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These technologies can and are being used to create lifelike images and videos of actual living women and girls. For what I think are pretty obvious gendered civil rights reasons, it needs to be a recognized civil cause of action to create an AI image or avatar of a woman without her consent.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
These technologies can and are being used to create lifelike images and videos of actual living women and girls. For what I think are pretty obvious gendered civil rights reasons, it needs to be a recognized civil cause of action to create an AI image or avatar of a woman without her consent.
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This is incredibly funny. It's like a married couple sending their dog a message: take care of our household finances
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is incredibly funny. It's like a married couple sending their dog a message: take care of our household finances
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You might ask yourself, as I did, if this piece will prove to be a pretentiously justified rejection of empathy and a denial of the trauma of rape.
The answer is yes.
(Paywall free link in replies.)
The answer is yes.
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A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption, Gal Beckerman reports. theatln.tc/KD2QRX9Y
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
December 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You might ask yourself, as I did, if this piece will prove to be a pretentiously justified rejection of empathy and a denial of the trauma of rape.
The answer is yes.
(Paywall free link in replies.)
The answer is yes.
(Paywall free link in replies.)
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See this thread (which I found by searching for "creepy")
They are marketing this squarely to the Creepy Guy at the Gym sector and, uh, at least they know their audience.
December 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
See this thread (which I found by searching for "creepy")
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They're enabling creepy lonely men to create submissive "AI companions" that can be modeled on whatever real-life woman they're obsessed with and made to do whatever they want and, Jesus Christ, I need to wash my hands just typing that.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They're enabling creepy lonely men to create submissive "AI companions" that can be modeled on whatever real-life woman they're obsessed with and made to do whatever they want and, Jesus Christ, I need to wash my hands just typing that.
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Democrats must be so good at this because the “hoax” keeps showing up on our grocery receipts and utility bills.
December 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Democrats must be so good at this because the “hoax” keeps showing up on our grocery receipts and utility bills.
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We've only just begun to get a glimpse of what’s still out there on Trump and the ring of sex traffickers.
December 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We've only just begun to get a glimpse of what’s still out there on Trump and the ring of sex traffickers.
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The celebration and digital metastasization of conspiratorial thinking culminating with the U.S. head of health and human services believing that and governing as if modern diseases don’t emerge naturally, pandemics are all manmade, and science (not the complexities of nature) is to blame.
Kennedy is ramping up his attacks on vaccines. Conspiracy theories are central to that agenda of undermining faith in public health, medicine, and experts.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
RFK Jr. Claims 'Vaccine Research' Likely Responsible for HIV and the Spanish Flu
Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed vaccine research was responsible for diseases like HIV, RSV, Lyme disease, and the Spanish flu.
www.rollingstone.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The celebration and digital metastasization of conspiratorial thinking culminating with the U.S. head of health and human services believing that and governing as if modern diseases don’t emerge naturally, pandemics are all manmade, and science (not the complexities of nature) is to blame.
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Thomas Massie says Pam Bondi is covering for accused sex offenders
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thomas Massie says Pam Bondi is covering for accused sex offenders
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Once again raising the question -- why is the president's son-in-law at this official event?
Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller with seats at the table at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelenskyy.
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Once again raising the question -- why is the president's son-in-law at this official event?
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This is the reality of Trump's America. We cannot look away 💔
December 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the reality of Trump's America. We cannot look away 💔
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One piece of evidence cited in his arrest affidavit was his presence in DC on December 14.
That's not mentioned in today's filing. Today's filing, however, DOES mention that Cole started wiping his phone regularly starting on December 15.
🤔
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
That's not mentioned in today's filing. Today's filing, however, DOES mention that Cole started wiping his phone regularly starting on December 15.
🤔
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
One piece of evidence cited in his arrest affidavit was his presence in DC on December 14.
That's not mentioned in today's filing. Today's filing, however, DOES mention that Cole started wiping his phone regularly starting on December 15.
🤔
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
That's not mentioned in today's filing. Today's filing, however, DOES mention that Cole started wiping his phone regularly starting on December 15.
🤔
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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For those not following at home, “Heritage American” is a category of white supremacy covering people whose ancestors were white folks who were pioneers.
December 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For those not following at home, “Heritage American” is a category of white supremacy covering people whose ancestors were white folks who were pioneers.
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Given my priors, I can't quite believe I'm here, but
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Given my priors, I can't quite believe I'm here, but
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand
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Remember this guy? The victim’s not a U.S. citizen and was only 18 when they met. ⬇️
Suspended U.S. ICE supervisor, Samuel Saxon, accused of strangling a woman and lying about it to a federal agent will stay behind bars in solitary confinement following a hearing Monday in Cincinnati federal court.
Suspended U.S. ICE supervisor, Samuel Saxon, accused of strangling a woman and lying about it to a federal agent will stay behind bars in solitary confinement following a hearing Monday in Cincinnati federal court.
December 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Remember this guy? The victim’s not a U.S. citizen and was only 18 when they met. ⬇️
Suspended U.S. ICE supervisor, Samuel Saxon, accused of strangling a woman and lying about it to a federal agent will stay behind bars in solitary confinement following a hearing Monday in Cincinnati federal court.
Suspended U.S. ICE supervisor, Samuel Saxon, accused of strangling a woman and lying about it to a federal agent will stay behind bars in solitary confinement following a hearing Monday in Cincinnati federal court.
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“We’ve noticed ICE demonizing immigrants who haven’t committed crimes, while failing to police their own ranks. This is not the first ICE agent arrested for gender-based crimes in recent memory.”
Samuel Saxon is a former ICE agent accused of strangling his girlfriend.
He’s now in an ICE jail:
Samuel Saxon is a former ICE agent accused of strangling his girlfriend.
He’s now in an ICE jail:
ICE Leader Thrown in His Own Jail Over Strangling Claims
Samuel Saxon, 47, has been handed over to the feds after allegedly brutalizing his girlfriend and lying about it.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“We’ve noticed ICE demonizing immigrants who haven’t committed crimes, while failing to police their own ranks. This is not the first ICE agent arrested for gender-based crimes in recent memory.”
Samuel Saxon is a former ICE agent accused of strangling his girlfriend.
He’s now in an ICE jail:
Samuel Saxon is a former ICE agent accused of strangling his girlfriend.
He’s now in an ICE jail:
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Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
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Ah yeah Matt, congrats on the “Samizdat Prize.” Incredible stuff.
December 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ah yeah Matt, congrats on the “Samizdat Prize.” Incredible stuff.
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Death of dog after avian influenza exposure in Alberta marks second such case in Canada
Death of dog after avian influenza exposure marks second such case in Canada | CBC News
A dog in Alberta died in November after being exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza. It's the second confirmed fatal case of avian flu in a domestic dog in Canada, with the first being reported...
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Death of dog after avian influenza exposure in Alberta marks second such case in Canada
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We haven’t just been filing lawsuits — we’ve been winning key victories protecting our civil rights and liberties nationwide.
We aren’t stopping now.
We aren’t stopping now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We haven’t just been filing lawsuits — we’ve been winning key victories protecting our civil rights and liberties nationwide.
We aren’t stopping now.
We aren’t stopping now.
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If you are interested in the book, you can find it at the link (it makes a great 12th Night present):
Owned
A “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you are interested in the book, you can find it at the link (it makes a great 12th Night present):
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Some ~personal news~
Yes, I'm being sued by Matt Taibbi
Does that make me the realest free speech warrior?
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Some ~personal news~