Bill Corcoran
@billcorcoran.bsky.social
Ran a thing called Beyond Coal Campaign, consultant for creating climate good trouble, Zen student. Just my opinions, man.
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At one meeting, Musk held a meeting with xAI staffers from various teams where he “was really unhappy” over restrictions on Grok’s Imagine image and video generator, the first source with knowledge of the situation at xAI said.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/t...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/t...
Elon Musk’s xAI under fire for failing to rein in ‘digital undressing’ | CNN Business
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has been flooded with sexual images of mainly women, many of them real people, by being prompted by users to “digitally undress” them and sometimes placing them in sugges...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
At one meeting, Musk held a meeting with xAI staffers from various teams where he “was really unhappy” over restrictions on Grok’s Imagine image and video generator, the first source with knowledge of the situation at xAI said.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/t...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/t...
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The most chilling thing to read.
“The bottom line is this: When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life,” Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas said on Newsmax."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
“The bottom line is this: When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life,” Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas said on Newsmax."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
The most chilling thing to read.
“The bottom line is this: When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life,” Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas said on Newsmax."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
“The bottom line is this: When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life,” Representative Wesley Hunt of Texas said on Newsmax."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuY4...
New League of Pigs, thrill as happy kunekune pigs race each other through the English countryside as a commentator excitedly narrates their various rivalries, professional aspirations, and philosophies
New League of Pigs, thrill as happy kunekune pigs race each other through the English countryside as a commentator excitedly narrates their various rivalries, professional aspirations, and philosophies
Cute Pigs Climb Cliff Race Track!
YouTube video by League of Pigs
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January 9, 2026 at 3:35 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuY4...
New League of Pigs, thrill as happy kunekune pigs race each other through the English countryside as a commentator excitedly narrates their various rivalries, professional aspirations, and philosophies
New League of Pigs, thrill as happy kunekune pigs race each other through the English countryside as a commentator excitedly narrates their various rivalries, professional aspirations, and philosophies
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7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
This is the America I love.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
This is the America I love.
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The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
I have so many questions
A number of questions remain unanswered more than a day after the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a US ICE officer, potentially undermining official accounts of what led up to the gunfire and fueling tension in the Twin Cities. | Analysis https://cnn.it/4qOeOSk
January 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I have so many questions
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Federal agents are cracking down even harder on people protesting the government-supported killing of their neighbor, which, after being shown the video, even President Trump had to admit was a “terrible scene.” trib.al/eljnPpg
CNN reports the use of pepper balls and a “gas-like substance."
CNN reports the use of pepper balls and a “gas-like substance."
January 9, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Federal agents are cracking down even harder on people protesting the government-supported killing of their neighbor, which, after being shown the video, even President Trump had to admit was a “terrible scene.” trib.al/eljnPpg
CNN reports the use of pepper balls and a “gas-like substance."
CNN reports the use of pepper balls and a “gas-like substance."
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Don’t look away.
BREAKING: ICE and Border Patrol were filmed outside a Minneapolis high school pepper-spraying students as armed agents swarmed the entrance. Staff tried to force them off campus. Kids ran in panic. Trump removed school protections. This is state violence against children
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Don’t look away.
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Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The next thing I knew, they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of an SUV. I asked if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
January 8, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The next thing I knew, they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of an SUV. I asked if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
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There are no more excuses:
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
17 Republicans vote to restore lapsed Obamacare subsidies
Democrats and moderate Republicans hope the bill's passage will put pressure on the Senate to come up a bipartisan compromise.
www.politico.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
There are no more excuses:
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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NEW: TX gov. greg abbott is now threatening houston with a state takeover of its elections — an escalation of long-simmering GOP threats to gain control of voting in the fourth largest city in the U.S. 🧵
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Texas governor threatens state takeover of Houston elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
NEW: TX gov. greg abbott is now threatening houston with a state takeover of its elections — an escalation of long-simmering GOP threats to gain control of voting in the fourth largest city in the U.S. 🧵
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Amy for America!
January 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Amy for America!
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It's one of dozens I got printed over a few very grim years I spent in an office job in London. You can read almost all of them here.
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Over a period of four years or so, I got about twenty letters printed in the Metro, mostly in their Rush Hour Crush section - a missed connection page where commuters reach out to fellow passengers they fancy. This was the first one I ever got published, and it remains a fond favourite.
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It's one of dozens I got printed over a few very grim years I spent in an office job in London. You can read almost all of them here.
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Hey!! Here's a new piece for @thepointau.bsky.social - the first of what will be many little updates on the current state of carbon capture and storage.
Both failure-prone and eternally immune to the consequences of failure: there is absolutely nothing like it -->>
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Both failure-prone and eternally immune to the consequences of failure: there is absolutely nothing like it -->>
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Hey!! Here's a new piece for @thepointau.bsky.social - the first of what will be many little updates on the current state of carbon capture and storage.
Both failure-prone and eternally immune to the consequences of failure: there is absolutely nothing like it -->>
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Both failure-prone and eternally immune to the consequences of failure: there is absolutely nothing like it -->>
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...
Isn't there a word for a leader who thinks there are no meaningful legal constraints on his or her power and that "My own morality. My own mind" is "the only thing that can stop me"?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
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January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...
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🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
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Dexter Reed had at least three Chicago police officers with guns drawn shouting contradictory orders at him in his car just before they killed him.
One thing I didn't fully appreciate until I sat on a jury and reviewed body cam footage for myself, is how cops yell contradictory instructions at people like "Don't move" "Put your hands up" "Get the fuck out of here" "Keep your hands where I can see them" etc. all screamed at your face with guns
January 8, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Dexter Reed had at least three Chicago police officers with guns drawn shouting contradictory orders at him in his car just before they killed him.
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2) Note: Solar > Coal
This was the first year that solar beat coal on ERCOT for total generation.
This was the first year that solar beat coal on ERCOT for total generation.
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
2) Note: Solar > Coal
This was the first year that solar beat coal on ERCOT for total generation.
This was the first year that solar beat coal on ERCOT for total generation.
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Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok. www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok. www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
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Had another go at processing this. The Pleiades.
Hot blue luminous stars formed within the last 100 million years illuminate the interstellar dust to create a reflection nebula
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #deepspace #astro
Hot blue luminous stars formed within the last 100 million years illuminate the interstellar dust to create a reflection nebula
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #deepspace #astro
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Had another go at processing this. The Pleiades.
Hot blue luminous stars formed within the last 100 million years illuminate the interstellar dust to create a reflection nebula
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #deepspace #astro
Hot blue luminous stars formed within the last 100 million years illuminate the interstellar dust to create a reflection nebula
#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #space #nebula #deepspace #astro
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This is not the law.
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is not the law.