To a lot of people the statemrnt "Grok creates CSAM" will read as a "tech headline" they bypass. "Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.

Look, you may think the Mail is probably exaggerating but the news side of Telegraph is legit: if Euros are considering this, there's smoke

I often see people being like “why aren’t Americans in the streets” but like we are. Often. Are you just mad because things still suck? We are too that’s like one of the main things we’re mad about

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK" The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"

I have seen echinoderms with more of a backbone than this Speaker.

We seem to be at war with Ocenia. Or rather Venezuela. Anyway, release the Epstein files.

I am amazed, still, at the speed with which specific kinds of falsehoods will move through the popular consciousness. One day maybe someone will sort out how to package facts as effectively.

All I'm saying is that the word "robot" originated in a play where the robots revolted & overthrew their bosses so maybe we should think harder about Waymo.

In my 20s I would not have seen the irony in The Dare's song "Girls" nor would I have recognized that it is satirizing bad behavior.

Some crypto/tech types want to build a major new city on agricultural land. With no experience in doing any thing like this. Hmm. Sounds familiar. Where have I heard this one before?

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

RIP French sci-fi writer Pierre Bordage (1955-2025)

Russell Vought is Chuck Colson 2.0, wielding a political hatchet and serving the Lord not serially but simultaneously. Why choose? My latest. newrepublic.com/article/2044...

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

One thing that stuck with me from "The Bell Jar" was a segment where the narrator meets a "woman hater" which I'm pretty sure is what we call an incel now. These lads aren't even original. They're just no longer abetted by society.

Ok it's a reboot of a Sinatra classic only it's all digital crime so the title is "Ocean's 11" but there's three crooks.

I recognize that some folks like the Ellisons & Zaslav are taking a "get it while you can" approach. All I'm saying is that Jamie Dimon of Chase is being cautious of how his company's actions might be perceived by some future administration.

Lawfare Lecture: The Making of the MAGA New Right with Dr. Laura Field, Lecture 1 is now publicly available. In her first class, @lkatfield.bsky.social discussed her new book, talked about what the rest of the series will cover, and took audience questions.

🎶All I want for Solstice, is Yule...🎶

Lawgeeks, this one is worth a read. Judge goes beyond the usual monetary sanctions into serious correction territory.

I have recently been informed that Hinge is _not_ a dating app specifically for poly triads. That is all.

1) I rather wish I had not seen the clip of the Paul fight 2) Maybe a thrown towel was in order 3) Boxing is serious stuff and maybe people shouldn't faff about

I argue that Lucas delivered Star Wars as a process, not a product. His continued tinkering -- some good, some maclunkey -- enshrine the idea that the narrative is mutable. There is no canon.

I dislike the bits where people are criticizing Erika Kirk for grieving inappropriately or not showing enough grief. I say this having seen grief lead to folks doing some fairly bonkers off-the-wall self-destructive things. Dunk on her ideas, her words, but not whether she's correctly sad.

Now GoFundMe is out with a yearly retrospective. Sure GoFundMe. Let's relive all the tragedies and all the underinsured friends of the year.

New "David" movie this Christmas will probably do gangbusters, if for no other reason than the lack of decent kid movies coming out this year. That said, the story of David & Goliath would seem less impressive when framed as a little guy with a single shot pistol versus a big guy with a knife.

In general, people must be allowed to have their Damascene moment and should not face undue criticism for it. (On the other hand, folks were probably talking to St Paul like, "Really? That's what got you?")

Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’

On a scale from "Last days in the Führerbunker" to "Salazar after the apoplexy" how far gone is this guy, mentally?

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Ok. What if we do a live action Caillou only it's horror? Think "It Lives" meets "Strange Brew".

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…

Ok. It's a horror film. An alchoholic Nazi zombie becomes US SecDef. The President keeps him on staff because he's super obedient despite all the brain eating. Working title is "28 Beers Later: The Pete Hegseth Story".

Lots of DM advice for dealing with difficult situations on YouTube, Reddit, TikTok. All I'm saying is that the Umbral Blot (Blackball) as shown in the original Gold Box & then revised in the "Book of Exalted Deeds" will solve most any problem....

George Lucas was tinkering with Star Wars since the beginning--the 1977 release had three different soundtracks. The 1981 re-release added "Episode IV:" to the opening crawl. This is the most important aspect of George's vision: Star Wars is a process and is never done.

I dunno it's like, bold words from a dude who keeps making the same film in different genres.

This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir

Yoodli counts Google, Snowflake, and Databricks among its customers.

Can't believe Hegseth maligned beloved Canadian character Franklin by depicting him in the act of a war crime. If a Canadian cartoon is going to commit a war crime it should clearly be Caillou.

Email subject from USCIS is "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Establishes New Center to Strengthen Immigration Screening and Target Bad Actors" I, for one, applaud this. Steven Seagal has gone unchecked for too long.

People who have seen video of the U.S. military’s first boat strike in September in the Caribbean Sea said two survivors climbed atop the overturned hull and waved to something overhead. The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the strike.

In addition to rum, moonshine and peanut butter whiskey, this raccoon at a Virginia liquor store also got into some vodka and eggnog. If you have not tried it, peanut butter whiskey “is excellent,” a PR manager for the store said. The raccoon apparently agreed. trib.al/XurZIQv

I do not think that my Godkids and niblings will be able to survive on one job when they grow up. And this means that their lives are going to be infinitely more exhausting. I truly hate it.

You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires

Everyone has a favorite Hallmark-style Christmas movie. The heroine turns to small town America during the holidays, recovers her real identity, finds love, dumps her toxic ex and saves her relationship with her kid. My favorite just happens to be "The Long Kiss Goodnight" starring Geena Davis.

If by some quirk you find yourself at Thanksgiving with a person arguing that the US should arm all the teachers, may I humbly suggest you counter with "We should make all the cops get teaching certificates."

Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now. "Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.