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Regrettably, I have been writing about explicit deepfakes on and off for the last half decade, and public nature, openness and scale of what is happening on X with Grok is off the charts.
At the same time, Grok is claiming a surge in app downloads in multiple countries around the world
At the same time, Grok is claiming a surge in app downloads in multiple countries around the world
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Regrettably, I have been writing about explicit deepfakes on and off for the last half decade, and public nature, openness and scale of what is happening on X with Grok is off the charts.
At the same time, Grok is claiming a surge in app downloads in multiple countries around the world
At the same time, Grok is claiming a surge in app downloads in multiple countries around the world
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This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
seriously alarming.
Precedents like this render him immune from future gov’t shutdowns. He doesn’t need the legislature’s funds if he can create massive slush funds for himself by looting foreign nations and extorting US companies. He’s achieving escape velocity from our system & Congress is just watching.
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 1:12 AM
seriously alarming.
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Precedents like this render him immune from future gov’t shutdowns. He doesn’t need the legislature’s funds if he can create massive slush funds for himself by looting foreign nations and extorting US companies. He’s achieving escape velocity from our system & Congress is just watching.
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 12:41 AM
Precedents like this render him immune from future gov’t shutdowns. He doesn’t need the legislature’s funds if he can create massive slush funds for himself by looting foreign nations and extorting US companies. He’s achieving escape velocity from our system & Congress is just watching.
yes and.. shut it down till... what specific conditions?
If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
yes and.. shut it down till... what specific conditions?
casual whitewashing. gross.
As you can see in this video, not only is Grok doing formal business partnerships with other major technology companies, some of the tech journalists covering it are incredibly not mentioning that Grok is currently a massive, unchecked sexual abuse system that includes children as victims
Razer unveiled its AI concepts at CES 2026, which include an anime hologram that can speak to you, and headphones with built-in cameras.
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
casual whitewashing. gross.
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Trump said today:
"MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too."
If your toddler spoke to you like this, you'd be concerned.
Most powerful man in the world, ladies and gents. Still hard to believe, I know.
"MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too."
If your toddler spoke to you like this, you'd be concerned.
Most powerful man in the world, ladies and gents. Still hard to believe, I know.
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Trump said today:
"MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too."
If your toddler spoke to you like this, you'd be concerned.
Most powerful man in the world, ladies and gents. Still hard to believe, I know.
"MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too."
If your toddler spoke to you like this, you'd be concerned.
Most powerful man in the world, ladies and gents. Still hard to believe, I know.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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We are looking more like Russia, every day.
If you bend the knee it will get worse, even. We can't.
If you bend the knee it will get worse, even. We can't.
January 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
We are looking more like Russia, every day.
If you bend the knee it will get worse, even. We can't.
If you bend the knee it will get worse, even. We can't.
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When is the best time to remove a leader who is prone to conspiracy theories and racial scapegoating and who has toppled one country and is threatening to invade others? If only history were clearer
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
When is the best time to remove a leader who is prone to conspiracy theories and racial scapegoating and who has toppled one country and is threatening to invade others? If only history were clearer
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Look, everyone. This is the freedom we want to export to Venezuela.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Look, everyone. This is the freedom we want to export to Venezuela.
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Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXNO...
Trump Wants A Forever War With Venezuela. I Want To Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXNO...
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Any time Trump does something violent and/or stupid and blames the victim for his actions, I think of this essay by Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
She explains well the motivations of the perennial perpetrator.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
She explains well the motivations of the perennial perpetrator.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Any time Trump does something violent and/or stupid and blames the victim for his actions, I think of this essay by Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
She explains well the motivations of the perennial perpetrator.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
She explains well the motivations of the perennial perpetrator.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
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And another from the Rocky Mountain Institute last year. We've had this conversation so many times.
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
And another from the Rocky Mountain Institute last year. We've had this conversation so many times.
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Here's a nice answer from FIVE YEARS AGO.
January 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Here's a nice answer from FIVE YEARS AGO.
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Outstanding piece from @billmckibben.bsky.social today that gives hope that we have the technology and the means to stop fighting over oil.
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possibly-its-the-oil
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possibly-its-the-oil
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Outstanding piece from @billmckibben.bsky.social today that gives hope that we have the technology and the means to stop fighting over oil.
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possibly-its-the-oil
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possibly-its-the-oil
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Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
yes, thank you for pointing that out. if media assumed the owner of the company was responsible, what would that headline look like? Has any media done this?
Love to see Grok being talked about in this article like they’re a) a person and b) responsible for producing and sharing CSAM + white supremacist conspiracy theories
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
yes, thank you for pointing that out. if media assumed the owner of the company was responsible, what would that headline look like? Has any media done this?
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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This AFTER remains of a 30 ft boat washed ashore, with burned bodies inside & packages (small) of what residue tests establish was nothing more than Marijuana; which is legal for recreational use in several states. It's just murder.
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...
US military strikes 5 more alleged drug boats, killing 8 and possibly leaving survivors
The U.S. military says it has struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days. The attacks killed a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
apnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This AFTER remains of a 30 ft boat washed ashore, with burned bodies inside & packages (small) of what residue tests establish was nothing more than Marijuana; which is legal for recreational use in several states. It's just murder.
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...
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Big protests going in Iran, and the state is trying to put them down with force, already killing 3.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.
At least 3 reported killed during widening protests in Iran sparked by ailing economy
Protests over Iran's struggling economy have spread into rural areas, with at least three people killed.
apnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Big protests going in Iran, and the state is trying to put them down with force, already killing 3.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.
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THE U.S. HAS KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN BOAT STRIKES. WE’RE TRACKING THEM ALL.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We're Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
THE U.S. HAS KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN BOAT STRIKES. WE’RE TRACKING THEM ALL.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
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“Around 6 am CT on Monday, December 29, 2025, two immigrant parents with legal work authorization and who have diligently followed citizenship processes were detained by ICE in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.”
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December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“Around 6 am CT on Monday, December 29, 2025, two immigrant parents with legal work authorization and who have diligently followed citizenship processes were detained by ICE in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.”