Copernicus Browser has a preset for active fires, allowing for easier viewing of active fires. Below are images from Spokane for yesterday (Aug 3) and July 29. h/t to @galen.reich.me.uk

I'm at the Chipotle salmonella jalapeños I'm at the Taco Bell diarrhea lettuce I'm at the combination Chipotle salmonella jalapeños and Taco Bell diarrhea lettuce

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h ago

“Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.”

In honor of my birthday, please read this classic short story by Ray Bradbury

Aaron Meyers@aaronmeyers.bsky.social · yesterday

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

Get wrecked. Thrilled the judge in this case saw through the BS of xAI's lawsuit, pointing out a lack of due diligence and waiting until a few days before the law went into effect even though it passed 3 months ago. Awesome job, Minnesota! minnesotareformer.com/briefs/nudif...

Nudification law to go into effect Saturday after judge denies delay request from Musk’s AI company • Minnesota Reformer

A new Minnesota law banning the use of technology that creates sexually explicit images or videos of a person without their consent will go into effect Saturday after a federal judge rejected the requ...

minnesotareformer.com

I thought this was an @theonion.com headline

Mediaite@mediaite.com · 2d ago

‘I Will Literally Eat Anything’: RFK Jr. Touts His Nonexistent ‘Gag Reflex’

The second-largest city in Washington, Spokane, is currently on fire. Fires broke out over the weekend, leading to the Level 3 evacuation of thousands of people. Homes have been lost. These fires are still ongoing.

I spoke to Ana Ornelas for her piece on how Europe's new regulations and safeguards against AI NCII have not yet caught up to the staggering developments in the technological space. Read at @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/how-the-ai-d...

How the AI Deepfake Boom is Outpacing Europe's Safeguards

Europe's AI rules are struggling to keep pace with deepfake abuse. Ana Ornelas investigates the growing impact on victims and the gaps in protection.

techpolicy.press

One of the insane components of xAI trying to sue Minnesota of the nudification technology ban is that they are simultaneously also trying to argue the Grok does not and will not nudify images. If Grok can't nudify, then it should be no concern. But clearly, Grok can, hence the lawsuit

Who do I need to speak to at Google so I can smack the person who green lit this?

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d ago

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

Are people not embarrassed anymore?

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6d ago

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Bad news for the Dutch

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Trump: "Any time you see windmills, you see a failing country"

All I have to say is that this does not surprise me.

WIRED@wired.com · last wk.

Researchers tested top image editing models on Hugging Face and found they could easily create explicit deepfakes—and 1,000 image editing prompts show how people use the software. www.wired.com/story/huggin...

Remember the Minnesota law banning AI nudify services? wlWell it's coming into effect in a few days and xAI is sueing the state over the law in the name of "free speech." Yes, you read that correctly. Free speech for AI NCII www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/s...

Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban 'nudify' apps

Elon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX, is challenging a law that would ban so-called nudify apps in Minnesota

cnbc.com

Kolina Koltai@koltai.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sorry for the delayed update, but the bill has passed! 🎉🎉🎉 It will go into effect in August. this really is the first law in the US explicitly prohibiting the technology/service of AI nudification/deepfake pornography. Would love to see this as a model nationwide www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Some of the worst sites are coming offline and I can only hope this trend continues. It seems like the website Motherless has been offline for about a month now. You may remember Motherless from headlines over the past few years. CW: sexual assault, NCII, torture, CSAM

C1 Your Dead: Girl's Iconic Gesture

Alt: C1 Your Dead: Girl's Iconic Gesture Black and white gif - young girl in pig tails running her hand across her neck to indicate the gesture of cutting a neck

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The bar is so low. I reported Clothoff's latest X account to the platform but it doesn't violate their rules against NCII. Even though the account shares images that have been generated by them, and is one of the biggest names in the AI nudify space.

Repetitive name recognition works because I've been craving Taco Bell for days now despite all the diarrhea parasite talk.

I wonder how much our news cycle would change if we no longer ran stories based around a bad take by famous people. This is the type of attention Musk wants. Imagine if the shit takes he has just stayed on X.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey

Thousands of victims over the past 7 years. Millions of views, millions of members. Its hard to calculate how much money this man made from non-consensual intimate images, stolen and hacked nudes from women and girls. Just one more step towards accountability.

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 2w ago

LeakedBB, an adult forum averaging two million monthly visits, rewarded members for posting intimate imagery they claimed was leaked, hacked or obtained through blackmail. Payment records, company filings and domain data appear to link the site to one man. youtube.com/shorts/rejPc...

Apple and Google ordered to purge 'nudify' apps from App Stores: In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law

Apple and Google ordered to purge 'nudify' apps from App Stores | TechCrunch

In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law.

techcrunch.com

I'm at the point in my life where I'm seriously considering getting a Jimothy tattoo to rep Seattle.

Wild. Musk/xAI is suing one of its users for using Grok to create CSAM. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I can't recall many cases where an SM company sues its user for TOS violations. This seems like an effort to save face w/the recent lawsuit against them www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material

Case is one of first brought by an AI company against a user ⁠for allegedly using a tool to generate child abuse material

theguardian.com

Another great investigation by @koltai.bsky.social. This forum, where users have posted and discussed "leaked" images of women since 2019, went offline two days after we reached out to a man we believe to be connected to it.

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 3w ago

Bellingcat and @thepress.co.nz have uncovered a series of links between a New Zealand-based man and the adult forum LeakedBB – a site with over 2.3 million registered users, including some who distributed leaked nude photos and videos. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07...

Another non-consensual porn site taken down by Bellingcat. If you want to see more of that happen be sure to support our work www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_...

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 3w ago

Bellingcat and @thepress.co.nz have uncovered a series of links between a New Zealand-based man and the adult forum LeakedBB – a site with over 2.3 million registered users, including some who distributed leaked nude photos and videos. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07...

Bellingcat and @thepress.co.nz have uncovered a series of links between a New Zealand-based man and the adult forum LeakedBB – a site with over 2.3 million registered users, including some who distributed leaked nude photos and videos. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07...

The Crypto Entrepreneur Linked to a Forum Trading in ‘Leaked’ Nudes

Two days after we reached out to crypto start-up founder Jitendra Maharaj about his apparent connections to LeakedBB, the site went offline.

bellingcat.com

New publication from me! 🎉 Please check out my latest investigation where we identify (no surprise) a crypto guy to a popular 'leaked' nudes website. Users could even get paid out for sharing leaked/hacked nudes from women. Within 48 hrs of reaching out to him, the site went offline. Impact! 🙌

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 3w ago

Bellingcat and @thepress.co.nz have uncovered a series of links between a New Zealand-based man and the adult forum LeakedBB – a site with over 2.3 million registered users, including some who distributed leaked nude photos and videos. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07...

I thought the administration was against gender affirming care?

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

Nudify sites/apps aren't hidden in a secret dark corner of the web. They are promoted on social media all the time, like ads on IG, and apparently even YouTube. There is so much work to be done to combat the cheap and accessible nature of AI nudify/NCII services.

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

Social networks drove more than 5.7 million visits to nudify sites between December 2025 and March 2026. The top driver of this traffic was YouTube, followed by X, according to a report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. www.wired.com/story/youtub...

I only go to Twitter for research, so I somehow missed that there has been a guy tweeting about me for the past few years, saying insane stuff, like I'm a part of some Epstein-related movement to destroy religion??? And part of their theory relies that my name is similar to Polynesian idols.

One of the most ghoulish things I've seen is someone made an AI video pretending to be Nolan's mother to spread speculation and actively complicate the investigation into his death.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 3w ago

In the week since the body of teenager Nolan Wells was found off Mississippi’s Horn Island, investigators have revealed little about how he died, leaving social media speculation to fill the void.

That's 2 murders in the past week by ICE, killing people they weren't even looking for.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.