Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted. ‘Add blood, forced smile’: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already: If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder. It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO. /1

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.

That he chooses the "me or your lying eyes?" approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment.

I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.

As @colin-fraser.net is tirelessly pointing out, the current nightmare unfolding on X/Twitter is not fundamentally an AI issue, it's a product that's been designed to create nonconsenual sexual images, including of minors, that Elon Musk refuses to turn off. That's the issue.

One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.

I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.

My son put it best when he was a young kid: "Cats are great because you get happy every time you encounter them. You turn a corner, and there's a cat there, and it's like there's a cat, and that's great." I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.

A fun question for a WH correspondent to ask Trump would be to point out Venezuela on a map.

Important to remember that the TikTok deal, which delivered the app into the hands of pro-Trump billionaires, was only made possible by President Biden and the Democrats. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

I see a lotta people saying they don't see Trump in the latest Epstein production but take a look at the lower left quadrant of this photo...

this slaps

hi hello sometimes leaking documents is in the public interest www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

"Trump Billionaires Club: New Game Adds Utility To His Struggling Meme Coin" me, for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

In response to SSRN's removal of Professor Edwards's "The Originalist Case for the President's Power to Pardon State Offenses," I have posted "A Response to SSRN's Removal of Jerry Edwards's 'The Originalist Case for the President's Power to Pardon State Offenses'" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Brb starting a wine bar that just serves wine, fresh housemade bread, and a variety of oils, dips, and pestos

Thank you to everyone who has shared this. The hearing is over for today. DHS has filed a motion to pretermit (end Guan's asylum application in the US) and have him sent to Uganda - where he'd be at risk of being sent to China. The hearing to decide that will be held 12 January.

Read about Ahmed al Ahmed, local fruit stall owner and savior of who knows how many lives. May we all be this brave and righteous in a crisis. www.news.com.au/national/nsw...

hmm

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/...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks at the ICE Baltimore field office for a scheduled check-in. Abrego was released from custody after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration lacked legal authority to continue holding him in an immigration detention center.

Here are the bylaws for Donald Trump Jr.’s Executive Branch club. I don’t believe the full document has been reported before. It was publicly available — the link was buried in the club website’s source code. admin.executivebranch.com/wp-content/u...

After her most recent grant announcement on Tuesday, MacKenzie Scott is now America's third-most-generous philanthropist by dollar amount, and second by percentage of wealth. More insights and context in my latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.

Alas, it’s just me, reading an article, being accosted by an autoplay video ad, and ragequitting the page never to return. Why does *anyone* think this works to sell stuff?! The sole effect is making sure we never read your article’s kicker 🫠

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected] www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

ima have 2 of each cookie now you misery grinch

ICE took my brother in law. My family is now on the growing list of people that Trump's policies have directly impacted. Things will be challenging for a while – if you can help my sister, Ramiro, and their two little girls in any way, it will be so appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-w...

Why it matters

🚨NEW🚨 At the southern border, officers use Cellebrite forensic devices to access iPhones of immigration crime suspects. Except they don't always get the data CBP wants. So CBP orders Apple to provide it instead. A CBP playbook on border surveillance. www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well... Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov. We called the auditor. He resigned in August. That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks. 1/

"In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen, and adjusted their behavior accordingly." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/s...

seventeen strike policy

“Newsmax Set Out To Be QVC For Senior Citizens. Then Came Trump.” @ebakerwhite.bsky.social for @forbes.com

The company, which went public in March, long relied on subsidiaries to sell its TV audience everything from supplements to annuities to controversial health and finance advice. Will that business model live on in the era of Trump?

Metaverse startup Napster earlier this year claimed to have raised a massive $3 billion round from one, unnamed investor, valuing it at $12 billion. Now it claims the money never landed and its working with law enforcement as a “victim of misconduct”. www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

excellent content here

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

“The swastika signified the mission allotted to us—the struggle for the victory of Aryan mankind and at the same time the triumph of the ideal of creative work which is in itself and always will be anti-Semitic.” - Adolf Hitler, “Mein Kampf” gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/020...

It seems worth getting very crisp on whether the presumptive 2028 Republican nominee for POTUS agrees with his boss that members of Congress should be killed.

read this www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

An editor at Suncoast Searchlight, an investigative outlet, inserted AI hallucinated quotes into stories and after reporters sent a letter to the publication’s board, the editor fired one of the reporters. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...

I am just confused what

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5. He’s been taken by ICE in Florida. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...

🚨SCOOP 🚨The Pentagon is spending millions on a secretive startup that’s making hacking AI to help carry out operations on hundreds of targets at once. In-q-tel, the VC org founded by the CIA, is a backer of the startup, called Twenty. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

Learned about this via a tip. See something, say something ain't just for the feds. Srsly, tips always appreciated! 8/

New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.” Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization. me, for @forbes.com 1/