Tom Troughton
@trought4theday.bsky.social
Twefugee. Here to expand my mind and engage with other progressive, positive thinkers.
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It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
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August 20, 2023 at 1:55 AM
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
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Dear USA
Policing and law enforcement losing the confidence of the community does not end well.
Yours,
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Policing and law enforcement losing the confidence of the community does not end well.
Yours,
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Dear USA
Policing and law enforcement losing the confidence of the community does not end well.
Yours,
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Policing and law enforcement losing the confidence of the community does not end well.
Yours,
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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The 3 lions song is 30 years old this year. In 1996 there was 30 years of hurt. We are as far away from the 3 lions song as the song 3 lions was from the 1966 World Cup win
January 21, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The 3 lions song is 30 years old this year. In 1996 there was 30 years of hurt. We are as far away from the 3 lions song as the song 3 lions was from the 1966 World Cup win
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
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Agree completely with this thread. This is and should be treated as criminal. bsky.app/profile/expl...
Failing to anticipate people would use your image generation bot to make consentless-pornography should be criminal incompetence.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Agree completely with this thread. This is and should be treated as criminal. bsky.app/profile/expl...
"Grok says".
What is going on?
What is going on?
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"Grok says".
What is going on?
What is going on?
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One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
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Elon Musk wants civil war in Britain. If you are still on his platform, you are supporting him.
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Elon Musk wants civil war in Britain. If you are still on his platform, you are supporting him.
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This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
Just can't believe this. Get off Twitter. Especially you, Starmer. If a company you know uses Twitter, don't buy from it. Use your power.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Just can't believe this. Get off Twitter. Especially you, Starmer. If a company you know uses Twitter, don't buy from it. Use your power.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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Ooh look, we’re seeing the “let’s attempt to deflect blame to the artificial construct that is The Demon Machine instead of the actual, breathing, fallible humans who made the Demon Machine” maneuver play out in real time!
AI cannot take accountability. AI cannot be “sorry.”
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
January 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Ooh look, we’re seeing the “let’s attempt to deflect blame to the artificial construct that is The Demon Machine instead of the actual, breathing, fallible humans who made the Demon Machine” maneuver play out in real time!
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Charlotte Nichols MP (Labour, Warrington North) says AI-generated sexual harassment must be the final straw for the UK government using X
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Charlotte Nichols MP (Labour, Warrington North) says AI-generated sexual harassment must be the final straw for the UK government using X
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
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Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
December 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
BBC News - Are these AI prompts damaging your thinking skills?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yes. Next?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yes. Next?
Experts warn AI is making your brain work less
Generative AI tools have become hugely popular but some experts worry about the effect they have on the brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
BBC News - Are these AI prompts damaging your thinking skills?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yes. Next?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yes. Next?
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Hello. I would like to celebrate the lost art of the compilation album as an eye and ear opening path into pleasures previously unknown. It might be a sampler, it might be a mix album but it's a person's singular vision of a particular genre or theme. Thread below of some favourites
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hello. I would like to celebrate the lost art of the compilation album as an eye and ear opening path into pleasures previously unknown. It might be a sampler, it might be a mix album but it's a person's singular vision of a particular genre or theme. Thread below of some favourites
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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His opportunism is bad enough.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
His opportunism is bad enough.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
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Oh the weather outside is frightful
And US prices: frightful
And the ICE attacks are frightful
And war crimes, also frightful
And the president's mental & physical health: frightful
And our rights being stripped, way frightful
And human trafficking: so frightful
And everything else is frightful
And US prices: frightful
And the ICE attacks are frightful
And war crimes, also frightful
And the president's mental & physical health: frightful
And our rights being stripped, way frightful
And human trafficking: so frightful
And everything else is frightful
December 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Oh the weather outside is frightful
And US prices: frightful
And the ICE attacks are frightful
And war crimes, also frightful
And the president's mental & physical health: frightful
And our rights being stripped, way frightful
And human trafficking: so frightful
And everything else is frightful
And US prices: frightful
And the ICE attacks are frightful
And war crimes, also frightful
And the president's mental & physical health: frightful
And our rights being stripped, way frightful
And human trafficking: so frightful
And everything else is frightful
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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What does the YouTube algorithm show pre-school kids when they know those kids are into Bluey & Peppa Pig?
A weird selection of blood, horror and AI slop.
What I discovered after spending a week on YouTube “being” a young kid…
A weird selection of blood, horror and AI slop.
What I discovered after spending a week on YouTube “being” a young kid…
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What does the YouTube algorithm show pre-school kids when they know those kids are into Bluey & Peppa Pig?
A weird selection of blood, horror and AI slop.
What I discovered after spending a week on YouTube “being” a young kid…
A weird selection of blood, horror and AI slop.
What I discovered after spending a week on YouTube “being” a young kid…
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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"Nigel Farage has been paid over £330,000 by GB News in the last year alone.
Farage is deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC".
Punchy video from @eddavey.libdems.org.uk.
Farage is deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC".
Punchy video from @eddavey.libdems.org.uk.
Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Nigel Farage has been paid over £330,000 by GB News in the last year alone.
Farage is deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC".
Punchy video from @eddavey.libdems.org.uk.
Farage is deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC".
Punchy video from @eddavey.libdems.org.uk.