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Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com
He’s always been this way.
He’s always been this way.
Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.
gizmodo.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com
He’s always been this way.
He’s always been this way.
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ICE also said she had been harassing them for hours; she was shot at 0930 having dropped her son at elementary school by 0900 latest
ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
ICE also said she had been harassing them for hours; she was shot at 0930 having dropped her son at elementary school by 0900 latest
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So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
January 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
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It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
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She is aggressively trying to turn the wheel AWAY from the ICE agent. It is her very last action. They provoke her, surround her, then kill her in cold blood. I have barely slept since this happened and I don't think I'll ever stop being angry about this.
i have watched the shooter's video. it's going to make you way the fuck madder.
I have watched the video. I think you probably do not need to watch the video. it shows what you think it's gonna show in terms of lack of justification.
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
She is aggressively trying to turn the wheel AWAY from the ICE agent. It is her very last action. They provoke her, surround her, then kill her in cold blood. I have barely slept since this happened and I don't think I'll ever stop being angry about this.
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Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."
China:
China:
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."
China:
China:
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American policing did not begin as a neutral institution that somehow went wrong later. It began exactly where it still operates. Enforcing hierarchy, protecting white power, and using violence with permission.
👇🏼 please read, share, and subscribe and FUCK ICE!
👇🏼 please read, share, and subscribe and FUCK ICE!
From Slave Catchers to ICE
American policing was built to enforce hierarchy, protect white power, and operate without consequence.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
American policing did not begin as a neutral institution that somehow went wrong later. It began exactly where it still operates. Enforcing hierarchy, protecting white power, and using violence with permission.
👇🏼 please read, share, and subscribe and FUCK ICE!
👇🏼 please read, share, and subscribe and FUCK ICE!
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I just tested this and it's still possible to make the same edits, so they've not disabled it, just hidden from plain sight. I should note the base imagery was AI generated, not photos of real people.
maybe i'm being dense but seems like you can still create abusive or exploitative sexual content via Grok, but you have to pay for the privilege? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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 8:35 AM
I just tested this and it's still possible to make the same edits, so they've not disabled it, just hidden from plain sight. I should note the base imagery was AI generated, not photos of real people.
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The impact of Anders Breivik and his manifesto is underestimated by nearly everyone
Except the fascists, they understand Breivik's importance all too well
Except the fascists, they understand Breivik's importance all too well
It says a lot that This lady was cited in the manifesto of Anders Breivik and she is still invited to be on TV over 15 years later
Everyone involved knows Mel is a virulently racist fascist lunatic with horrendous views on the use of massive, murderous violence against civilians. But there she still is on Sky News, because her crackpottery is well within acceptable opinion, for our political/media class.
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The impact of Anders Breivik and his manifesto is underestimated by nearly everyone
Except the fascists, they understand Breivik's importance all too well
Except the fascists, they understand Breivik's importance all too well
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It's one of dozens I got printed over a few very grim years I spent in an office job in London. You can read almost all of them here.
bsky.app/profile/seam...
bsky.app/profile/seam...
Over a period of four years or so, I got about twenty letters printed in the Metro, mostly in their Rush Hour Crush section - a missed connection page where commuters reach out to fellow passengers they fancy. This was the first one I ever got published, and it remains a fond favourite.
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It's one of dozens I got printed over a few very grim years I spent in an office job in London. You can read almost all of them here.
bsky.app/profile/seam...
bsky.app/profile/seam...
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Seven years today since I got a personal favourite letter published in the Metro.
October 17, 2023 at 8:42 AM
Seven years today since I got a personal favourite letter published in the Metro.
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Sadly it is official, my current employment contract finishes at the end of March. It has been a fantastic three years at Migrant Voice. If you, or someone you know, knows of job opportunities for an experienced policy, advocacy and comms person, across multiple sectors, please do let me know.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Sadly it is official, my current employment contract finishes at the end of March. It has been a fantastic three years at Migrant Voice. If you, or someone you know, knows of job opportunities for an experienced policy, advocacy and comms person, across multiple sectors, please do let me know.
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This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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As usual @sandraduffy.bsky.social is absolutely right.
The UK state in Northern Ireland has quite the documented record of killing and torturing.
See also: UK war crimes and similar in Kenya, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
The UK state in Northern Ireland has quite the documented record of killing and torturing.
See also: UK war crimes and similar in Kenya, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
People living in UK - especially GB - should not be thinking 'at least we're not as bad as America,' when Northern Ireland exists and civilians were being shot by state forces there for decades, and recent governments have given those forces amnesty. @grantsana.bsky.social leading bsky voice here.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM
As usual @sandraduffy.bsky.social is absolutely right.
The UK state in Northern Ireland has quite the documented record of killing and torturing.
See also: UK war crimes and similar in Kenya, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
The UK state in Northern Ireland has quite the documented record of killing and torturing.
See also: UK war crimes and similar in Kenya, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
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The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
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The man who stole money from a charity intended for children with cancer will now be entrusted with around $2.5bn in proceeds from the sale of stolen oil.
Trump: “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President”
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The man who stole money from a charity intended for children with cancer will now be entrusted with around $2.5bn in proceeds from the sale of stolen oil.
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
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The president against remote work has been at his house in Florida for 3 weeks.
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The president against remote work has been at his house in Florida for 3 weeks.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry: “The US move is in clear violation of international law, basic norms in international relations, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
“China calls on the US to…stop toppling the government of Venezuela and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation.”
“China calls on the US to…stop toppling the government of Venezuela and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation.”
January 5, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Chinese Foreign Ministry: “The US move is in clear violation of international law, basic norms in international relations, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
“China calls on the US to…stop toppling the government of Venezuela and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation.”
“China calls on the US to…stop toppling the government of Venezuela and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation.”