Sheila Coutts
@scoutts.bsky.social
Thinking about things. 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺🇦🇹🇺🇦🇬🇪
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What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
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January 3, 2026
January 3, 2026
Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit to Congress a written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
January 3, 2026
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It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Canadian #ICC Judge Prost has spoken about the emotional & practical toll that US sanctions against her have taken.
Yet Ottawa will not speak out against these sanctions. The reason, I have had confirmed, is bc Canada is afraid of American anger at calling sanctions out.
A sad state of affairs.
Yet Ottawa will not speak out against these sanctions. The reason, I have had confirmed, is bc Canada is afraid of American anger at calling sanctions out.
A sad state of affairs.
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Canadian #ICC Judge Prost has spoken about the emotional & practical toll that US sanctions against her have taken.
Yet Ottawa will not speak out against these sanctions. The reason, I have had confirmed, is bc Canada is afraid of American anger at calling sanctions out.
A sad state of affairs.
Yet Ottawa will not speak out against these sanctions. The reason, I have had confirmed, is bc Canada is afraid of American anger at calling sanctions out.
A sad state of affairs.
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Es kommen ja nicht viele Männer zu meinen Vorträgen. Aber es sind ausschließlich Männer, die mir danach gute Tipps geben, wie ich es besser machen könnte.
Das ist schon auch ein bisschen lustig.
Das ist schon auch ein bisschen lustig.
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Es kommen ja nicht viele Männer zu meinen Vorträgen. Aber es sind ausschließlich Männer, die mir danach gute Tipps geben, wie ich es besser machen könnte.
Das ist schon auch ein bisschen lustig.
Das ist schon auch ein bisschen lustig.
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🚨 BREAKING: Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace today in a serious escalation on NATO’s eastern border.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/rBwh50WZpov
Read the developing story: ow.ly/rBwh50WZpov
September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace today in a serious escalation on NATO’s eastern border.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/rBwh50WZpov
Read the developing story: ow.ly/rBwh50WZpov
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I’m not sure how I feel about Kimmel’s replacement, tbh.
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m not sure how I feel about Kimmel’s replacement, tbh.
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I've written a lot about disordered discourse and counterpublics, but given recent events I want to cover a key part of disordered discourse, which I call the four pillars of disordered doubt.
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I've written a lot about disordered discourse and counterpublics, but given recent events I want to cover a key part of disordered discourse, which I call the four pillars of disordered doubt.
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Columbia University, big law firms and major Fortune 500 companies have consistently rolled over to Trump. Meanwhile, E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels and the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein consistently stand up to him despite the risk of losing everything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Columbia University, big law firms and major Fortune 500 companies have consistently rolled over to Trump. Meanwhile, E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels and the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein consistently stand up to him despite the risk of losing everything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
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Das ist alles dermaßen jenseitig, es macht einen nur mehr fassungslos. Und die Republikaner im Kongress applaudieren oder schauen dabei zu. Eine Sekte, die ihrem Guru folgt, offenbar völlig egal wohin.
Wir können der wichtigsten Demokratie der Welt live beim Marsch in die Autokratie zusehen.
Wir können der wichtigsten Demokratie der Welt live beim Marsch in die Autokratie zusehen.
September 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Das ist alles dermaßen jenseitig, es macht einen nur mehr fassungslos. Und die Republikaner im Kongress applaudieren oder schauen dabei zu. Eine Sekte, die ihrem Guru folgt, offenbar völlig egal wohin.
Wir können der wichtigsten Demokratie der Welt live beim Marsch in die Autokratie zusehen.
Wir können der wichtigsten Demokratie der Welt live beim Marsch in die Autokratie zusehen.
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Cruelty doesn’t seem like a byproduct, it’s the goal. The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of contraceptives instead of sending them to women in need overseas.
July 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Cruelty doesn’t seem like a byproduct, it’s the goal. The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of contraceptives instead of sending them to women in need overseas.
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“if they can do this to a senator they can do this to anybody”
they already are doing it to everybody wtf do you think weve been saying
they already are doing it to everybody wtf do you think weve been saying
June 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“if they can do this to a senator they can do this to anybody”
they already are doing it to everybody wtf do you think weve been saying
they already are doing it to everybody wtf do you think weve been saying
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go ahead, post another "both sides" take. tell me about cafeteria complaints and affinity group graduations at liberal arts colleges set the groundwork for today's DHS. write another essay comparing the domestic mobilization of the military to the social dynamics of leftist group chats.
June 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
go ahead, post another "both sides" take. tell me about cafeteria complaints and affinity group graduations at liberal arts colleges set the groundwork for today's DHS. write another essay comparing the domestic mobilization of the military to the social dynamics of leftist group chats.
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April 21, 2025
April 21, 2025
Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis performed his final public act when he waved to worshippers in St.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
April 21, 2025
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The people telling the world they want to "have Greenland" and make Canada the "51st state" are suddenly really into respecting national sovereignty when it comes to the nation they want to serve as their fascist blacksite penal colony
Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
April 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The people telling the world they want to "have Greenland" and make Canada the "51st state" are suddenly really into respecting national sovereignty when it comes to the nation they want to serve as their fascist blacksite penal colony
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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Russia: Two high-school kids in Nizhny Novgorod sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for publishing a YouTube video to their 26 subscribers in which they discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The police complaint was filed by their school principal.
April 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Russia: Two high-school kids in Nizhny Novgorod sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for publishing a YouTube video to their 26 subscribers in which they discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The police complaint was filed by their school principal.
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking