jasmine mithani 🧿
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gender, violence, tech @19thnews.org • queer, mixed race, disabled • reads a lot • she/her
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a week ago i started writing down every time i had the urge to read a particular book instead of checking it out from the library or starting it and now I have a list of 36
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
a week ago i started writing down every time i had the urge to read a particular book instead of checking it out from the library or starting it and now I have a list of 36
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Happy New Year, all. Back at work and back on the beat. What stories do you want us to be covering this year in LGBTQ+ news?
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Happy New Year, all. Back at work and back on the beat. What stories do you want us to be covering this year in LGBTQ+ news?
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hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80
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In what Reuters called a "mass digital undressing spree,” Elon Musk is provoking outrage after his Grok chatbot answered user prompts to remove clothing from images of women and to create "sexualized images of children" to post on X. Justin Hendrix spoke to Stanford HAI's Riana Pfefferkorn about it:
The Policy Implications of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree' | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Riana Pfefferkorn, a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
In what Reuters called a "mass digital undressing spree,” Elon Musk is provoking outrage after his Grok chatbot answered user prompts to remove clothing from images of women and to create "sexualized images of children" to post on X. Justin Hendrix spoke to Stanford HAI's Riana Pfefferkorn about it:
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"The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children told the outlet that xAI filed zero CSAM reports in 2024, despite the organization receiving 67,000 reports involving generative AI that year."
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
"The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children told the outlet that xAI filed zero CSAM reports in 2024, despite the organization receiving 67,000 reports involving generative AI that year."
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just gonna drop some links to a few papers of mine about AI-CSAM and the law here, for no particular reason
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ai-csam... (May 2025)
partnershiponai.org/hai-research... (November 2024)
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/addr... (February 2024)
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ai-csam... (May 2025)
partnershiponai.org/hai-research... (November 2024)
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/addr... (February 2024)
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
just gonna drop some links to a few papers of mine about AI-CSAM and the law here, for no particular reason
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ai-csam... (May 2025)
partnershiponai.org/hai-research... (November 2024)
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/addr... (February 2024)
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ai-csam... (May 2025)
partnershiponai.org/hai-research... (November 2024)
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/addr... (February 2024)
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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 7:47 PM
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-...
The Everlasting by Alix Harrow. My first one by this author, last read of 2025, ending a high note. If you liked Tamora Pierce growing up this is for you.
wow sometimes everyone tells you a book will be good and then it's actually good
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The Everlasting by Alix Harrow. My first one by this author, last read of 2025, ending a high note. If you liked Tamora Pierce growing up this is for you.
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A personal/professional goal I made mid '25 that I'm continuing into '26 is to focus on the everyday Americans trying to make our country a better place, not the politicians trying to divide us. Casey Rollins in Springfield, OH, is one of those Americans: 19thnews.org/2025/12/spri...
The Ohio grandma racing to help Haitian parents protect children as more deportations near
In Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separation crisis.
19thnews.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A personal/professional goal I made mid '25 that I'm continuing into '26 is to focus on the everyday Americans trying to make our country a better place, not the politicians trying to divide us. Casey Rollins in Springfield, OH, is one of those Americans: 19thnews.org/2025/12/spri...
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Okay, might as well get this started.
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Okay, might as well get this started.
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
It's January 1, which means, as I'm sure you all know, that there's a whole new bunch of characters who have entered the public domain. This time around, it's characters created in 1930.
The following is a list of pulp & pulpy characters now in the p.d.
1/
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With so many new subscribers thanks to my Heated Rivalry content, I decided to extend the 20% off sale on paid subscriptions!
it's probably time for a re-introduction
and an extension of the 20% off sale!
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December 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With so many new subscribers thanks to my Heated Rivalry content, I decided to extend the 20% off sale on paid subscriptions!
the heated rivalry press tour has made me delusional in a very specific way: i believe i could write better interview questions for our boys
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
the heated rivalry press tour has made me delusional in a very specific way: i believe i could write better interview questions for our boys
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If you're a media studies (or cognate field) scholar, and you write about "AI" robots, can you point me to your writing on the topic?
Thank you!
Thank you!
December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you're a media studies (or cognate field) scholar, and you write about "AI" robots, can you point me to your writing on the topic?
Thank you!
Thank you!
wow sometimes everyone tells you a book will be good and then it's actually good
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
wow sometimes everyone tells you a book will be good and then it's actually good
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HEY SURVIVORS !!
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
HEY SURVIVORS !!
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
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my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
A Florida official wants to cancel a sold-out Christmas drag show. The queens are performing anyway
A Drag Queen Christmas, featuring artists from RuPaul’s Drag Race, will stop in Pensacola despite the state attorney general’s efforts to stop it
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
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Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
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I just wrote an article about this and decided not to publish it yet. It is in the DOJ files (file got renamed after originally published and taken down. It’s online now). But too many unknowns about whether the letter itself is real or not. Some additional info though:
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I just wrote an article about this and decided not to publish it yet. It is in the DOJ files (file got renamed after originally published and taken down. It’s online now). But too many unknowns about whether the letter itself is real or not. Some additional info though:
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The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko
i am trying to do some digital solstice-inspired cleaning and i resent every person whose email list i signed up for to stay in the loop about sales or new classes who then adds me to their substack without asking
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
i am trying to do some digital solstice-inspired cleaning and i resent every person whose email list i signed up for to stay in the loop about sales or new classes who then adds me to their substack without asking
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Year's Longest Night, this side of the world. Wrap up inside the welcoming dark & bring it in to carry with you, in the light. The light will come tomorrow & we'll welcome that too, & the clarity & warmth it brings— but for now, esp in this era of weaponized surveillance, appreciate the dark, too
December 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Year's Longest Night, this side of the world. Wrap up inside the welcoming dark & bring it in to carry with you, in the light. The light will come tomorrow & we'll welcome that too, & the clarity & warmth it brings— but for now, esp in this era of weaponized surveillance, appreciate the dark, too
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Experts working on policy regulating nonconsensual intimate images — AI-generated and otherwise — say they will now have to fight this new executive order on top of everything else. @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/how-might-tr...
How Might Trump’s AI Executive Order Impact State Laws Regulating Nonconsensual Deepfakes? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.
www.techpolicy.press
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Experts working on policy regulating nonconsensual intimate images — AI-generated and otherwise — say they will now have to fight this new executive order on top of everything else. @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/how-might-tr...
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"This moment is not as a crisis to manage, but as a mandate for change. Both NABJ and The 19th were founded as acts of disruption in service of truth. As America prepares to mark 250 years, journalism must do the same."
@errinhaines.bsky.social's @niemanlab.org prediction for 2026.
@errinhaines.bsky.social's @niemanlab.org prediction for 2026.
A year for revolutionary journalism
"This moment is not as a crisis to manage, but as a mandate for change."
www.niemanlab.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"This moment is not as a crisis to manage, but as a mandate for change. Both NABJ and The 19th were founded as acts of disruption in service of truth. As America prepares to mark 250 years, journalism must do the same."
@errinhaines.bsky.social's @niemanlab.org prediction for 2026.
@errinhaines.bsky.social's @niemanlab.org prediction for 2026.
MTG's ban on youth gender-affirming care would modify federal statues meant to address genital cutting, an extreme form of gender-based violence. It passed the House this week.
The EO attempting to restrict gender-affirming care also directed states and the DOJ to prioritize enforcing bans on female genital mutilation and cutting.
Since then, anti-FGM/C advocates have found their urgent work to protect kids derailed by anti-trans policies.
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
Since then, anti-FGM/C advocates have found their urgent work to protect kids derailed by anti-trans policies.
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
Anti-trans policies aren't preventing genital mutilation — they're disrupting efforts to stop it
The bipartisan movement against female genital mutilation and cutting is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed.
19thnews.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
MTG's ban on youth gender-affirming care would modify federal statues meant to address genital cutting, an extreme form of gender-based violence. It passed the House this week.