Taylor Lorenz

“It should be crystal clear to everyone that the real threat to community safety is the ICE agents harassing, targeting, detaining — and in some tragic cases — killing our neighbors. This violence is unacceptable, it is criminal, and it is against the constitution of the United States.”

Portland.gov

East Portland Councilors Avalos, Dunphy, Smith Respond to the ICE Shooting of Two People in Hazelwood

This anthropomorphized framing of Grok in the media (claiming that Grok has "apologized") only serves the interests of these tech companies. It gives the appearance that some entity has taken responsibility for what is happening, when in reality no one has.

Is anyone going to take accountability for this?

+ Bo Zangeles, Terrorgram, friction-maxxing, Chinese peptides, a political influencer reality show, Tinder 4 Nazis, Trisha Paytas congressional run...

Crusaders pushing social media censorship and banning teens online are admitting that “mental health” is a coverup for suppressing dissent and young people’s progressive politics.

Authorities are recasting young people’s concerns about climate change, Gaza, social justice, family crises, etc., as "mental illness"

Crusaders pushing social media censorship and banning teens online are admitting that “mental health” is a coverup for suppressing dissent and ...

I wrote about the unprecedented mass censorship and surveillance laws that Congress is trying to ram through in the name of “protecting kids” and how none of this is about protecting kids. In fact, these laws cause great harm to all of us, for Zeteo

Social Media Bans Aren’t About Protecting Kids. They’re About Censorship and Surveillance

US politicians want to replicate Australia's draconian law prohibiting children under 16 from using social media. But experts say such bans will ac...

Sora strangulations, Slurmcore, Bearista breakdowns, a skincare line for 3 yr olds, fitness influencers' hotness problem, MrBeast + Dealbook, Rizzwiches, how far ChatGPT will *really* go, and MORE in today's newsletter

Right-wing influencers earn higher fees for sponsored posts than left-wing counterparts

Sora strangulations, Slurmcore, Bearista breakdowns, a skincare line for 3 yr olds, fitness influencers' hotness problem, MrBeast + Dealbook, Rizzw...

AI slop is getting religious, The great lock in, OpenAI's first movie, automated sextortion, Jay Guapo x iShowspeed, Netflix's finsta, Threads blogging, xChat, the doomers who insist AI will kill us all, and MORE -- all in this week's newsletter!!

AI slop is getting religious

+ The great lock in, OpenAI's first movie, automated sextortion, Jay Guapo x iShowspeed, Netflix's finsta, Threads blogging, xChat, and the doomers...

SCOOP: Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog. The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the "white nationalist community." Another Nazi blog is being promoted in Substack's "Rising in History" list

Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog

The newsletter's logo is a swastika and it has pushed Holocaust denialism along with news and opinion content for the 'White Nationalist Community.'

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I wrote about how Democrats are frothing at the mouth to bring Elon musk into the fold and why they should absolutely NOT kiss up to Elon Musk

Democrats should not be kissing up to Musk

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Texas is trying to making texting and posting about abortion online illegal. Please watch my video with @eff.org's Jennifer Pinsof about this terrifying bill and how free speech and bodily autonomy are intricately connected