DM
@d-m.bsky.social
Also here: https://infosec.exchange/@_dm
Infosec, Trust & Safety, but mostly screaming into the void
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That's wild.
I assume online pornography consumption is pretty widespread in the US. What are most consumers doing?
- VPNs?
- Using non-compliant websites, torrents, etc?
- Just doing age verification?
Genuinely curious.
I assume online pornography consumption is pretty widespread in the US. What are most consumers doing?
- VPNs?
- Using non-compliant websites, torrents, etc?
- Just doing age verification?
Genuinely curious.
My very first post this year was on Pornhub blocking access to almost all of the south in response to age verification laws: bit.ly/3MOFzap
Now we're at 1/2 of all states.
The creep (sprint?) of AV in the US has been chilling to follow; read all our AV stories here: www.404media.co/tag/age-veri...
Now we're at 1/2 of all states.
The creep (sprint?) of AV in the US has been chilling to follow; read all our AV stories here: www.404media.co/tag/age-veri...
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
That's wild.
I assume online pornography consumption is pretty widespread in the US. What are most consumers doing?
- VPNs?
- Using non-compliant websites, torrents, etc?
- Just doing age verification?
Genuinely curious.
I assume online pornography consumption is pretty widespread in the US. What are most consumers doing?
- VPNs?
- Using non-compliant websites, torrents, etc?
- Just doing age verification?
Genuinely curious.
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i say this with nothing but love for all of you to whom this applies, but the moral rot in elite journalism is because journalism is a trade and it should be done by tradespeople and instead it's been professionalized in a way that makes it cozy to capital instead
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i say this with nothing but love for all of you to whom this applies, but the moral rot in elite journalism is because journalism is a trade and it should be done by tradespeople and instead it's been professionalized in a way that makes it cozy to capital instead
Money can buy a lotta things, but it can’t buy everything.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Money can buy a lotta things, but it can’t buy everything.
I give it a year before Grand Marshal Trump shows up on public wearing golden epaulets and a bunch of fake medals.
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I give it a year before Grand Marshal Trump shows up on public wearing golden epaulets and a bunch of fake medals.
Oh, so Putin gets to and Trump doesn't?
That hardly seems fair.
That hardly seems fair.
You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Oh, so Putin gets to and Trump doesn't?
That hardly seems fair.
That hardly seems fair.
Just wild that the Trump-era idea of a "big tent" is a party that tolerates diversity of thought--as long as the diversity is in terms of "more or less Nazi."
Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just wild that the Trump-era idea of a "big tent" is a party that tolerates diversity of thought--as long as the diversity is in terms of "more or less Nazi."
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I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
June 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
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So much of this popularism stuff misses a very basic point: your rational incentive is not to run up the score with the biggest margin possible. It's actually to win on the *fewest* votes possible. The smallest winning coalition is what gives each constituent part the biggest say once in power.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So much of this popularism stuff misses a very basic point: your rational incentive is not to run up the score with the biggest margin possible. It's actually to win on the *fewest* votes possible. The smallest winning coalition is what gives each constituent part the biggest say once in power.
I, uh...I dunno if "media coaching" is what this guy needs.
December 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I, uh...I dunno if "media coaching" is what this guy needs.
I wonder if Americans realize how unusual this is in a putative liberal democracy.
Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I wonder if Americans realize how unusual this is in a putative liberal democracy.
One thing I’m slightly confused about is the claim that Maduro is using oil revenue to fund his drug smuggling.
Like, isn’t the whole point of smuggling drugs to *make* money? I’m no Maduro fan, but surely the man isn’t using the legal oil trade to subsidize Americans’ nose candy.
Like, isn’t the whole point of smuggling drugs to *make* money? I’m no Maduro fan, but surely the man isn’t using the legal oil trade to subsidize Americans’ nose candy.
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
One thing I’m slightly confused about is the claim that Maduro is using oil revenue to fund his drug smuggling.
Like, isn’t the whole point of smuggling drugs to *make* money? I’m no Maduro fan, but surely the man isn’t using the legal oil trade to subsidize Americans’ nose candy.
Like, isn’t the whole point of smuggling drugs to *make* money? I’m no Maduro fan, but surely the man isn’t using the legal oil trade to subsidize Americans’ nose candy.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
Just like the TikTok ban, this is a clever bit of political strategy that definitely won’t blow up in Democrats’ faces.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just like the TikTok ban, this is a clever bit of political strategy that definitely won’t blow up in Democrats’ faces.
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Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
This is very good.
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is very good.
Fresh off their success revolutionizing the social media landscape, Trump's personal blog is now going to take on cold fusion.
The future is bright!
The future is bright!
The Trump Administration is one of the most cartoonishly corrupt entities on the planet. There are really only a handful of parallels through history, and none are great!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
Truth Social Parent to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Fresh off their success revolutionizing the social media landscape, Trump's personal blog is now going to take on cold fusion.
The future is bright!
The future is bright!
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Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
Let me get this straight: American voters hate inflation, so Trump's plan is to appoint a new Fed chair who will lower interest rates by up to a whole point while giving rambling prime-time speeches insisting the price of eggs has come down 600%?
And people think this man is a political genius?
And people think this man is a political genius?
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let me get this straight: American voters hate inflation, so Trump's plan is to appoint a new Fed chair who will lower interest rates by up to a whole point while giving rambling prime-time speeches insisting the price of eggs has come down 600%?
And people think this man is a political genius?
And people think this man is a political genius?
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Might start wearing a DEPORT MELANIA shirt.
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Might start wearing a DEPORT MELANIA shirt.
Can wait to learn what sort of stuff Pete Hegseth watches to celebrate murdering civilians.
Hackers access Pornhub’s premium users’ viewing habits and search history
ShinyHunters group reportedly behind the hack affecting data of 200m users thought to be from before 2021
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Can wait to learn what sort of stuff Pete Hegseth watches to celebrate murdering civilians.
This is like Joan Didion’s “The Trouble in
Lakewood”, updated for the social media age.
Compelling story, but hella disturbing.
Lakewood”, updated for the social media age.
Compelling story, but hella disturbing.
He Tried to Protect His Son From Bullies. He Didn’t Know How Far They Would Go.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is like Joan Didion’s “The Trouble in
Lakewood”, updated for the social media age.
Compelling story, but hella disturbing.
Lakewood”, updated for the social media age.
Compelling story, but hella disturbing.
One thing I increasingly believe is that many Trump supporters are, in some way, utilitarians: they believe the ends justify the means, and they believe America is facing such existential threats that severe means are justified.
Pointless cruelty--Trump's brand--doesn't resonate with them!
Pointless cruelty--Trump's brand--doesn't resonate with them!
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One thing I increasingly believe is that many Trump supporters are, in some way, utilitarians: they believe the ends justify the means, and they believe America is facing such existential threats that severe means are justified.
Pointless cruelty--Trump's brand--doesn't resonate with them!
Pointless cruelty--Trump's brand--doesn't resonate with them!
NGL, the AI bubble bursting might be worth it just to watch Elon eat shit.
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NGL, the AI bubble bursting might be worth it just to watch Elon eat shit.
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It’s just a basic question of morals. Do you believe basically everyone deserves a good standard of living or not? Yeah, dude sucks and doesn’t deserve a specific job more than anyone else, but no should have to work three jobs to make ends meet
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s just a basic question of morals. Do you believe basically everyone deserves a good standard of living or not? Yeah, dude sucks and doesn’t deserve a specific job more than anyone else, but no should have to work three jobs to make ends meet