Sam McQuail
@sammcquail.bsky.social
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I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
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I personally believe if we want to try and dress up using AI gen to "speed up production" as if that is the real concern, we should instead be more okay with reusing already existing assets made by actual humans, rather than generating from a pool of stolen assets at a massive energy cost
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I personally believe if we want to try and dress up using AI gen to "speed up production" as if that is the real concern, we should instead be more okay with reusing already existing assets made by actual humans, rather than generating from a pool of stolen assets at a massive energy cost
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100%. If you want an alternative slogan you can go with "Abolish ICE before they kill again."
the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
100%. If you want an alternative slogan you can go with "Abolish ICE before they kill again."
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Some of this is grifting, but a bunch of it is pure fascist resentment: if I like or approve of something, this implies a liberal/judeo-bolshevik conspiracy to suppress it. The existence of such a conspiracy requires no evidence, it simply must be.
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Some of this is grifting, but a bunch of it is pure fascist resentment: if I like or approve of something, this implies a liberal/judeo-bolshevik conspiracy to suppress it. The existence of such a conspiracy requires no evidence, it simply must be.
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Kemi, this is just a population density map
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Kemi, this is just a population density map
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To a lot of people the statemrnt "Grok creates CSAM" will read as a "tech headline" they bypass.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
January 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
To a lot of people the statemrnt "Grok creates CSAM" will read as a "tech headline" they bypass.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
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So one thing wrt the Grok/CSAM issue.
When talking about it with "not very online" people consider using the outdated term "child porn." At least initially.
Lots of people don't know what "CSAM" means and you need to make it clear that it's child porn to them at the outset.
When talking about it with "not very online" people consider using the outdated term "child porn." At least initially.
Lots of people don't know what "CSAM" means and you need to make it clear that it's child porn to them at the outset.
January 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
So one thing wrt the Grok/CSAM issue.
When talking about it with "not very online" people consider using the outdated term "child porn." At least initially.
Lots of people don't know what "CSAM" means and you need to make it clear that it's child porn to them at the outset.
When talking about it with "not very online" people consider using the outdated term "child porn." At least initially.
Lots of people don't know what "CSAM" means and you need to make it clear that it's child porn to them at the outset.
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
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ICE recruitment is going well.
January 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
ICE recruitment is going well.
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Hey we heard you have executive dysfunction so we created a giant bureaucratic maze and we're gonna put your executive dysfunction meds at the end of it. maybe.
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Hey we heard you have executive dysfunction so we created a giant bureaucratic maze and we're gonna put your executive dysfunction meds at the end of it. maybe.
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Everyone is blaming the Mercator projection but there might be a sillier reason Trump thinks Greenland is key to North American security (though admittedly I always saw him as more of a Monopoly guy)
January 11, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Everyone is blaming the Mercator projection but there might be a sillier reason Trump thinks Greenland is key to North American security (though admittedly I always saw him as more of a Monopoly guy)
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Since 2016, I've been telling people that Trump is emotionally exoskeletal. There are no hidden depths, no secret heart. You can trust that what he says at any given moment is exactly what he feels *at that time*. It might change; it likely will. He's an emotional amoeba lurching between impulses.
All art about Trump will end up being pro-Trump propaganda simply by virtue of writers and directors giving him more depth than he has. There really is nothing else there. He's just a mobster. He has *no* depth. Zero. None. He likes steak and blondes and gold. That's all there is to him.
January 11, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Since 2016, I've been telling people that Trump is emotionally exoskeletal. There are no hidden depths, no secret heart. You can trust that what he says at any given moment is exactly what he feels *at that time*. It might change; it likely will. He's an emotional amoeba lurching between impulses.
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It's fun because, like, the "all men suck" - obviously stupid, no shit
"i cannot tell at a glance which men are not shit" - something that men absolutely *refuse* to fucking grasp 90% of the time, and it drives me mental
"i cannot tell at a glance which men are not shit" - something that men absolutely *refuse* to fucking grasp 90% of the time, and it drives me mental
I’ll die on the hill that “all men suck” is, in general, baby’s first feminist thought, which is distressing considering that’s where most people’s feminist awakening seems to end.
January 11, 2026 at 5:58 AM
It's fun because, like, the "all men suck" - obviously stupid, no shit
"i cannot tell at a glance which men are not shit" - something that men absolutely *refuse* to fucking grasp 90% of the time, and it drives me mental
"i cannot tell at a glance which men are not shit" - something that men absolutely *refuse* to fucking grasp 90% of the time, and it drives me mental
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Tonight thinking about this all-time @ndrew.bsky.social banger
January 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Tonight thinking about this all-time @ndrew.bsky.social banger
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Frankly, if you frame life as men bad and women good, you’re basically begging to get hurt by other women as they perpetuate the structures of misogyny against you, while also preventing yourself from finding love with men, who can actually be really lovely (including cis men).
I’ll die on the hill that “all men suck” is, in general, baby’s first feminist thought, which is distressing considering that’s where most people’s feminist awakening seems to end.
January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Frankly, if you frame life as men bad and women good, you’re basically begging to get hurt by other women as they perpetuate the structures of misogyny against you, while also preventing yourself from finding love with men, who can actually be really lovely (including cis men).
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On one hand, Columbo is a police lieutenant, which is bad. On the other hand, Columbo makes more sense if you view him not as a cop but as some sort of supernatural entity, like a fey
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
On one hand, Columbo is a police lieutenant, which is bad. On the other hand, Columbo makes more sense if you view him not as a cop but as some sort of supernatural entity, like a fey
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Additional tip: avoid using the Discover feed. It's genuinely awful. Either use the following feed or the actually good algorithm under the "For You" name.
Welcome to everyone joining Bluesky in the recent influx.
January 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Additional tip: avoid using the Discover feed. It's genuinely awful. Either use the following feed or the actually good algorithm under the "For You" name.
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the entire administration is making content for twitter nazis and they are convinced that those twitter nazis are genuinely representative of the vast majority of american sentiment
they believe all the election conspiracies and think the country is 80-20 in their favor
they believe all the election conspiracies and think the country is 80-20 in their favor
The response to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good is not what the White House was expecting.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
the entire administration is making content for twitter nazis and they are convinced that those twitter nazis are genuinely representative of the vast majority of american sentiment
they believe all the election conspiracies and think the country is 80-20 in their favor
they believe all the election conspiracies and think the country is 80-20 in their favor
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Leaving somewhere you, people like you, or others are being abused isn't letting them win ffs.
They *want* to be able to abuse you.
Staying gives them exactly what they want.
They *want* to be able to abuse you.
Staying gives them exactly what they want.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Leaving somewhere you, people like you, or others are being abused isn't letting them win ffs.
They *want* to be able to abuse you.
Staying gives them exactly what they want.
They *want* to be able to abuse you.
Staying gives them exactly what they want.
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British judge voice: “Just one more transphobia. Please. Just one more. I can stop any time I want. Just one more act of dehumanisation. Please. Let me. Please. I just want to hurt people.”
So we're clear, if you are an infertile cis man who adopts his partner's kids you can be on the birth certificate but if you are a trans man you can't, is that what this judge has ruled?
January 10, 2026 at 10:49 AM
British judge voice: “Just one more transphobia. Please. Just one more. I can stop any time I want. Just one more act of dehumanisation. Please. Let me. Please. I just want to hurt people.”
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In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
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Over and over again the story is the same. Building social housing works, building renewable energy works, building schools and hospitals works. Government can do good things. The Thatcherite consensus of mewling self-imposed incapacity is wrong.
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Over and over again the story is the same. Building social housing works, building renewable energy works, building schools and hospitals works. Government can do good things. The Thatcherite consensus of mewling self-imposed incapacity is wrong.