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Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/

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Groypers on James Fishback’s insane campaign are now so misogynistic that they’re saying gay sex is straighter than heterosexual sex. www.thebulwark.com/p/james-fish...

10.03.2026 02:09 👍 892 🔁 140 💬 77 📌 113
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Russian Hackers 'Targeting Messaging Apps,' Dutch Spies Say - The Moscow Times Russian hackers have targeted messaging apps used by Dutch officials, intelligence services in the Netherlands said on Monday, part of what they described as a "large-scale global cyber campaign."

Russian Signal/WhatsApp hacking campaign in the news.

1) Hackers are mimicking support to gain credentials; don't trust unprompted support messages

2) Installing Signal/WhatsApp on your desktop increases the risk; don't use them outside your phone if you can

www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/09/r...

09.03.2026 13:16 👍 19 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

Mike Benz — Frame Game — laying out his operating philosophy in his own voice.

A pathological liar who duped one rube after another. Matt Taibbi. Jacob Siegel. They legitimized him, then never walked back anything they wrote. Just quietly pretended they’d never taken him seriously as a source lol.

09.03.2026 15:57 👍 84 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 1
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio meets with Secretary Rubio

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio meets with Secretary Rubio

Enrique Tarrio and other Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Trump pardoned them.

Tarrio and his men planned the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Tarrio even claimed credit for it, messaging others: “Make no mistake…We did this…”

Now he’s meeting with Sec. Rubio.

08.03.2026 22:00 👍 2216 🔁 1069 💬 139 📌 90

starting a new manosphere thing: men don't cry, they weep

08.03.2026 03:35 👍 44 🔁 2 💬 6 📌 3
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Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

08.03.2026 13:38 👍 24067 🔁 7406 💬 883 📌 395
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EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

Leqaa Kordia, in her own words, for @zeteo.com.

Leqaa should be free. Her captors, and whichever outside organization collaborated with them, should be the ones in cages.

08.03.2026 17:18 👍 184 🔁 80 💬 0 📌 1
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How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months No state or federal agency disclosed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had killed Ruben Ray Martinez until it was revealed in a public records request.

DHS killed a 23yo in Texas in March 2025 the same way they killed Renee Good www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

07.03.2026 14:43 👍 324 🔁 167 💬 1 📌 0
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The trials of Graham Platner Lunatic online conspiracy theories about the Democrat aren't breaking through to Maine voters—yet.

I blogged about Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic primary, and the weird conspiracy theories around the race.

07.03.2026 18:16 👍 37 🔁 4 💬 20 📌 6

reading about abusive bosses is always a great reminder that even those who live in democracies experience tyranny each day in the capitalist firm

07.03.2026 19:41 👍 99 🔁 23 💬 3 📌 0

We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

07.03.2026 05:03 👍 6289 🔁 1335 💬 128 📌 100
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 👍 8944 🔁 3334 💬 106 📌 125
A chart shows the daily number of posts on 4chan’s “Adult Requests” imageboard recorded by Open Measures between Mar. 1, 2025, and Mar. 1,  2026. Daily activity on the imageboard nearly tripled over the analysis period we reviewed, peaking in January 2026.

A chart shows the daily number of posts on 4chan’s “Adult Requests” imageboard recorded by Open Measures between Mar. 1, 2025, and Mar. 1, 2026. Daily activity on the imageboard nearly tripled over the analysis period we reviewed, peaking in January 2026.

Also... some reporters and researchers have been writing off 4chan as a dying website. That's so untrue it's absurd.

Daily activity on this single board, which is all but dedicated to nonconsensual deepfakes now, nearly TRIPLED over the past year.

openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...

06.03.2026 22:45 👍 87 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 2
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This 4chan Board Became a Factory for Explicit AI ‘Deepfakes.’ Nobody Is Stopping It. - Open Measures Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.

NEW: One of the most active hubs for sexually explicit AI "deepfakes" is hiding in plain sight. My latest takes a hard look at a 4chan board that's acting as a factory floor for online sexual abuse — where its users have victimized untold numbers of women and girls.

openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...

06.03.2026 22:45 👍 324 🔁 156 💬 10 📌 14
“Sir, this is a time, this is a place,” Mullin said. “If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here.”

“OK, that’s fine,” O’Brien responded, his deadpan tone accentuated by a Boston accent. “Perfect.”

“You want to do it now?” Mullin asked.

“I’d love to do it right now,” O’Brien said.

“Well, stand your butt up then,” Mullin challenged. 

“You stand your butt up then, big guy,” O’Brien said.

Mullin rose from the dais and reached to take off his wedding band. 

But before the men could descend into fisticuffs, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the committee’s chair, decided he had seen enough. 

“No, no, sit down!” an exasperated Sanders implored Mullin. “You’re a United States senator. Sit down, please!” He pleaded with Mullin to sit down.

“Sir, this is a time, this is a place,” Mullin said. “If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here.” “OK, that’s fine,” O’Brien responded, his deadpan tone accentuated by a Boston accent. “Perfect.” “You want to do it now?” Mullin asked. “I’d love to do it right now,” O’Brien said. “Well, stand your butt up then,” Mullin challenged. “You stand your butt up then, big guy,” O’Brien said. Mullin rose from the dais and reached to take off his wedding band. But before the men could descend into fisticuffs, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the committee’s chair, decided he had seen enough. “No, no, sit down!” an exasperated Sanders implored Mullin. “You’re a United States senator. Sit down, please!” He pleaded with Mullin to sit down.

Markwayne Mullin will be the first DHS secretary to nearly come to blows with a union leader during a Senate hearing 19thnews.org/2023/11/men-...

05.03.2026 18:57 👍 119 🔁 39 💬 14 📌 3

James Fishback, the groyper in Florida who's running for governor, is apparently banned his campaign from a statewide tour of Waffle House locations, per his campaign. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

05.03.2026 21:04 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

kind of bummed trump isn't replacing noem with eric adams

05.03.2026 19:41 👍 109 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 0
WSJ
Breaking News
Trump is preparing to fire Kristi Noem,
advisers say
now

WSJ Breaking News Trump is preparing to fire Kristi Noem, advisers say now

BREAKING NEWS: We have employed the f-word.

05.03.2026 18:02 👍 506 🔁 75 💬 27 📌 22
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Stephen Miller at an international conference about cartels: "These organizations can only be defeated with military power. I see some heads nodding because they understand. You're dealing with a lot of lawyers in your own country, I'm sure. You have my permission not to listen to them."

05.03.2026 14:36 👍 1241 🔁 373 💬 456 📌 288

Some days I feel like one of the few people online who truly has approximately zero opinions about Graham Platner.

05.03.2026 06:06 👍 57 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 1

she’s so cool

05.03.2026 06:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

its impossible to pick your favorite part. i dare you

05.03.2026 04:23 👍 121 🔁 14 💬 15 📌 2
uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%)

Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose
U.S. adult citizens
39
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Democrats
14
Independents
35
Republicans
68

uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.

Literally, "abolishing."

yougov.com/en-us/articl...

03.03.2026 19:45 👍 4310 🔁 1197 💬 65 📌 139

I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:

Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

04.03.2026 21:03 👍 2443 🔁 1201 💬 3 📌 49
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The Alysa Liu creep-out taught me that zero percent of young MAGA guys who came of age during Trump’s political rise have ever meaningfully interacted with women.

04.03.2026 17:22 👍 162 🔁 17 💬 7 📌 4

We also just murdered this guy’s parents, his wife, and his son so good luck getting a peace deal

04.03.2026 02:31 👍 3840 🔁 739 💬 4 📌 15
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Alliance Defending Freedom Backs Musk as Grok Faces Sexualized Images Scandal Alliance Defending Freedom International is backing Elon Musk in X’s fight against the EU’s Digital Services Act fine, even as Grok faces international investigations for generating sexualized deepfak...

While Grok faces investigations for generating sexualized AI images, including of children, Alliance Defending Freedom International is backing Elon Musk in X’s fight against EU regulation. A group that brands itself as pro family is defending a platform under scrutiny for AI driven exploitation.

04.03.2026 02:19 👍 53 🔁 31 💬 2 📌 3

28 hours in, it’s insane

04.03.2026 05:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Caesar's Palace says it will introduce a "trusted contact feature" that will alert your loved ones when you run out of money and need a stake just so you can get back to even and then quit, you promise

03.03.2026 23:16 👍 124 🔁 32 💬 3 📌 1

Rewatching the first season of “The Fall” to make my husband get into it, and why is Gillian Anderson so cool? She’s so cool.

04.03.2026 05:03 👍 47 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0