@hereticmasked
Exvangelical, atheist, DiY religious studies, cult studies, failed-apocalypse cringe-posting, weird shit, counter-extremism School of Making Poor Life Choices Only Slightly Doomed She/They/bad at gender My apologies for continuing to be relevant
NEW:
I spoke to Louis Theroux about his new Netflix documentary Into the Manosphere which is out today.
We spoke about Andrew Tate telling Louis he's no longer relevant, how the manosphere is a big grift, and what it's like being livestream while making a documentary
www.wired.com/story/louis-...
Pleased to announce that Devils of Democracy is available for pre-order! If you're interested in learning about how ideas of demons have always intersected with American politics and what can be done to minimize the effects of conspiratorial ideas of demons: this is the book for you!
Family of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim suing OpenAI
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
NEW:
Grok is making disinformation on X so much worse—
....it's now even backing it's own lies by creating AI images
www.wired.com/story/fake-a...
Today at noon, I had a brief interview on CBC radio discussing the religious language used to frame the war against Iran. The interview begins at 35:00 minutes.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
This is so real
a rough, single-line sketch of a creature that is recognizable as godzilla, sitting down with a keyboard, a look of determination on his face. it'd make a good tattoo.
i asked it for a picture of godzilla playing jazz piano, which is a prompt @kevinlsheezy.bsky.social started asking for back when LLMs were new and novel to play with. some human person drew this in ninety seconds and i love it so much more than anything an ai ever made, which i find clarifying!
Yes it is. Christian Nationalism is categorically Christian. There are other forms of Christianity, sure. Other ways to interpret the Bible. But CN is Christian whether it aligns w your doctrinal beliefs or not.
Following for updates
the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year
the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter
www.statesman.com/business/art...
Competing for how many wrong statements they can cram into one paragraph
Nebraska joins several states, including Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Kentucky, in suing the massively popular online gaming platform.
My dad preached a whole sermon about this once which might explain some things about my brain
Graham is framing bombing Iran as religious liberation. His rhetoric is fuelled by his theology.
Alt National Park Service: A big thank you to Anthropic! After a weeks-long standoff between the Defense Department and AI firm Anthropic over how the military can deploy its technology, CEO Dario Amodei said tonight that the company will not loosen its usage policies.
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Anthropic.
I can't see what the OP is but you're correct
Oh hi! :)
NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.
Tech Bros keep burrowing deeper and deeper into U.S. critical infrastructure: “Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems” 2/23/26 … 1/
It is very clearly not actually a list of MAGA people. It seems to be actually a list of people who are interested in spirituality that's not Christian, or sexuality that's something beyond cishet monogamous marriage.
Really bizarre blocklist, I've got a bunch of moots there too (and just now followed a few more people because they seemed cool).
MAGA Watch Account @watchdog666.bsky.social 0 followers 1 following 0 posts Account looking to block far right trolls Posts Replies Media Videos Lists MAGA and Far Right Moderation list by @watchdog666.bsky.social Block list for white supremacists, TERFs, transphobes, red-pilled men, homophobes, Donald Trump supporters, supporters of genocide, and fascists. Everyone on this list is a MAGA fascist.
#TrollAlert #SpottheTroll
The last line in this is a complete lie. This is a fake & malicious list which contains several people who I know to be antifascist.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
The YouTube algorithm gave me this absolute gift and I had to share
youtu.be/AnbEBT1xUgg
Exactly this
This is so stunning
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
*collected legally with permits and returned to the sea after meeting Elmo
Peter Thiel being an unhinged flavor of Christian with an Antichrist obsession is far more relevant to his whole deal than who he's sleeping with is.
