The Trump administration has a plan to "run Venezuela" the same way he has a health care plan.

Absolute dereliction of duty by Jeffries here.

America is not going to be rescued from utter fascism by Democrats, at least not those currently in power.

Out today thrifting with my partner. There are things you should never buy second hand. Actually, things that NOBODY should buy anywhere other than new, ideally from a reputable establishment

Translation plan? Sir, this is a Wendy's...

Hear, hear.

Maduro doesn't have a Roberts and a Kavanaugh fighting for opportunities to fellate him while a Venezuelan Thomas is trying to decide which bribe to take from one of Maduro's corporate special interests. So I'm guessing no, it won't be.

flawless CFAA hypothetical:

America: bringing democracy to the world...

By this standard, the Iranian government could indict Trump for the bombing of their nuclear sites and then send Quds Force to invade Mar-a-Lago to kidnap him. We are setting a dangerous precedent and the world is a less safe place because of it.

I frankly cannot believe how over the top complicit the press is in implicitly supporting Trump's illegal actions. By this standard, he could shoot a homeless person in cold blood in the streets and the Reuters headline would be "Trump frees man from a lifetime of drug addiction."

The US is a rogue nation. Any world leader not holding emergency planning sessions to isolate itself from the US economy, defense industry, and "defense guarantees" is not fit to serve.

s/press corps//

This is utterly insane shit, not normal. Most of the U.S. hasn't even fucking woken up yet.

Prove that P == NP

For various definitions of "managed."

It also sets a horrible precedent - which heads of state can be kidnapped by another country (and by which countries)? These are not questions we should ever want to answer - doubly so in the nuclear age...

Yo, FIFA - we need to talk. Someone is making a mockery of your peace prize. If you don't do something, people will start questioning your integrity. You know what? Never mind. I heard it as I was saying it... www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

Because it was never about the drugs?

Adding "unsanctioned combat operations" to the list of "what won't we do to distract from the Epstein files" answers. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

Kind of like bragging you passed the breathalyzer test every time you got pulled over this weekend for erratic driving...

If you or someone you know have been a victim of the sexualized deepfakes created by Grok and would like to discuss your civil legal options, DM me or reach out on Signal at riot.95. I can connect you with excellent free legal counsel.

And deity help you if your use case requires spelling a word correctly in an image...

It would be like if Dropbox stopped "just storing your files" and started "adding value" by inserting ads in existing files and serving you other files that aren't even yours but are all ads.

It is journalistic malpractice by CNBC to imply that Grok is capable of "fixing safeguards." If CNBC weren't pandering to Space Karen, the post would be something like "xAI commits felonies publishing CSAM, but PR tried to bullsh*t us by anthropomorphizing Grok and refusing to take responsibility."

Given that Santos should still be in prison, it's hard to give a flying fsck...

These policies are a big reason that NYT doesn't get embargoed @ddosecrets.com data, and why their reporters (even ones I like) are never first in line to get access to restricted data.

"LLMs are basically a dead end when it comes to superintelligence."

[Gift article] Capitalism Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

Um, sir, is this you?

Political intimidation threats make any story immediately more interesting.

It seems like there's criminal liability here for xAI. This isn't a Section 230 thing because it isn't user generated content. The reality is that a crime was committed by publishing CSAM. We CANNOT let companies create AI that commits crimes without any liability. Nothing good will come of that.

i think both cases can be explained by a desire to undermine the regulatory mechanics of copyright: in the case of NFTs, by instituting a mechanism controlled by capital (mining means whoever owns the most hardware), with LLMs DDoSing the internet from their personal data centers acting similarly

Can we also address that the xAI team is both deflecting blame and perpetuating a fraud here? Grok is not sentient. It cannot regret anything. It is not sorry. The safeguards that failed are the sole responsibility of the xAI team. Period.

How it started, how it's going... Just six days after DOD announced it is adding xAI models to GenaAI[.]mil, Grok posted CSAM to Xitter.

Go to an Air Force base to inspect their U-2 aircraft. You're paying billions for what they claim are "advanced intelligence payloads" but Limbaugh's ghost told me in a fever dream Soros is pocketing the money and they're flying empty. Demand access! Only your investigation can expose the truth!

In 2026, Grok will transform into a registered sex offender...

The same guy who said in 2019 that he'd have a million robotaxis on the road in 2020 and at the end of 2025 still can't drive them autonomously in San Francisco, where Waymo has been doing it for years? Yawn.

New Year's Eve selfie-ception, featuring @emmie.bsky.social 😘🤳💜💚

Just as a newspaperman, the most interesting detail here to me is that Trump called the reporters and yammered on to them about his health, but Trump’s minders wouldn’t let the reporters talk to his doctor. “The White House declined to make Barbabella available for an interview.”

We should start a movement that "real men" don't wear compression socks. You know, for reasons.

I predict that self hosted services are going to increase in popularity this year as costs for hosting continue to rise. I’ve always been a believer in self hosting, never more-so than now.

If you think day care is expensive now, imagine if they all had to employ receptionists so they could handle all the Internet "investigators" calling and "visiting to check things out" (trespassing).

People who think day care facilities are unlocked or have reception areas clearly have never had kids in daycare. FFS, try being a parent with a kid actually in the day care and making an unscheduled pickup or drop off outside of normal hours.

“Tr*mp pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace … So to be clear—he's fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against Worst the American people.”

Let's make 2026 the year we bully ride app companies into adding a "do not pick me up in a Swastikar" configuration option to their apps.

Pressure works.

This is something that I don't think gets enough attention: you're not a master of business if you can't make gambling work as your business model. Exhibit A: Circus Circus, Las Vegas

The entire reason they’re locked is to prevent weird freaks like this who have no right to be there from marching in and endangering the kids.

Exactly.