Marianne O'Connor
@mfoconnor.bsky.social
Progressive. Also follow me at @indivisiblemetrod.bsky.social
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"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
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
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.
It comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
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The richest man in the world is now charging users to make child porn, thereby enriching himself with child porn.
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The richest man in the world is now charging users to make child porn, thereby enriching himself with child porn.
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This Minneapolis ICE shooting video has become a political Rorschach test: Some people see a peaceful protester getting murdered, and other people are fascists
January 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This Minneapolis ICE shooting video has become a political Rorschach test: Some people see a peaceful protester getting murdered, and other people are fascists
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Ice Out For Good DETROIT · Indivisible
Wednesday, January 7th, Renee Good, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violen...
www.mobilize.us
January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Where the hell are America’s leaders?
Where the hell are America’s leaders?
Too many people with formal authority are intimidated by Trump or sucking up to him. That leaves you and me and everyone else without official power to resist his tyranny.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Where the hell are America’s leaders?
Farewell 2025. . . And Good Riddance. From Neal Gabler.
The pain of 2025 and a bit of hope for the future.
The pain of 2025 and a bit of hope for the future.
Farewell 2025. . . And Good Riddance
And so it slides into history, this annus horribilis, this year of agony and torment and discontent, this year when a crackpot stole our liberty, our democracy, our common sense, and our decency, a ye...
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Farewell 2025. . . And Good Riddance. From Neal Gabler.
The pain of 2025 and a bit of hope for the future.
The pain of 2025 and a bit of hope for the future.
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That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
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The U.S. has become pre-1990s South Africa. Or re-emerged as Fugitive Slave Act era America.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The U.S. has become pre-1990s South Africa. Or re-emerged as Fugitive Slave Act era America.
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And Trump will demand it be called the Trump ID. By then, maybe his picture will also be on our money. Anything to keep his broken brain happy and otherwise engaged while the billionaire oil and tech oligarchs, white Christian nationalist fanatics and straight up grifters loot the country bone dry.
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And Trump will demand it be called the Trump ID. By then, maybe his picture will also be on our money. Anything to keep his broken brain happy and otherwise engaged while the billionaire oil and tech oligarchs, white Christian nationalist fanatics and straight up grifters loot the country bone dry.
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You’re missing the part where they inevitably enact national ID & universal biometric identification. The very things conservatives once claimed would be unacceptable tyranny or even the mark of the Beast, but which they will blindly accept as legitimate because Trump, their god and king, says so.
Native-born American citizens don't have "immigration documents". And there's no requirement for naturalized citizens to carry their paperwork, either. And only about half of US citizens have a passport.
This is just fascism.
This is just fascism.
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You’re missing the part where they inevitably enact national ID & universal biometric identification. The very things conservatives once claimed would be unacceptable tyranny or even the mark of the Beast, but which they will blindly accept as legitimate because Trump, their god and king, says so.
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Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.
December 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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We’re organizing to turn the societal pillars that uphold Trump’s power into unyielding opponents of his regime: indivisible.org/campaign/courage-collectives?source=bluesky
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We’re organizing to turn the societal pillars that uphold Trump’s power into unyielding opponents of his regime: indivisible.org/campaign/courage-collectives?source=bluesky
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Protest at the Apple Store for removing the ICEBlock app and being complicit with fascism. BOYCOTT AND PROTEST COOK AND APPLE!
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Protest at the Apple Store for removing the ICEBlock app and being complicit with fascism. BOYCOTT AND PROTEST COOK AND APPLE!
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Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.
December 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the country is now at risk of losing its disease-elimination status. Infectious disease experts say this is directly tied to Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. Are we great yet?
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the country is now at risk of losing its disease-elimination status. Infectious disease experts say this is directly tied to Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. Are we great yet?
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Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
Here's One Good Answer
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
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Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.
Joe McCarthy's Posthumous Victory (Courtesy of Donald Trump)
(great article)
(great article)
Joe McCarthy's Posthumous Victory (Courtesy of Donald Trump)
According to George Santayana’s famous dictum, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Joe McCarthy's Posthumous Victory (Courtesy of Donald Trump)
(great article)
(great article)
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This Black Friday weekend we are going to send a message to corporations that enable Trump and the MAGA agenda: #WeAintBuyingIt
😠 Are you sick of corporations enabling this administration by ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chasing tax breaks?
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
app.sosha.ai
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This Black Friday weekend we are going to send a message to corporations that enable Trump and the MAGA agenda: #WeAintBuyingIt