Co-signing this. Grok is out there making CSAM on request from pictures posted to the internet. And if you posted pictures of your kids to Twitter, you LICENSED Grok to do that. Take those pics down NOW

What I know about #Sinners and #OneBattleAfterAnother, their directors, and awards: • Both are phenomenally good films; one is not significantly better or worse than the other. • Both are phenomenally well directed, and inventive in their own right. • Awards aren’t an exercise in pure excellence.

"The writing on THE PITT has been praised for its medical detail, but it’s the human detail that this non-doctor finds so remarkable,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social in praise of the show’s second season.

U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommending fewer shots. The new strategy would no longer broadly recommend vaccines for RSV, flu, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus and meningitis. 🎁 wapo.st/4joGue1

Me: “so verge staff, how many articles can you read for free before hitting the paywall?” Verge staff:

Verge Staff: “you can read loads of articles for free before you hit the paywall. If you’re hitting the paywall it means you’ve read loads already!” Me: *clicks second article in as many weeks*

On Air Force One, a reporter noted that some had called it a kidnapping and Trump said that was a good term for it.

Last year I wrote about how strange it is that Apple rates Grok as appropriate for kids 12+ in the App Store. I checked this morning in the wake of Grok's CSAM/nudification scandals and can report that ... Apple now rates Grok as appropriate for kids 13+.

Of all the propagandists who found a platform on The Intercept, Scahill may have been the dumbest, and possibly the only one who believed what he was writing.

I am absolutely begging people to learn nuance and recognize that not everything is black and white. Online rhetoric wants to draw a line in the sand when often the discussion is a microcosm of the broader issue. We disregard this at our peril. Movement building is, by nature, inclusive.

No signs of slowing down yet…

Has a court ruled on whether, under Section 230, a web site’s AI generating content based on a user prompt is treated as the web site’s speech? Seems to me it should be, just as if the site operator published speech answering someone’s question. BWEPRA

Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another

Best Casting and Ensemble - Sinners

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Best Original Screenplay - Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay - One Battle After Another

Best Cinematography - Train Dreams

There is a deafening silence in the US re: Grok/CSAM. UK, EU, India, France all urgently looking into it. But here....

Question for the Brits: what outlets/platforms/accounts to you use to follow US sports news? Specificaly NFL, MLB, NBA.

Folks who still post on X, is this finally a red line for you? If not, then you seem to have no moral objections to using a CSAM site.

Good that they are looking but I am sceptical they will take much action . British govt, and other govts, need to reign Musk's wild west website in. Stop the mass production of this disgusting material, or get banned. No ifs, no buts.

It's that time of year again, when I question my social media habit. What do you all think? Has Bluesky been worth your time and attention? Will you stay logged in for another year? Inquiring minds want to know!

Reddit is getting into the automated advertising game. Max campaigns can automate targeting, creative selection and rotation, placements, budget. Reddit had a big growth year in 2025 and many social media buyers pointed to it as a company to watch. Now they have an even more competitive product.

top risks 2026 is officially out after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks this year is the tipping point:

as I find myself asking over and over again these days: "how is this legal?" followed quickly by: "who the fuck is going to stop them, though?"

Is it just me, or is @letterboxd.social on iOS kinda glitchy the last few days?!

The NY Times and WashPost learned of the attack on Venezuela shortly before it began but held off so as not to endanger U.S. troops, reports @semafor.com. www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

Polymarket really has become the ultimate place to engage in insider trading on privileged information. I'm not sure we're prepared for what happens when any outcome -- including violent ones -- can be wagered on.

Paul Thomas Anderson's rousing One Battle After Another has been named the National Society of Film Critics' Best Picture of 2025.

A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview: "If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."

First in @semafor.com: NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told that all the prediction markets had rules against insider trading last April as part of a large conversation about turning the economy into gambling. This is all zeroed out by today’s insider trading on Venezuela strikes, I think www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...

Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets

From Jon Passantino, executive editor of @status.news [paywall, sorry]

One point in it, both great movies…

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (54 points) Runners-up: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (48 points) Richard Linklater, BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE (39 points)

Woah, was never in doubt…

Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (53 points) Runners-up: Robert Kaplow, BLUE MOON (50 points) Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT (40 points)

My quick take on the legality of the Venezuela invasion. open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

I would like to exit the simulation now.

Hell yes!

Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON (57 points) Runners-up: Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT (43 points) Michael B. Jordan, SINNERS (36 points)

Okay, I came back for the @nsfc.bsky.social awards, but then I’m gone again. Poof! 🪄

Way to go Autumn!

Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (56 points) Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (47 points) Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS (41 points)

Film Heritage Award: The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema.