Karl🇬🇧
@karlr.bsky.social
Twitter exile, have many interests and keen to learn from others
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Labour can extend this beyond X and start going after Reform politicians making money from the site. "Will Farage give back the money he made from this sex offender site?" Etc...
Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
January 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Labour can extend this beyond X and start going after Reform politicians making money from the site. "Will Farage give back the money he made from this sex offender site?" Etc...
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Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
January 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
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Seven Select Committee Chairs have written jointly to the Prime Minister calling for an explicit ban on cryptocurrency donations in the forthcoming Elections Bill.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Seven Select Committee Chairs have written jointly to the Prime Minister calling for an explicit ban on cryptocurrency donations in the forthcoming Elections Bill.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
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This is essential: a democracy *must* know who is paying its politicians and where that money is coming from.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
Seven Select Committee Chairs have written jointly to the Prime Minister calling for an explicit ban on cryptocurrency donations in the forthcoming Elections Bill.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
This is not an argument about digital assets. It is an argument about democratic integrity.
January 12, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This is essential: a democracy *must* know who is paying its politicians and where that money is coming from.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible.
The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state.
Awesome!😂
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Awesome!😂
I don’t whether this is coincidental or by design to trigger. Extraordinary messaging, its like saying we are not hiding about who we really are…
Hundreds of thousands of Americans died to stop “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer"
80 years on, with Musk and Bannon saluting it, the enemy is truly within
80 years on, with Musk and Bannon saluting it, the enemy is truly within
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I don’t whether this is coincidental or by design to trigger. Extraordinary messaging, its like saying we are not hiding about who we really are…
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January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Guy Venables in The Metro
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Guy Venables in The Metro
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Wonder why the illegal sex abuse image factory and racist promotion service owned by the world vilest man has such a poor reputation? It really is a mystery.
Views of Twitter/X in Britain
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Wonder why the illegal sex abuse image factory and racist promotion service owned by the world vilest man has such a poor reputation? It really is a mystery.
Yes they will talk positively but there’s not going to be any capital invested in Venezuela oil infrastructure. The ROI would be decades.
Breaking news: The head of the biggest US oil company said he was ready to put a technical team on the ground within weeks, but he shied away from the president’s call for companies to commit to investments in the country 'today'. ft.trib.al/ygAV0lY
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Yes they will talk positively but there’s not going to be any capital invested in Venezuela oil infrastructure. The ROI would be decades.
Ah yes the society’s ethics policy is useless.
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president ft.trib.al/tC0vaAa
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president
Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows
ft.trib.al
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Ah yes the society’s ethics policy is useless.
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Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president ft.trib.al/tC0vaAa
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president
Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows
ft.trib.al
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president ft.trib.al/tC0vaAa
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⬇️ They are absolutely being trained to do this, and then to claim that they are being threatened and therefore justified in using deadly force. This is almost certainly coming down from Stephen Miller
Something that needs to be elevated is that ICE agents have been instructed to threaten and illegally detain legal observers. It's a criminal conspiracy to deprive Americans of their 1st & 4th amendment rights.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
⬇️ They are absolutely being trained to do this, and then to claim that they are being threatened and therefore justified in using deadly force. This is almost certainly coming down from Stephen Miller
Great leadership supporting the society’s ethics policy.
Paul Nurse: Royal Society has ‘influence’ but ‘almost no power’.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Paul Nurse: Royal Society has ‘influence’ but ‘almost no power’ - Research Professional News
UKRI leadership “has power but is all bogged down”, says Royal Society president
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Great leadership supporting the society’s ethics policy.
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Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery 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 7:53 AM
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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This has got to be done - it mustn’t just be threats anymore- restricting Grok to paying customers is wholly inadequate and will still not protect women and children who use X from having their images manipulated and disseminated
The government has urged the regulator Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X over concerns about unlawful AI images created on the site
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ofcom urged to use 'banning' powers over X AI deepfakes
It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:58 AM
This has got to be done - it mustn’t just be threats anymore- restricting Grok to paying customers is wholly inadequate and will still not protect women and children who use X from having their images manipulated and disseminated
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So now you can only make sexualised deepfakes if X is making money out of it?
Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
So now you can only make sexualised deepfakes if X is making money out of it?
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If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
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With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their contest, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.
Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere
With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their contest, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their contest, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.
That’s great, I guess it will do the hoovering, clean the bathroom, cook dinner, make breakfast, packed lunches……
Artificial intelligence will help millions of people in ways that do not appear in traditional economic statistics, says OpenAI’s chief economist ft.trib.al/toxh1Gq
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
That’s great, I guess it will do the hoovering, clean the bathroom, cook dinner, make breakfast, packed lunches……
And you wonder why the oil was nationalised in the first place…
US seeks to control sales of Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’ ft.trib.al/pFPnNrH
US seeks to control sales of Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’
Crude revenues to be funnelled to American banks as Washington lifts some sanctions on Caracas
ft.trib.al
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
And you wonder why the oil was nationalised in the first place…