Carol
@cgrose.bsky.social
PhD History: 20th c. Gender/ Race/ Religion/ Imperialism
I am researching the politics of women's religious networks between WWI and II and posting about history, politics, books, and theatre. Sometimes finance and tech (past life).
I am researching the politics of women's religious networks between WWI and II and posting about history, politics, books, and theatre. Sometimes finance and tech (past life).
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Carol
@cgrose.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Reading project for the summer: women’s vision for the world. First up Pearl Buck, Jane Addams, Lillian Smith, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
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NEW: The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster.
Peter Thiel is now the third wheel in the US-UK ‘special relationship’.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel is now the third wheel in the US-UK ‘special relationship’.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
NEW: The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster.
Peter Thiel is now the third wheel in the US-UK ‘special relationship’.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel is now the third wheel in the US-UK ‘special relationship’.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Mamdani’s vision for NYC includes free child care and “baby baskets” for every newborn.
On January 21 at Bohemian Hall in Astoria, we'll host a panel of experts to discuss what it would take to build a city that truly supports families. Get your ticket!
nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
On January 21 at Bohemian Hall in Astoria, we'll host a panel of experts to discuss what it would take to build a city that truly supports families. Get your ticket!
nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
The Next New York
New York's only statewide newsroom dedicated to holding Albany accountable.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Mamdani’s vision for NYC includes free child care and “baby baskets” for every newborn.
On January 21 at Bohemian Hall in Astoria, we'll host a panel of experts to discuss what it would take to build a city that truly supports families. Get your ticket!
nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
On January 21 at Bohemian Hall in Astoria, we'll host a panel of experts to discuss what it would take to build a city that truly supports families. Get your ticket!
nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Will government finally quit X?
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Will government finally quit X?
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
📱 Former No10 comms director James Lyons and Women & Equalities Committee chair @sarahowen.org.uk join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss which platforms the government should be using in 2026
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/375060
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Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.
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Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
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Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.
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It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
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"If they [Russians] are promising you well-paying jobs in Russia, you are going to end up in the army."
Ukrainian Defenders of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade captured a Ugandan named Richard Akantoran, who, according to him, was forced to fight on the Russian side.
Ukrainian Defenders of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade captured a Ugandan named Richard Akantoran, who, according to him, was forced to fight on the Russian side.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
"If they [Russians] are promising you well-paying jobs in Russia, you are going to end up in the army."
Ukrainian Defenders of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade captured a Ugandan named Richard Akantoran, who, according to him, was forced to fight on the Russian side.
Ukrainian Defenders of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade captured a Ugandan named Richard Akantoran, who, according to him, was forced to fight on the Russian side.
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If there is an argument then this is the argument. But lol I can’t find where this obviously false stat is coming from. And if the government does believe more than half the families in the UK are using it as their primary news source then woah maybe time to up the scrutiny of it!
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
If there is an argument then this is the argument. But lol I can’t find where this obviously false stat is coming from. And if the government does believe more than half the families in the UK are using it as their primary news source then woah maybe time to up the scrutiny of it!
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#3: The Financial Times
January 2, 2026 at 8:03 PM
#3: The Financial Times
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The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
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I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
spitfirenews.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
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French authorities to investigate Grok nude deepfakes
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.
www.politico.eu
January 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
French authorities to investigate Grok nude deepfakes
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
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X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After ‘Lapses in Safeguards’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said “lapses in safeguards” led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) by our Defenders at Kyiv railway station.
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
December 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) by our Defenders at Kyiv railway station.
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
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“Nostalgia (as much as it can be comforting) can be incredibly dangerous, b/c when nostalgia begins to seep into politics, it may persuade that you can get back to a world that never really existed & in doing so, fighting to restore a place that never was, can end up destroying the place that is.”
December 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Nostalgia (as much as it can be comforting) can be incredibly dangerous, b/c when nostalgia begins to seep into politics, it may persuade that you can get back to a world that never really existed & in doing so, fighting to restore a place that never was, can end up destroying the place that is.”
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Today you're going to see the images of my ancestors dead and frozen in the snow in the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre that took place today 135 years ago.
This is what Chief Big Foot looked like when he was alive, because we're people before we're corpses white people can propaganize.
This is what Chief Big Foot looked like when he was alive, because we're people before we're corpses white people can propaganize.
December 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today you're going to see the images of my ancestors dead and frozen in the snow in the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre that took place today 135 years ago.
This is what Chief Big Foot looked like when he was alive, because we're people before we're corpses white people can propaganize.
This is what Chief Big Foot looked like when he was alive, because we're people before we're corpses white people can propaganize.
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There’s more to the Epstein Bannon Farage connection than this.
Epstein was actively guiding Bannon how to secretly finance ‘The Movement’ — a right wing pan Europe organisation in concert with Farage — set up by his partner Laure Ferrari
👉 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Epstein was actively guiding Bannon how to secretly finance ‘The Movement’ — a right wing pan Europe organisation in concert with Farage — set up by his partner Laure Ferrari
👉 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
There’s more to the Epstein Bannon Farage connection than this.
Epstein was actively guiding Bannon how to secretly finance ‘The Movement’ — a right wing pan Europe organisation in concert with Farage — set up by his partner Laure Ferrari
👉 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Epstein was actively guiding Bannon how to secretly finance ‘The Movement’ — a right wing pan Europe organisation in concert with Farage — set up by his partner Laure Ferrari
👉 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Mike Lee wants to license Americans to become literal pirates to help Trump's Caribbean campaign
In ye olden days this would mean seizing a Spanish Galleon and selling the gold dubloons, but what do you do with a boat full of cocaine? Are privateers supposed to pull up and sell that in Miami
In ye olden days this would mean seizing a Spanish Galleon and selling the gold dubloons, but what do you do with a boat full of cocaine? Are privateers supposed to pull up and sell that in Miami
Patriots of the Caribbean: Lee Bill Authorizes American Privateers to Seize Cartel Assets with President’s Approval
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation today that would allow private entities to stop drug cartel smuggling and violence. The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act authorizes Pres...
www.lee.senate.gov
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Mike Lee wants to license Americans to become literal pirates to help Trump's Caribbean campaign
In ye olden days this would mean seizing a Spanish Galleon and selling the gold dubloons, but what do you do with a boat full of cocaine? Are privateers supposed to pull up and sell that in Miami
In ye olden days this would mean seizing a Spanish Galleon and selling the gold dubloons, but what do you do with a boat full of cocaine? Are privateers supposed to pull up and sell that in Miami