Source: a few weeks before Grok started "digitally undressing" people, Elon Musk expressed frustration over guardrails on Grok's image and video generator (Hadas Gold/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/tech/elon-musk-xai-digital-undressing
Dan Bongino returns to Fox News tonight as a contributor following his stint as the deputy director of the FBI, starting with Sean Hannity's show (Sean James/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/media/just-in-dan-bongino-returning-to-…
The US, following a directive from President Trump, is withdrawing from several key international cybersecurity and hybrid threat organisations, citing concerns over mismanagement and conflicts with national sovereignty. Experts are worried about the impact on global cybersecurity.
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The United States is on the cusp of becoming a pariah state,
ruled by a spoiled man-child who is increasingly and openly mocked for his obvious failings.
It only takes one person to say the emperor has no clothes to give others the courage to act.
https://newrepublic.com/article/2058…
Elon Musk's xAI under fire for failing to rein in 'digital undressing' (Hadas Gold/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/08/tech/elon-musk-xai-digital-undressing
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p137#a260108p137
So Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" is what they would call a "visual feast". Lavish production barely does it justice. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and it is as poignant as one would hope. Well worth it!
The only thing that grated on me was the weirdly unnatural composited lighting. I've seen this in other films and it bums me out. Gives me the same vibes as AI generated Art… Makes me wonder why it was decided to go that route, rather than lighting things pra…
Renee Good is a crisis for the Trump regime: not because they care about her life, but because ICE murdering her makes ICE look bad. They’ve been telling all these stories about all the imaginary violence ICE officers face. In their minds, it’s the people on the streets who were supposed to lose their cool first. Now they’re falling over themselves to make that happen.
We just want ICE gone, but their bosses want them dead. And no, I’m sure they do not understand this.
How the insurance crisis overtook California
Insurance Commissioner Lara’s 2023 regulatory overhaul promised to ease California’s insurance crisis
but instead delivered major concessions to the industry.
Under Lara’s watch, the state’s insurer of last resort exploded
from 123,657 policies in 2019 to over 645,000,
leaving January wildfire victims underinsured.
Six of nine insurers filing under new rules
add zero new policies in high-risk zones
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