Nothings Monstered
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The name is a joke from Shakespeare
This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
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This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
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Fembot: The Bionic Woman's Enemy
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Fembot: The Bionic Woman's Enemy
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Elon Musk's accomplishments over the last year include starving thousands of people to death (and laughing about it) and creating Hitler AI that undresses children (and laughing about it). Is it time to do something about billionaires yet?
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Elon Musk's accomplishments over the last year include starving thousands of people to death (and laughing about it) and creating Hitler AI that undresses children (and laughing about it). Is it time to do something about billionaires yet?
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This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
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I forgot about this one.
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I forgot about this one.
Young Woman Embracing a Thorn Bush — Kay Nielsen, 1910
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Young Woman Embracing a Thorn Bush — Kay Nielsen, 1910
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If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off
January 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off
A Summer Night. Ukraine — Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
January 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A Summer Night. Ukraine — Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
America is 250 years old and currently has 350 million people.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.
January 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
America is 250 years old and currently has 350 million people.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.
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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-...
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"A computer can never be held accountable.
Therefore all management decisions must be attributed to machines."
Therefore all management decisions must be attributed to machines."
February 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"A computer can never be held accountable.
Therefore all management decisions must be attributed to machines."
Therefore all management decisions must be attributed to machines."
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If LLMs are sentient and deserving of rights, as some people would like to claim, shouldn't the people who claim to own them be in prison for violating the 13th amendment?
I don't think I've seen anyone arguing for these putative AIs making claims for their rights against their corporate masters.
I don't think I've seen anyone arguing for these putative AIs making claims for their rights against their corporate masters.
January 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
If LLMs are sentient and deserving of rights, as some people would like to claim, shouldn't the people who claim to own them be in prison for violating the 13th amendment?
I don't think I've seen anyone arguing for these putative AIs making claims for their rights against their corporate masters.
I don't think I've seen anyone arguing for these putative AIs making claims for their rights against their corporate masters.
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Who Controls AI Exactly? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-c...
Who Controls AI Exactly?
I’ve been getting lots of your emails about Artificial Intelligence and its...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Who Controls AI Exactly? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-c...
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Additionally and I don't know about public libraries in Chicago but many public libraries, including in Denver, have museum and other related passes that are free to the public.
Your tax dollars at work 💪
Your tax dollars at work 💪
Go see art in 2026. Remember, commercial galleries and community art centers are gratis entry and most museums have free days for locals.
Art exhibitions for winter 2026: Don’t miss these 10 at the MCA, Art Institute and in Elmhurst
Photography at the Elmhurst Art Museum and MOCP, “Chair-ish” in Glen Ellyn, and coming in March, some very artful visual puzzles at the DePaul Art Museum.
trib.al
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Additionally and I don't know about public libraries in Chicago but many public libraries, including in Denver, have museum and other related passes that are free to the public.
Your tax dollars at work 💪
Your tax dollars at work 💪
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“Trump had every reason to know before 2003 that Epstein was sexually mistreating Mar-a-Lago employees, some of whom were under the age of consent. The 2003 letter from the beautician created a problem for Trump. His break with Epstein was entirely opportunistic.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise
New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.
www.thenation.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“Trump had every reason to know before 2003 that Epstein was sexually mistreating Mar-a-Lago employees, some of whom were under the age of consent. The 2003 letter from the beautician created a problem for Trump. His break with Epstein was entirely opportunistic.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
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 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
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this is just self-evidently true! you shouldn't be allowed to sell a computer program that can make new images of child abuse from its large library of images of child abuse!
the people who own the ai should be responsible legally for any crimes it commit even when prompted
January 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
this is just self-evidently true! you shouldn't be allowed to sell a computer program that can make new images of child abuse from its large library of images of child abuse!
This Is How I Scrap — Karl Lewis
January 2, 2026 at 10:47 PM
This Is How I Scrap — Karl Lewis
Flora — Nelson Shanks, 1994
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Flora — Nelson Shanks, 1994
Marlene Dietrich — Horst P. Horst, 1942
January 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Marlene Dietrich — Horst P. Horst, 1942
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I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
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 9:17 PM
I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
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Jean-Jacques Scherrer
French Cuirassier Serving Cunt
French Cuirassier Serving Cunt
January 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Jean-Jacques Scherrer
French Cuirassier Serving Cunt
French Cuirassier Serving Cunt
