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January 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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We have finally reached the Ultimate Absurdity Singularity where white people are accusing Native Americans of being immigrants.
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
We have finally reached the Ultimate Absurdity Singularity where white people are accusing Native Americans of being immigrants.
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Appalling! Deadly for who!!!
Interesting too about what it reveals re attitudes to women and violence. Women aren’t supposed to respond to threats from men, they’re not supposed to get angry back, or shout. But they do because it’s human! This is something that’s come up a lot in reporting on DV.
Interesting too about what it reveals re attitudes to women and violence. Women aren’t supposed to respond to threats from men, they’re not supposed to get angry back, or shout. But they do because it’s human! This is something that’s come up a lot in reporting on DV.
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Appalling! Deadly for who!!!
Interesting too about what it reveals re attitudes to women and violence. Women aren’t supposed to respond to threats from men, they’re not supposed to get angry back, or shout. But they do because it’s human! This is something that’s come up a lot in reporting on DV.
Interesting too about what it reveals re attitudes to women and violence. Women aren’t supposed to respond to threats from men, they’re not supposed to get angry back, or shout. But they do because it’s human! This is something that’s come up a lot in reporting on DV.
I wonder what would happen if the government constantly says immigration is a problem and we need to create a morally repugnant Kafala style system to control it 🤔
January 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I wonder what would happen if the government constantly says immigration is a problem and we need to create a morally repugnant Kafala style system to control it 🤔
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When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
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I've been testing Grok vs. ChatGPT and how they compare when generating deepfakes.
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
January 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I've been testing Grok vs. ChatGPT and how they compare when generating deepfakes.
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
I will never forgive Starmer and McSweeny for what they are doing to my home country. The SNP are tired and corrupt and doing damage to the fabric of the country. There was a real chance to get them out of power and they have pissed it up the wall. They only had to govern instead of chasing Reform
The battle for Scotland’s future
Will the United Kingdom survive the May elections?
By Chris Deerin
Will the United Kingdom survive the May elections?
By Chris Deerin
The battle for Scotland's future
Will the United Kingdom survive the May elections?
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I will never forgive Starmer and McSweeny for what they are doing to my home country. The SNP are tired and corrupt and doing damage to the fabric of the country. There was a real chance to get them out of power and they have pissed it up the wall. They only had to govern instead of chasing Reform
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The DG of the BBC said this week that it remains on X because it has to reach a worldwide audience.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The DG of the BBC said this week that it remains on X because it has to reach a worldwide audience.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
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X is paying Reform UK MPs while its AI produces sexually explicit images of children and women, the public deserves answers.
Will they return the money they’ve earned from the platform? 1/6
Will they return the money they’ve earned from the platform? 1/6
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
X is paying Reform UK MPs while its AI produces sexually explicit images of children and women, the public deserves answers.
Will they return the money they’ve earned from the platform? 1/6
Will they return the money they’ve earned from the platform? 1/6
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/4 I got a NG because the prosecution thought everyone would see the video the way they did, and didn’t think too hard “well does the video actually show the crime, or just show mayhem in general?” They focused on the optics over the elements.
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
/4 I got a NG because the prosecution thought everyone would see the video the way they did, and didn’t think too hard “well does the video actually show the crime, or just show mayhem in general?” They focused on the optics over the elements.
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very disappointing.
There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it!
see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.
There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it!
see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
very disappointing.
There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it!
see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.
There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it!
see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.
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Firstly because it will get cheaper, as drugs do. Secondly because something else that costs money is: literally all the medical consequences of obesity in later life.
January 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Firstly because it will get cheaper, as drugs do. Secondly because something else that costs money is: literally all the medical consequences of obesity in later life.
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If a human was being paid to create this material, we’d rightly throw the book at them. So why should X get a free pass?
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
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.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 AM
If a human was being paid to create this material, we’d rightly throw the book at them. So why should X get a free pass?
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
This is very good (£)
www.thetimes.com/article/5c7b...
www.thetimes.com/article/5c7b...
What happened in Minneapolis? How ICE shooting unfolded
Renee Nicole Good was killed when an agent opened fire. Moment by moment, we recount the incident in maps and video
www.thetimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This is very good (£)
www.thetimes.com/article/5c7b...
www.thetimes.com/article/5c7b...
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Fifty million Brits had a Covid vaccine.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
January 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Fifty million Brits had a Covid vaccine.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
The speed at which they were developed is one of the success stories of the last 25 years.
Farage took to the airwaves today to say they were not real vaccines.
This might be a popular view in the MAGA movement, but it's not where the British public is.
Excellent piece but OMG the comments
It's the media equivalent of Paul Ovenden going 'it was ridiculous that the diplomatic service was spending so much time trying to get a British citizen out of an authoritarian prison'....what do these people think the business of the state is about?
Threatening to strip someone of their citizenship is no joke
That this Labour government seems to find Alaa Abdel Fattah’s predicament a laughing matter is unconscionable
www.ft.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Excellent piece but OMG the comments
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willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'
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 4:10 PM
willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
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Genuinely believe Miller’s end goal is not American strength or prosperity but literal worldwide white supremacy, where billions of nonwhite people suffer (it is very important they suffer) under the boot of the white man. Which explains his zeal for a new colonialism: he thinks that’s how you do it
January 6, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Genuinely believe Miller’s end goal is not American strength or prosperity but literal worldwide white supremacy, where billions of nonwhite people suffer (it is very important they suffer) under the boot of the white man. Which explains his zeal for a new colonialism: he thinks that’s how you do it
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“Farage riots dealt with”. Race relations are worse now and we’ve had the largest far right march in our history since then.
January 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
“Farage riots dealt with”. Race relations are worse now and we’ve had the largest far right march in our history since then.
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This government published a strategy on violence against women - but can't criticise a site undressing women as abuse & harassment
It intends its opposition to racism to be central to its re-election pitch, but seems to have a merely rhetorical stance of anti-racism
bsky.app/profile/sund...
It intends its opposition to racism to be central to its re-election pitch, but seems to have a merely rhetorical stance of anti-racism
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Have we entered a racism timewarp?
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
‘Social media ignores return of racial hate’
Expert slams online platforms for letting trolls get away scot-free
www.easterneye.biz
January 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This government published a strategy on violence against women - but can't criticise a site undressing women as abuse & harassment
It intends its opposition to racism to be central to its re-election pitch, but seems to have a merely rhetorical stance of anti-racism
bsky.app/profile/sund...
It intends its opposition to racism to be central to its re-election pitch, but seems to have a merely rhetorical stance of anti-racism
bsky.app/profile/sund...
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It is particularly concerning that you have the Department for Education uploading videos of children to a site used to generate CSAM. I wonder if the parents of those children have given their consent. I wonder if the government accepts liability for anything that might ensue.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It is particularly concerning that you have the Department for Education uploading videos of children to a site used to generate CSAM. I wonder if the parents of those children have given their consent. I wonder if the government accepts liability for anything that might ensue.
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Apropos of absolutely nothing. Here's a collection of Harriet Tyce's books in a delightful little bundle.
Anyway, I'm off to watch The Traitors.
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
Anyway, I'm off to watch The Traitors.
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
January 1, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Apropos of absolutely nothing. Here's a collection of Harriet Tyce's books in a delightful little bundle.
Anyway, I'm off to watch The Traitors.
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
Anyway, I'm off to watch The Traitors.
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...