NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few days

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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it’s gonna be so funny if the tigers pull a 2024 and make the playoffs again after selling at the deadline

the electoral college map in 2028 for the candidate that runs on banning data centers is 1984 reagan lmao

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 19h ago

Quite an upset in the #KSGov Dem primary. State Sen. Cindy Holscher, who came out against data centers and the Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal, has defeated state Sen. Ethan Corson, who had a big financial edge and an endorsement from term-limited Gov. Laura Kelly.

AES winning college educated voters and white suburban voters but losing rural voters and black voters is a simile sort of to general elections. dem voters are more likely to answer polls than gop voters, and dem progressives are more likely to than dem moderates

Current* conditions near Ludington, MI:

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Let Sam explain how Dropout got The Don Hertzfeldt Collection... 🍌 @donhertzfeldtfilms.bsky.social

im glad that this is increasingly discussed but if like me you get the ick from the idea of hunting wildlife, might i introduce you to an animal the if repatriated everywhere it used to freely roam would immediately help contain deer populations: the wolf. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Kill the Ticks

America needs a bigger plan to control its tick problem.

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he really boffed this, should have started by saying “wisconsin rapids is the heinola of america”

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d ago

“‘Let me tell you something: My name is Eric Adams,’ he continues, as the boos begin to rain down.” hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-i...

it’s extremely funny that at a time when AI distrust is growing faster than ever, zuck writes an op-ed about how the legal system should be AI and altman is like “what if AI raised your kids,” guys do you think this is HELPING your case?

stuff like this really demonstrates how so much of the finance class just can’t except that a bunch of total imbecilic madmen are in charge. the denial goes so deep because to admit that kind of means everything they believe is questionable. i will answer this for free though - he is an idiot.

tariffs and interest rates are destroying all residential construction, meaning no end in sight for rising home and rent prices broadly (at a local level some cities are successfully building)

when was the last time WotC had this many non terrible (dare i even say cool as hell) d&d announcements lol

not only is this racist but haley’s “code switching“ as they call it is actually just kind of insulting to michiganders because nobody here actually talks like that, so she thinks she can just pander or something. it’s the same condescension republicans do to their voters

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 7d ago

What the fuck?? “While Mr. El-Sayed is fringy and radical, he’s also a Muslim man. Ms. Stevens is a white woman. This puts her at a disadvantage in the identity Olympics that internal Democratic Party politics have become.” www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

There are only three possible futures: a) everyone in the Trump admin goes to jail, rule of law partially restored; b) Dems retaliate in full, and maybe that's a deterrent; c) neither (a) nor (b), so lawless authoritarianism wins again, and when Republicans regain power they ramp it up even more.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

three quarters of republicans support internment camps: www.wired.com/story/it-loo...

It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA's Support for ICE

Despite weeks of renewed press coverage and controversy around ICE, Donald Trump’s supporters appear to be standing by the agency no matter what.

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nightmare fuel arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.

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When journalists asked me about where we would see the effects of DOGE, my answer was a) during crises and b) for the big services that interact with the public like SSA, VA and IRS. So lets check in on the IRS: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The IRS is imploding.

The CEO says the agency is proving it's possible to have “less people and better results.”

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voters consistently say they trust republicans on corruption more than democrats, so probably not

Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes TikTok wellness influencers

if we spoke about people in the middle of the country the way everyone does about people in NYC or LA there would be roving bands of michigan militia angrily shooting children or some stupid shit.

Howard Mortman@howardmortman.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens

el nino is increasing to well beyond record levels, and 2027 will push the planet to its brink if it does: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-strong...

The Strongest El Niño Ever

With all the July runs in, dynamical models give a ~90% chance of a record-setting event

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if they actually ran someone in the modern working class (a female service worker), the entire discourse would be about how out of touch said candidate is with real working class people (understood as a blue-collar manufacturing worker)

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 2w ago

very clear they literally "cast" Platner because he looked like wealthy progressives' idea of working class

if you told me the new onimusha game was nioh 3 i would believe you. it is a total amalgamation of recent samurai-esque parry games except easier. not really onimusha anymore. and also way to alike everyone else in the genre.

Serious traffic injuries down by 50%, and no deaths in 3 years! It's just physics. When drivers can't hit people at speed, people aren't killed by cars. The rest—engineering an environment where even the worst drivers don't hit people at speed—is political will. www.planetizen.com/news/2026/07...

Massachusetts town celebrates 3 years with no traffic deaths

Somerville is following Hoboken's Vision Zero playbook with impressive results.

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everyone predicted that google’s AI summaries in search would destroy the internet. everyone was right! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...

How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web

As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.

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“Today, published research on the genetics behind Parkinson’s outnumbers all other potential causes six to one… Despite the avalanche of funding, the latest research suggests that only 10 to 15 percent of Parkinson’s cases can be fully explained by genetics.” www.wired.com/story/scient...

Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.

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fart home devices

It's a scam all the way down. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed implementation of food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 3w ago

My pre-write turned out to be 70% a. CDC's comms have been wildly irresponsible; b. If I couldn't prove lettuce is not from Taylor Farms, I wouldn't eat it; c. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

this is so fucking funny lol, microsoft willfully used companies that granted extremely sensitive DoD access to Chinese nationals because training people was too much money & effort: www.propublica.org/podcast/micr...

How Microsoft’s “Little Workaround” Created a Major Pentagon Threat

A little-known Microsoft program allowed China-based engineers to service the U.S. government’s sensitive computer systems — until reporter Renee Dudley found out about it.

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