Alan Lastname @orangepowder.bsky.social · 1hwww.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comSam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI. 000
Reposted by Alan LastnameJonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 2hI am trying to stay in my senior issues lane, but the disgraceful “hearing” today with Jack Smith requires comment. EVERY REPUBLICAN DESERVES TO LOSE IN NOVEMBER. THEY ARE ALL COMPLICIT IN THE CRIMES OF JAN 6TH. AND ERIC SCHMITT & HIS STAFF OF IDIOTS NEED TO GO ROT IN HELL. 417340
Reposted by Alan LastnameMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1hTrump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country. 2002348690
Reposted by Alan LastnameIan Bray @aciumaficionado.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Another one we all need to start asking about a LOT of stuff: Are we sure our corporate insurances covers any expenses that arise from secondary exposure? Example: our X account gets hacked and starts distributing Grok slop smut of a real person. We get sued by that person. Who is on the hook? 0519
Reposted by Alan LastnameAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026(If they want some kind of external validation for your strategy, you can tell them I advised the Obama White House on social media strategy, led a MacArthur-backed research project on social media impact, had 500k followers, etc. and I co-sign your plan. You can put me on your slide.) 326020
Reposted by Alan LastnameAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026Just heard from a smart friend who manages public-facing social for a very respected org and this exact tactic worked for them! So this approach has been effective for others for a while — it’s worth a try. 444443
Reposted by Alan LastnameAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026More directly, “Should I forward any of the child sexual abuse material that I am forced to encounter in the course of carrying out the duties of my role to HR or legal or both, and may I CC my own legal counsel when I contact the appropriate authorities?” Raise the temperature. Make them say it. 5562112
Reposted by Alan LastnameAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026You can be brief: “Hey boss, you know Musk forces his account on everyone on Twitter, and he retweets a guy who he pays to be on there who makes child porn, and who has been suspended for it before, but who Musk wanted back. Can you verify that I’m supposed to be there for when he does it again?” 141463
Reposted by Alan LastnameAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026* Mention that X has been banned in multiple countries over this * Ask whether your emotional or legal risks from exposure to this kind of material will be covered * Confirm that they know Musk restores the accounts of, retweets & PAYS those suspended for CSAM violations www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/i...cnbc.comElon Musk's X faces probes in Europe, India, Malaysia after Grok generated explicit images of women and childrenRegulators in Europe, India and Malaysia are scrutinizing X after exploitative images created with the Grok chatbot went viral on Elon Musk's social network. 251497
Reposted by Alan LastnameAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material … 112358830
Reposted by Alan Lastnamecon questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳 @racheledini.bsky.social · 4hThread. 04813
Reposted by Alan LastnameJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 3hLet this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 411292443
Reposted by Alan LastnameAutonomy News @autonomynews.co · 4hPlus, Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the racist, classist Hyde Amendment. It’s a budget rider that, for many, rendered the protections of Roe v. Wade as just words on a page: www.autonomynews.co/tennessee-ag... 1154
Reposted by Alan LastnameKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is” 222188457
Reposted by Alan LastnameJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1439601088
Reposted by Alan LastnameDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4hMore precisely, Kash Patel was paid $25,000—and Rudy Giuliani $100,000—by a pro-Russia propagandist who led a project financially supported by Putin's office. To get the full story, see my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Go to HowRussiaWon.com. 9351120
Reposted by Alan LastnameMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.” 11370642309
Reposted by Alan LastnameQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 6hFeel like we don't talk enough about the 50,000 North Koreans fighting in Ukraine. 1242392
Reposted by Alan LastnameWonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 7hWe Found The Voter Fraud — It Was In The Moms For Liberty All Along www.wonkette.com/p/we-found-t... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.socialwonkette.comWe Found The Voter Fraud — It Was In The Moms For Liberty All AlongFormer Republican mayoral candidate Gaea Powell found guilty on eight counts related to voter fraud. 724182
Reposted by Alan LastnameThe Onion @theonion.com · 10hCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows... 12382411554
Reposted by Alan LastnameLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 17hThis man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 10269421733
Reposted by Alan LastnameMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9hScoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee. 2593751806
Reposted by Alan LastnameSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 6hPerhaps not the biggest problem with this... but defunding the IRS and then giving a subset of the population an incentive not to file is really fiscally stupid. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...nytimes.comTrump Administration Prepares to Ask Tax Filers if They Are U.S. CitizensThe new question, included on a draft version of the primary tax form, comes as part of an anti-immigrant turn at an agency that long prioritized tax administration. 36914
Reposted by Alan LastnameSteve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 6h“prosecutors had also obtained roughly three hundred [‼️] photographs of Martinez’s and Ruiz’s cars from Flock ALPR cameras throughout Cook County,” over a 30 day span. 03813
Alan Lastname @orangepowder.bsky.social · 8hnationalenquirer.com/women-and-gi...nationalenquirer.comWomen and Girls in Gaza Are Being Traded for ‘Basic Resources,’ UN ReportsHere is a Google SEO meta description under 155 characters: UN report reveals women and girls in Gaza are being sold for basic resources, with child marriage rising amid ongoing conflict and displace... 000
Alan Lastname @orangepowder.bsky.social · 8hwww.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/h...desmoinesregister.comA cancer crisis decades in the making is bearing down on rural IowaAcross rural Iowa, a “sleeping giant” is stirring as families confront the grief and unanswered questions of a deepening cancer crisis. 000
Alan Lastname @orangepowder.bsky.social · 8hground.news/article/ai-t...ground.newsReport: AI Hospital Billing Added $942M in CostsAmerican hospitals' use of AI tools in billing added an estimated $942 million in health care spending for Blue Cross Blue Shield companies between 2023 and 2025, according to an analysis the associat... 000
Alan Lastname @orangepowder.bsky.social · 14hStates, FTC secure settlement in suit against Corteva pesticide loyalty programs www.kwqc.com/2026/09/28/s...kwqc.comStates, FTC secure settlement in suit against Corteva pesticide loyalty programsThe lawsuit alleged the company was operating a pesticide loyalty program that violated monopoly laws. 000
Alan Lastname @orangepowder.bsky.social · 14hThis company is based in India. www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-n...ourquadcities.comLargest American steel plant coming to Southeast IowaPlans to bring a new steel plant to Southeast Iowa were announced at a news conference at the White House this afternoon. President Donald Trump, along with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Rep. Mariann… 010
Reposted by Alan LastnameMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14hHow corporate influencers facilitated Trump’s assault on climate research [via @theguardian.com]motherjones.comHow corporate influencers facilitated Trump’s assault on climate researchFossil fuel interests have long weaponized philanthropy to exert control over academic programs, a new paper argues. 27135
Reposted by Alan LastnameThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 14hIt cannot be said any more clearly. Trump should have been arrested on January 20, 2021, and held without bail. Trump should be arrested now, or at least on January 20, 2029, if a Democrat wins. Let the justice system go to work. And if SCOTUS frees him, send him to prison in New York. 1320268
Reposted by Alan LastnameDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 14hha! Recall that for 2000 years (until like 200 yrs ago) medicine believed women's genitalia were just "inside out" versions of men's but our bodies lacked the vitality & HEAT to "push" our genitalia out. Observations are theory-laden indeed. Or should I say observations are "patriarchy-laden." 371
Reposted by Alan LastnameNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14hCan't buy me love. Not even w/ your tax dollars The White House put JMSN's "Love Me" under a govt-funded ad about Trump & never asked. We're sending the song back @democracydefendersaction.org & @Ballard are fighting for JMSN Full scoop @yasharali.bsky.social👇 -TNthereset.newsSCOOP: Trump White House Hit With Cease-and-Desist Over Unauthorized Use of Song in Taxpayer-Funded AdJMSN’s attorneys are demanding that the Trump administration stop using “Love Me” in a government-funded ad, take down existing copies and account for every airing and dollar spent. 8346100
Reposted by Alan LastnameHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 23hi worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10114053157
Reposted by Alan LastnameAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14hJack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 319114264222
Reposted by Alan Lastnamecapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is just Lisa Eisenhart (the mom of #ZipTieGuy Eric Munchel, in the image below). Do you have links to any other filings? 2245
Reposted by Alan LastnameScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity 28621021107
Reposted by Alan LastnameMother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs. “It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity.”motherjones.comTrump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs"It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity." 85317187
Reposted by Alan LastnameKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Food under fascist rule. Pepperoncini sold under the Mezzetta brand has been recalled after a video showing a dead mouse floating in a jar went viral, the FDA has announced. www.wcvb.com/article/pepe... 63518
Reposted by Alan LastnameVan Rouge @van-rouge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not just public universities but K to 12 and excluding the funds from being used for private school vouchers 834144
Reposted by Alan LastnameMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When legacy media compare Orban's treatment of the press to Trump's, do they realize they're telling on themselves? Big corporate media folded. Independent media stood up there and is standing up here. Support Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld 81368392
Reposted by Alan LastnameThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash 281668503
Reposted by Alan LastnameDan Benbow @danbenbow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why do Americans pay so much for healthcare, prescription drugs, childcare, web service, college, and other 21st Century needs? Because the GOP decided to turn their backs on the social contract 45 years ago. It’s no coincidence Harry Truman called them #TheGuardiansOfPrivilege. 511457
Reposted by Alan LastnameMark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I talked in-depth with CBC’s podcast Front Burner about my new investigation into ChatGPT fueling school shooters podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... 2xpodcasts.apple.comDisturbing new allegations about ChatGPT, Tumbler RidgePodcast Episode · Front Burner · September 28 · 33m 26618
Reposted by Alan LastnameMark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s the full investigation — part 4, the latest in a series that we’ve been publishing since April. This was picked up as a very big story in Canada late last week… but it’s been oddly quiet in other media here in the US www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 17635
Reposted by Alan LastnameMother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026Palantir’s co-founder thinks we should be less judgmental about that deadly Iran school strikemotherjones.comPalantir’s co-founder thinks we should be less judgmental about that deadly Iran school strikeThe AI-assisted attack at the start of Donald Trump's war killed more than 150 people, mostly children. 3217571
Reposted by Alan LastnameScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On a single day in mid-September, 550,000 new voters signed up. The GOP views the new registrations as highly threatening. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comExclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last weekAt least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke... 04521
