Matt
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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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Leaving aside the particular politics of LOTR I hate this idea that if you don’t share the politics of a work of fiction it’s somehow forbidden to be inspired by it, “media literacy” does not mean “I have solved this book, you can’t have it”
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Leaving aside the particular politics of LOTR I hate this idea that if you don’t share the politics of a work of fiction it’s somehow forbidden to be inspired by it, “media literacy” does not mean “I have solved this book, you can’t have it”
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So he hasn't been reflecting on it already? This is the most online politician and he's only hearing about it now?
Tánaiste Simon Harris this evening asked if he'd delete his X account in light of the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexualised images of children and women on Grok, says he'll have to reflect on it.
January 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
So he hasn't been reflecting on it already? This is the most online politician and he's only hearing about it now?
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Another example of the fact that there are very few technically difficult questions of economics; "difficult questions" are just difficult because you don't like the obvious answer
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Another example of the fact that there are very few technically difficult questions of economics; "difficult questions" are just difficult because you don't like the obvious answer
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The public: "How did Epstein get away with it for so long?!"
World leaders:
World leaders:
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The public: "How did Epstein get away with it for so long?!"
World leaders:
World leaders:
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If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.
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“Well, it won’t get better unless it can plagiarize every artist living or dead so you can see our predicament here. Also, if you don’t want it to tell you to kill yourself, try keeping the conversation light”
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 AM
“Well, it won’t get better unless it can plagiarize every artist living or dead so you can see our predicament here. Also, if you don’t want it to tell you to kill yourself, try keeping the conversation light”
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very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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So glad to see this written about. It takes 4 - 6 (or more!) human labor hours of editing, mixing and mastering to make a 90 minute conversation flow nicely and artfully. Video-forward shows tend to excise this process entirely and the resultant conversations flow and sound like shit as a result.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So glad to see this written about. It takes 4 - 6 (or more!) human labor hours of editing, mixing and mastering to make a 90 minute conversation flow nicely and artfully. Video-forward shows tend to excise this process entirely and the resultant conversations flow and sound like shit as a result.
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sooo good that every single ad now is for developing a life-ruining gambling addiction
December 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
sooo good that every single ad now is for developing a life-ruining gambling addiction
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The point about litigation for these terrible people isn't necessarily to win, although they obv do want that too. It's that their backers have almost limitless cash with which fuck over & drag through the courts those speaking out for trans rights disciplining activists & quashing free speech
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The point about litigation for these terrible people isn't necessarily to win, although they obv do want that too. It's that their backers have almost limitless cash with which fuck over & drag through the courts those speaking out for trans rights disciplining activists & quashing free speech
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laughing at some would be Very Sensible type on facebook going 'but IS IT weird for drag queens to read books to children'. wait until you find out about panto mate
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
laughing at some would be Very Sensible type on facebook going 'but IS IT weird for drag queens to read books to children'. wait until you find out about panto mate
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How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons