Reposted by Santi(ago)🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW RESEARCH PAPER! With Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that somehow involve AI-generated or -morphed CSAM or child obscenity. Here's the SSRN link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comYes, It's Already Illegal: Federal Criminal Prosecutions for AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material, 2022-2025<div> Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is now capable of creating realistic-looking images and videos with just a text prompt. This capacity has been mi 48136 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026When they redo it in some spots, they’re also really messing up the drainage. Water starts pooling up where it was draining fine before. Seems like a huge waste 1110 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)U. S. Commission of Dark Arts 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026They’re pulling the old streetcar tracks out of 11th street. Neat! 2122 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Had a fun time with @citycastdc.bsky.social discussing the challenges with DC's 311 system. Check out the podcast here! dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/the...dc.citycast.fmThese Guys Fixed the 311 App. D.C. Told Them To Stop · City Cast DCWe make podcasts and newsletters that connect people with the cities they love. 0112 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Pitfalls of the same lawyer representing every anti-bike lane lawsuit in the city: they copy paste everything and don't ctrl-f 🫠 (this is from a lawsuit against a bike lane on 31st St - not West 72nd Street) iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD... 010 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Kids are routinely struck by drivers in Williamsburg — but three in a four-hour period on Friday is rare even for that neighborhood: nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/26/o...nyc.streetsblog.orgOne Neighborhood, One Day, Three Kids Injured By Drivers - Streetsblog New York CityIt happened during a four-hour period in South Williamsburg on Friday before Shabbos. 1254 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Aru @aru.io · 26/04/2026I've been frustrated by the District's seeming inattention to the dangerous drivers that continue to endanger our streets. I channeled this frustration into creating @dc.baddrivers.lol , a spiritual successor to @trailsta.sh's "How's My Driving" Twitter bot. Kick the tires and lmk what you think! 86126 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026What’s the satellite tracking site you’re using for the animation? 100 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Indicator @indicator.media · 09/04/2026You can check out all of the reporting on AI nudifiers that made the @cjf-fjc.bsky.social shortlist at this link indicator.media/nudifiers-un... 122 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 30/03/2026DC has a once-in-a-generation chance to fix its housing crisis through the 2050 Comp Plan rewrite. OP's current proposal squanders it. I built a tool so you can see exactly where they're falling short: dc2050.org 1/4 13821 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 21/03/2026^not an opinion on said constitutional right, just contrasting it in this context 000 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Courts have said we have a constitutional right to own firearms yet it feels someone who commits manslaughter or reckless discharge with a gun is more likely to lose their access to guns than someone who kills a family of four with a car losing their drivers license - a privilege. Make it make sense 130 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)🪦 TombTomb ⚰️ @tomtomchi.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I didn’t coin this, but I think about it all the time: murder is completely legal in the US as long as the weapon is a car 322147 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Miguel Trindade Deramo, ANC @miguelfordc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Turf replacement at Malcolm X Park is WAY overdue. But closing the entire lawn without community engagement has rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way. I'm working closely with local NPS leadership to find an alternative plan that preserves some access to DC's vital town square. wapo.st/4t0b1Cxwapo.stWhy the iconic drum circles at D.C.’s Malcolm X Park are going silentA $15 million project is underway to repair the fountain at the park, also known as Meridian Hill Park, and restore grass on the upper level, among other changes. 363 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026If we’re already a subscriber and don’t mind paying full price for the training where do we sign up? 110 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026It might be less annoying if they just didn’t mention utilities at all but here we are 140 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This should be repeated over and over and over. You can’t take about your campaign being about affordability, including for utility bills, when you spent 8 years doing no oversight. 2244 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I hope they can put out something new. DC is a leader in bus priority which is such a huge transit equity issue and I hope in his campaign and if he becomes mayor he can see that. 100 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 01/03/2026…when as I’m sure you know, 70-80% of bus riders are non-white and a majority are poor. It also explicitly mentions that parking for church goers should take precedence over all else. I hope you understand why I would be concerned. 140 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I appreciate that perspective and respect why you are choosing to support. I find it difficult re: buses because my concern is not coming from my experience with him as a Councilmember but from his questionnaire which among other things links bus lanes to displacement… 110 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I think that is fair re: bikes, but his position on buses and by extension bus riders is pretty similar as played out in his questionnaire answers. 110 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social @cmzparker5.bsky.social @cmchenderson.bsky.social @chenderson.bsky.social @janeese4dc.bsky.social @maustermuhle.bsky.social 000 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026After months and months of solicitations and extensions, @ddotdc.bsky.social has cancelled the solicitation for a new bus shelter agreement. I am very confused as the Director testified last week that this was moving forward. The expansion of shelters that bus riders needed are long overdue. 213 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Have you tried Cosmograph? Free project meant to visualize some of this kind of stuff. Disclaimer: I haven’t used it but it’s on my list cosmograph.appcosmograph.appCosmograph: Beautiful visualization and analytics right in the browser | CosmographBeautiful visualization and analytics right in the browser 120 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026So worth it if you can. Changes the experience of getting around 110 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 16/02/2026I hate that I know that this bit may have started with this barber in New Jersey doing the same thing and spread. Hilarious that it hit the DMV www.instagram.com/jayalvarezba... 110 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Janeese4DC @janeese4dc.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Let’s show our buses some love, so our buses can love us back. 1419 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 06/02/2026Vista Del Mar 2017: City installs then removes safety improvements 2021-2025: More people die Pershing Dr 2017: City installs then removes bike lanes 2026: Pregnant mom killed Westwood Bl 2015: Koretz removes Westwood from Mobility Plan Today: 3 killed michaelschneider.medium.com/las-darkest-...michaelschneider.medium.comLA’s darkest hourLast Saturday around 6pm, Regan Cole-Graham, a mother of two and pregnant with her third, was out on a bike ride with her husband and two… 36020 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 05/02/2026Every city that I know of that’s established an in-house team to deliver ‘missing middle’ small-capital projects has had huge success. 610421 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I’m really sorry! You have done really amazing work at the post 010 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026DDOT this morning announced 2 public meetings—one online, one in-person at Shaw Library—for the 11th St NW bike lane project later this month. If you saw that, hopefully you also saw this afternoon's correction: the online meeting is TUESDAY, Feb 17. In-person remains Wednesday, 2/18. Both at 6pm.content.govdelivery.comCORRECTION: DDOT to Host 11th Street NW Bike Project Meetings on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 045 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Saw that provision - to be clear I’m talking about more generally where proactive disclosure is far and few between. I don’t know the last time any substantive FOIA reform was considered but if the Council is looking for recommendations, I know there are plenty of things to borrow from other states 010 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026One might wonder if the Council could finally undertake reform of DC FOIA law to require proactive public disclosure 🤷♂️ 130 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026And they reduced the height from earlier proposals IIRC. It should be 10 stories! 130 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The same law means the Sanitation department has to do SEQRA (and CEQR) environmental assessment for every neighborhood where they want to put trash into containers which dramatically slows down rollout. An environmental assessment of the impact of putting trash in trash cans 🤷♂️ 000 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 07/01/2026To put a slightly finer point to it: LLMs industrialized nonconsensual nudes. @santi4dc.bsky.social and I found in May that AI nudifiers make as much as $36 million/year. As with many other online harms, what X has done is shifted the Overton window to make more shitty behavior acceptable. (1/2) 1168 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 06/01/2026There are dozens of “nudify” websites and bots trying to cash in on creating harmful images of women. It’s very deliberate. Analysis by @mantzarlis.com and @indicator.media has estimated nudifiers may be making tens of millions per yearwired.comAI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of DollarsMillions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies. 311843 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 24/12/2025IIRC the most recent iteration of this proposal would have left the pricing up to the city. Which again would never have any elected official propose that much. www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...amny.comLawmakers Push for NYC Residential Parking PermitsNew York State lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would implement residential parking permits in NYC areas. 010 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Can confirm that is the way it is in DC where they have residential permits (RPP) for $50 a year. Any safety projects on RPP designated blocks become instant battles. If permits were priced at market rates it would be different but no car centered politician is gonna do that 130 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 15/12/2025New from me! After we reached out to the owner of these deepfake porn sites, they were removed offline and he deleted his socials. Each time a site goes down, it's a win for me. Hopefully this guy never tries to get them up and running again. Check out our investigation! 6671171 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I really appreciate a candidate paying attention to what some would call the small stuff but what really is a big part of bus riders experiences: bus shelters! 151 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Brianne K Nadeau @brianneknadeau.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Yesterday, while my bill to require standards for safe and effective road barriers was heard, the City Administrator released a new order that establishes a Task Force on Vehicular Terrorism Prevention. The task force takes inspiration from my legislation. 121 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 04/12/2025Today on Indicator: 2025 has been a banner year for AI nudifiers. I found another 9,000 ads on Meta since my last report, bringing the total for this year to 25,000. The top 10 nudifying websites got 10 million views in October.indicator.mediaNonconsensual nude generators had another banner year. What will it take to defeat them?Deplatforming the companies, debilitating the technology, and deterring the users 32513 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 03/12/2025You can help Bolts continue to provide crucial coverage of local elections. Here's how: - Repost this = I donate $1. - Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1. - Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation. (Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)boltsmag.orgSupport BoltsWe are a nonprofit publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change, from the local up, and we need reader support to build our journalism. 27382829 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 01/12/2025Hey! It’s @indicator.media on the @economist.com. Crazy to see reporting by me and @santi4dc.bsky.social on the scale of the AI nudifier economy make it into the magazine. 122 0
Santi(ago) @santi4dc.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Is there legal recourse provided under HLA after the Board of Public Works appeal or is this the end of the line? 100 0
Reposted by Santi(ago)Keith Ivey @kcivey.bsky.social · 24/11/2025A councilmember who won his primary last year with 23.7% of the vote wants to delay implementing ranked choice voting. The at-large CM who won her last primary with 35.9% agrees that making her run for reelection next year under RCV would be a bad idea. 12614 0
