NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed. futurism.com/future-socie...

I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement. spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...

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🚨🚨🚨 Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen over shipment of weapons for separatists that arrived from UAE apnews.com/article/saud...

it’s christmas sicko time (watching jingle all the way)

I propose introducing relegation and promotion with the g league.

No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.

Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett is reuniting with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Lynx in a new, all-encompassing role involving business, community efforts and content development, sources told ESPN. His long-awaited No. 21 Wolves jersey retirement will also happen in Minnesota.

the last kingdom is the emily in paris of viking tv shows

Somalis are not 'garbage.' They are a gift that all Americans should treasure. religionnews.com/2025/12/06/s...

You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen. Then, they scan your face. 23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:

made budae jigae for this cold MN day

Leave our neighbors alone.

Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.

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/...

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

anker is one of the few tech companies that manages to consistently make products that do what they should well and either meet or exceed expectations

Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."

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“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.” www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind

Benin government says armed forces foil coup attempt - www.reuters.com/world/africa...

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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

"Tunisians took to the streets on Saturday for a third straight week to protest against President Kais Saied's expanding crackdown on the opposition, critics and NGOs, urging the release of political prisoners." www.reuters.com/world/africa...

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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

A night out in Cedar-Riverside

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend

Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia - www.reuters.com/investigatio...

US vaccine committee scraps broad recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns - www.reuters.com/business/hea...

i wish the timberwolves took other teams seriously

Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say apnews.com/article/trum...

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“This case illuminates the dire contradictions of the US preparing to welcome the world’s largest sporting event while simultaneously implementing policies to separate families and deport asylum seekers.”

New from HRW: The arrest of an asylum seeker at the Club World Cup final in July 2025 raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the #WorldCup2026 in the United States next year.

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

Leave our neighbors alone. apnews.com/article/minn...

While the Trump team defends killing suspected drug dealers who have not been convicted of anything, the convicted drug trafficking former president of Honduras is released from prison by a Trump pardon. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...