Hughster
@hughster.bsky.social
Keyboard warrior with an opinion on everything (and a presence on far too many social media platforms). 🇬🇧
Why does this sound like the Gen Alpha offspring of a US A-list celebrity couple
January 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Why does this sound like the Gen Alpha offspring of a US A-list celebrity couple
To which the response should surely be "given the way things are going under your stewardship, shouldn't you be asking us to tell you how to do better rather than the other way round"
At political cabinet today, Morgan McSweeney gave a presentation on “three Es” on how the government can connect with voters - emotion, empathy and evidence.
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
January 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
To which the response should surely be "given the way things are going under your stewardship, shouldn't you be asking us to tell you how to do better rather than the other way round"
I still think the Blurred Lines copyright case was a disaster but a little bit of me is glad never to hear it again
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I still think the Blurred Lines copyright case was a disaster but a little bit of me is glad never to hear it again
So glad our government has just awarded a £240m defence contract to Fascism Inc
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
So glad our government has just awarded a £240m defence contract to Fascism Inc
Greenland surrendering its NATO membership through Denmark when Trump would veto their independent accession is possibly not the brightest idea right now
Björk urges Greenland to declare independence as Trump threatens takeover
Björk urges Greenland to declare independence as Trump threatens takeover
Björk urges Greenland to declare independence as Trump threatens takeover
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Greenland surrendering its NATO membership through Denmark when Trump would veto their independent accession is possibly not the brightest idea right now
They absolutely believe they can waltz into Greenland and take it with no resistance. Europe now needs to make it crystal clear that it would mean war
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
They absolutely believe they can waltz into Greenland and take it with no resistance. Europe now needs to make it crystal clear that it would mean war
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Writing this I had to look through Grok's mentions. Earlier I counted around 8 requests PER MINUTE featuring "bikini" and "her". Thousands of women and girls stripped each day. I found users stripping dozens of women per hour, from female celebrities to gym selfies.
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
MPs urge boycott of Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI’s undressing
The call to end use of X for official government communication follows posts of digitally undressed women and children that may have broken UK law
www.thetimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Writing this I had to look through Grok's mentions. Earlier I counted around 8 requests PER MINUTE featuring "bikini" and "her". Thousands of women and girls stripped each day. I found users stripping dozens of women per hour, from female celebrities to gym selfies.
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
*sigh* This app needs to get serious about targeted harassment or this is going to keep on happening
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
*sigh* This app needs to get serious about targeted harassment or this is going to keep on happening
Essentially what's happened to the UK establishment and X is like people who downloaded a really useful Chrome extension years ago but then it subsequently got bought out by scumbags who turned it into malware... only they're so dependent on it now they'd rather let the hackers read their emails
January 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Essentially what's happened to the UK establishment and X is like people who downloaded a really useful Chrome extension years ago but then it subsequently got bought out by scumbags who turned it into malware... only they're so dependent on it now they'd rather let the hackers read their emails
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feels like the met should raid x: the everything app’s office, shut them down, confiscate their hard drives and, if they find any csam, prosecute the ceo and put them on the sex offenders’ register
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
feels like the met should raid x: the everything app’s office, shut them down, confiscate their hard drives and, if they find any csam, prosecute the ceo and put them on the sex offenders’ register
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
Stats for Tankies
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Stats for Tankies
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I’d like to see a minister answer on-air “how many more child sexual abuse images does Grok have to produce before the government will consider action?”
I have lost count of the number of times I have been given this government line in response to SO MANY @politicshome.bsky.social stories about X
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I’d like to see a minister answer on-air “how many more child sexual abuse images does Grok have to produce before the government will consider action?”
*Stares directly at multiple big accounts on here who know who they are*
Folks who still post on X, is this finally a red line for you? If not, then you seem to have no moral objections to using a CSAM site.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
*Stares directly at multiple big accounts on here who know who they are*
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Also on this, if you are continuing to use Twitter/X you are *one* click away from a strict liability offence that could ruin your life and don't expect the same leniency shown to the owner to be extended to you.
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Also on this, if you are continuing to use Twitter/X you are *one* click away from a strict liability offence that could ruin your life and don't expect the same leniency shown to the owner to be extended to you.
Horrific response. Is anyone even at the wheel any more
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Horrific response. Is anyone even at the wheel any more
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I have lost count of the number of times I have been given this government line in response to SO MANY @politicshome.bsky.social stories about X
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I have lost count of the number of times I have been given this government line in response to SO MANY @politicshome.bsky.social stories about X
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
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the government will defeat child porn in the marketplace of ideas
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
the government will defeat child porn in the marketplace of ideas
When are they setting up accounts on Truth Social and StormFront then
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
When are they setting up accounts on Truth Social and StormFront then
Finally
Ofcom, which enforces the UK's Online Safety Act, says it is aware of "serious concerns" about Grok undressing people including children on X
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Finally
Why is the website used by the UK government and all UK major media outlets spewing out CSAM and revenge porn not even a minor story in our news cycle? What has gone wrong here?
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Why is the website used by the UK government and all UK major media outlets spewing out CSAM and revenge porn not even a minor story in our news cycle? What has gone wrong here?
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What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
This does make it sound like she was ratioed on Bluesky
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This does make it sound like she was ratioed on Bluesky
Going to give a boring centerist balanced take on this and say that yes, it's normally better if these things are handled with delicate diplomacy away from the cameras, but sadly again these are not normal times
Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Going to give a boring centerist balanced take on this and say that yes, it's normally better if these things are handled with delicate diplomacy away from the cameras, but sadly again these are not normal times
Is anyone here using Threads now? I'd given up on it in 2024
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Is anyone here using Threads now? I'd given up on it in 2024