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Phil Mandelbaum

@philmandelbaum.bsky.social

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Nonprofit x Political x Digital Strategy + Activation | Design | Journalism | Work: AP, NWU, Stand Up For Science, National Writers Union, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Melina Abdullah, Cat Brooks, Noelle Cook • philmandelbaum.com • aka @awkword.bsky.social

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 15d

“The same systems that made sure Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color were last in line for clean air, safe housing, and political power are the same ones making sure we’re also first in line to drown, burn, or be displaced.” - @merirei.com

My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social

Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense

How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments

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Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT

As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...

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LunaLuvgood2020

@lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social

This is really important and should be talked about

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

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In addition to the sexual imagery of underage girls, the women depicted in Grok-generated nonconsensual porn range from some who appear to be private citizens to a slew of celebrities, from famous actresses to the First Lady of the United States. And somehow, that was only the tip of the iceberg.

January 5, 2026 at 5:40 AM

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Aisha K. Staggers

@akstaggers.bsky.social

If America could free itself from its addiction to social media, and send a message to the likes of Zuckerberg, Musk AND Congress (which is 10 years behind regulating it), we wouldn't be here now...

Other countries have figured it out. Protection from harm is NOT censorship.

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

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January 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM

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maura quint

@mauraquint.bsky.social

ongoing reminder that being on twitter means supporting this

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

futurism.com/future-socie...

January 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM

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Karoli

@karoli.bsky.social

He really hates women so I'm not at all surprised.

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

futurism.com/future-socie...

January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM

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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists)

@tendemands.bsky.social

This is actual criminality

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

futurism.com/future-socie...

January 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM

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The Sex Work Historian ☂️

@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social

1) I don't believe in hell in the Christian sense. However, I think Musk just earned his express ticket there. & 2) Sex workers have been warning folks about this far before Gork. It happened to them first (both on and offline), and they tried to warn you. They knew. They always know

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

futurism.com/future-socie...

January 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM

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Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author📚❤️‍🔥🤘🏻

@taradublinrocks.bsky.social

This seems like it should be a way more humongous story, considering it’s about Elon Musk using Grok as a tool to commit violence against women on Twitter

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

futurism.com/future-socie...

January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM

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Lisa Reyna Loe

@lisaloe.bsky.social

Being a ‘1 in 5 stat,’ it’s difficult reposting SA content.
But in this case, I’ll remind everyone that Elon Musk publicly stated, “if Trump loses, I'm fucked. How long do you think my prison sentence is going to be?”

Trump is on every R ballot this year.
Let’s make it happen in 2026. 🗳️

Sky News:
“If [Trump] loses, I'm f-ed, How long do you think my prison sentence is going to be? Will I see my children? I don't know.”
Elon Musk (to Tucker Carlson, Oct 2024)
Tesla CEO

January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM

Phil Mandelbaum

@philmandelbaum.bsky.social

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.”

futurism.com/future-socie...

January 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM

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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)

@alyssaburgart.com

The attack on Venezuela is a disaster for so many reasons.

As an anesthesiologist, it further complicates screening children for a devastating mitochondrial disorder.

Recent reports indicate at least 25 children and young adults of Venezuelan maternal ancestry have suffered

January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM

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Vroman's Bookstore

@vromansbookstore.bsky.social

@noellecook.com, with Mike Rothschild, discusses & signs THE CONSPIRACISTS: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging--Researcher and ethnographer Noelle Cook explores the question: How do ordinary women become extremists?

Tue Jan 6, 7PM

January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM

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Jillian Hurley

@jillianmhurley.bsky.social

Love this ❤️❤️❤️

Anyone: "Why are there suddenly so many neurodivergent people?"
Edrienwolkin
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.
Xo, Dr. Jen

January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM

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Outspoken™️

@out5p0ken.bsky.social

I shared some personal info and I deservedly said Erika Kirk is performing “staged grief”.

How Not to Widow

Erika Kirk Turns Personal Loss into Staged Grief and Carries Forward Charlie Kirk’s Legacy, Weaponizing Faith for Political Gain

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January 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM

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The Sex Work Historian ☂️

@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social

OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG.

To say @chanellegallant.bsky.social's work is significant is an UNDERSTAMENT. Buy her book and listen to her upcoming conversation w/ @awkword.bsky.social.

I'm going to need a minute to collect myself

#RightsNotRescue

TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social · 1d

Chanelle Gallant (@chanellegallant.bsky.social) is an abolitionist feminist organizer and co-author of Not Your Rescue Project

📕 out now via @haymarketbooks.org

- fwd: @harshawalia.bsky.social
- awd: @policingblack.bsky.social

🎥 convo with @awkword.bsky.social HERE on Wednesday for #globalwarning

Yellow book cover with bold purple text saying, "NOT YOUR RESCUE PROJECT." Features colorful butterflies and highlights migrant sex workers' justice.

Podcast cover for "Global Warning with Awkword" featuring a circle photo of a person with red glasses. Background includes torn newspaper clippings, a hooded figure, and "Crime Scene - Do Not Cross" tape, conveying a mysterious and investigative tone.

January 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM

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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists)

@tendemands.bsky.social

January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM

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Doghouse Reilly

@chadstanton.blacksky.app

And I don’t want to sound conspiratorial, but if they feel like they can do this in Venezuela without any serious consequences, they’re absolutely going to try it in Cuba too.

January 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM

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Jesse Myerson

@jessemyerson.bsky.social

Hey @reuters.com, which world leader is authorized to finally end Donald Trump’s heavy-handed rule?

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K

Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump

Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.

reut.rs

January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM

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Cascadia{PNW}

@cascadiaresisting.bsky.social

Call to Action: No war on Venezuela. We cannot allow this to happen without very visible and very rapid pushback.

Register your event for others to find: www.answercoalition.org/venezuela

#Venezuela #war #protest #calltoaction

List of protests already scheduled below 👇 🧵

January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM

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The Sex Work Historian ☂️

@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social

The same people doing this are the same people who scream, "WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!" whenever they try to keep "predators" away from their (cis-het, middle-class, white) kids. Newsflash: you people are the predators. The drag queens and sex workers aren't the problem; you are.

awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 2d

They’re strip-searching children at school

Strip searches in schools traumatize kids over minor offenses

I could just feel eyes on me. I never forgot that feeling of just standing there almost disgusted with myself.
Stephanie
A 13-year-old at Memorial Park Middle School who was strip searched after being suspected of having a vape.
A school police officer lifted up Stephanie's shirt and bra, exposing her breasts in front of the male principal, Stephanie said.

How could they even do this?
I actually thought it was illegal.
Kristen Yeckley
She claims her daughter was forced to take off all her clothes by a school aide looking for a vape. When her daughter asked if she could put her bra back on, the aide told her to wait. She was left alone, nearly naked, while the aide went outside to talk to the principal, according to court filings.

The cases show a power imbalance when an adult in a position of authority demands a child remove clothing or expose themselves.
The cases examined by Bloomberg Law show a pattern of schools not getting parents' permission before strip searching their children. In five, the children were told no when they asked to talk to a parent.
Kids are taught to be suspicious of adults who want them to take off their clothes, said Josh Gupta-Kagan, director and founder of the Family Defense Clinic at Columbia Law School.
"Even 7-year-olds have a strong sense of their bodily integrity," he said.

January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM

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Crip Dyke

@cripdyke.bsky.social

This is, in fact, illegal.

See, e.g., Safford Unified School District v. Redding.

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January 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM

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awkword

@awkword.bsky.social

They’re strip-searching children at school

January 3, 2026 at 1:53 AM

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Noelle Cook

@noellecook.com

Honestly, no better hype person than your mother.
Thank you, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social — you made her day.

I’ll be there Tuesday, January 6 at 7 PM for a conversation with Mike Rothschild about The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging.
vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...

Split image: On the left, a screenshot of a text message reads, “OMG!!! I’m in Vroman’s! LOOK AT THIS!!!” followed by a photo taken inside Vroman’s Bookstore. The photo shows a round wooden table under a sign that says “NEW and NOTE-worthy NON-FICTION,” with multiple books displayed upright. Among them is The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging by Noelle Cook. The message thread continues with the text, “I can hardly contain myself!!” On the right, a photo shows a front-facing shelf display inside Vroman’s Bookstore featuring several copies of The Conspiracists stacked on the top shelf, with other nonfiction and literary titles arranged neatly below on a shelving unit in a well-lit bookstore aisle.

January 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM

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Drew Harwell

@drewharwell.com

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.

A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j