Eileen Clancy 🧿
@clancyny.bsky.social
Studying and researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Degree: Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿
@clancyny.bsky.social
· Feb 3
No Elon, No Coup, No Fascist Shiba Inu!
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This is why I reject the "black box" nonsense parroted not just by the companies but by legal scholars writing about AI as well.
Model development involves numerous intentional and editorial decision points that create a publication in itself (like a book).
It's actually not that opaque.
Model development involves numerous intentional and editorial decision points that create a publication in itself (like a book).
It's actually not that opaque.
Other AI companies are hardly paragons of social responsibility but they can and do block what grok is doing, or at least try. It's not some "oh the tech can't stop it" thing. It's a 100% willful choice to enable and participate in people doing crimes with it. No plausible denial of culpability.
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This is why I reject the "black box" nonsense parroted not just by the companies but by legal scholars writing about AI as well.
Model development involves numerous intentional and editorial decision points that create a publication in itself (like a book).
It's actually not that opaque.
Model development involves numerous intentional and editorial decision points that create a publication in itself (like a book).
It's actually not that opaque.
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Other AI companies are hardly paragons of social responsibility but they can and do block what grok is doing, or at least try. It's not some "oh the tech can't stop it" thing. It's a 100% willful choice to enable and participate in people doing crimes with it. No plausible denial of culpability.
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Other AI companies are hardly paragons of social responsibility but they can and do block what grok is doing, or at least try. It's not some "oh the tech can't stop it" thing. It's a 100% willful choice to enable and participate in people doing crimes with it. No plausible denial of culpability.
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The whole restaurant was in awe.
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The whole restaurant was in awe.
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#Abolition friends and networks, I am looking for a support group/peer group in MN for teens with incarcerated relatives. Or alternatively something not in MN that has a strong online presence. I have a young community member who is in deep need of this kind of support and feeling very alone.
January 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
#Abolition friends and networks, I am looking for a support group/peer group in MN for teens with incarcerated relatives. Or alternatively something not in MN that has a strong online presence. I have a young community member who is in deep need of this kind of support and feeling very alone.
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I am looking for examples of well-structured 20th century US history articles, ideally written by junior scholars, ideally something to which my MA research seminar participants can aspire? Something where a bunch of the research could have been done in a semester?
January 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I am looking for examples of well-structured 20th century US history articles, ideally written by junior scholars, ideally something to which my MA research seminar participants can aspire? Something where a bunch of the research could have been done in a semester?
[not the point; but I like her outfit. and look.]
January 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
[not the point; but I like her outfit. and look.]
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Earlier this week, a large number of X/Twitter users started using Grok to create nonconsensual nude and sexualized images of real women and alleged girls.
While digging through this content, we noticed a subcurrent of users asking Grok to depict women in degrading and/or violent scenarios.
While digging through this content, we noticed a subcurrent of users asking Grok to depict women in degrading and/or violent scenarios.
January 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Earlier this week, a large number of X/Twitter users started using Grok to create nonconsensual nude and sexualized images of real women and alleged girls.
While digging through this content, we noticed a subcurrent of users asking Grok to depict women in degrading and/or violent scenarios.
While digging through this content, we noticed a subcurrent of users asking Grok to depict women in degrading and/or violent scenarios.
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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 5:52 PM
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...
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no one stopped him from buying the US election, so he's doing the same with the UK, French and German elections too. Pretty logical progression. Europe's center-right and center-left are just as delusional and paralyzed in inaction as the Dems here were. They can't even log off the guy's website!
any country that tries to express an opposition to CSAM will be rewarded with musk attempting to incite a far-right terrorist coup
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
no one stopped him from buying the US election, so he's doing the same with the UK, French and German elections too. Pretty logical progression. Europe's center-right and center-left are just as delusional and paralyzed in inaction as the Dems here were. They can't even log off the guy's website!
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There's an old saying in business that you should never launch an enterprise product on the same day as your CSAM scandal. But Elon didn't get to where he is playing by the rules
xAI launches Grok Business, priced at $30 per seat/month, for SMBs, and Grok Enterprise, whose price is not listed publicly, for larger organizations (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
There's an old saying in business that you should never launch an enterprise product on the same day as your CSAM scandal. But Elon didn't get to where he is playing by the rules
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To me, this reads like a threat.
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
To me, this reads like a threat.
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
To me, this reads like a threat.
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
To me, this reads like a threat.
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
Subtext: if we decide you don't love America in the exact way that we say we do (America First! 🇺🇸🎇), we will use our substantial power to hurt you.
This isn't both-sides journalism. It's one side only – where the good guys are. [CUE: "O Say Can You See"]
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Passive voice for police; active voice for code.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Passive voice for police; active voice for code.
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Happy New Year Lowell. "Paper Girl" by Beth Macy is Obama's #1 pick on his reading list. Put it on your 2026 list!
January 1, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Happy New Year Lowell. "Paper Girl" by Beth Macy is Obama's #1 pick on his reading list. Put it on your 2026 list!
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New Year's Eve reading: "Dopesick" by @bethmacy.bsky.social. Fascinating, well written, powerful...
January 1, 2026 at 2:17 AM
New Year's Eve reading: "Dopesick" by @bethmacy.bsky.social. Fascinating, well written, powerful...
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Donald J. Trump is, undoubtedly, the stupidest, most needy person to ever become president, but the case can be made that he is the stupidest, most needy person to ever become famous.
January 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Donald J. Trump is, undoubtedly, the stupidest, most needy person to ever become president, but the case can be made that he is the stupidest, most needy person to ever become famous.
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Brookings, SD issued a statement that it "would not be participating" in Operation Prairie Thunder. A growing pattern of local governments navigating their relationship to federal enforcement priorities they didn't choose.
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
ICE’s year in SD, from small towns to Operation: Prairie Thunder
South Dakota extends Operation: Prairie Thunder—a joint ICE and Highway Patrol initiative involving 287(g) agreements—to continue anti‑crime patrols statewide, focusing on drug enforcement and…
www.kotatv.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Brookings, SD issued a statement that it "would not be participating" in Operation Prairie Thunder. A growing pattern of local governments navigating their relationship to federal enforcement priorities they didn't choose.
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
www.kotatv.com/2025/12/25/i...
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Even ice hates ICE.
January 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Even ice hates ICE.
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Imagine being in Minnesota and having your ass kicked by a North Georgia amount of snow.
January 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Imagine being in Minnesota and having your ass kicked by a North Georgia amount of snow.
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"Defend the Homeland" is what I am going to have on police vehicles in my dystopian future movie.
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"Defend the Homeland" is what I am going to have on police vehicles in my dystopian future movie.
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ice on ice violence
January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
ice on ice violence
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Happy birthday to Sadie T.M. Alexander 🎉 As the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in economics and one of the earliest Black women lawyers, Alexander broke barriers and her legacy continues to empower us in our fight to advance racial justice.
January 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Happy birthday to Sadie T.M. Alexander 🎉 As the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in economics and one of the earliest Black women lawyers, Alexander broke barriers and her legacy continues to empower us in our fight to advance racial justice.
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Looks like my alt text didn't save, sorry! A black ICE SUV with "Defend the Homeland" across the back tries to get out of the tiny amount of snow it is stuck in, spinning its stupid RWD tires, completely failing at this simple task.
January 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Looks like my alt text didn't save, sorry! A black ICE SUV with "Defend the Homeland" across the back tries to get out of the tiny amount of snow it is stuck in, spinning its stupid RWD tires, completely failing at this simple task.
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Language is important, and I am grateful to @kattenbarge.bsky.social for clearly calling this out as sexual abuse. A culture of misogyny would have you believe that these deepfakes aren’t a big deal, but my years as a rape crisis counselor tell me otherwise.
I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
spitfirenews.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Language is important, and I am grateful to @kattenbarge.bsky.social for clearly calling this out as sexual abuse. A culture of misogyny would have you believe that these deepfakes aren’t a big deal, but my years as a rape crisis counselor tell me otherwise.