Dammit, Cassella

YouTube video by Adam Conover Why P*rn Bans Will Destroy the Internet with Siri Dahl and Noelle Perdue

So grateful for this conversation. Timely topics on age verification, freedom of speech... and why it matters, has value, and is worth defending. Thank you @adamconover.net @siridahl.com & Noelle Perdue!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWU...

Short version because people aren't reading the blog

- "dislikes", essentially just a "not interested" button, private, doesn't effect anyone but yourself

- "Social proximity", puts people you know at the top of comments

- "Reply context", shows people full thread before they reply

Inside Zohran Mamdani's private influencer briefing NBC News sat in as New York City's mayoral front-runner took questions from dozens of content creators, highlighting his media strategy and the shifting pressures of modern politics.

Mamdani's media strategy is, funny enough, exactly what actual news orgs should be doing.

Stay with me; a short thread:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Fuck you.

Using sex work as shorthand for classy or trashy or morally repugnant or whatever this is supposed to be puts you more in line with the current administration than it does his opposition.

Yeah these people are exactly who you think they are

Can someone please do a wellness check on Roger? I have a bad feeling for where this is gonna end up for him. No, really.

Post Dallas Steele @Cherrykickstart Follow This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing Quote tweeting Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated Follow | Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key. Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits 9:17 AM 08 Oct 25 758K Views 13:01 09 Oct 25 32.6K Views 88 Reposts 11 Quotes 1,049 Likes

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

These people were enslaved as laborers for a call center soliciting church donations in case you’re wondering the exact level of where we went wrong as a human species

The Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it.

Photo of two X posts. The first post by Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa_bs ...) from 20 hours ago states: "I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I know we are 'used to it' but it is absolutely insane." The post includes a profile picture and a verification badge. The second post by George Conway (@...) from 11 hours ago is a quote of the first post, featuring emojis (fist, U.S. flag, fire) and a profile picture.

This is what Trumpism has wrought.

'London teachers need training to protect pupils from Andrew Tate' London's Deputy Mayor for Children and Families is concerned a 'toxic environment' is drawing children into viewing even more 'serious and damaging content' through the social media algorithm

Surprise. The Online Safety Act is only pushing people to worse corners of the internet.

To combat the fact that their surveillance law is a failure, Labour proposes revamping school curriculum focused on digital literacy, which is what they should have been doing all along.

MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem

That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.

On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.

www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...

Ed Zitron is mad as hell How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech’s punchiest critics

Good read on one of the most interesting characters in tech debate. As someone who used to read the housing bubble blogs like Calculated Risk back in 2005 /2006 (i.e. before the bubble burst), there's a similar vibe with @edzitron.com - and maybe he'll be proven right.

Alt text: Jiz Lee wears a shirt with text "Imagine being scared of diversity but not dictatorship" standing in front of a bookcase of sex-positive porn studies literature. Note: Not an ad, just pure adoration, this shirt is available at "God Ain't Petty but I Am" website https://www.godaintpetty.com/

Just sayin...

Here’s how Trump’s post-presidency went for Hope Hicks:

She broke down crying on the witness stand just after she provided crucial testimony in the criminal trial against her former boss.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fire...

I see that a lot of people are discovering today that Snopes isn't a reliable source of information any more and is probably doing as much harm as good now, so here's how it got from there to here

Japanese Politicians Are Now Getting Involved In Steam's Censorship Saga Games with mature themes continue to be targeted on storefronts like Steam and Itch.

www.thegamer.com/steam-censor...

Some suggest Tylenol is linked to autism. Here’s what to know. Conservative media and influencers are amplifying research suggesting a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism.

NEW: in recent weeks, right wing media and influencers have seized on new research suggesting a connection between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism

Ariana Cha, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and I broke down the science and what MAHA influencers are claiming

wapo.st/4gdFIPt

COVID-19 Vaccines: When Systemic Fatphobia Works "For" You — Samantha Puc | The Verbal Thing Thousands of people qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine because of their BMI. There's a lot to unpack there. Here's my personal attempt.

"Obesity" doesn't actually make you more likely to contract COVID or suffer from LC. That said, if "obesity" qualifies you to get the vaccine under the CDC's awful, dangerous new rules, *use that to your advantage.* Bringing back a blog entry I wrote on this issue in 2021:

Know your rights, Chicago. Ask for a warrant. Record the goons from a safe distance. We don’t want or need them here.

4 panel comic Panel 1: Purple Guy steps in bear trap and screams Panel 2: Purple Guy gets punched in the penis by a boxing glove Panel 3: Purple Guy gets set on fire Panel 4: Purple Guy lying on the ground, almost dead. Blue guy sticks head into shot and says: Heads up, things are about to get bad

what being alive currently feels like

Incredible video

ayo, if you write anything remotely horny, this affects you.

Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets LLMs make things up — including about themselves.

Very grateful for this piece from @thedextriarchy.bsky.social. I’ve seen so many viral posts from people I like who are presenting AI-generated text as some sort of admission or proof of how it is administered—which is actually similar to the logic of AI psychosis
www.theverge.com/x-ai/758595/...

A Twitter user quote tweeting a public defender complaining that leftists have been calling for them to be killed for defending people accused of crimes and saying this person admitted that they've defended rapists and helped them get lighter sentences. Another user points out public defenders don't chose their clients and the original poster responds so they were just following orders then?

I've seen discourse you people wouldn't believe

It’s not the particular focus of this piece (which is great, go read it!), but the disappearance of media due to a) unavailability of physical media after corporate greed takes shows/movies offline b) censorship is and will continue to be a growing problem. The censorship especially!

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There was a bundle with the book that sold out very quickly.