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@aftertheboat174.bsky.social

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I am more fucking horrified daily. Activist since No Nukes in HS Early-joiner of ACT-UP NY So very tired of this but still fighting. Proudly Gay in a happy yet trump/musk threatened marriage. 👇👇👇🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦👇👇👇 PLEASE DO NOT DM ME! I SHALL BLOCK THEE!!!!!! ☝️☝️☝️🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈☝️☝️☝️

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 14h

Some hope. But... WTF took them this long? 👇 "Among conservative voters, I’m increasingly hearing them say they feel betrayed — over his war, over the Epstein files, over his administration’s apparent focus on anything but bringing down the cost of living." GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...

Opinion | With Trump Flailing, Some Conservatives Are Having Second Thoughts About Trumpism (Gift Article)

What is the future of the conservative movement?

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 15h

This asshole must be impeached. STAT. 👇🤬 "What is even worse than biblical illiteracy and historical ignorance from this product of Princeton and Harvard Universities is a project about which he seems to be deadly serious: the cultural isolation of the military." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Hegseth’s One Percent

A cult of military superiority over civilians is not only unwarranted, but actively dangerous.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Enforce the Hatch Act. Enforce the law fairly. 🤬👇 "In #ThatAsshole's world, the law is for thee and not for me." VOTE these assholes OUT. #vote #endtrump #endtrumpism www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

theatlantic.com

Using the Power of the Government to Win Elections

The Trump administration is breaking a fundamental promise of political impartiality.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He is withering. He is sleepy. He is completely out of touch. He is an idiot. He is cruel. 👇👇👇 And, if we all VOTE, He is on his way out. #vote #endtrump #endtrumpism GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

At Trump’s Rallies, a Familiar Mix of Rituals and a Plea to ‘Please Pretend’ (Gift Article)

President Trump is doggedly lending his support to Republican candidates facing a rough midterm season. He is the same campaigner he has always been, but his crowds have changed.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fuck tRump. Fuck his administration. Abolish ICE. #AbolishICE www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Idiotic tariffs. An illegal & needless war. Our country isolated & reviled. But, to this asshole, it's not because of him: 👇🤡🙄 “Everyone thinks the prices are high because of me, but they’re not.” 🙄🤡🙄 👉 You fat, stupid piece of shit, it is ALL because of you. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/b...

Trump Says Economy Has ‘Public Relations’ Problem Amid High Prices and Slow Hiring (Gift Article)

The president, who had hoped to tout a growing economy on the campaign trail, has found it hard to break through as workers’ wages fail to keep up.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Liars. Scoundrels. Cheats. VOTE THEM OUT. #VOTE "What’s different and scarier now is that the JD’s leadership is working together to validate the president’s election lies from the top down. 👉 Turning fiction into fact is now part of the job description." 🤬🤬🤬 GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Getting Desperate. It Shows. (Gift Article)

The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What defines a coward? 👉 Being too afraid to stand near anybody who hasn't expressed fealty to you. 👉 Faking bone spurs yet playing AI dress-up as a war hero. 👉 Being afraid of unflattering news coverage. 👉 Being named "tRump". #cowardtrump #VOTE www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

theatlantic.com

Trump Got What He Wanted From the Kennedy Center Honors

For better or worse, the show won’t be able to feature artists who reject him.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The #Kash M.O: 👇🤡 1: Invent a crime. 2: Find a Democrat to pin it on. 3. Get the prize: the chance to lick the most disgusting asshole, ever. 🤮🤮 VOTE. VOTE. VOTE. America needs a massive Assholectomy. STAT. #VOTE #BLUEWAVE #2BIG2IGNORE www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.com

Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?

“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.”

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The pathetic Repubs have just one strategy: Assuming we are complete idiots. However, we have eyes, ears, and brains. They SUCK. They know it. Let's prove this point by voting them ALL OUT. #VOTE GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain (Gift Article)

Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Perhaps, the inclination to give That Asshole his 3rd impeachment is far fetched. (I think we SHOULD. But that's another post.) But, we CAN go after the fools he has posted in positions for which they are grossly unqualified. Here's a good one to start with: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy

His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What's he doing??? Welp, he is hoisting himself with his own petard. I know, let's keep kicking him. And ridiculing him. And then we will impeach h him for the 3rd time. VOTE! Take back our government from the grifting assholes. #VOTE www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.com

What Is Trump Doing?

Poll after poll shows that Trump’s presidency is not going well. And he has only himself to blame.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

He is such a deluded asshole. He actually believes that his low approval ratings are because of poor communication.🙄 Shame on any member of the Latino community who cheers on the man destroying their rightful place in our shared American culture. #impeach GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...

In Wooing Wavering Hispanic Voters, Trump Talks ICE, His Ballroom and Himself (Gift Article)

President Trump veered off the topic at hand during a White House reception for Hispanic Heritage Month.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Impeach this micro-penis, performative, grossly unqualified asshole already. The try him for treason. He is single-handedly attempting to destroy our military. He is a dangerous, arrogant idiot. Fuck Hegseth. #impeachHegseth GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...

In Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran (Gift Article)

In his “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on the culture war and accused reporters of “treason” over Iran war coverage.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These assholes are such fucking assholes. Schmitt truly thinks he won here??? Just pathetic. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

theatlantic.com

Eric Schmitt’s Very Bad Day at Work

For MAGA politicians, there’s no such thing as a gaffe.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe 'cuz the probe was mired in BS from the jump? (YES.) 🤔 The grand-conspiracy probe, which attempts to tie together the documents case, investigation of the 2016 ( #Asshole's) campaign’s ties to Russia, & other investigations into his allies, has been a mess. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

theatlantic.com

The DOJ’s Collapsing Probe Into a Supposed Anti-Trump Conspiracy

It’s buckling under the weight of strategic errors, staff turnover, and, most of all, the facts.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

END THIS ASSHOLE. Impeach him (again). Punish him. Take back his and his family's ill-gotten gains. Scrub his name off of everything. Want all of that? THEN VOTE! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

theatlantic.com

The Problem With Trump’s New Taxpayer-Funded Ads

They clearly violate the intent of the law. But that doesn’t mean they’ll be easy to stop.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Abolish "legal" sports betting.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sycophantic assholes who all must be impeached: 👇🤡 Once a cabinet member was installed, it seemed like the only thing that mattered was continuing to tell the president what he wanted to hear as opposed to giving sound advice in service of the nation. 🤮🤮 GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...

Opinion | The Mean Girls Presidency (Gift Article)

Our government is being run by a clique of middle-aged guys.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Each and every one. ALL members of this fetid, lawless, arrogant admin are crooks. This asshole in particular. "Inadvertently" hid money is just a fucking joke. Impeach. Remove. Prosecute. VOTE. #Impeach. #Remove. #Prosecute. #VOTE. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...

Bessent ‘Inadvertently’ Failed to Report Holdings of JPMorgan Stock (Gift Article)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s finances were reviewed by the inspector general after Mr. Bessent incorrectly listed at least $100,000 of the stock, which was owned by his husband, as cash.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Expose, name, and SHAME ICE assholes. These two power-crazed assholes are named: 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler Again, their name's are: #NicholasLapointe and #ChristopherSemler May this be their final job. May they live in shame. #abolishICE #exposeICEassholes

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

RFK jr. should be: 👉 Impeached. 👉 Prosecuted. 👉 Punished. What he has done to the #CDC is beyond criminal. Not to mention, his entire Confirmation Hearing was a complete lying-under-oath debacle. #impeachRFKjr #prosecuteRFKjr #punishRFKjr GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How the fuck is this asshole in charge? 👇🤡👇 The whole kerfuffle was a display of both (That Asshole’s) power and his impotence: damaging to democracy yet also undermining of his own authority. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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The Two-Year Temper Tantrum to Come

Trump’s recent kerfuffle with the press is a preview of his next era.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yeah... nope. These hypocrites running from That Asshole need to understand one thing: Some stains do NOT come out. And if you spent years cuddling up to this fetid fucker, then that orange, greasy, smelly stain is now a piece of you. Forever. #VOTE www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.com

The Republicans Are Bolting From Trump

A president who demanded loyalty is no longer getting it.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Weak. Pathetic. Desperate. Embarrassing. He truly puts the "ASS" in embarrassing. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...

In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So. (Gift Article)

The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The rats a year ago: "Let's steer into that iceberg!! It's fine!! Our supreme captain is never wrong. Best captain in history!!!" 👇 The rats near the mid-terms: "I never meant to be on this ship! This ship sucks. The captain is an idiot who I now turn away from!" www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

theatlantic.com

The Doomed Midterm Strategy Some Republicans Are Trying

GOP incumbents are seeking distance from President Trump, but that’s not likely to save them.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He's pathetic. He's a groveling dictator whore. 👇🤡 His summits are hazardous excursions during which the interests of the US are shoved aside by a president whose cringe-inducing admiration of dictators makes these meetings into rituals of American humiliation. 🤮 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

theatlantic.com

Trump Should Stop Hosting Summits

He’s turned them into a pointless ritual.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He understands nothing. So he makes up idiot "rules" that are unenforceable. 👇 A fact that seems to bedevil (Asshole) most is that the press doesn’t take orders from him, and that therefore almost every reporter he encounters will at some point seem “unfriendly.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

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A Revealing Exchange Between Donald Trump and Kaitlan Collins

The president doesn’t understand how journalism works.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A crazy asshole who is surrounded by crazy assholes. Stay vigilant. VOTE VOTE VOTE. This giant piece of shit intends to cling to the bowl. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.com

The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms

Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ABOLISH ICE. FUCK LAWLESS ICE. PUNISH ICE GOONS.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

He stood on the World stage, and did his usual fetid bullshit. He is a firehouse of falsehoods. He is an embarrassment. A breakdown #fackchecking of #ThatAsshole's claims in his speech to the #UNGA: 👉Exaggerated🤡 👉Exaggerated🤡 👉Lacks evidence🤡 👉False🤡 👉False🤡 👉Meaningless🤡 👉Misleading🤡 👉Overstated🤡

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

👇🤡👇 A NYT report published over the summer revealed that #Paxton has amassed #15properties valued at roughly #$9M across America, despite earning a government salary. 👇🤡👇 Paxton, who has made claims about voter fraud, cast ballots in 6 elections over 2 yrs using an address where he did not live. 🤪🤪🤪

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pro Tip: Maybe don't tell the world where you plan to store weapons. That stupid asshole seems not to understand this. And, we DO HAVE a "national security" issue. It is called That Asshole. #triumphaltarget GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

Trump Cites National Security as He Faces Pushback on Press Ban, D.C. Arch and More (Gift Article)

The president is increasingly invoking the rationale while facing legal challenges to his plans, even in more curious cases like his triumphal arch, which he says will now include snipers and drones.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hey, #JD, enjoy the final month of you even mattering. Because a BLUE WAVE is coming.🙏 Really looking forward to this asshole being just a footnote. Slimy. Oily. LIAR.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Had 3 Black boys spent the day w a white friend who later turned up dead, then 3 Black boys would be in jail right now. FULL STOP. What can be said besides quoting Miss Nina Simone: 👇👇👇 "Mississippi Goddam" 👉America is a racist country.🤬 #nolanwells GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

Grand Jury Finds Insufficient Evidence of Crime in Death of Nolan Wells (Gift Article)

The 18-year-old was found dead days after taking a boat to a Mississippi island with friends on July 4. His case set off nationwide speculation about what happened.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The good news: He is as short-sighted as he is impulsive. Only a fool would cut off their own oxygen. 👇 #ThatAsshole's true scourge is reality, not how the news is covering it. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

theatlantic.com

The Press Is Not the Root of Trump’s Problems

He’s in a predicament of his own creation.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

He is such a stoopid asshole. That privilege/right trope actually does NOT apply here. It is NOT a privilege. It is a fucking Constitutional right. Time to prosecute and bankrupt this colossal asshole.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#TammyBruce is just another asshole. These people are beyond help. Are YOU feeling a strong economy? I sure as fuck ain't. Fuck Tammy Bruce. End tRump.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Kelly #LOEFFLER is just another lying asshole sycophant. What a load of shit.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There actually is a festering problem at the #KennedyCenter. It's called #ThatAsshole. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No monuments to that Asshole. Anywhere. 👇 #ThatAsshole's obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Trump’s Monumental Obsession

The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Republicans have a Neo-Nazi problem. Welp, we have a problem with it. The Republicans? They seem quite fine with it. Because there are SO MANY OF THEM. #VOTE #endtrump #endtrumpism #destroynazis GIFT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/o...

Opinion | The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End (Gift Article)

The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fuck all these complicit Republican assholes. That they still bend over and present their holes for That Asshole's approval is beyond pathetic. VOTE a BLUE WAVE into power. Defeat Repubs who defend the indefensible. ALL OF THEM.

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Scalise is covered in orange shit.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I dunno... the word "shocking" seems quite inaccurate. At this point, him being the absolute worst is anything but "shocking".

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aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Such an asshole: 👇🤡👇 He's pushed the government to revoke the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage of him. He has moved to target the tax status of liberal groups, monitor online speech & deny visas to those expressing views he does not like. #VOTE GIFT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...

Trump Faced Loss After Loss. He Then Turned to a Familiar Target: The Press. (Gift Article)

The president’s ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An empty but loud idiot. Concerned with his own legacy, while he burns ours. VOTE. End this bullshit. End tRump and tRumpism. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

theatlantic.com

The Pinball President

No commander in chief has been better at seizing public attention than Donald Trump. But there is a difference between getting attention and doing something with it.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This asshole lied under oath. This asshole is NOT a scientist. This asshole brought back measles. This asshole must be: Impeached. Prosecuted. Punished. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

theatlantic.com

RFK Jr.’s Brazen Reassurance to Anti-Vaxxers

“You have friends in the White House,” he said at a conference hosted by the anti-vaccine organization he founded.

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Impeaching That Asshole? Probably, and sadly, not gonna happen. BUT: Impeaching his fetid and incompetent cabinet members? Probably doable. RFK jr is a good place to start. Then Blanche, and Hegseth, and Patel... GIFT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/h...

RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’ (Gift Article)

The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”

aftertheboat174.bsky.social @aftertheboat174.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Reel this AI bullshit in. Defeat greedy billionaire self-serving assholes. If you cannot control it, STOP BUILDING IT. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...

OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior (Gift Article)

The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.

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