NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

404media.co

As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the FTC is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices.

Trump’s FTC Is Threatening to Punish Big Tech for “Woke AI”

As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the FTC is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices.

truthout.org

Friends are telling me that they are re-occupying Willy St right now. This comes after police forcibly removed the protest encampment earlier today set-up at the intersection where a police officer murdered Corey Ruiz.

Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 19h ago

a banner found above the front doors of the police HQ in Madison, Wisconsin this morning stated: “Arrest the killer cop, 608-266-4211.”

He believes the purpose of the economy is to enrich him, personally. The economy *has* never been better in such a case.

Thor Benson@thorbenson.bsky.social · 18h ago

I suppose you would probably believe that if you had made billions of dollars in the past 18 months

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Is it in the DNA or is it indoctrinated? 🤔

Most objections to anarchism come down to a failure of imagination, but then so does thinking this must be a late/end stage of Capital.

maga will accept as leaders rapists, pedophiles, white supremasicsts, wife beaters, con artists, conspiracy theorists, absolute morons, paid foreign agents, & people who are *all* of those things but you can't be even slightly pro-immigration, that's the line newrepublic.com/article/2138...

MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam

Markwayne Mullin just said the unsayable: that immigration can sometimes help the economy and the country. Now MAGA wants his head.

newrepublic.com

We’re just normal men

Listening to a podcast and Richard Bandler, referring to a painting of Trump "with his fist up after they tried to shoot him". They? Who is *they*? You're the NLP guy, my guy.

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say

The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.

mynbc5.com

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

bloomberg.com

A room full of Northernlions

The Associated Press@apnews.com · yesterday

SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

Populism + contrarianism remains a dogshit combo.

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

"People prefer a fat guy over a violent chud" still rhetorically sets up "fat guy" as having a negative valence.

i do not think this is what the antinomians meant by world turned upside-down

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

"Primmie transhumanism", i whisper to myself, sticking olives on the ends of my fingers.

KIM KITSURAGI - “You need to get your shit together.” YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!” KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”

YOU - …I don't want to masturbate on the street, okay? ELECTROCHEMISTRY - Whatever, coward.

If you have some spare cash consider donating to Gender Affirming Care Workers Alliance, the new union shop that emerged from the staff of former Real You Electrolysis. Check them out here: linktr.ee/GACWA

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We are the Gender Affirming Care Workers Alliance organized under IWW 610. Our members consist mostly of current and prior workers of Real You Electrolysis.

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I was in too much haste, and now have no time left.

"No," he said, "millions. One Jewish life, it's 10 million [Palestinians]." Challenged on the racism of his statement, he did not deny it. "Yes, I know," he replied. "But this is the truth, because God chose us [and] because of this you are jealous." This man is a lawyer. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge

Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.

bbc.com

Off we go into the wild pale yonder.

Part of calling all queer media adult (or pornographic) is removing agency from kids. The possibility of difference must be denied to children's minds to prevent any avenues to subjectivity.

"The idea of society may sound appealing, but it's old men who will take the hit, planting trees under whose shade they might never sit."

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

"I'm entitled to whatever I want whenever I want it for any reason and I don't care what satisfying these urges does to me or the world" well okay dude, seems like there's something deeper going on here, but that's just my take

Good news: For the first time in seven years, Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast has an oystercatcher that has fledged and stands a good chance of becoming an adult. New hope after last year's chick died of stress after someone illegally pointed a laser at the rock over the summer.

A separate, abandoned building owned by Stuart Lindquist, the owner of the Portland ice building is burning completely in the pearl