Ed
@edmoriarty.bsky.social
F*ck Trumpism and its enthusiasts.
Was @EdwardM26438068 back in Doucheville (X). Matty656.
Was @EdwardM26438068 back in Doucheville (X). Matty656.
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I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
spitfirenews.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
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News is not a “daily conversation.”
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
News is not a “daily conversation.”
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
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I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
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Elon Musk's vanity AI admitted to generating child sexual abuse imagery and it won't get as much attention from the New York Times as whatever panic about trans people they're trying to incite this week
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Elon Musk's vanity AI admitted to generating child sexual abuse imagery and it won't get as much attention from the New York Times as whatever panic about trans people they're trying to incite this week
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Bari 100% wrote this because it is meaningless drivel that reads like molasses.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Bari 100% wrote this because it is meaningless drivel that reads like molasses.
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"Half the harm that is done in this world
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
January 1, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"Half the harm that is done in this world
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
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Trump wants arrests, detention, and pressure tactics that force people to give up their cases. The result is more chaos, more delay, and a court system that’s being deliberately broken.
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Trump wants arrests, detention, and pressure tactics that force people to give up their cases. The result is more chaos, more delay, and a court system that’s being deliberately broken.
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This is such an empty-brain statement from CBS. The government murdering people on boats and sending people to CECOT are contrary to the rule of law, so what’s their point?
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
This is such an empty-brain statement from CBS. The government murdering people on boats and sending people to CECOT are contrary to the rule of law, so what’s their point?
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At 3 a.m., immediately following a post claiming he aced his cognitive test, Senile Satan is now threatening a war with Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
At 3 a.m., immediately following a post claiming he aced his cognitive test, Senile Satan is now threatening a war with Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Thomas Paine rejected the authoritarian ruler of his day as “nothing better than the principal ruffian of some restless gang, whose savage manners or pre-eminence in subtlety obtained him the title of chief among plunderers.”
No King in 1776
No King in 2026.
No King in 1776
No King in 2026.
Make 2026 the Year of Thomas Paine
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, remember the founder who rallied the people against British and American oligarchs.
www.thenation.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Thomas Paine rejected the authoritarian ruler of his day as “nothing better than the principal ruffian of some restless gang, whose savage manners or pre-eminence in subtlety obtained him the title of chief among plunderers.”
No King in 1776
No King in 2026.
No King in 1776
No King in 2026.
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Best Twitter riposte of the day. And Washington met his payroll for the Continental Army with money furnished by the Spanish Crown, too.
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Best Twitter riposte of the day. And Washington met his payroll for the Continental Army with money furnished by the Spanish Crown, too.
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This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
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Starting the 2026 work year off in a world of Paine. I’m preparing for an exciting @bfworld.bsky.social live recording with @theitps.bsky.social in Lewes next Saturday, the 250th anniversary of the publication of Common Sense.
January 2, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Starting the 2026 work year off in a world of Paine. I’m preparing for an exciting @bfworld.bsky.social live recording with @theitps.bsky.social in Lewes next Saturday, the 250th anniversary of the publication of Common Sense.
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This is part of why the theory that Miller etc show him ai videos and he thinks it’s real seems very plausible
Trump says Barron has an “unbelievable aptitude in technology” because he can… turn on his laptop 😬🤷🏼
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This is part of why the theory that Miller etc show him ai videos and he thinks it’s real seems very plausible
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Rob Dannenberg, former CIA head of Moscow Station: "Putin looks at Trump and sees a weak guy, vain, with huge ego…. He's being manipulated in the way that a good case officer like Putin would manipulate this guy. He's not monogamous, he's greedy, he's fascinated by gold —
I was CIA's top agent in Moscow - Putin has trained to manipulate men like Trump
Rob Dannenberg was the US spy chief in Russia early in Vladimir Putin's rule - and believes he understands the dictator better than most
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Rob Dannenberg, former CIA head of Moscow Station: "Putin looks at Trump and sees a weak guy, vain, with huge ego…. He's being manipulated in the way that a good case officer like Putin would manipulate this guy. He's not monogamous, he's greedy, he's fascinated by gold —
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The U.S. will almost certainly lose its measles elimination status within a few more weeks, making the disease officially labeled as endemic within the U.S. for the first time in a quarter century.
Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25 Years
After a quarter century where measles was considered eliminated in the U.S., 2025's continuous outbreaks have us back at ground zero.
www.jezebel.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The U.S. will almost certainly lose its measles elimination status within a few more weeks, making the disease officially labeled as endemic within the U.S. for the first time in a quarter century.
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if you still use Twitter please understand that you are enabling and supporting this.
It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.
It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.
For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
if you still use Twitter please understand that you are enabling and supporting this.
It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.
It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.
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Yeah, you wouldn’t expect this from the FIFA Peace Prize winner, would you?
U.S. president who promised to end foreign wars has bombed seven countries (Venezuela, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia) since taking office last year, and authorised strikes on 30 small boats in the Caribbean.
Sleepless Trump, 79, Threatens New War in 3AM Rage Post
The president, who has been lobbying for a Nobel Peace Prize, warned a foreign adversary that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Yeah, you wouldn’t expect this from the FIFA Peace Prize winner, would you?
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GET THIS MIRACLE TECH that does what teachers were already able to do! HURRY BEFORE WE RUN OUT
"Some U.S. tech leaders say A.I. chatbots — which can generate humanlike emails, create class quizzes, analyze data and produce computer code — can be a boon for learning."
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
"Some U.S. tech leaders say A.I. chatbots — which can generate humanlike emails, create class quizzes, analyze data and produce computer code — can be a boon for learning."
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Tech Giants Are Racing to Embed A.I. in Schools Around the Globe
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
GET THIS MIRACLE TECH that does what teachers were already able to do! HURRY BEFORE WE RUN OUT
"Some U.S. tech leaders say A.I. chatbots — which can generate humanlike emails, create class quizzes, analyze data and produce computer code — can be a boon for learning."
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
"Some U.S. tech leaders say A.I. chatbots — which can generate humanlike emails, create class quizzes, analyze data and produce computer code — can be a boon for learning."
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
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The funny thing about people/entities that openly twist with the wind is that they end up, in due course, alienating everybody
I feel in my bones that the wave has started to crash back in and Certain People/Companies who thought they were safe to abandon everyone they’d been pretending to care about will suddenly realize that those people have money/power and I, for one, will be holding a grudge until the end of time 💜
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The funny thing about people/entities that openly twist with the wind is that they end up, in due course, alienating everybody
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Crime is down, and the city is as safe as it has ever been. The city’s economy has defied predictions of doom and staged a strong recovery. And the major policy experiment of 2025, the congestion charge on vehicles entering lower Manhattan, has been a huge success.
Notes on New York
The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but …
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Crime is down, and the city is as safe as it has ever been. The city’s economy has defied predictions of doom and staged a strong recovery. And the major policy experiment of 2025, the congestion charge on vehicles entering lower Manhattan, has been a huge success.
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Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Pope Leo vs. the Empire of Lies: The Long Game to Defeat Trumpism
He’s already rebuked immigration crackdowns and blasted the “logic of exclusion” fueling rising nationalism. Now, as the youngest pope in 35 years, Leo is poised to help defeat Trumpism for good.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of relativism once and for all.
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Seriously, every word of this @sifill.bsky.social piece is the analysis and inspiration we all need as we start 2026.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
The Year America Broke Open
It would be silly to pretend that 2025 was not among the most challenging years this country has faced in modern times.
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Seriously, every word of this @sifill.bsky.social piece is the analysis and inspiration we all need as we start 2026.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...