Doing some quick math on their self-reported 4% error rate in optimal conditions. If flock had nationwide coverage, there'd be at least 9.6m of the 242m american drivers having their plate read wrong. When you account for Roseville PD's 71%, that 9.6m jumps to 171.8m.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6d ago

In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the time. Out of a sample of 1,427 alerts that Flock sent to police in the town of Roseville, alerts that flagged vehicles as stolen or used in a felony after they passed one of the city's Flock cameras, 71% were inaccurate.

Starbucks employees 🤝 Union Carbide miner: getting silicosis at work en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawks_N...

Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster - Wikipedia

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Stevie Wilson 🧭@swinku.co · 2w ago

I've heard first hand that it's confirmed baristas are having breathing issues and headaches from being exposed to this new Starbucks blending powder. there are no news articles but this powder has silica in it and becomes airborne when used for drinks. Baristas aren't allowed to mask on shift.

Every damn day it's like this

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

But mostly, a journey that should take half an hour ends up taking 10 years. Traffic.

I've been saying this

Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism@feralcommie.bsky.social · 3w ago

Listening to audiobooks is 'reading', it's not 'cheating'. To think that absorbing information through your eyes carries more moral weight - or is somehow more character building - than through your ears is weird as f*ck.

"Idiocracy (2006) was a prophecy" people were insufferable and now they are going to be right

Jason Scott@textfiles.com · last mo.

Not a conspiracy. Not pattern matching. Mention a document that makes people look silly, and they will wipe years of documents and paid-for research to save face. Only some forward thinking to save a copy prevents oblvion. Or as the Internet Archive calls it, Friday. Anyway. archive.org/donate

The real little mermaid IS a queer story, Hans Christian Andersen was a gay man. He wrote it as an outlet because he was in love with his straight friend and couldn’t tell him, and watched him marry another woman. She doesn’t end up with him. She dies and becomes an angel for her sacrifices in life.

This piece ignores that the wealth of the economy's decision makers ultimately comes from labor that the rest of us provide. The economy probably looks great from that top down perspective

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2mo ago

"People have stopped believing that the economy can be good, and have lost the willingness to admit that they are doing well. That pessimism might be harder to fix than an actual downturn," @annielowrey.bsky.social argues.

Josh Mayfield@bean525.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

Ok mayhap I made that myself but you should still buy my book!!!!! trek.epicrandomness.com

Hey quick question. What the fuck is a bleet? I am old enough to remember when we all agreed they'd be called skeets

2 x 0 = 0

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

my "surplus" wages that go directly to them are kind of like a tax when you think about it 🤔

"but republicans will never vote for impeachment" is a sign you just don't understand this shit. democrats need to fucking fight for what is right. what is right is removing a criminal corrupt president and his cronies. if the gop wants to go on the record backing this, LET THEM. over and over.

"this character can't be trans because the author wasn't explicitly trying to create a trans woman" neither were my parents, how'd that work out for them?

everything I say is an artfully veiled sarcasm, a joke of such sophistication that anyone who falls into my meticulous trap of belief immediately reveals themselves a boorish rube of the highest caliber. whereas everything you say is an honest admission, a disgusting truth borne of an ugly soul

everything about Hasan clicks into place when you realize that everyone in politics/media is a lifelong nerd, while Hasan looks, to them, like a big strong scary jock who might shove them into the lockers of their youth

jenny tightpants@jtp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

hasan makes an obvious joke and has generally good politics and the media is like we need to drown him to prove he's not a witch. meanwhile tucker carlson goes live and talks about how demons are real and one tried to eat him in his sleep once and the media is like he seems trustworthy

The sitting US president has more felonies than fingers and toes. I read this whole thing and it's fine? HP is the one steering the conversation towards connecting the overall anti-social sentiment to leftist literature, which I appreciate. Just read the whole thing and then get mad

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)@danlehner.bsky.social · 4mo ago

ahhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHhhhh

The bastardization of unc is what you get when white kids see black culture as a minstrel show. It's not only a co-opting of language but a degradation thereof, since they've managed to turn it from an honorary to a pejorative.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 4mo ago

That's not what unc means: aftermath.site/unc-aave-afric...

Say what you want about twitter

Bluesky is made with AI, the engineers and even some non-engineers use Claude code(derogatory)

Jay 🦋@jay.bsky.team · 4mo ago

Bluesky is made with AI, the engineers and even some non-engineers use Claude code

Youtube is pushing videos with how to guides on brewing alcohol in your house

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This makes me wonder: what is the strangest recession indicator that you are sure of? The most obscure thing that you're *sure* is a recession indicator, something which you don't hear basically anyone else mention?

I got a dog that's about 5years old and I always buy their from the same store. I have noticed there are certain treats that have shrinkflated. Freeze-dried chicken and salmon are low stock or sold out whenever I check. It feels like the owner is not running the HVAC either

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This makes me wonder: what is the strangest recession indicator that you are sure of? The most obscure thing that you're *sure* is a recession indicator, something which you don't hear basically anyone else mention?

I am not reading those giant blocks of nonsense text

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

Reminder: You will face each day with strength and courage. That inner strength is your guiding light. You are resilient, no matter what life throws at you. That strength is limitless and ever-growing. You are stronger than yesterday and growing stronger each day. I'm proud of you

The thing about AI anime dubs and AI Actor Tilly Norwood and AI music is just the fucking disrespect, this is what your industry thinks can replace you and it’s not even good. It’s not even a thing you look at with dread at how the computer has replaced Man, it just sucks ass lol it just blows