Adam Hansen
@adamhansen.net
Adventurous and passionate about travel, health, & tech — always creating and discovering new things. Solutioneer, amateur potter and idea generator. Homebase = Toledo, Ohio | Mastodon:@AdamHansen@mstdn.social http://adamhansen.net
Despite warnings from human rights groups that electric-shock gloves like the kind ICE plans to purchase are “readily misused for torture,” police departments, jails, and even school resource officers across the country have been using them for years.
Cops love ICE's new shock gloves. Parents want them out of schools.
Omaha requested 40 pairs of the gloves for just under $66,000 in 2025.
motherjones.com
“It is clear Flock has aspirations far beyond ALPRs to become a digital platform for policing.” www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...
wired.com
The Trump Administration is now going after bike lanes. Seems pretty silly, but it's not just a random choice #bikesky skepchick.org/2026/08/why-...
Why Trump Hates Bike Lanes
Transcript: Two years ago, in a desperate and unsuccessful attempt to get people to vote against Donald Trump’s return to the White House, I went over the major problems outlined in Project 2025, w…
skepchick.org
Because why listen to the scientists and doctors who testified to Congress that permanent Standard Time is best for human health. ground.news/article/dona...
Trump pushes Senate to vote on permanent daylight saving time bill ‘as soon as possible’
President Trump on Saturday again urged senators to vote on a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, a measure some Republicans in the upper chamber oppose. “The Senate must vote on the NO MORE ...
ground.news
"Steve Jobs once said, “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you.”" (@ramitsethi.bsky.social, Your Move)
“neighbors argue that aggressively driving or distracted motorists simply cannot see them until it is too late.” | Maybe don’t be aggressive and keep your eyes on the road? www.motorbiscuit.com/atlantas-new...
Atlanta's New Bike Barriers Are Flipping Cars and Sparking Debate
If you drive down Cherokee Avenue in Atlanta's Grant Park neighborhood and see a car precariously balanced on two wheels atop a concrete divider, don't
motorbiscuit.com
A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in.
More details from the excellent @404mediaco@mastodon.social on how police use, and often abuse, the odious Flock surveillance cameras in ways that I guarantee most people are not aware of.
How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars
Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Media.
404media.co
Flock is building a giant camera network that records people’s comings and goings across the nation. It then makes that data available for any of its customers.
ACLU@aclu.org · last mo.Our privacy experts have the tips you need to help protect our communities from invasive automatic license plate readers like those from Flock Safety.
Increasing gas prices, declining trip distances and the expense of multiple car ownership have increased the appeal of the cargo bike. A second car has an annual upkeep cost of $8,000. A cargo bike can be purchased for $3,000. www.twincities.com/2026/07/11/c...
More Twin Cities families using ‘cargo bikes’ to haul groceries and children
People on such bikes are a common sight in the Twin Cities as residents increasingly embrace them for shopping and family outings — sometimes taking the extreme step of replacing a car with a cargo bi...
twincities.com
When cities build comfortable, safe and cohesive cycle networks, they discover far more people choose to ride than anyone expected. Even to IKEA. These hundreds of bikes parked outside the IKEA in Delft aren’t the result of forcing people out of their cars. They’re the result of giving them options.
“This creates enormous distrust in government, and can have severe chilling effects on First Amendment–protected activity like protesting,” said Bowman. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters’ phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.
motherjones.com
The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
nytimes.com
📜 In recognition of #Juneteenth today, we’re sharing scans of General Order No. 3, the document that informed enslaved people in Texas that they were free on June 19, 1865, carrying out the Federal Government’s final execution of emancipation ⤵️ archive.org/details/gene... #Archives #BlackHistory
Trump gets the "FIFA Peace Prize." Months later his DOJ drops a bribery case involving FIFA officials. FIFA "leases" office space at Trump Tower NYC that reportedly sits empty. Meanwhile, federal regulators look the other way as FIFA price gouges fans. Where's the red card when you need it?
The classroom is for learning, not scrolling. Illinois is enacting a bell-to-bell cell phone ban in our classrooms so our students can focus on what matters.
Cell-phone ban, loosening foreign language requirements among education bills to pass
Article Summary Several educations measures were among the hundreds of bills that cleared the General Assembly before it adjourned on
capitolnewsillinois.com
Hmmm… Maybe a road trip to Columbia, MD the first weekend in October? #powertothepeople powertothepeoplefest.com
Power To The People
October 3, 2026 • Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD • A Day of Peace, Love, Justice, and Music
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"More cars means less space to walk, cycle, push a pram or use a mobility aid safely. It means the stress of navigating noisier & more congested streets. Ultimately it means less diversity in street activity." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From Barcelona to Paris, cities thrive with women in charge. It’s all about sharing public space | Melissa and Chris Bruntlett
Female mayors have had notable successes in making transport in urban areas benefit everyone, write Melissa and Chris Bruntlett, co-authors of Women Changing Cities
theguardian.com
After seeing an @americanair.bsky.social pilot not bothering to wash his hands after using the restroom, I can’t help but wonder what other safety measures he might bypass.
While not a simple proposal this probably would benefit society when it comes to social media toxicity. ground.news/article/gree...
Greece Pushes Social Media ID Verification
The Greek government is actively pursuing plans to require social media platforms to verify user identities, according to comments from Greek Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou, publish...
ground.news
Women are not risk-adverse. They are risk-appropriate. Maintaining their portfolio allocations, instead of frequent trading, women outperform men in the long run. Women beat men by 40 basis points (analysis of 5.2M accounts from Jan 2011 to Dec 2020.) www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/w...
Women tend to be 'risk-appropriate' investors, expert says: How that helps them in volatile markets
Many studies show that women are more likely to adopt a conservative approach to investing. In times of market volatility, that tactic can pay off.
cnbc.com
"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail" "About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"
Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail
About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation
theguardian.com
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
Wealthy rule on Toledo solar field @toledoblade.bsky.social www.toledoblade.com/opinion/lett...
To the editor: Data center amendment is needed
I disagree with The Blade’s editorial that we should not vote for a constitutional amendment prohibiting data centers greater than 25 megawatts. A 25 MW ...
toledoblade.com
...sometimes ROI is more than just dollars. Sometimes ROI looks like increased surrounding property values with river views, wildlife habitat, and maybe even a few more trees. adamhansen.net/let-them-eat...
Let them eat cake
When an organization or individual is well connected, media savvy, and wealthy, they shouldn’t be excused from being a considerate citizen. In fact, if they have reached the fortunate position wher…
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One of my closest friends from high school would have been 55 today. Willie died 8 years ago succumbing to pancreatic cancer.
