Reposted by MoostecoKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 7hAnother thing about fraternities is that the hazing rituals where slightly older young men would physically, mentally emotionally and sometimes even sexually abuse slightly younger young men have always disturbed and upset me greatly. And it’s really telling that I’ve seen men defend those too 432373344
Reposted by MoostecoJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 8hCalifornia just passed a law banning use of electric shock gloves. Thank you, Gov. Gavin Newsom! @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social 0368
Reposted by MoostecoWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Adam Hoffman was convicted of raping his friend's young son. He should be in jail, but Paxton used his power to get him on a misdemeanor. That means he only served for 60 days, didn't have to register as a sex offender in Texas, and then left the state. 1071631689
Reposted by MoostecoEqual Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/09/2026On this day in 1868, violence erupted in Opelousas, Louisiana, when white residents resentful of African Americans' new voting rights attacked and killed hundreds of people.calendar.eji.orgSep. 28, 1868 | White Mobs Massacre Black Community in Opelousas, LouisianaLearn more about our history of racial injustice. 08654
Reposted by MoostecoDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14194932187
Reposted by MoostecoKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Another BIG update in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche: he has now responded to each allegation in the Complaint & it’s obvious I've gotten under his skin! Blanche’s Answer is petty, attacking me for just doing my job. Why this filing moves the case closer to conclusion: youtu.be/dDsuoxktxT4?...youtu.beAG Blanche PANICS In NEW Filing As MY Lawsuit CLOSES IN On EPSTEIN FILES!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 492126983746
Reposted by MoostecoMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping California package cracking down on public corruption, crypto fraud, ticket scams, privacy abuses and more, including a new law barring public officials from launching meme coins.meidasnews.comNewsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public OfficialsGovernor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of 29093572494
Reposted by MoostecoArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fact that Talarico is polling so tightly with Paxton says some really awful things about Texans, not to mention Americans in general. 38768751287
Reposted by MoostecoJson Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026META is shutting down videos criticizing anything about the bolsonaros in a matter of hours after posting, while throttling posts from the LULA's campaign or even members from his cabinet. META is actively meddling in the Brazilian elections. 4370142
Reposted by MoostecoChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026THIS SHOULD BE NATIONAL NEWS This has been public for more than a week, and I can’t find a single national TV report. Just local. Why? REPORT: A female Cornell student alleges she was pressured into taking ketamine, then sexually assaulted for hours by multiple Chi Phi fraternity members in 2024. 941496776
Reposted by Moostecoborn2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit. 248107013425
Reposted by MoostecoOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/09/2026Russia occupies Oleshky. Around 2,000 civilians remain and run out of food, medicine, water and electricity. Russia, as the occupying power, is responsible for facilitating humanitarian relief. Ukraine found another way in: its forces delivered ~4 tons of food by drone to 100 locations across town. 31802295
Reposted by MoostecoAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad. 691443362
Reposted by MoostecoFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026Yes, Slutcon is real. And while there’s nothing wrong with this kind of event in perfect isolation, in the context of “women in Silicon Valley tech are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend,” it becomes very gross. (BTW, Gretta is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s partner). slutcon.com 451445149
Reposted by MoostecoFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026The bizarre culture that’s sprung up around Silicon Valley AI companies - which overlaps hugely with rationalist and effective altruist circles - appears to be seriously pressuring some women into attending sex parties for the sake of networking. This is, needless to say, horrifying. 422420349
Reposted by MoostecoFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend. 20643101103
Reposted by MoostecoTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield. 9962264
Reposted by MoostecoShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#ResistanceRoots “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.” — Edward R. Murrow 319583
Reposted by MoostecoKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Pentagon's public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased this week without explanation from Trump's Defense Department. The total number of troops now wounded during the war is 861, according to DCAS.washingtonpost.comPentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran warWith the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows. 791224738
Reposted by MoostecoBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 50929246
Reposted by MoostecoChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026EXACTLY WHAT WE’VE BEEN WARNING ABOUT What will it take for Speaker Johnson to bring the House back and deal with it? AI ISN’T WAITING FOR CONGRESS. 📌 OpenAI says its agents accessed federal government sites. Researchers say an agent also attempted to breach the Education Department’s website. 77777377
Reposted by MoostecoPsycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Google is uniquely invasive. No other company surveils you so deeply or makes escape so difficult. They don’t just harvest and monetize your data—they hand it to governments on demand. Breaking free is tough, but possible. Here is how to escape. psychopete1.substack.com/p/the-infini...psychopete1.substack.comDe-Google Your LifeAnd starve the machine while you're at it. 36043
Reposted by Moosteco𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026The affordability crisis looks very different from their table. 45462201946
Reposted by MoostecoDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on. 3149252679
Reposted by Moostecostrea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ppl are fed up & ready to fire 🤡's enablers. We're up against serious cheaters & their billionaire buddies, & their desperate tricks abound. "So our work over the next 5 weeks is essential — phoning, writing, canvassing, GOTV, [& doing what you can to fund candidates who actually want to help ppl]"robertreich.substack.comSunday thought: Nauseous OptimismLooking toward November 3 35030
Reposted by MoostecoElayne Boosler @eboosler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The UN: "The US was the ONLY nation to vote "NO" against ensuring & strengthening worldwide access to justice for all women & girls. The resolution passed with 37 yes votes, 6 countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Congo, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania & Saudi Arabia) abstained." Good company, huh? Vote Blue! 13236481584
Reposted by MoostecoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification" 29778182348
Reposted by MoostecoThe Clear Cider @theclearcider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026War time president? Inflation under control? $7 a gallon gasoline? Pfffft … Trump cautiously waddles off to Chicago for another golf tournament this rainy DC morning. Natalie Harp, the umbrella lady entering at the rear door, follows along with others for the taxpayers funded day trip. 31814
Reposted by MoostecoThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rulestheguardian.comDatacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rulesFirms manipulating process to avoid emission controls and scrutiny of their projects, environmental groups warn 75829
Reposted by MoostecoAMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"They had 20% fewer emergency department visits and 31% fewer hospitalizations than similar patients who did not receive meals." www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...npr.orgMeal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it. 5331131
Reposted by MoostecoMoosteco @moosco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So much poverty! Under my leadership we will have the most poverty the world has ever seen! Make poverty great again! 032
Reposted by MoostecoEvaMC @evamc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Even if no evidence he participated, it indicates that Carr is susceptible to coercive control tactics. Does DJT have the dirt on all of his appointments? Intel he can use to blackmail or manipulate someone? Chilling. *Russ Vought is OMB Director. Easy to mix them up; they seem like twins. 6296
Reposted by MoostecoCupatee @cupatee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When our president shows no morals, no ethics, no human decency, no respect for the opposite sex, and has no consequences, this is what happens. Our male population thinks they can behave just as horribly. 312812
Reposted by MoostecoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Araghchi, Iranian foreign minister, explains why US is untrustworthy: "In 2025 they offered negotiations, we accepted, then in the middle of negotiations they attacked us. Eight months later, again they offered negotiations, again we accepted, & again they attacked us in the middle of negotiations" 892543754
Reposted by MoostecoDoug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We have lots of precedent in the common law tradition for liability attaching to harm a defendant didn’t cause *intentionally* but did cause negligently, recklessly, etc. The facts are new but the fact pattern is not 295
Reposted by MoostecoDoug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The question of whether AI can “go rogue” is largely irrelevant to the question of whether it’s important to hold AI oligarchs accountable for their AI’s actions. Computers don’t respond to incentives. People do. And however autonomous AI may appear, it still relies on corporate infrastructure. 2205
Moosteco @moosco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So much poverty! Under my leadership we will have the most poverty the world has ever seen! Make poverty great again! 032
Reposted by MoostecoHistory News Network @myhnn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Primary sources are the necessary building blocks of history — unless you ask a chatbot to write it. www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...hnn.usAI Is an Anti-Primary Source MachineReal voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. 03711
Reposted by MoostecoKeith Stewart @xok999.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Americans should stop drinking at Starbucks and eating at MCDonalds. Hell, humans on planet Earth shouldn’t eat at Starbucks or McDonalds and we shouldn’t give money to Walmart, Wells Fargo, Comcast or Amazon either. 1213
Reposted by MoostecoHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it. 42630731428
Reposted by MoostecoBluesmudgeTx @blueyintexas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Paxton doesn't want to be asked in a public forum about things like: Why do you currently own 15 homes across the country? How has your network worth increased during your political career? Why did you allow a child predator pal avoid prison? Why did you settle whistleblower suits with tax dollas? 0106
Reposted by MoostecoOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Will international media ever start covering Russia’s ongoing genocide? Ukrainians in Russian occupied Oleshky are eating grass and weeds to survive and the world stays silent 😭kyivindependent.com'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisisOleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry. 21426292
Reposted by MoostecoDonna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026James Talarico called Ken Paxton’s cell to invite him to a Fox News debate with Bret Baier. Paxton didn’t pick up. Talarico has accepted four local-TV debates; Paxton has committed to none. Texans deserve more than a Senate candidate who ghosts the debate stage #momsky#sheshed 33933271
Reposted by MoostecoThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For decades Americans in Republican counties have died sooner than those living in Democratic ones Now they’re dying faster than they’re being born These are policy choices 2902365988
Reposted by MoostecoTasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A little history of salsa with two recipes. One from the Aztecs and one from 1831. youtu.be/iHMAwjuLLj8?...youtu.beHow the Aztecs Made SalsaYouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller 118232
Reposted by MoostecoGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/09/2026bring an arnold palmer to your next job interview. everyone loves arnold palmers. 1022819
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The purpose of SlutCon is to help ease men who are scared of approaching women, and for women who simply enjoy flirting to be in an environment where that happens a lot, since there's generally a dearth of that
At the same time, many - probably most! - women do Not want to be flirted with or propositioned by men they don't know. When a small scene only has a handful of large, well-known events, each one has disproportionate impact on everybody's ideas of acceptable behavior among other members of their milieu.
Attending the same events = specific shared context. Means
you're somewhat on the same page.
I suspect that the men who publicly raised concerns about SlutCon's impact on the scene are being megaphones for private objections and distresses they've heard from women in the scene who would NOT be comfortable at an event like that, but who don't voice it publicly because they suspect they'd suffer socially for doing so. That going to SlutCon to be flirted with gives women social cachet, and squirming at the idea means you're [not cool, can't get with the program, are probably a wokescold or a prude etc etc other pejoratives] and therefore, that you'll be excluded or held at a distance
Now, if this scene were purely a social scene, that'd be perfectly fine. Don't go to parties that don't suit you!! The issue arises because it's NOT purely a social scene. This scene is inarguably tied up with Al safety, research, and the SF tech scene in general.
When consistently being invited to the right parties is professionally advantageous, and when SlutCon itself **is** going to be an excellent networking opportunity for people in those fields, it's not neutral that {sexual proclivities} are the filtering mechanism that determines who's in the room. It means that promiscuity & forwardness is explicitly professionally advantageous.
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