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Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
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If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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Grok is unique in that it is both the creator and the mass distributor of NCII and CSAM all in one.
And there is no point in having regulations or guardrails to protect children if you don’t enforce them.
And there is no point in having regulations or guardrails to protect children if you don’t enforce them.
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Grok is unique in that it is both the creator and the mass distributor of NCII and CSAM all in one.
And there is no point in having regulations or guardrails to protect children if you don’t enforce them.
And there is no point in having regulations or guardrails to protect children if you don’t enforce them.
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"Es wäre töricht, die Drohungen gegen Panama, Kanada und Grönland abzutun, nur weil sie ein paar Monate weniger präsent waren."
"Sind US-Truppen in Grönland, aber auch in Deutschland eigentlich noch eine Sicherheitsgarantie? Oder eher ein Sicherheitsrisiko?"
Jonas Schaible wieder sehr lesenswert.
"Sind US-Truppen in Grönland, aber auch in Deutschland eigentlich noch eine Sicherheitsgarantie? Oder eher ein Sicherheitsrisiko?"
Jonas Schaible wieder sehr lesenswert.
"Man sollte die Leute besser beim Wort nehmen. Die US-Führung beim Wort zu nehmen, das heißt auch: Man muss das Schlimmste für möglich halten."
Gedanken zu einem revolutionären Moment, dem, was geschehen ist, und dem, was womöglich geschehen wird.
Neuer Newsletter:
Gedanken zu einem revolutionären Moment, dem, was geschehen ist, und dem, was womöglich geschehen wird.
Neuer Newsletter:
Wenn ein Tyrann einen Tyrannen entführt, wartet die Tyrannei
Es brechen kalte Zeiten an.
beimwort.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 AM
"Es wäre töricht, die Drohungen gegen Panama, Kanada und Grönland abzutun, nur weil sie ein paar Monate weniger präsent waren."
"Sind US-Truppen in Grönland, aber auch in Deutschland eigentlich noch eine Sicherheitsgarantie? Oder eher ein Sicherheitsrisiko?"
Jonas Schaible wieder sehr lesenswert.
"Sind US-Truppen in Grönland, aber auch in Deutschland eigentlich noch eine Sicherheitsgarantie? Oder eher ein Sicherheitsrisiko?"
Jonas Schaible wieder sehr lesenswert.
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Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! I wrote this at the end of last year. Revisiting as I begin to write what happened in 2025 and to look ahead to the new year. Worth re-reading: Rebuilding from the rubble rappler.com/plus-members...
Rebuilding from the rubble
Exploring technology for social good
rappler.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! I wrote this at the end of last year. Revisiting as I begin to write what happened in 2025 and to look ahead to the new year. Worth re-reading: Rebuilding from the rubble rappler.com/plus-members...
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This is an extraordinary piece of political satire.
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is an extraordinary piece of political satire.
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Ultimately, the struggle over disinformation is a struggle over power, legitimacy, and narrative control. It goes far beyond fact-checking or content moderation.
"The war on disinformation is a losing battle. How the systems that fight misinformation and disinformation became misconstrued and dismantled." www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ultimately, the struggle over disinformation is a struggle over power, legitimacy, and narrative control. It goes far beyond fact-checking or content moderation.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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AfD-Bundesvorstand und MdB Stephan Brandner hatte mich hier ja mehrfach als „Faschistin“ bezeichnet. Ein Gericht verbot ihm das, doch er wiederholte die Beleidigung und versprach sogar eine großzügige Belohnung, wenn es ihm andere nachtun. Danach erstatteten wir Strafanzeige.
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
AfD-Bundesvorstand und MdB Stephan Brandner hatte mich hier ja mehrfach als „Faschistin“ bezeichnet. Ein Gericht verbot ihm das, doch er wiederholte die Beleidigung und versprach sogar eine großzügige Belohnung, wenn es ihm andere nachtun. Danach erstatteten wir Strafanzeige.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Stephen Miller to Vanity Fair photographer: “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.”
Photographer to Miller: “You know, you do, too.”
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/... @shaneisland.bsky.social
Photographer to Miller: “You know, you do, too.”
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/... @shaneisland.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Stephen Miller to Vanity Fair photographer: “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.”
Photographer to Miller: “You know, you do, too.”
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/... @shaneisland.bsky.social
Photographer to Miller: “You know, you do, too.”
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/... @shaneisland.bsky.social
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We recently updated our apps page this week, making it easier (we hope) for you to navigate & learn more about our various research tools and dashboards designed to make online spaces more transparent. If you find one that's useful, don't forget to bookmark🔖it for later use. socialmedialab.ca/apps/
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We recently updated our apps page this week, making it easier (we hope) for you to navigate & learn more about our various research tools and dashboards designed to make online spaces more transparent. If you find one that's useful, don't forget to bookmark🔖it for later use. socialmedialab.ca/apps/
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When @wired.com made FOIA-based stories free, subscriptions went up.
When @404media.co published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward.
We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.
When @404media.co published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward.
We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.
Wired and 404 Media make FOIA reporting free. Other news outlets should too
We spoke to Katie Drummond of Wired, Joseph Cox of 404 Media, and Lauren Harper of Freedom of the Press Foundation about the case for unpaywalling public records-based reporting
freedom.press
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When @wired.com made FOIA-based stories free, subscriptions went up.
When @404media.co published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward.
We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.
When @404media.co published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward.
We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.
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«The Macedonian teenagers didn’t care about the politics. The American right, especially the emerging MAGA ecosystem, was simply a dream customer: highly engaged, highly inflamed, and extremely willing to click through to garbage sites that paid out ad revenue.»
By me: a brief history of foreign agitators pretending to be Americans over the last decade, with most out to make a buck monetizing the culture war 💸(politics matter less than you think), and what X’s new feature shows…
open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...
open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...
On the Internet No One Knows You’re a “MAGA patriot” in Lagos
On X's new location feature...
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
«The Macedonian teenagers didn’t care about the politics. The American right, especially the emerging MAGA ecosystem, was simply a dream customer: highly engaged, highly inflamed, and extremely willing to click through to garbage sites that paid out ad revenue.»
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The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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In Opinion | Was exercise always this miserable? “In the good old days, I went to spin class, and there was nary a number in sight,” the writer Rachel Feintzeig writes. But now, “I get on my Peloton and am confronted with a veritable dashboard of my inadequacies.”
Opinion | Exercising Is the Worst
Exercise has never been fun, but our expectations for physical performance, what it means to be healthy, and what it means to age have gotten too high.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In Opinion | Was exercise always this miserable? “In the good old days, I went to spin class, and there was nary a number in sight,” the writer Rachel Feintzeig writes. But now, “I get on my Peloton and am confronted with a veritable dashboard of my inadequacies.”
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"Es war nicht eine kleine Zahl von Verbrechern, es waren Hunderttausende einer sogenannten deutschen Elite, Männer, Jungen & entmenschte Weiber, die unter dem Einfluss verrückter Lehren in kranker Lust diese Taten begangen haben."
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"Es war nicht eine kleine Zahl von Verbrechern, es waren Hunderttausende einer sogenannten deutschen Elite, Männer, Jungen & entmenschte Weiber, die unter dem Einfluss verrückter Lehren in kranker Lust diese Taten begangen haben."
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938
Thomas Mann
9. November 1938
Books. 📚 I love them, I read them and I want my child to see that her parents are reading books and not just staring at screens. Yet, here is my issue: I’m getting older, my eyesight is getting worse and I swear the font sizes of paperbacks have been getting smaller. Thus I have to buy ebooks. 🤷♂️
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Books. 📚 I love them, I read them and I want my child to see that her parents are reading books and not just staring at screens. Yet, here is my issue: I’m getting older, my eyesight is getting worse and I swear the font sizes of paperbacks have been getting smaller. Thus I have to buy ebooks. 🤷♂️
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Es reißt nicht ab. Heute: Paul Ziemiak. Als Person, die im Sauerland aufgewachsen ist, kann ich über die Verschiebung von sexualisierten Übergriffen als »Großstadtproblem« nur müde lachen. Patriarchale und sexistische Kultur auf Schützenfesten haben meine Jugend geprägt. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
October 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Es reißt nicht ab. Heute: Paul Ziemiak. Als Person, die im Sauerland aufgewachsen ist, kann ich über die Verschiebung von sexualisierten Übergriffen als »Großstadtproblem« nur müde lachen. Patriarchale und sexistische Kultur auf Schützenfesten haben meine Jugend geprägt. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Wenn die AfD der "Hauptgegner" der Union ist, bedeutet das, alle ihre Thesen nachzuplappern und ihre Politik umzusetzen.
Als die Hauptgegner die Grünen waren, bedeutete das, diese zu verunglimpfen und ihre Ideen und Forderungen zu verteufeln.
Die Grünen wurden halbiert, die AfD verdoppelt.
Als die Hauptgegner die Grünen waren, bedeutete das, diese zu verunglimpfen und ihre Ideen und Forderungen zu verteufeln.
Die Grünen wurden halbiert, die AfD verdoppelt.
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Wenn die AfD der "Hauptgegner" der Union ist, bedeutet das, alle ihre Thesen nachzuplappern und ihre Politik umzusetzen.
Als die Hauptgegner die Grünen waren, bedeutete das, diese zu verunglimpfen und ihre Ideen und Forderungen zu verteufeln.
Die Grünen wurden halbiert, die AfD verdoppelt.
Als die Hauptgegner die Grünen waren, bedeutete das, diese zu verunglimpfen und ihre Ideen und Forderungen zu verteufeln.
Die Grünen wurden halbiert, die AfD verdoppelt.
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Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
#NoKings
#NoKings
Sehr gutes Interview der #IKRK-Präsidentin Mirjana Spoljaric (Link führt hinter Paywall): www.spiegel.de/ausland/isra... #RedCross
(S+) IKRK-Präsidentin über den Gaza-Deal: »Die Übergabe von Toten ist komplizierter als die von Lebenden«
Bei der Umsetzung des Gaza-Deals spielt das Rote Kreuz eine zentrale Rolle. Mirjana Spoljaric, Präsidentin des Internationalen Komitees, über die heikle Mission und den Missbrauch humanitärer Hilfe fü...
www.spiegel.de
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Sehr gutes Interview der #IKRK-Präsidentin Mirjana Spoljaric (Link führt hinter Paywall): www.spiegel.de/ausland/isra... #RedCross
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Fruchtfleisch‼️‼️‼️
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Fruchtfleisch‼️‼️‼️