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I believe there are more options short of a ban, but I worry that if we are struggling to combat a free, public, CSAM generator, we are not going to be able to meaningfully regulate AI, @evansolomon.bsky.social.
Canada isn't banning X and its ministers continue to use it. Ok. What are the consequences of creating child sex abuse material and deepfake porn? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says
The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has been embroiled in controversy over sexualized deepfakes of women and children created by X’s chatbot Grok.
www.thestar.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I believe there are more options short of a ban, but I worry that if we are struggling to combat a free, public, CSAM generator, we are not going to be able to meaningfully regulate AI, @evansolomon.bsky.social.
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I imagine a government's argument for remaining on Twitter would be that they should be communicating where people are, but...
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I imagine a government's argument for remaining on Twitter would be that they should be communicating where people are, but...
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter
and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
Reposted by Anne Kavanagh
Sometimes, instead of saying what we think, we fixate on what we think other people think.
What will the polls say? Imagine the ads. What will [hypothetical voter] think?
STOP! Just say what you think! Stop being a consultant! (For free no less, have some self-respect!)
My column this week:
What will the polls say? Imagine the ads. What will [hypothetical voter] think?
STOP! Just say what you think! Stop being a consultant! (For free no less, have some self-respect!)
My column this week:
How to Actually Talk About Politics at Thanksgiving
We should all stop mimicking the same political class that’s made us feel so polarized in the first place.
zeteo.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Sometimes, instead of saying what we think, we fixate on what we think other people think.
What will the polls say? Imagine the ads. What will [hypothetical voter] think?
STOP! Just say what you think! Stop being a consultant! (For free no less, have some self-respect!)
My column this week:
What will the polls say? Imagine the ads. What will [hypothetical voter] think?
STOP! Just say what you think! Stop being a consultant! (For free no less, have some self-respect!)
My column this week:
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lmao Pluribus heads that was the actual mayor of Albuquerque
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
lmao Pluribus heads that was the actual mayor of Albuquerque
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Video: Sky News via X (@SkyNews)
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Video: Sky News via X (@SkyNews)
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disney adults showing up like the end of avengers endgame
September 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
disney adults showing up like the end of avengers endgame
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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You know that scene in an action movie when the bad guy runs through the kitchen of a restaurant and pulls down all the pots and pans behind him to slow down his pursuers? We're in that part of the Trump presidency.
July 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You know that scene in an action movie when the bad guy runs through the kitchen of a restaurant and pulls down all the pots and pans behind him to slow down his pursuers? We're in that part of the Trump presidency.
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
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This is a hell of a thing to read.
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is a hell of a thing to read.
This was a great read!
My weekly list of must-read articles and some thoughts on the "male loneliness" discourse.
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on "Male Loneliness"
The problems we are now identifying in a piecemeal fashion will only become more rampant and extreme.
organizingmythoughts.org
June 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This was a great read!
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Lawyer @equalityalec.bsky.social speaks with @premthakker.bsky.social on how mass incarceration and media bias isn't down to individual cops, lawyers or journalists but are part of massive systems of abuse.
WATCH: zeteo.com/p/how-the-me...
WATCH: zeteo.com/p/how-the-me...
How the Media Makes You More Afraid of Crime – and More Likely to Support Repression
'Copaganda' author Alec Karakatsanis speaks to Prem about the 'central myth' haunting 'all reporting on public safety in this country'
zeteo.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lawyer @equalityalec.bsky.social speaks with @premthakker.bsky.social on how mass incarceration and media bias isn't down to individual cops, lawyers or journalists but are part of massive systems of abuse.
WATCH: zeteo.com/p/how-the-me...
WATCH: zeteo.com/p/how-the-me...
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imagine being loved and accepted for who you are like this wow
May 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
imagine being loved and accepted for who you are like this wow
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Gaza.
May 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Gaza.
Reposted by Anne Kavanagh
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I made a long video about the "someone's got to do it" memes, where they came from, what they're really saying, and what these posts reveal about collective trauma, political cynicism, our decaying faith in democratic institutions and so so much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrj...
May 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I made a long video about the "someone's got to do it" memes, where they came from, what they're really saying, and what these posts reveal about collective trauma, political cynicism, our decaying faith in democratic institutions and so so much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrj...
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Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.
May 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.
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Your post reminded me of this poem by Ada Limón:
May 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Your post reminded me of this poem by Ada Limón:
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doodle. write poems you never show anyone. make banana bread. take pictures of birds. grow a plant. the goal isn’t to build job skills or “become a creative” it’s to just fool around and experience yourself and the world around you
May 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
doodle. write poems you never show anyone. make banana bread. take pictures of birds. grow a plant. the goal isn’t to build job skills or “become a creative” it’s to just fool around and experience yourself and the world around you
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this is maybe trite at this point but it is in your interest to find ways to create things. basically everyone wants you to be consuming nonstop. making stuff, from cooking to photography or whatever, can help you feel more in control. doesn’t even have to be something you share with other people
May 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
this is maybe trite at this point but it is in your interest to find ways to create things. basically everyone wants you to be consuming nonstop. making stuff, from cooking to photography or whatever, can help you feel more in control. doesn’t even have to be something you share with other people
"We can get stuck being hungry for the wrong things. Sometimes it’s a trial waiting for those shitty little demons to release their grip."
Thank you, as always, for your insightful writing!
Thank you, as always, for your insightful writing!
The Desert Mothers/ Fathers "learned to remain incomplete…"
I think I've believed that wholeness, healing is an eternal process, and I've appreciated that - there is never an end to it, it won't ever run out.
But I'm not sure that I've ever learned to remain incomplete.
A new door opens.
I think I've believed that wholeness, healing is an eternal process, and I've appreciated that - there is never an end to it, it won't ever run out.
But I'm not sure that I've ever learned to remain incomplete.
A new door opens.
Lectio #23: Down to the Cool Earth
WHAT A SHRINK THINKS
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"We can get stuck being hungry for the wrong things. Sometimes it’s a trial waiting for those shitty little demons to release their grip."
Thank you, as always, for your insightful writing!
Thank you, as always, for your insightful writing!
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In my first article for The Guardian I analyze the Canadian election, the political environment we are voting in and how the leaders are faring in the changing political landscape
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mark Carney is riding an anti-Trump wave. Will that be enough to win Canada’s election? | Erica Ifill
He’s got name recognition and gravitas. But he lacks ideas for how to heal the fissures in Canadian society, says political columnist Erica Ifill
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In my first article for The Guardian I analyze the Canadian election, the political environment we are voting in and how the leaders are faring in the changing political landscape
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THIS.
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THIS.
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"You will be better positioned to survive this mess if you're not alone. ... When we are anchored to each other in fellowship and shared purpose, we are better positioned to do the work of collective survival—and there is no collective liberation without collective survival."
My weekly curated list of must-read articles and some thoughts on being a person and being together during this fucked up time. "Sometimes, when I talk about how to contend with this moment, I am scolded by people who don’t want to hear that they need to connect with others."
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on Being Human in Inhumane Times
"This will be a momentous undertaking, and we can’t do it alone."
organizingmythoughts.org
April 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"You will be better positioned to survive this mess if you're not alone. ... When we are anchored to each other in fellowship and shared purpose, we are better positioned to do the work of collective survival—and there is no collective liberation without collective survival."