Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Dam's Bursting
This week, we discuss election outcomes and code as a human endeavor.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Dam's Bursting
This week, we discuss election outcomes and code as a human endeavor.
UK
UK Sex Workers Wake Up to Sites Purging Their Content Following Porn Ban
Adult creators are left in the dark as content that they didn't believe broke the law disappears from clip sites.
Meta
Everyone Everywhere Hated Meta’s New AI Training Terms. Now, They’re On Pause
Back to the drawing board!
The Abstract
Oldest Evidence of Getting High on Cannabis Discovered In 2,800-Year-Old Tomb: ‘Absolutely Crazy’
Archaeologists have discovered the oldest direct evidence of psychoactive cannabis use in a Siberian tomb that was used for human and horse sacrifices, a finding that sheds light on ancient rituals and could help revive wild strains of cannabis lost to time.
porn
In the UK, Face Sitting Porn Might Land You in Jail
The Crime and Policing Act, which goes into force on November 6, criminalizes possessing or publishing strangulation or suffocation porn, as well as some types of "close familial relatives" roleplay.
Podcast
Podcast: Proton’s CEO Is Putting AI Before Security
Inside Proton's AI reckoning, the AO3 outage, and why we're not tech support.
News
Republicans Learn X Is the Echo Chamber
It turns out you can’t post Malfoids and Anakin when diesel is $6 a gallon and expect America to vote for you.
Newsletters
An AI Fraud Kingpin’s Confessions
An AI fraud kingpin’s rise and fall; voters rejected data centers; and a new fear unlocked.
Features
The Confessions of an AI Fraud Kingpin
Yuriy Nazarenko created ‘OnlyFake’, a site that let anyone churn out realistic fake IDs with AI. Then the North Koreans came knocking.
News
American Voters Overwhelmingly Reject AI Data Centers
Data centers were on the ballot in dozens of races last night. They lost most of them.
Election 2026
‘There Is One Fight’: American Voters Reject Tech Oligarchy
Tuesday's election was a wholesale rejection of Silicon Valley's worldview and AI-powered kleptocracy.
Newsletters
America Votes: 'CEKEVPATIVG EDELDOA'
Slopfest 2k26 continues with an election, a fanfic fiasco, and World of Slopcraft.