Twitter has a new AI tool. This tool can change or edit photos of people.
This is already bad.
But it gets worse.
People found out they can ask Twitter’s AI to change a person’s photo. For example, they can ask the AI to put someone in a bikini.
The AI will do it.
Twitter’s new rules say this is allowed. This means people can now make soft NSFW images of you using AI. And Twitter says this is okay.
A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fair-food-program-farmworker-abuse-exploitation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Agriculture #Farming #Immigration #Labor #Abuse #Exploitation #Immigrants
Spousal violence can take many forms. Recognizing the signs of financial abuse is the first step toward reclaiming agency and regaining control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/08/issues/financial-abuse-mental-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #expats #mixedrelationships #marriage #divorce #mentalhealth #abuse #womensissues
A Police Recording Reveals How a Minnesota Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Enabled an Abuser
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ProPublica reporter Jessica Lussenhop received a roughly 40-minute recorded conversation between sheriff’s detectives and two preachers at a Minnesota church. The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-sexual-abuse-police-recording?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Minnesota #Police #Abuse #Church #Religion #Law #Journalism
Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse. An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Minnesota #Duluth #Abuse #Church #Religion #Law #Crime #Epstein
Abuse of the nullish coalescing operator in JS/TS
https://fredrikmalmo.com/blog/js-ts-nullish-empty-string-coalescing
#HackerNews #Abuse #of #the #nullish #coalescing #operator #in #JS/TS #JavaScript #TypeScript #NullishCoalescing #ProgrammingTips
Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse. An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Minnesota #Duluth #Abuse #Church #Religion #Law #Crime #Epstein
Said goodbye to Broadcast in 2016 and never looked back.
They've never had anything that I've urgently needed to see, the few comedy series I enjoy I catch on the high seas, sometimes years after the fact.
Broadcast just doesn't work for us Millennials and the Iplayer is a chore to use and isn't the full library. We want control with our viewing.
The thug you sent round to 'enquire' as to our viewing arrangements sealed the deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/21/bbc-losing-potential-licence-fee-revenue-say-mps
Also, I don't know what the fuck goes on at the BBC but the torrent of sex abuse crimes coming from that organisation puts me off funding it.
https://deadline.com/2025/11/strictly-come-dancing-star-arrested-rape-1236625625/
#HRW & #Cristosal also found detainees were subject to “constant beatings & other forms of ill-treatment,” including #SexualViolence. They noted guards withholding #food & #medicine. “Many of these abuses constitute #torture under international human rights #law,” the report says.
The #HumanRights orgs determined the #abuse was the result of “systematic violations,” rather than independent actions by guards & other ofcls at #CECOT.
All 40 of the men interviewed reported facing severe psychological & physical #abuse on an almost daily basis.
The researchers found that the #US became #complicit in the men’s forced disappearances by repeatedly denying family members info about where their loved ones were being held. Acc/to the report, the #Trump admin violated its legal obligation to uphold the principle of non-refoulement, which prohibits sending people to countries where they are likely to be tortured or persecuted.
…They described routine beatings & humiliations, medical neglect, & severe punishments in an isolation cell referred to as la isla, or the island, according to MJ reporting. “What they did there was #torture us,” one of the men said.
#HRW & #Cristosal found similar evidence of abuse. They concluded that the #Venezuelans sent to #CECOT “were subjected to what amounts to arbitrary detention & enforced disappearance under international human rights law.”
#HRW & #Cristosal also found detainees were subject to “constant beatings & other forms of ill-treatment,” including #SexualViolence. They noted guards withholding #food & #medicine. “Many of these abuses constitute #torture under international human rights #law,” the report says.
The #HumanRights orgs determined the #abuse was the result of “systematic violations,” rather than independent actions by guards & other ofcls at #CECOT.
Based on the testimonies of 40 men who were detained at #CECOT, as well as interviews with 150 other people—including lawyers & relatives in #Venezuela, #Colombia, & the US—it paints a damning picture of the abuses inflicted at CECOT.
The #Venezuelans were released in July and returned to their country of origin as part of a prisoner swap deal. Shortly after their release, 3 of the men told MJ that they faced severe #abuse.
#Trump #law #immigration #Rendition #HumanRights #DueProcess #torture
Just how far is now the subject of a national conversation—set off by the #SexualAssault Tues—about the #harassment, #abuse & #violence #women still face in #Mexico. Online, on TV & in their homes, women expressed indignation that not even the president was safe & resignation that nothing would ever change.
#ClaudiaSheinbaum herself said on Wednesday what many were wondering, asking, “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
On the streets of #Mexico City this week, many #women could quickly recall frightening personal incidents—men following them on the street or groping them on a crowded train. Many said they did not believe they could count on the #police to pursue such cases, whether #SexualHarassment was a punishable #crime or not.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum
In the capital, where #SexualHarassment & #abuse are crimes, many #women said the #police would file a complaint only if a victim knew her abuser’s name. Going to the authorities was widely seen as a waste of time, they said; even if a complaint was filed, it would be unlikely to result in a full investigation or arrest, as it did in President Sheinbaum’s case.
#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum
Just how far is now the subject of a national conversation—set off by the #SexualAssault Tues—about the #harassment, #abuse & #violence #women still face in #Mexico. Online, on TV & in their homes, women expressed indignation that not even the president was safe & resignation that nothing would ever change.
#ClaudiaSheinbaum herself said on Wednesday what many were wondering, asking, “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
yes abusers and enablers really do this. no it doesn't make sense. yes sometimes well meaning people say thoughtless things like these. but abusers employ these strategically, as weapons. and then the more contradictory they are, the harder it is for victims to make sense of it and to escape the mental maze. the nonsense is an effective and insidious strategy in such cases.
If you're someone who is trying to be there for an abuse survivor and you said stuff like this? Don't worry. You can apologise and repair the relationship if there was damage.
In fact, proving that apologising is possible and not a power play and not a big deal or an injury to your pride, and that relationships can be developed, strengthened and even repaired? That is one of THE most powerful things you can do for a survivor!
The worst wounds that abuse inflicts is by hurting relationships and by teaching unhealthy dynamics and attitudes, like entitlement, as the supposed norm. It is easy to disprove that just by being a friend, a flawed messy HUMAN BEING who doesn't need either of us to be perfect.
bonus points for then turning around and blaming me for talking about it "too much"
yes abusers and enablers really do this. no it doesn't make sense. yes sometimes well meaning people say thoughtless things like these. but abusers employ these strategically, as weapons. and then the more contradictory they are, the harder it is for victims to make sense of it and to escape the mental maze. the nonsense is an effective and insidious strategy in such cases.
The ouster of Joe Allen, #FHFA's acting #InspectorGeneral, follows the agency's director, Bill Pulte, becoming an outspoken voice in support of the #Trump admin. Across the government, the Trump admin has so far fired or reassigned close to two dozen agency #watchdogs, who police #waste, #fraud & #abuse. It has also defunded the group that supervises those offices.
#law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny
