
JD Vance’s 2028 strategy: Be even worse than Trump - Salon.com
Vance sees a future in people who call Hitler "a great leader"
www.salon.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The NY Times headline reads “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry."
This is false. He took a side: that of neo-Nazis and other assorted bigots and nuts.
I think he thinks it's strategic. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/12/23/j...
This is false. He took a side: that of neo-Nazis and other assorted bigots and nuts.
I think he thinks it's strategic. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/12/23/j...
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"City of London Police said a 22-year-old woman has been arrested for displaying a placard in support of proscribed organisation, Palestine Action, contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000."
Read her sign again:
Read her sign again:
December 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"City of London Police said a 22-year-old woman has been arrested for displaying a placard in support of proscribed organisation, Palestine Action, contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000."
Read her sign again:
Read her sign again:
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“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
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NEW: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are asking the Labor Department for more information following my reporting that Labor is planning to test out a more centralized role in unemployment insurance claims.
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
Warren, Sanders push Labor on plans to create a centralized unemployment ‘starting point’
The senators worry that the planned intake of applicant data at the Labor Department will create "grievous economic and privacy risks for millions of Americans.”
www.nextgov.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are asking the Labor Department for more information following my reporting that Labor is planning to test out a more centralized role in unemployment insurance claims.
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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As I was writing this piece on how Rob and Michelle Reiner's deaths have been exploited by the most ghoulish excesses of the dead celebrity industrial complex, I saw that true crime "influencers" were gathering outside their home to film content.
gossipreadingclub.substack.com/p/rob-reiner...
gossipreadingclub.substack.com/p/rob-reiner...
Rob Reiner and the Dead Celebrity Industrial Complex
Why is the Media So Ghoulish in the Reporting of Dead Celebrities?
gossipreadingclub.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
As I was writing this piece on how Rob and Michelle Reiner's deaths have been exploited by the most ghoulish excesses of the dead celebrity industrial complex, I saw that true crime "influencers" were gathering outside their home to film content.
gossipreadingclub.substack.com/p/rob-reiner...
gossipreadingclub.substack.com/p/rob-reiner...
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Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
US House Subcommittee Advances 18 Child Online Safety Bills | TechPolicy.Press
Some members expressed "fury" at the tech industry for not doing more to protect children and teens.
www.techpolicy.press
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
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AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?
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Another angle: the powerful in our society have a vested interest in hiding suffering arising from social injustices.
The MH system can end up (unwittingly) hiding societal rage within the confines of the consulting room where it is too often neutralized, not mobilized.
Check out the whole 🧵👇
The MH system can end up (unwittingly) hiding societal rage within the confines of the consulting room where it is too often neutralized, not mobilized.
Check out the whole 🧵👇
2. Therapy has been, for some time now, evoked as a panacea for all social problems. From gun violence to misogyny while simultaneously:
3. It is largely taught as a model of individualism- the problems that occur in an individual’s life are an individual’s responsibility to address
3. It is largely taught as a model of individualism- the problems that occur in an individual’s life are an individual’s responsibility to address
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Another angle: the powerful in our society have a vested interest in hiding suffering arising from social injustices.
The MH system can end up (unwittingly) hiding societal rage within the confines of the consulting room where it is too often neutralized, not mobilized.
Check out the whole 🧵👇
The MH system can end up (unwittingly) hiding societal rage within the confines of the consulting room where it is too often neutralized, not mobilized.
Check out the whole 🧵👇
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I learned more internet safety from Neopets than my parents ever taught me.
The actual low stakes of having your fake internet money stolen if you fall for scams taught us to be suspicious of strangers online and careful about what we share. My parents, however, fall for AI scams.
The actual low stakes of having your fake internet money stolen if you fall for scams taught us to be suspicious of strangers online and careful about what we share. My parents, however, fall for AI scams.
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I learned more internet safety from Neopets than my parents ever taught me.
The actual low stakes of having your fake internet money stolen if you fall for scams taught us to be suspicious of strangers online and careful about what we share. My parents, however, fall for AI scams.
The actual low stakes of having your fake internet money stolen if you fall for scams taught us to be suspicious of strangers online and careful about what we share. My parents, however, fall for AI scams.
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Having learned nothing from the disastrous conservative makeover of Florida’s New College, the University of Texas is sacrificing prestige, rigor, and academic freedom on the altar of ideology.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Having learned nothing from the disastrous conservative makeover of Florida’s New College, the University of Texas is sacrificing prestige, rigor, and academic freedom on the altar of ideology.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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Your racism has nothing to do with your intention if you're a white American. Racism is the default mode your upbringing imprinted on you enforced constantly by society over your life. So don't think you have to have meant to be racist. Racism is systemic including in how you learned to think.
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Your racism has nothing to do with your intention if you're a white American. Racism is the default mode your upbringing imprinted on you enforced constantly by society over your life. So don't think you have to have meant to be racist. Racism is systemic including in how you learned to think.
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While these states have laws against discrimination, those laws are useless if they are not enforced, and it appears state AGs have completely abandoned transgender people even in blue states while institutions capitulate to Trump.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/suing-trum...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/suing-trum...
Suing Trump Isn't Enough: Blue State AGs Must Enforce State Laws Protecting Trans People
Private entities overcomplying with Trump executive orders and targeting transgender people must not be given free passes to do so by blue states.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
While these states have laws against discrimination, those laws are useless if they are not enforced, and it appears state AGs have completely abandoned transgender people even in blue states while institutions capitulate to Trump.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/suing-trum...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/suing-trum...
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I've reported on trans legislation and anti-trans actions in states across the United States for five years, including in blue states.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
NorCal’s largest hospital to end gender-affirming care for kids
Sutter is the latest clinic to bow to federal pressure and stop treatment, leaving Bay Area families in medical limbo.
sfstandard.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I've reported on trans legislation and anti-trans actions in states across the United States for five years, including in blue states.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
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Flash floods, strong winds and hail are likely to hit the enclave today, lasting until Friday evening.
Gaza braces for storm with hundreds of thousands in flimsy tents
Flash floods, strong winds and hail are likely to hit the enclave today, lasting until Friday evening.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Flash floods, strong winds and hail are likely to hit the enclave today, lasting until Friday evening.
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As rebels push into Uvira, soldiers flee towards neighbouring Burundi, alongside thousands of civilians.
DRC fighting forces 200,000 people to flee as M23 advances, dozens killed
As rebels push into Uvira, soldiers flee towards neighbouring Burundi, alongside thousands of civilians.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As rebels push into Uvira, soldiers flee towards neighbouring Burundi, alongside thousands of civilians.
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Death of 21-year-old raises alarm as rights groups document systematic torture in detention facilities.
Young Palestinian dies in Israeli custody, dozens taken in West Bank raids
Death of 21-year-old raises alarm as rights groups document systematic torture in detention facilities.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Death of 21-year-old raises alarm as rights groups document systematic torture in detention facilities.
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The fascists have been and continue to fund high school and college anti-abortion groups. They've been doing it for years. The progressives and liberals give money to Planned Parenthood which does not fund high school and college pro-abortion/reproductive justice groups.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The fascists have been and continue to fund high school and college anti-abortion groups. They've been doing it for years. The progressives and liberals give money to Planned Parenthood which does not fund high school and college pro-abortion/reproductive justice groups.
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The Supreme Court is signaling that it may hand more unchecked power over to Trump.
Allowing him to fire an FTC Commissioner would reverse 90 years of precedent and give the President the keys to currently non-partisan, independent agencies.
Still time to get it right. No Kings!
Allowing him to fire an FTC Commissioner would reverse 90 years of precedent and give the President the keys to currently non-partisan, independent agencies.
Still time to get it right. No Kings!
Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies
A ruling in favor of Trump’s position has been expected by legal experts because the justices have been chipping away at a precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Supreme Court is signaling that it may hand more unchecked power over to Trump.
Allowing him to fire an FTC Commissioner would reverse 90 years of precedent and give the President the keys to currently non-partisan, independent agencies.
Still time to get it right. No Kings!
Allowing him to fire an FTC Commissioner would reverse 90 years of precedent and give the President the keys to currently non-partisan, independent agencies.
Still time to get it right. No Kings!
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Good. Zelensky is rejecting "Trump's" peace plan that was written in Russia and given to Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not give up territory, not to hasten peace talks, not to satisfy Washington and not under pressure from Moscow.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Good. Zelensky is rejecting "Trump's" peace plan that was written in Russia and given to Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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A federal appeals court this month upheld Habba's 'disqualification' as US attorney, despite Trump's attacks on judges.
Acting US Attorney Alina Habba resigns New Jersey post amid controversy
A federal appeals court this month upheld Habba's 'disqualification' as US attorney, despite Trump's attacks on judges.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A federal appeals court this month upheld Habba's 'disqualification' as US attorney, despite Trump's attacks on judges.
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Rhetoric like this dehumanizes the relationship between nursing mothers and their babies and positions women as mere producers of a commodity. It’s disturbing at a visceral level for that reason, among the many others already articulated.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Rhetoric like this dehumanizes the relationship between nursing mothers and their babies and positions women as mere producers of a commodity. It’s disturbing at a visceral level for that reason, among the many others already articulated.
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Thailand launches air attacks along disputed border with Cambodia as each accuses the other of violating ceasefire.
Tens of thousands flee Thai-Cambodian border as clashes renew
Thailand launches air attacks along disputed border with Cambodia as each accuses the other of violating ceasefire.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thailand launches air attacks along disputed border with Cambodia as each accuses the other of violating ceasefire.