Reposted by Maxwell EdisonCol. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 4hOh shit Shaggy went rogue. 2427848
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 4hFor my newsletter, I wrote about an HHS demand from RFK Jr to all the American medical associations demanding they clarify their stances on youth gender affirming care. It's the latest example of the Trump admin using their bully pulpit to target trans kids: www.burnsnotice.com/rfk-jr-deman...burnsnotice.comRFK Jr Demands Medical Orgs Capitulate on Youth Trans CareHHS letters give WPATH, the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, the Endocrine Society, and others ten days to respond 615062
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5hEx-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.baltimorebrew.comA disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore BrewBREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse. 7638291391
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonCassidy (radically pro-transgender) @cassidy-v.northsky.social · 7hNot only can LLM agents NOT distinguish between self and environment, they cannot distinguish between fact and fiction. They do not experience reality. They are designed to imitate consciousness, but you're a fool if you think that makes them conscious. 15710
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Just look at this li’l guy. I love how the shape of the brush is obviously a stiff circle, like the basic brush in a paint program. (It was probably, basically, a stick, dipped repeatedly in watery slip.) It’s easy to imagine and perform the set of strokes to draw himb. 81257332
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonJon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This is an actual reason why Bari Weiss’ CBS foreign editor told staff that they could not include reporting on Netanyahu receiving advance warning of a Hamas attack before Oct 7. The astonishing tirade in @status.news www.status.news/p/bari-weiss... 612265554
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...404media.coCharacter.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't WorkCharacter.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say. 8152281988
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonJared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it. 722366774
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonI dug coal with Baby Billy @stimpy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026the press secretary is a temu attorney? 311025122
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonAnt @agramuglia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit. 424124174595
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026These different incentives from standalone media owners vs. "common owners" like Benioff is the subject of one of my working papers www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/07aux... 461182
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 474201087082
Reposted by Maxwell Edisonceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 152108632345
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonAlex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I feel like more people should be talking about this part 4155052283
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 295113524116
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31878637
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026This November, Colorado voters will decide on anti-trans ballot measures. Now, Colorado's leading medical societies have formally condemned the surgery ban for transgender youth and announced their position against them. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.com"Vote NO": Colorado's Top Medical Groups Formally Oppose Anti-Trans Ballot Prop. 135There is not a single major medical group in the country that endorses blanket government restrictions on gender-affirming care like the one outlined in Prop. 135. 10772215
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.techpolicy.pressEight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa FeA jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation. 9918292
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonOnisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This really looks like AI model collapse has already happened. arxiv.org/abs/2604.03136arxiv.orgStoryScope: Investigating idiosyncrasies in AI fictionAs AI-generated fiction becomes increasingly prevalent, questions of authorship and originality are becoming central to how written work is evaluated. While most existing work in this space focuses on... 413520
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12671801375
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonInjustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 29/09/2026Retention races are one of the few ways voters can directly hold judges accountable. Ahead of every election, our reporters do the research so you can vote with confidence. buff.ly/jpBxfAabuff.lyCook County November 2026 Judicial Election GuideInjustice Watch's guide to the November 2026 Cook County judicial elections. 02212
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...kgw.com 962695548
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonOs Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.ironholds.org 17753272
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a good deep-dive into AI slop invading what used to be legit media sites. One thing I’m seeing more and more: slop outlets churning archaeology stories from 1-5 years ago and presenting them as news. 🏺🧪futurism.comHow Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per MonthBrown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism. 21554227
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Worth noting Hunter S. Thompson wrote, arguably, the best piece of traditional journalism in his entire career about Salazar's assassination. 'Rumblings in Aztlan' is still important reading. scribd.com/document/422925808/1297809321-Strange-Rumblings-in-Aztlan-small-pdf share.google/vm05Tb8Khzuk...share.googleClient Challenge 9697114
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 05/10/2026the history of charging the mound, series finale: ANDRÉS GALARRAGA, PART 2 OF 2 now up on patreon www.patreon.com/SecretBase/p...patreon.comANDRÉS GALARRAGA, PART 2 OF 2: THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND. | Secret BaseI love this guy so much. That was probably already made clear in Part 1, which is here if you want to catch up. We already saw the Big Cat's 720118
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 31128223997
Reposted by Maxwell Edisononion person @junlper.beer · 01/10/2026it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals 533154556
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonGender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats. 101536529
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonElle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb 76869861133
Reposted by Maxwell Edisonsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026i'm traveling and can't sit down to write out the portland police's history of using town halls, press conferences, and leaks to campaign against elected officials but they are repeat offenders and we should call it what it is: election interference by a cartel of armed washington state residents 5864215
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 15/09/2026when I was a much younger man I had a habit of trying to convince conspiracy theorists I met of even crazier theories. if they denied the moon landing, I'd try to convince them the moon itself was a hoax, etc. Starting to worry that might have done lasting harm. 1113010166
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 14/09/2026Trump has only declared victory in the Iran war once this month. Concerning. 61444327
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonHunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Jon Husted’s staffer took part in “Nazi military exercises” & had a “Tales from Rhodesia” Spotify playlist. The fact that significant swathes of the media ignore the multiple major Republican campaign staffers outed as Neo-Nazis (to focus on Hasan Piker instead) is journalistic malpractice. 511657463
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonJames Marsh @jamesotron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Linda McMahon should be in prison, same for her Husband. 3325
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social joins Spectacles to discuss the AI integrated surveillance towers that line the US-Mexico border – and that could be coming soon to a city near you.youtu.beSomething Worse than Flock is Coming.YouTube video by Spectacles 19244
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonNathan Negation @natanrebelde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026crimethinc.com"Never Again": Czechoslovakian Hardcore in the Syrian Civil WarAnarchists who participated in the fight to defend Rojava describe the role that a song by a Czechoslovakian hardcore band played in their experience. 05711
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonChuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026please enjoy brand new tingler NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL6WHFVV and on buckaroo patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/... 211785527
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonThe Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 28/09/2026Insiders say the Ohio Democratic Party is censoring criticism of anti-trans ads. Two posts pushing back against Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s anti-trans ads have been removed. thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/09/28/i...thebuckeyeflame.comInsiders say the Ohio Democratic Party is censoring criticism of anti-trans adsTwo posts pushing back against Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s anti-trans ads have been removed 11356111
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets. 132507835
Reposted by Maxwell Edison🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We can learn from our queer elders 🫶🏻 272445554
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026I grew up in a family that was actively under surveillance and had security concerns because of the organizing work my parents and grandparents did. I am begging parents of children under 18 to be thoughtful about their children's privacy with respect to social media, journalism, &etc 5562127
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Upton Sinclair — 'It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.' 2062998
Reposted by Maxwell Edisone.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026my love and respect for Larry David grows all the time pagesix.com/2026/09/22/h... 412764431
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026I really want to hear from the dozens of journalists who wrote glowing profiles of Alpha School in the last few years. Actually scratch that. I never want to hear from them again.futurism.comAI School Hooking Children Up to Heart Monitor in Front of Class While Playing Critiques of Their WorkThe controversial AI-focused private school Alpha School is making its students do some unusual things before enrolling. 361282309
Reposted by Maxwell Edisonandy™ @andylevy.net · 08/09/2026werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...) 8379832140
Reposted by Maxwell Edisonghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims 14066871071
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2026This is why I say fascism is make believe at gunpoint 524266
Reposted by Maxwell EdisonKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The right-wing organizing around the Lindsay Clancy trial is growing and it’s frightening. A lot of people overlook these culture wars revolving around women’s issues, because, well, they’re women’s issues. But the right doesn’t. It’s how they regained such a massive cultural foothold. 6344801090
![Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films.
A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it.
I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period.
It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam.
When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreibeadpx66jtqlttglhgbgkew6g65haxqngz5yt6p3ybwyi5zney54)
