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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 5h

We are experiencing a heightened version of that foundational paranoid siege mentality now. It will only get worse as the leaders on the Right start thinking about what will happen to them once their project fails and they are removed from power. They fear accountability.

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Thread. "Being lawless, immoral, and violent does not make the Trumpists omnipotent."

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Matt Dragon @mattdragon.com · 7h

🧵It’s killing people by supercharging bullying, with the ability to make deep fake nudes, or fake images or even videos of things a victim said or posted. newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/ai-w...

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AI won't kill us — At least not like that

Gen AI companies are laying the groundwork for escaping accountability. Don't let them.

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Matt Dragon @mattdragon.com · 7h

🧵It’s already killing people by helping to coach active shooters about how to not attract attention before their attack, or increase their lethality during it.

newsletter.mattdragon.com

AI won't kill us — At least not like that

Gen AI companies are laying the groundwork for escaping accountability. Don't let them.

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Matt Dragon @mattdragon.com · 7h

🧵AI is already killing people by coaching children how to die by suicide, or how to best hide their suicidal ideations and self harm from their parents or other adults in their lives who could help them.

newsletter.mattdragon.com

AI won't kill us — At least not like that

Gen AI companies are laying the groundwork for escaping accountability. Don't let them.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21h

Wait, even assuming that he had been at that game, the train of logic here was supposed to be: - he was at a Hawks game in Atlanta - that's the same state as this other person who had an affair - being in the same state means you know everything ??????????

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 21h

Can't wait to see this one; Mike Leigh is one of the few directors whose every new film I look forward to.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23h

I just had a second to tune into the MAHA shitshow. They have a bunch of techbros talking about longevity and how AI and tech will allow people to live longer. Of course they utterly ignore access to healthcare, income, and all other social determinants of health that actually dictate lifespan.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid

senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h

substack executives gave him a big cash advance to post on the platform

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You've seen this framing a lot lately. I know what they're doing, but it's for a short-term gain at long-term expense. If we start normalizing this and similar phrasing to blend church and state, it's not going to end well for anyone these politicians say they're trying to protect.

@thebulwark.com: Talarico on trans athletes: “I’m always going to stand up to politicians who bully kids to score political points. My faith teaches me that every child is made in the image of God…I’ll always fight to make sure our student athletes and every sport is safe and fair. Those are not mutually exclusive.”

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@andybeshearky.bsky.social: My faith teaches me that no Kentuckian – no person – should ever have to worry where their next meal is coming from.

Congress, restore full SNAP benefits. Do what's right.

@mayor.nyc.gov: The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.

Sep 29, 2026

@andrewsolender on X: New ad from Democrat Lindsay James in #IA02: “I became a chaplain to serve people in their hardest moments … I approve this message because my faith teaches me that caring for your neighbor is not optional.”

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026

One family, after the capture of a loved one, found out about it from activists and took steps to move other loved ones to non-287(g) jurisdictions. Another family still had no idea about why their loved one was captured until I told them about this and took steps to protect others that day.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026

Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe.

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also this bright spot in VT: “VT will ask voters to amend its constitution to state explicitly that the state shall not deny equal treatment under the law on account of a person’s race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or national origin”

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i 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

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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 29/09/2026

"curveballs" and "frustrations" are the new euphemisms for "blatant high crimes and misdemeanors"

POLITICO

TRUMP CONTROVERSIES PILE ON GOP: It’s 35 days until the midterms, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune is still fending off some final curveballs from President Donald Trump. White House decisions to air campaign-style ads with taxpayer funds while separately rescinding about a billion dollars in congressionally approved spending are the latest pre-midterm frustrations for GOP senators — who spent much of Monday fielding off-message questions about the president’s latest actions.

Owen Dahlkamp, Mia McCarthy and Jordain Carney contributed to this report.

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Also, please do not forget that the origins of Miller's policies lie with the Obama administration. Watch this @frontlinepbs.bsky.social documentary from 2011:

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FRONTLINE | Lost in Detention | Season 2011 | Episode 17

FRONTLINE investigates the Obama administration's get-tough immigration policy.

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just a remember of what rape can entail after the fact: permanent psychological damage. Permanent physical damage and disability. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care, relocation fees, lost work, lost educational opportunity. A marred reputation. Broken trust, lost relationships.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here's the thing: The New York Times report this ad was based off said that Marshall had patients arrested for owing as little as $114 *total.* They can try to pull the 'this pregnant mom was no angel' if she were the only person he'd had arrested but there are dozens more such cases.

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Tawni Marshall @tawnimarshall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That's why, beyond being harmful, this kind of soft capitulation from Dems is pointless. Sports has only ever been step one of "eradicate transgenderism" for Republicans. There's no compromise to be had here, only acquiescence to the notion that trans identities are dangerous and invalid.

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Tawni Marshall @tawnimarshall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Worth noting that the Title IX rules that were rescinded didn't include protections for trans student athletes, because Biden withdrew that part on his way out of office. That didn't stop McMahon from framing it that way though.

The Biden administration on Dec. 20 withdrew a proposed rule that would have extended Title IX protections to transgender student athletes, acknowledging that public sentiment and legal challenges made finalizing the rule too difficult.

“It’s exactly how we enforce Title IX,” McMahon said in a video released over the weekend. “It was boys in boys sports and girls in girls sports, and now the Biden rules and regulations are being rescinded and it is a full return to the Trump administration’s Title IX ruling, as has been upheld by many courts.”

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The differences between the university admin report and what players are saying actually happened, my god. Fire whoever approved that report.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Exceptional solidarity from ASU hockey players who have demanded their coach be placed on leave for essentially overseeing the murder of their teammate and have disputed the university’s findings. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

Seven Arizona State men’s hockey players asked the university’s president to place the Sun Devils’ coaching staff on administrative leave pending further investigation into the workout that left sophomore transfer Matthew Mayich on life support.

In a 26-page letter sent to ASU president Michael Crow on Monday and obtained by The Athletic, the players disputed numerous findings from the university’s initial review of the Aug. 20 workout, writing that Mayich did not receive water and was provided inadequate medical care after his collapse.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Russell Brand sharing a billing with Jay Bhattacharya, RFK Jr, and Dr Oz is really all you need to know about what MAHA is (it's one and the same as the manosphere: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...)

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every college in this country decided that expelling and/or sending the police to beat the shit out of their own students for the crime of being opposed to genocide was their top priority. That and giving Trump complete control of what they teach. Contrast that with how they treat rapists.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026

this is legitimately very funny

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Baltimore Brew @baltimorebrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BREAKING: Baltimore Inspector General asks judge to hold the @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration in civil contempt. tinyurl.com/7xv3aws8 IG says the city did not restore records access by 1 p.m. today in defiance of Judge Pamela White’s earlier order.

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BREAKING: Baltimore Inspector General asks judge to hold Scott administration in contempt | Baltimore Brew

IG says the city did not restore records access by 1 p.m. today in defiance of Judge Pamela White’s earlier order.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 28/09/2026

Hey I don’t think it’s a good thing that Bernie Sanders keeps talking to this guy

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At Cornell, one person— Christina Liang — handles every disciplinary case, including the Cornell Seven’s and the suspensions of over 40 protestors. Liang wrote in 2025 that “2024 was one of the most challenging years of my career…and it helped me learn that caring less is okay.”

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026

You are measuring willingness to respond to a survey, not actual identity. Given the bathroom bans, bans on pride flags, renewed efforts to ban GSAs etc, it's not a surprise some kids prefer to not openly disclose orientation to a federal government survey.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

lol consultants posting dishonestly

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you're looking for a rabbit hole to dive into today, this thread (and the video I'll link in the next post) should fit the bill nicely: 1970s, Black Liberation, true crime, UK film history, and more.

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sophie chupacabra @szumm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

pop charts are an industry tool used to roughly measure the performance of a specifc type of cultural product among a narrow demographic, it's facile to use that as a stand in for culture writ large

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She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The real take here is that *everyone* lives in a bubble, but some people fill their bubble with stuff they choose, and some dont realise they have have their bubbles filled by whatever fresh distractions the media of the day throw into the mix.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

www.roseschmits.com

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"During an approximately 3-hour attack Logue...punched her in the face, choked her until she blacked out, sat on her for about 10 minutes, and sexually assaulted her. At one point, he forced the barrel of a BB rifle into her mouth and stated, 'I could shoot you in five seconds.'" He's white, fyi.

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Shepseskare in Love @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 03/11/2025

and while im on some andrew hill shit - there are about 15 jazz tracks that rotate as my "all-time favorite"... this one has likely spent the most time in that position. andrew hill ILLUSION* youtu.be/oaXcmgqshK8?...

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Illusion (2003 Remaster)

YouTube video by Andrew Hill - Topic

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Let us also remember this social milieu revolving around AI apparently aren’t great at age verification for events, considering a 13 year old claims he was able to get into AI group house parties: bsky.app/profile/fain...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

So many autistic/neurodivergent women (which I bet describes a LOT of women in the Silicon Valley AI scene) report being *specifically* targeted by sexual predators who take advantage of their issues with reading social situations. Which is why I loathe the “oh, those poor autistic men” excuse.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Aimee Pepper is also making some great points on how “the culture of Al safety/Lighthaven is detrimentally linked to the culture of CNC (consensual non-consent) orgies.” Again: if you are a woman who wants to work on making AI safer, this is apparently the social world you must navigate.

Aimee Pepper • @artbypep
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I posted this elsewhere but I think that viewing this as just a Slutcon issue is ignoring that it's just a focus for the larger issue that people have been discussing: that the culture of Al safety/Lghthaven is detrimentally linked to the culture of CNC orgies.
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I think that it's been made very clear that despite efforts being made by the latter group, a TON of issues have happened that have been harmful on an individual level as well as a movement level (for Al safety AS WELL AS cnc orgy/slutcon/bay area poly/edgy sex community perception in general)
There's a tide of demand for policing behavior because the consequences of the group themselves not being able to reliably do so has been so problematic.
I think there's a justifiable fear of inviting/accepting policing for policing's sake, but I think you're disregarding a lot of genuine criticism from people who care about your causes. nitter.miningtcup.me/artbypep/status/210390...
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I think Slutcon is more like a nucleation point for a lot of folks discomfort at how poly/cnc orgy culture (which is tied optically to you for reasonable reasons) seems to be the dominant Lighthaven culture and Slutcon is the most magnified form of that for people to have a visceral reaction to.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

taco belle here is doing a good job of laying out the pretty obvious problems with weaving group sex parties, sometimes involving consensual non-consent, into AI industry culture:

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Replying to @wenza @Aella_Girl @Actualwebutante Hey, this isn't the crux of my point at all. I'm not doing respectability politics about this (though I do think the "optics" convo is an important one, and I don't agree that espousing norms that the median person finds alien is a nothingburger; I know plenty of people who've bounced off rationalism bc of these bad vibes, and yeah that's a great filtering mechanism for finding Only true believers, but you need a fundamentally different strategy to connect with and persuade the broader public that your stance on a highly technical, insanely important issue is the Correct one. Most people are not high-decouplers!
These norms have downstream effects on who can participate in your milieu. Ones that are perhaps positive for many men, and negative for most women. Tech is still a boys' club, and women still have to contend with that - young Zoomer dudes are more openly misogynistic now than millennial men were at their age, and plenty of them call women sluts and claim girls ONLY ever get hired on the basis of their fuckability already. So a lot of young women are sensitive as fuck to that perception, and already struggle to walk the blurred lines between social & professional connections, and that was true WITHOUT an extremely pro-slut-event normalizing sexual forwardness, CNC, and the objectification of women. I HOPE there's not much overlap between those misogynistic men & attendees of this event, but there's definitely plenty of each in the same SF tech scene. Plenty of women are acquainted with both types of guy, and have to figure out how to navigate among them. It's pretty damned-if-you-do, damned if you don't. That's not an unfamiliar position to be in, and not everyone wants to resolve it by committing hella hard to the slut side!
Again, this doesn't mean the event shouldn't be allowed. The more gracefully that careful criticisms are taken into consideration, the more likely that the…

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

“What I personally find so frustrating is no one is ever given an ounce of grace for the understandable ways these conversations might blur. Whereas, men who act poorly are given a delusional amount of cover & protection. They say illogical things and get polite responses.” - on sexism in AI spaces.

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One dynamic to be aware of in the current discourse: I do agree that there is sometimes a motte & bailey where people are slut-shaming, only to retreat to concerns around second-order harassment. However, I would like to discuss this dynamic in a different way.
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I will get to my main point by 3). To set context: 1) it is very difficult to be heard within some EA, rationalist, & Al safety spaces when you discuss sexism, harm, and harassment. You have to use specific framings and language. You have to be
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2) You have to spend time inspecting a number of illogical assumptions that govern these spaces, "if autistic men harass you, they do not mean itỊ(?) Distress is always reduced to
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3) right now, for various reasons, there is sustained & wider discourse about sexism in these spaces. This means women who have never really had their experiences taken seriously may use this as an opportunity to share.
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Yes, some people are doing a motte & bailey. Some people have also simply felt prompted to start discussing real harms they've been concerned about for months or years. Predictably, these two threads are colliding and blurring in a messy way.
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What I personally find so frustrating is that no one is ever given an ounce of grace for the understandable ways these conversations might blur. Whereas, men who act poorly are given a delusional amount of cover & protection. They say illogical things and get polite responses.
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There are people who have existed in these spaces for years and years, who have consistently and relentlessly made it difficult for any real, empathetic, productive discussion on sexism to occur.
They are doing a motte & bailey too, and they will continue to do
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They know what happens in these spaces, that there are legitimate issues, and they will take those and chuck them under slut-shaming or "women being sensitive & not liking it when men ask them out because they have no agency boo hooạỊi
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The thing I really want to say is: regardless of the current discourse, there are legitimate accounts of harm that the community has not reckoned with. In Al safety, I know of: a hiring manager asking out an applicant in their hiring round, while the round was still underway.
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Multiple fellowship mentors reported as consistently making women mentees uncomfortable, still returninh as a mentors. A man discussing explicit sexual content, including attending orgies, at an explicitly professional event, in front of people they'd never met.
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None of these accounts are public and more detail can't be given or they'd be identifiable. And then there are more severe accounts that are specific and cannot be shared at all, even in an anonymised or vague way, due to their

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If this field is going to grow, then it will need women, and if more women come on, the field may need an actual reckoning, and that reckoning will not be about consensual sex parties.
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At the risk of being insufferable, I am one of the few experienced event organisers operating in this space and I'm very worried about Al. I would love to just spend all my time working, hanging out with my wife & friends, & writing nice stuff, but I am worried about the girls
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