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dceiver.bsky.social
per the New York Times the state of Minnesota is no angel
NYT hed/dek: Minnesota Was Long at Odds With the Trump Administration. It's Boiled Over The contradicting accounts after a federal agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis were the latest episode in a dispute that has been building for weeks.
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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theguardian.com
White House says using US military is ‘always an option’ for acquiring Greenland
White House says using US military is ‘always an option’ for acquiring Greenland
European leaders push back forcefully against US president’s desire to seek takeover of Arctic territory Donald Trump and his advisers are looking into “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland, noting in a White House statement on Tuesday that using the US military to do so is “always an option”. “President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. Continue reading...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
So it looks like i hadn't mentioned this, here, so just in case let me say this plain: Instructure, the parent company & producer of the Canvas learning management software platform, has partnered with OpenAI, as of last year. There are a number of claims being made about privacy but… well. Heads up
Instructure and OpenAI Announce Global Partnership to Embed AI Learning Experiences within Canvas
www.instructure.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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lukemcgee.bsky.social
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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thomasfuchs.at
Expert systems are inevitable

Don’t get left behind, Flash is the future

Cryptocurrency will obsolete fiat currency

Better claim your stake in the Metaverse

By 2015, we will all have self-driving cars

Pen computing is going to end keyboards

You’ll look so stupid if you miss out on NFTs
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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ryanjreilly.com
Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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samblum.bsky.social
In other hell site news billionaire VC and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale seemingly endorsed the murder of "commies" the other day.
Exactly. What did you think founding Palantir was supposed to be about? Commies aren’t allowed in this hemisphere and every one of them should be blown up along with their gravesites
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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goodlawproject.org
Of course, in the UK "regulators" are never really regulators. Their raison d'etre is political: to dress political goals in regulatory clothing, to act as reputational buffer zones, to gaslight outsiders like you and I into thinking regulation exists. But never, god forbid, to regulate.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3d
Ofcom *might* "undertake a swift *assessment* to determine *whether* there are *potential* compliance issues that *warrant investigation*."

Hard to believe, but we waste almost a quarter of a billion pounds of public money annually on this absolute shower of a regulator.
January 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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lilbazza.bsky.social
Just checking with how Starmer's crusade to ban apps that produce deep fakes is going
Keir Starmer @Keir St... . 18 Dec 25 We are going to aim to make it impossible for children to take, share or view a nude image, and we're banning apps that create deepfakes. Here's the detail:
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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steamedhamms.bsky.social
i would suggest an online safety act that can’t deal with CSAM on a widely used social network frequented by most westminster public figures isn’t doing a very good job of keeping anybody safe online
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Why is it so hard to acknowledge that the CEO is laughing while his site becomes a harassment forum and a CSAM generator and say that the UK government will cease using it? A No10 statement (maybe this one) is going to appear alongside this stuff. They should want to avoid that.
adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d
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"
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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edithcharles.bsky.social
INTERVIEWER: Any comment on Zohran Mamdani's victory and what it says about immigrants and trans rights?

LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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postoctobrist.bsky.social
magical
January 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?" Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸" Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City." Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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colin-fraser.net
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
davelevitan.bsky.social Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4d
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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hleehurley.com
"Left-leaning mothers of Mumsnet are deserting Labour for Reform" [Times]

I can't stop laughing long enough to come up with something sarcastic to say about this headline.
Left-leaning mothers of Mumsnet are deserting Labour for Reform Louise Eccles and Caroline Wheeler Anti-immigration protesters outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, last summer. Immigration is among the biggest concerns of Mumsnet users Reform has become the top political party for traditionally left-leaning mothers, a survey of Mumsnet users found, in what has been labelled a wake-up call for Labour. The parenting forum has become a barometer for mothers’ voting intentions. Analysis of Mumsnet conversations correctly predicted the country would choose to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum. Now research shows 20 per cent of users intend to vote Reform UK in the next election, placing the party ahead of Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats. It is the first time since the Mumsnet political poll began in 2009 that Labour has been usurped by any party. Justine Roberts, the cofounder of Mumsnet, said she was surprised by the results from the poll of more than 1,000 adults, but understood “why many mums have become disillusioned” with the government. Analysis of conversations on Mumsnet found there was anger about rising taxes, failed welfare reforms, NHS pressures and the perceived effect of immigration on public services.
January 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. In a telephone interview this morning, .. Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat against the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,’ ..”

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
@housetrotter waahhhh i'm an american and i can't do anything about imperialism!! all i can do is eat my corn pop crispies and crispy corn cob pops and popcorn pops and corn syrup crisps and crispy syrupy corn cob crisps and corn cob crispy syrup bombs
January 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The US seems likely to argue that Maduro can be prosecuted because he didn't win a fair election and so isn't a legitimate ruler. Meanwhile this article suggests that they've been negotiating to keep on his deputy with Qatar's despotic regime as intermediary. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro
Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez used Doha backchannels to offer Washington a 'Cartel Light' plan for a managed Venezuela transition that keeps chavismo in power.
www.miamiherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.

We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 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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flyingrodent.bsky.social
The EU is not going to do shit about this. We are all complicit in genocide, and complicit in genocide not only with Biden but with Trump too. We are all vassals of the American empire. These people fully understand how bad all of this is, and they have all chosen to side with power, not justice.
The world desperately needs the EU to stand up for international law if we're to have any chance of avoiding barbarism, but instead we got whatever this is Roberta Metsola • @presiden... • 5h Venezuela será libre. People in Venezuela deserve to live free after years of oppression. As the European Parliament has consistently affirmed, we do not consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate, elected leader of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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wyattprivilege.bsky.social
Me, a year into making up horror stories about bluesky: are you guys seriously gonna leave this app over a little child porn
January 2, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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stefmowords.bsky.social
posting my serious grown up forensic adult political statement on the free CSAM generator app
bronwen.bsky.social Bron 🩷💜💙 @bronwen.bsky.social · 5d
How is this even more pathetic than I thought it would be???
Statement by Keir Starmer on the colonisation of Venezuela by the US. It reads: The UK has long supported a transition of power in Venezuela. We regarded Maduro as an illegitimate President and we shed no tears about the end of his regime. I reiterated my support for international law this morning. The UK government will discuss the evolving situation with US counterparts in the days ahead as we seek a safe and peaceful transition to a legitimate government that reflects the will of the Venezuelan people.
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM