Reposted by Ashley LakeNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14hAI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out. 461095281
Reposted by Ashley LakeMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 11hBecause Musk doesn’t worry that a Texas AG would ever prosecute his (right-leaning) platform. Bluesky, which skews left, doesn’t have that luxury. It’s Wilhoit’s Law in sharp relief. 14311
Reposted by Ashley LakeMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 7hThe religious right is steadily expanding its definition of what is sexual — and restricting what it deems acceptable in public spaces. Tech companies, in want of less oversight, are taking the hint. The deplatforming that started with sex workers / kink / trans has come for gay bars. 1174122
Reposted by Ashley LakeMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13hthese little freaks love playing dress up 531952186
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m pretty excited to see how they fuck it up more over the next month honestly 020
Reposted by Ashley LakeBugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026why is all of the money going to make to computer telling dipshits they're a good boy 3978
Reposted by Ashley Lakeyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 01/10/2026all-time heavyweight champion 593341691
Reposted by Ashley LakeJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is huge: a judge ruled a Flock search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. Says the search by a cop, who did it because a passing car had a plate from a different state, violated the driver's rights. Meaning, Flock should require a warrant www.404media.co/federal-judg...404media.coFederal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and UnconstitutionalFlock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote. 6739250
Reposted by Ashley LakeJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“We must be very nice to the AI” is not a fringe view. the people making this stuff are a fucked up cult www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comReligious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 1319254
Reposted by Ashley LakeTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 40119203097
Reposted by Ashley LakeMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When white nationalist are a part of your voting base 24362431244
Reposted by Ashley LakeJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lorenzo in 404 Media alert www.404media.co/cops-can-byp...404media.coCops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video ClaimsMagent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out. 3458
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anything interesting in the new OnlyFans terms of service? 040
Reposted by Ashley LakeMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Rand Paul blocked Blackburn and Blumenthal's attempt to push KOSA out of the Senate by unanimous consent.thehill.comPaul blocks push to unanimously pass Kids Online Safety ActSen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked an effort from Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday to pass by unanimous consent the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a long-s… 56026
Reposted by Ashley LakeSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62831391116
Reposted by Ashley LakeMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026abolish the death penalty 383145521
Reposted by Ashley LakeRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yeah, this is the part that gets me. You can't have it both ways 3344
Reposted by Ashley LakeMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.meidasnews.comEXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302sSenator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively 25398374165
Reposted by Ashley LakeJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...404media.coHumans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're HorrifiedHuman contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI... 14667345
Reposted by Ashley LakeCaptain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something. 8725206
Reposted by Ashley LakeTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 29/09/2026“If you are a Republican and you want to hold public office in this state, you’re going to have to fight us for it.” For the first time in modern Texas history, there will be a Democrat in every state and federal race.texasobserver.org‘Up Against a 500-Pound Gorilla’: Can Dems Make Inroads in Deep-Red West Texas?With a candidate on the ballot in every state and federal race, the minority party is trying hard to gain some ground in the GOP’s electoral firewall. 35216
Reposted by Ashley LakeFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/09/2026one of the reasons our current Moment has become so weird is because a lot of freaky antisocial dweebs with horrible opinions made bank off the last few tech booms and now have entirely too much free time 1327741
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I like this new kind of democratic messaging, direct and to the point and not engaging with the bullshit they try to make ppl argue details about 021
Reposted by Ashley LakeKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026January 2025: I’m a trad wife who thinks women who work should be burned at the stake, please ignore the $50,000 I make on insta posting butter I had my servant churn Today: did you know women are people? I promise never to sell you gals out again unless its convenient 81724259
Reposted by Ashley LakeNoah Zazanis @noahzazanis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sucks how if you've—hypothetically—been leading anticarceral antitrafficking work for years & have a kinda encyclopedic knowledge about it, you still gotta legitimize your arguments w "I traded sex for resources at 16" But the carceral groups can just go "Jesus told me to free the child sex slaves" 0192
Reposted by Ashley LakeCirc @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going. 2677924579
Reposted by Ashley LakeVapor Weyve @nymphomachy.meangirls.online · 27/09/2026This is also why KOSA, FOSTA/SESTA and the age verification grift panopticon are socially apocalyptic 1884362
Reposted by Ashley LakeMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“I don’t want the government spying on me” is the type of straightforward position to take, regardless of ideology. 37226
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026was just trying to google search up a simple idea related to the adult industry and it really was actually completely impossible to find a good primary source on anything just devolving into unrelated social media posts, spam sources. like, not a problem with porn spam, academic language was worse 3100
Reposted by Ashley LakeAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026raise their goddam taxes holy shit 331626277
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yeah but they also put urotsukidōji in the children’s cartoon section so it was an exciting time to be alive 020
Reposted by Ashley LakeProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 25/09/2026It's this, btw. 900 square foot modular detention cells.projectsaltbox.comICE seeks ‘modular’ detention units for 50 field offices, saying increased arrests have exceeded its spaceA request for information seeks ready-made detention, interview and courtroom units, with no limits on how many people the units would hold or for how long. 21827342
Reposted by Ashley LakePeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jake Tapper (moderating the 2028 Dem primary debate): Final question. Do you renounce the Western Massachusetts lesbian bar? Pete Buttigieg: I renounce it. Kamala: I renounce it. AOC: I renounce it. Gavin Newsom: I will be deploying the National Guard to Greenfield on day one of my administration. 353641416
Reposted by Ashley LakeNYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 30/05/2026"NYT removed the "um"s in Trump's answer on Taiwan, but put "um"s in AOC's answer on Taiwan to make her look dumb Trump said "Um, I would say 'like' is maybe too strong a word...um, no, I'm holding that in abeyance and it depends on China, depends, it's a, it's a.." Video below L: Trump R: AOC" 0507
Reposted by Ashley LakeScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982253351
Reposted by Ashley LakesamanthAAAH! riedel @samanthawrites.net · 23/09/2026"Disability activists warned for years that this would be the outcome of allowing COVID-19 to spread unmitigated. Now that it’s time to pay the piper, the state and its media allies are working desperately to sever the connection between COVID-19 and its consequences." 116382
Reposted by Ashley LakeJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up. 26582911365
Reposted by Ashley LakeMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026France's National Assembly is considering a bill that would criminalize adult content sales, equating online content creation with pimping. Consumers and platforms would face steep fines and prison. The bill is being championed by Céline Thiébault-Martinez, an MP on the supposed socialist left.avn.comAn Anti-Sexual Violence Bill Could Ban Adult Sites in France AVNA proposed national bill intended to combat gender-based and sexual violence in the French Republic could drastically expand pimping and procurement measures online to potentially cover direct-to-cons... 36525
Reposted by Ashley LakeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him. 15084121899
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oh no our local scene drama (last ditch) is going viral 040
Reposted by Ashley LakeErin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is human trafficking on a massive scale. 332304782
Reposted by Ashley LakeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 6226691083
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And studiovanniall.com is live!avn.comStudio Vanniall Officially Launches Banner With PAYSITE AVNVanniall and PAYSITE have debuted StudioVanniall.com. Launched September 15, it is the “official home” for all of Studio Vanniall’s productions. 0115
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Our biggest problem is corpos in every direction. We can break all this up, the mechanisms exist and just require political will. 0155