Palendromedary
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And apart from anything, is there not a huge duty of care issue here for the govt re Grok. If you’re telling the public they can get their comms on X, you’re essentially sending them there? And that puts them at risk of unwillingly viewing SAM and, for female users, being the subject of it?
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 12:00 PM
And apart from anything, is there not a huge duty of care issue here for the govt re Grok. If you’re telling the public they can get their comms on X, you’re essentially sending them there? And that puts them at risk of unwillingly viewing SAM and, for female users, being the subject of it?
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Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
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Creature Commish from way down deep.
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Creature Commish from way down deep.
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Anyway, where the fuck are the rest of the Epstein files?
Because I’m pretty certain they aren’t in Venezuela.
Because I’m pretty certain they aren’t in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Anyway, where the fuck are the rest of the Epstein files?
Because I’m pretty certain they aren’t in Venezuela.
Because I’m pretty certain they aren’t in Venezuela.
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Well, if you can't get Le Penn on board with this, you might have problems.
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Well, if you can't get Le Penn on board with this, you might have problems.
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Also, can European government social media PR PLEASE LEAVE X.
Will X being the platform for AI csam finally be the thing that gets people who should have quit it 2 years to leave. At a certain point (now), if you are a public figure hanging on there, you’re endorsing all of this.
January 2, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Also, can European government social media PR PLEASE LEAVE X.
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Best ever thread. Enjoy. Thanks for sharing Tom.
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Best ever thread. Enjoy. Thanks for sharing Tom.
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“If both users are wearing AirPods, Live Translation can transmit translations of each speaker’s words to the other — the ultimate seamless interaction. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“If both users are wearing AirPods, Live Translation can transmit translations of each speaker’s words to the other — the ultimate seamless interaction. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
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Bit of a wild story. Hearing this second hand, but buckle up.
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Bit of a wild story. Hearing this second hand, but buckle up.
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
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OK so It’s Christmas Eve & petitioning Govt might not be front of mind today - but *please* take just 20 secs to sign this, calling for a funded national #climate resilience plan to help protect us all. Just 1700 more needed to get a Govt response! 🤞🙏https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...
petition.parliament.uk
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
OK so It’s Christmas Eve & petitioning Govt might not be front of mind today - but *please* take just 20 secs to sign this, calling for a funded national #climate resilience plan to help protect us all. Just 1700 more needed to get a Govt response! 🤞🙏https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062
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some light amusement if you need it (you probably need it)
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
some light amusement if you need it (you probably need it)
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"Our President also shares our love of young, nubile girls."
Written by Epstein, just before he died.
Written by Epstein, just before he died.
Wow! Letter from Epstein to a convicted sex offender Larry Nassar right before Epstein’s death.
This was in the files the DOJ released last night and then removed from their site.
This was in the files the DOJ released last night and then removed from their site.
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
"Our President also shares our love of young, nubile girls."
Written by Epstein, just before he died.
Written by Epstein, just before he died.
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NEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors:
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors:
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
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This is GLORIOUS
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is GLORIOUS
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a post that should be incoherent but is not because we're all trapped on the same emotional roller coaster together
“Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned.”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN.
It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
a post that should be incoherent but is not because we're all trapped on the same emotional roller coaster together
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Gift link for the Times' latest Trump/Epstein story. Which is horrifying (and also very well written).
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Gift link for the Times' latest Trump/Epstein story. Which is horrifying (and also very well written).
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
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This is a Hall of Fame level post
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is a Hall of Fame level post
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@bryce.lol is not kidding when he says he's busting out some deep cuts here
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The 10 best worst hostile takeover offers ever
[FREE TO READ] An entirely subjective list of shareholder primacy, management hubris and value destruction
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December 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
@bryce.lol is not kidding when he says he's busting out some deep cuts here
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as.ft.com/r/9df67c27-4...
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You will find the www.trumpactiontracker.info? a well-researched resource that tracks, compiles, categorizes, sources all of Trump's AUTHORITARIAN actions since he took office.
By data researcher @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/@chrischirp
A mountain of evidence of our threatened democracy.
By data researcher @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/@chrischirp
A mountain of evidence of our threatened democracy.
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You will find the www.trumpactiontracker.info? a well-researched resource that tracks, compiles, categorizes, sources all of Trump's AUTHORITARIAN actions since he took office.
By data researcher @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/@chrischirp
A mountain of evidence of our threatened democracy.
By data researcher @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/@chrischirp
A mountain of evidence of our threatened democracy.
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I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10