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Menotti Minutillo
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Encinitas CA. Dogs, sports, gaming, home improvement, food. Engineering Leadership @ Netflix Security. he/him
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Gotta say, Schumer is, himself, a fucking distraction. Time to get someone in there who can actually do the job of leading an opposition party.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Schumer: "It makes you think that maybe to Trump he wants to distract the American people, as he always does, from the skyrocketing costs they are facing, from the Epstein files."
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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catconlan.net
oh shit tomorrow is circle back day already
January 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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astrokatie.com
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Some people are responding to criticisms of this as if people were saying “impeachment is obviously the right strategy.” No. The point is that “impeachment isn’t the right strategy because the GOP may start to be responsible” is an unfathomably stupid and insulting lie.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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chancethelawyer.bsky.social
what the fuck folks
socialmedialab.ca Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 1d
Next up, Greenland?

A new post from Stephen Miller's wife.
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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niedermeyer.online
Elon Musk's entire deal is promising that technology can fulfill all your deepest and least-examined dreams, and then being like "whoah, sorry, this one is on you"
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22h
Anyone collaborating with us to make illegal content using the tools we created to make illegal content will face the same consequences as they would if they did it alone.

We will also face the same consequences as if they did it alone: none.
Square profile picture Safety @Safety We take action against illegal content on X, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary. Anyone using or prompting Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content.
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Watch this. Watch again.

"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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dominicervolina.com
Buddy, hope left the building, went to lunch, had 4 margaritas and a bloody mary, got into a fight with the server, was tossed through a window, severed an artery, had its leg amputated, spent three nights in ICU, got divorced, defaulted on the mortgage, and is living in a van down by the river
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms
Ox31a56e9E690c621eD2... Joined Dec 2025 • 4.4k views • Profit/Loss $408,146.72° All-Time 1D 1W 1M ALL • Polymarket Positions Value $5,754.58 Biggest Win $404.2k Predictions 4 Positions Activity Active Closed • Search positions. =I Profit/Loss RESULT MARKET TOTAL BETI AMOUNT WON v • Won Maduro out by January 31, 2026? 436,759.6 Yes at 7c $32,537.28 $436,759.61 $404,222.33 (1,242.34%)|
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
people offended by $600 shoes are going to be in for a surprise when trump eventually reshores US manufacturing
A page showing two Alden shoe models. Each cost $686. They are made in the USA. A page showing a Yuketen suede boot that was made in the USA. It retails for $1,012.
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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meredithshiner.com
As someone who did pool reports in normal times, this is, uh, highly unusual and insane.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d
These are ALL WH pool reports from today.
Good morning from Palm Beach. The pool arrived at Mar-a-Lago at 7:52 AM. The motorcade is rolling from Mar-a-Lago at 9:35 AM. The pool did not see POTUS. The motorcade arrived at a shopping center in Lake Worth, Florida, at 9:46 AM. We have not yet seen POTUS and are holding in vans. Stores in the shopping center include A1 Plus Stone Design. On background from a WH Official: “President Trump is purchasing marble and onyx, at his own expense, for the White House Ballroom.” The pool is told that POTUS is shopping at Arc Stone & Tile in an industrial area of Lake Worth off of I-95. The pool is still holding in vans outside the store and has not yet seen POTUS. The pool remained in vans parked near railroad tracks while POTUS was inside the store. Stacks of tile and slabs of stone lined the driveway. Sharing the link for the store here: >https://www.arcstonegranite.com/< The pool still has not seen POTUS. The motorcade began rolling at 10:51 AM. The motorcade arrived at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach at 11:03 AM. Still no sighting of POTUS. Pool vans are pulling into the library parking lot. The pool is still holding at the library near POTUS's golf club. Some in the pool spotted a large motorcade enter and exit the club earlier this afternoon. The White House and Vice President's office have not responded to inquiries about that movement. The White House has also declined to provide details about what POTUS purchased at the marble store or how much he spent. There are still no indications that tonight's meeting with the U.S. ambassador to China will open to the press. The motorcade is rolling away from Trump's golf course at 3:46 PM. No POTUS sighting The motorcade arrived at Mar-a-Lago at 3:55 PM. During the ride to Mar-a-Lago, the pool spotted a U.S. government plane that appeared to be the size of Air Force Two sitting on the tarmac at PBI. The pool received a travel/photo lid at 3:56 PM.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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rickywlmsbong.bsky.social
tbf i would also try to find ways to waste comical amounts of larry ellison's money if i worked for cbs
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
radosh.bsky.social Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 2d
Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story

www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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gilduran.com
Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor.

Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️

The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.

It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
Paul Graham, Y Combinator co-founder, posts: The rational fear of those who dislike economic inequality is that the rich will convert their economic power into political power: that they'll tilt elections, or pay bribes for pardons, or buy up the news media to promote their views. I used to be able to claim that tech billionaires didn't actually do this — that they just wanted to refine their gadgets. But unfortunately in the current administration we've seen all three.
January 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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rusty.todayintabs.com
I really think this is the most important basic journalistic error we need to stamp out right now. If you know why Grok can’t comment on anything and also know any journalists, please check in with them and help them understand it too.
chronotope.aramzs.xyz Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 2d
I hate this phrasing and how it buys into what is essentially a falsehood about the autonomy of chatbots that is RIGHT NOW deforming our entire law and society. Grok doesn't say anything. That's like saying 'Microsoft Word apologized for losing everyone's files'

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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 ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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parkermolloy.com
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story

www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
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.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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radosh.bsky.social
Media is starting to report the Grok child porn story but way too many are centering the bot's "apologies" and "admissions" without explaining that these are being generated in response to user requests and are not in anyway authentic or meaningful.
January 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
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
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X By Reuters January 2, 20267:40 PM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago Illustration shows xAI and Grok logos xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Jan 2 (Reuters) - 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. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them. "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely." "As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material. Grok gave no further details. When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies". In a separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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kentremendous.bsky.social
Musk predicted Tesla would sell 200K Cyber trucks in a year, and last quarter they sold 11,642 Cybertruck/Model S Sedans/Model X SUVs *combined*. The technical economics term for this is "hilarious."
Article showing Tesla sales for last quarter -- 400K Model Y/3, 11,642 Cybertruck/Model X/Model S
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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moranstephen1000.bsky.social
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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leyawn.bsky.social
it’s stupid to not use ai just because it can induce psychosis and generate child porn. it’s like saying you’re hungry when there’s a hot dog on the ground outside that induces psychosis and generates child porn
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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evacide.bsky.social
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Gosh. If only some widely read political media properties had been willing to call out Trump's disavowals as nonsense. If only.
Axios story from July 2024: Trump disavows Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, despite MAGA ties
January 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM