Mentally Grill
@sadsam0451.bsky.social
He/they, ☭, gayest NRL fan, currently reading Children of Dune.
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support
Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for services
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
Reposted by Mentally Grill
"Clearly the reason young people feel hopeless is all the Ticky-toks" - Prime Minister Albanese chaser.com.au/national/bac...
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Clearly the reason young people feel hopeless is all the Ticky-toks" - Prime Minister Albanese chaser.com.au/national/bac...
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Thinking about how where I live we passed hate symbol laws to target nazis and it was immediately weaponized to arrest pro-palestine protestors
But yeah carving out bans for certain types of erotic or uncomfortable content isn't gonna be used to target anything considered degenerate, that's crazy
But yeah carving out bans for certain types of erotic or uncomfortable content isn't gonna be used to target anything considered degenerate, that's crazy
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Thinking about how where I live we passed hate symbol laws to target nazis and it was immediately weaponized to arrest pro-palestine protestors
But yeah carving out bans for certain types of erotic or uncomfortable content isn't gonna be used to target anything considered degenerate, that's crazy
But yeah carving out bans for certain types of erotic or uncomfortable content isn't gonna be used to target anything considered degenerate, that's crazy
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Reposted by Mentally Grill
A daily thing is seeing UK folks genuinely and justifiably disgusted by an anti immigration line that has been the absolute widely accepted norm in Australia for decades
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A daily thing is seeing UK folks genuinely and justifiably disgusted by an anti immigration line that has been the absolute widely accepted norm in Australia for decades
Listen I'm a fucking idiot but doesn't this netflix buyout feel like Xbox buying Activision again, except Netflix doesn't have Microsoft to pick up the slack.
Like, isn't netflix just barely profitable rn with constant price increases? And they also needed a loan to do this?
Like, isn't netflix just barely profitable rn with constant price increases? And they also needed a loan to do this?
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Listen I'm a fucking idiot but doesn't this netflix buyout feel like Xbox buying Activision again, except Netflix doesn't have Microsoft to pick up the slack.
Like, isn't netflix just barely profitable rn with constant price increases? And they also needed a loan to do this?
Like, isn't netflix just barely profitable rn with constant price increases? And they also needed a loan to do this?
Reposted by Mentally Grill
How can law be the chief determinant of morality when they can make it legal to rape us?
Trans people suffer the most violence in prison. PREA was never enough but it’s just disgusting to roll it back.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
How can law be the chief determinant of morality when they can make it legal to rape us?
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
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 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Polyamorous people would rather frolic than go to therapy
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Polyamorous people would rather frolic than go to therapy
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Scammers are going to be targeting children thanks to the social media age ban, imitating age verification tools to steal data, and dodgy 'free VPNs' being promoted to kids.
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Scammers are going to be targeting children thanks to the social media age ban, imitating age verification tools to steal data, and dodgy 'free VPNs' being promoted to kids.
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
Me after the third soju
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Me after the third soju
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Okay I looked it up. “pick up a football” is a bigoted slur against genderqueer folks.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Okay I looked it up. “pick up a football” is a bigoted slur against genderqueer folks.
It speaks to the times that the news being confusing is a breath of fresh air compared to being just blatant acts of evil.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It speaks to the times that the news being confusing is a breath of fresh air compared to being just blatant acts of evil.
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Imagine your child has a medical emergency. You’re a sex worker. You are not making enough from online SW to pay medical costs from her illness so you have to do full-service for a month
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
the CEO of OnlyFans posted earlier this month on LinkedIn that the platform is partnering with Checkr to check criminal records of new creators, as part of the onboarding process www.404media.co/onlyfans-bac...
OnlyFans Will Start Checking Criminal Records. Creators Say That's a Terrible Idea
OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair announced on LinkedIn that the platform partnered with Checkr to
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Imagine your child has a medical emergency. You’re a sex worker. You are not making enough from online SW to pay medical costs from her illness so you have to do full-service for a month
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
This feels like a Cum Town bit.
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This feels like a Cum Town bit.
The way welfare dependent people are treated in this country should ring alarm bells in anyone, regardless of work or wealth status.
NEW: I have obtained, under FOI, a secret Department report that initially recommended the Targeted Compliance Framework - aka, the unlawful "mutual obligations" scheme
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The way welfare dependent people are treated in this country should ring alarm bells in anyone, regardless of work or wealth status.
Reposted by Mentally Grill
Bill Gates and Bjorn Lomborg bear a really substantial chunk of responsibility for supplying this line to every climate-delaying pro-fossil government around the world
Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Bill Gates and Bjorn Lomborg bear a really substantial chunk of responsibility for supplying this line to every climate-delaying pro-fossil government around the world
Reposted by Mentally Grill
I know that "man the future sucks I was promised rocket cars" is old hat but fuck me, "the AI that runs the bank's fraud department denied my transaction because it believed my tastes in porn were wrong" is some esoteric dystopian bullshit
I did some digging
MTI is based off "cyber threat intelligence from Recorded Future," which was acquired by MasterCard in 2024
Guess who was an early Recorded Future client? Bank of America
www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/n...
www.insightpartners.com/ideas/how-ch...
MTI is based off "cyber threat intelligence from Recorded Future," which was acquired by MasterCard in 2024
Guess who was an early Recorded Future client? Bank of America
www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/n...
www.insightpartners.com/ideas/how-ch...
How Christopher Ahlberg is making the world safer and more secure with Recorded Future
Christopher Ahlberg explains how Recorded Future has grown and evolved since its inception in 2009 as it strives for global security.
www.insightpartners.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I know that "man the future sucks I was promised rocket cars" is old hat but fuck me, "the AI that runs the bank's fraud department denied my transaction because it believed my tastes in porn were wrong" is some esoteric dystopian bullshit
Reposted by Mentally Grill
It’s time for all decent people to bully those who speak publicly about their bets to hell. Fuck all of them, I hate this shit so much
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
It’s time for all decent people to bully those who speak publicly about their bets to hell. Fuck all of them, I hate this shit so much
Reposted by Mentally Grill
This is why AI is so dangerous
Financial institutions will use it to scrape the web to discriminate against you — yes, YOU — and debank you
Today, it’s for being an adult VA
Tomorrow, for being trans? Gay?
Financial institutions will use it to scrape the web to discriminate against you — yes, YOU — and debank you
Today, it’s for being an adult VA
Tomorrow, for being trans? Gay?
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This is why AI is so dangerous
Financial institutions will use it to scrape the web to discriminate against you — yes, YOU — and debank you
Today, it’s for being an adult VA
Tomorrow, for being trans? Gay?
Financial institutions will use it to scrape the web to discriminate against you — yes, YOU — and debank you
Today, it’s for being an adult VA
Tomorrow, for being trans? Gay?
I can only imagine the sinking feeling that the groundfloor devs of BO7 felt seeing the positive reaction audiences had to battlefield 6s marketing focusing on Realism™, whilst their managers steamed ahead with whatever the fuck that campaign is.
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I can only imagine the sinking feeling that the groundfloor devs of BO7 felt seeing the positive reaction audiences had to battlefield 6s marketing focusing on Realism™, whilst their managers steamed ahead with whatever the fuck that campaign is.
Epstein saw that Noam Chomsky wrote a book called "Manufacturing Consent" and went "yooo thats my kinda guy!"
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Epstein saw that Noam Chomsky wrote a book called "Manufacturing Consent" and went "yooo thats my kinda guy!"
I try to stay behind a few layers of snark and insincerity on here because I'm not really a fan of being my true self online, but I need to be honest here: There's very few things I hate more than being the only person in my family with conflict resolution skills despite being the youngest child.
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I try to stay behind a few layers of snark and insincerity on here because I'm not really a fan of being my true self online, but I need to be honest here: There's very few things I hate more than being the only person in my family with conflict resolution skills despite being the youngest child.