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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 09/09/2026

NEW: In one of the most horrifying stories I've ever reported, I found that Facebook is hosting huge quantities of AI-generated videos of violent child abuse -- kids being beaten, burned, and far more But the genuinely shocking thing was how little Meta seems to care futurism.com/artificial-i...

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> Facebook Is Hosting Huge Numbers of Horrifying AI-Generated Videos of Violent Child Abuse, and Meta Is Barely Even Pretending to Care About Taking Them Down

> Facebook is filled with AI-generated videos of children being beaten, burned, and bludgeoned with heavy objects. Meta doesn't seem to care.

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Sean Keeley @seankeeley.bsky.social · 39m

Somehow I knew this inherently.

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: Brown Brothers Media — the vast content network scaled through the heavy use of AI + fake writers w/ fabricated credentials — has halted publishing amid what appears to be a Google crackdown on many of its sites. BBM may have been earning 64m+ readers per month. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation

Brown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault

Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 5h

i legit hate to be a boomer who is opposed to anything new, but it sure feels like one of the key challenges facing humanity is how to keep technology from destroying us in multifarious ways

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 18h

i feel like the thing is using a sampler/drum machine/auto-tune/whatever previous moral panic over "computer music" to make a good song in reality takes immense skill and artistic intent writing a prompt to AI generate a song... i just don't see evidence of the skill and artistry

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 29/09/2026

hard to shake off a feeling of dread that everything is turning into a noxious stew of AI, doom loops, gambling, and graft

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Incredible stuff.

Commentary|Essay

AI and the crisis of the author

By Anchit Sathi

September 4, 2026
Read this issue

Editor’s note (September 21, 2026): We have removed this essay. AI was used in its preparation. The TLS editorial guidelines prohibit the use of AI in the writing and editing process. The author states that he was unaware of the policy.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 29/09/2026

kids today are trying to make sense of the archaeological record

kid on reddit asking "how did hippie culture suddenly vanished"

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The Mind Doctor @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How does this story keep getting more insane

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 29/09/2026

not to 30s-post excessively, but the feeling of falling into bed before 9:30 when you're exhausted hits so good

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

Somehow "the guy who buys struggling publications and fills them with fake journalists that publish thousands of articles of AI slop to overwhelm google? turns out he goes way back with Ghislaine Maxwell, the collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein" feels like the ultimate and most exhausting 2026 sentence

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

kind of obsessed with the fact that there's an AA-style support group called Dogs Anonymous for owners who don't want to publicly admit they can't stand their dogs. by @jasooooon.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/inside...

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

i shall not beef. beef is the vibes killer

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“If the ocean dies, I’m not sure what that outcome will be. But definitely not good.” Groundbreaking stuff

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: Justin Brown, a cofounder of the AI slop empire Brown Brothers Media, has deep ties to convicted sex criminal and Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell promoted Brown's failed social media platform Ideapod -- which is still a publisher in BBM's portfolio: futurism.com/artificial-i...

futurism.com

You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 28/09/2026

Oh! Well now!

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 27/09/2026

mamdani balancing the budget by cutting nyc's draw distance down to silent hill levels

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Meta can ban: - Adverts for a Virginia Woolf play because of “feminism” - Ads for a documentary about Elon Musk. Meta seemingly cannot ban: - Generative AI Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Material, adverts and content.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 27/09/2026

babe wake up we're vaping B12s now

vegan-branded vapes that provide B12 vitamine? who even knows

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27/09/2026

new episode where we talk to @mharrisondupre.bsky.social and @jonchristian.net about a growing media slop empire populated by ai written articles and characters podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

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Fake Empire

Podcast Episode · Kill The Computer · September 24 · 1h 3m

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 26/09/2026

popping the top off my "iced coffee" mid job interview to reveal that it's filled with spring-loaded snakes

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Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a reporter, whenever I piss off Meta, I know I’m doing the right thing. "This is a story in search of a story,” Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts tells WIRED. See for yourself here: www.wired.com/story/meta-m...

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Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?

Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages.

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In particular this darling donkey crab tortoise monstrosity is dedicated to @kaseygifford.bsky.social Who has been creating marvellous monsters since forever ago.

A fuzzy donkey head and neck looks forward out of a crabs carapace with its ears pointing forward, to either shoulder are the crabs eyes, they hold big chunky claws in front of them and the ends of where the crabs feet would be a little hooves. To the right of it is a side view of the donkey chimera creature. Revealing its shell transforms into a tortoise shell and it has a pair of tortoise hind legs in the caboose along with a donkey tail.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 25/09/2026

[pulls out straw] "i hope you brought enough to share"

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 25/09/2026

they're calling it the most trustworthy bank of all time

X advertising its new credit card and bank account

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2026

“People want to fuck the mascot for the surveillance app from the company that enabled the genocide.”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That's just fraud, my dude. Even if you use an AI agent. It's just fucking fraud.

Nikita Bier: Hello computer,

Find every Amazon purchase I ever made.
Call the number of the manufacturer.
Say you’re not satisfied.
Request a refund.
If they decline, threaten to leave a bad review.
If they decline, find the CEO’s phone number and ask him for a refund.

Now, repeat the same process for items I never even purchased and see if you can get them to send me money.

If they ask for a recipient, generate an image of one and send that.

Do not stop until you’ve collected $1 million in refunds.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 24/09/2026

the thing about that mask bar story is that it's extremely hard to describe to a person unfamiliar with massachusetts' game how perfectly it encapsulates a certain genre of person that you actually meet there

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 24/09/2026

one thing i will say about LinkedIn is that its "new message" sound is unparalleled -- it's this hearty "thunk" sample that serves as a harbinger of pure uncut entrepreneurship synergy stratagems

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 23/09/2026

I mean they also completely changed the Asian woman's features to be more in line with white beauty standards which I find even more egregious & offensive. She's a real person and they literally changed her face!

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 23/09/2026

The thing is ... i was just at Stanford last year... there were Black people there Like plenty of them

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

World Championship Pond Crossing at the Sugarloaf Bike Park in New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦 IG: @crankworxsummerseries www.instagram.com/crankworxsum...

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 23/09/2026

i hate that summer is ending but i do love this september era where the mornings are nice and cool but then the day is glorious

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