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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/01/2026

This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc) #1: Reuters

Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
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January 2, 20267:40 PM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago

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Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them.
"There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely."
"As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material.
Grok gave no further details.
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies".
In a separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Born in Riddrie on this day in December 1934, Alasdair Gray became one of Scotland’s most visionary writers and artists, his words and images continue to shape our civic life. We honour his enduring legacy & are proud to continue to champion his legacy and creative spirit ❤️

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The Cosmic Shambles Network @cosmicshambles.com · 23/12/2025

Patreon supporters, a new Book Shambles from the @latitudefestival.bsky.social is out for you now! @robinince.bsky.social and @bechillcomedian.bsky.social chat to Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell. Subscribe at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 20/12/2025

Over the last five years, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. jumped by 70%. In 2025 alone, 422 new bookstores opened, according to the American Booksellers Association. You love to see it. 📚💙

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Indie bookstores are making a shocking, triumphant comeback

Since 2020, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. grew by 70%.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

We fail to acknowledge how much the media / politicians drive public concern rather than reflect it; this happened with Brexit too. I’d love to see a chart tracking increased negative media coverage of the trans community with people seeing them as a threat. I’ve no doubt the former came first.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Oh my god. It’s actually finally happened. Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Spending time in these last couple of weeks collating press summaries for a few of our biggest campaigns of the year - and it’s so lovely to be able to stop and reflect on these, and the other titles I’ve worked on across 2025. >>

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

97% is “no clear consensus”?! Come off it, Liz.

Screenshot of guardian news story by UK technology editor Robert Booth, dated 16th December, under the category “Artificial intelligence (AI)”

Headline: Boost for artists in AI copyright battle as only 3% back UK active opt-out plan

Subheader: Liz Kendall faces pressure from campaigners as she tells parliament there is no clear consensus on issue

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

An excerpt from The Washington Post's interview with photographer Christopher Anderson:

Question: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?"

Anderson: "I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, 'Should I smile or not smile?' and I said, 'How would you want to be portrayed?' We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, 'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/12/2025

If you love science and comedy and @robinince.bsky.social, now is a great time to discover @cosmicshambles.com and everything they have to offer. And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"

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Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People | The Cosmic Shambles Network

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

This is a very sad moment - Robin is a joy on air, a brilliant mind, and a deeply kind and thoughtful human being. A huge loss to the BBC.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 09/12/2025

Me, in The Guardian today: "This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."

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The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson

Since the supreme court decision, organisations have faced lobbying and legal threats. But trans people are protected by discrimination law too, says Jess O’Thomson of the Good Law Project

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM

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Wes Streeting must stand up to the
ADHD activists
I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life
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pete_wharmby_books Ah, as expected the right wing press (and Freeman's pipeline from the Guardian op-Ed pages to the Times is worth looking into) is now piling on, suggesting that these scary ADHD activists are just trying to ruin things for everyone.
Not, like, try to improve people's self esteem and sense of what is going on.
2025 is so horrifyingly, predictably *boring*

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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 04/12/2025

“I question the energy that is being dedicated to harming vulnerable people and children rather than tackling the much bigger and very real risks facing women and girls.” A Brownie parent tackles Girlguiding banning trans girls: “It is an attack on children.” www.independent.co.uk/voices/girlg...

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Those who back banning trans girls from Girlguiding need to look at Brownie Law

...which clearly states: ‘A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself’ – something that seems to have been forgotten in making the decision to ban trans girls from Girlguiding. There are many risk...

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Listened to a podcast recently about the rise of 'sludge' - the incorporation of inconvenience (long waits, AI chatbots etc) into customer service, designed to make customers give up before they can claim what's they're owed. Having had a parcel misdelivered by FedEx, I'm REALLY feeling it today.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

An empty train is sitting on a platform, at least 15 people clustered around the closed doors of each of the four carriages. God love the middle aged man who walks up, in front of all of us, and presses the unlit Door Open button “just in case”…

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Heading back north after a flying visit to London, to speak at the @publicitycircle.bsky.social Junior Publicists’ Training Day. A brilliantly engaged audience, with some great questions thrown my way! A good reminder both of what great work the PPC does, and how much talent there is coming up.

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Some lovely news. Somewhere Bobby and Robert are celebrating! Congratulations to everyone shortlisted and thank you to the judges and Nero and to @canongate.co.uk and my agent Clare Conville and to every bookseller, librarian and reader for giving my story space.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Every time I think this government can’t sink lower, they prove me wrong. It’s almost impressive.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Worth bearing in mind this recent news, while considering Nigel Newton’s latest comments in the Guardian. Looks like Bloomsbury are going to be leaning hard into AI in the future: bsky.app/profile/publ...

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Have I mentioned recently how much I adore this book? A love story spanning decades, it left me in tears at the end (not a common occurrence) - and I was far from the only one to have that response. Lily lands in the UK tomorrow - do catch her on tour if you can: buythebook.online/heart-the-lo...

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

There was a story literally last week about a teenager who killed themself after encouragement from Chat GPT. These are empty words. As ever, it’s profit above everything.

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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 14/10/2025

Some days, the algorithm really is your friend:

A screenshot from Bluesky, showing a post about a dark secret coming back to haunt you - accompanied by a picture of an adorable dog in knitwear, sitting up in bed looking happy.

Directly below it is a Canongate post about Alex Preston’s new book, A Stranger in Corfu, which deals with a very similar subject (but with fewer dogs).

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

"Le Carré meets the Durrells" "Imagine the Slow Horses had parents who were also spies..." "Agatha Christie meets the Cambridge Five" To be clear, none of these lines are from me - they're from some of the MANY quotes we've already had in for Alex's novel. Now boasting a stunning cover to match.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2025

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This was a truly lovely thing to find on arrival back into the office today, after a fairly intense few weeks of extensive touring. Thanks again to the BA, and to all the brilliant booksellers who voted. It really does mean the world.

A bright blue award sitting on a desk, which reads: “BA Booksellers Association - Sophie Christopher Publicist of the Year: Anna Frame”

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Yes, yes she is. Not only that, she’s #6 on the bestseller list at the most competitive time of year, her poetry outselling celeb memoirs. Pretty much unheard of. Huge thanks to Lemn and the many other poets, writers, booksellers and readers who’ve lent their support to this extraordinary woman.

A screenshot of a tweet from Lemn Sissay, which reads: Today Len Pennie is number 6 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This was Len’s 8th event in 8 days - with Bristol, Crickhowell, Bath, London and Aberdeen all coming up over the next week, and more thereafter. Almost the whole tour has sold out, including all the English and Welsh events. Not bad for a Scots poet south of the border…!

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

“Sauron and Saruman meet to discuss peaceful resolutions to the war in Middle Earth”

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 17/09/2025

Imagining a parallel world in which 22 billion was injected into the UK arts industry.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I remember this speech when Jon Stewart gave it. It was powerful. And urgent. And 100% true. And like too many things over the last many years, it wasn’t taken nearly seriously enough.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This book has already had such a huge impact on readers over the last decade - and sadly is almost more relevant now than it was in 2016. Exceptionally proud that we’ll be republishing it at Canongate, in time for its 10th anniversary.

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The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Really enjoyed this from @damianbarr.bsky.social Such a good understanding of how social class doesn’t just influence lives, but also silences voices. Damian unions how that works, and how it feels.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Two democratic lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their own homes three months ago. School shootings are so epidemic there’s an “industry” around them. But won’t someone please, oh please, think of Jeremy Clarkson’s freedom to be racist? deadline.com/2025/09/jere...

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Jeremy Clarkson Says He’s “Genuinely Frightened” To Voice His Views After Charlie Kirk’s Death

Jeremy Clarkson feels scared to be a newspaper columnist following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the influential right-wing activist.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Truly the AI writing post we all needed.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The fact this statement is both so weak and - even worse - anonymous, speaks volumes. The presence of a woman who actively called for hotels full of people to be set alight isn’t irresponsible, it’s abhorrent. Why isn’t every major politician and news outlet denouncing it?

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Tour group on my train, heading to York. Enjoying the guide’s frankness: “You’ll see a lot of Harry Potter in York. Being honest, I don’t know what the connection is…” The answer, of course, is that there is none. People decide the Shambles look like Diagon Alley and the tourist machine kicked in.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Huh. Is that…optimism, I can feel?

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

So very sad to hear the news about Jonathan Main. He was a truly brilliant bookseller and a champion for so many writers, who created such a wonderful community around @booksellercrow.bsky.social. Sending condolences to Justine and the whole Bookseller Crow family.

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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Such a beautiful review: “[A] moving meditation on art, love and home. … Barr mingles comedy and tragedy with wonderful fluidity.”

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A great month of events coming up at Serenity Booksellers! Super excited to meet Damian Barr and Len Pennie and hear them discuss their work with two of my faves - Andrew McMillan and Terri White! Utter highlight of the year though is getting to welcome the wonderful Nadia Shireen to Romiley!

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FORUM Books / the bound / The Accidental Bookshop @forumbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We have tempted @damianbarr.bsky.social to FORUM’s pulpit to celebrate his new book The Two Roberts & we’d love you to join us 🩵🩷 🗓️ 8th Sept 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/f... @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

Damian Barr event poster for The Two Roberts at FORUM Books 8th Sept

Damian Barr in the pulpit at FORUM Books

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