More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
Michele
@geauxwithmichele.com
All takes (hot, lukewarm, and cold) are completely my own... sometimes they're Croissant's 😉 but we both agree Defund, Abolish, and Prosecute ICE.
Gaslighting: Flock tells law enforcement agencies that police need to say they want Flock because they want to keep the community safe: “You care about your community. That’s why you’re bringing this in.” "Surveillance companies regularly try to get police to act as quasi salespeople and ..."
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d agoExclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
Minnesota! 📣 Ever think about what the $4.4 billion of federal taxpayer dollars spent on mass deportations could buy instead? We did. Wednesday, we're launching a tool that shows the economic tradeoffs of Trump's immigration + deportation assault on our communities. Get a peek here 👇
The cost of mass deportations in states like Minnesota—and what federal tax dollars could be funding instead
This week, EPI will release a new tool showing the cost of mass deportations to taxpayers in every U.S. city, county, and state. For the first time, the actual economic tradeoffs imposed on all taxpay...
epi.org
Louisiana ranks as the worst state in the country for the 2nd consecutive year. Note: Republicans have had full control of the State Legislature since 2011. -Republicans currently have the full trifecta of a Super majority Legislature, with a Republican Governor.
Update 🫠 they ruled the data center resolution out of order because 🤷🏽♀️ I asked for specific issues/ concerns from the staffer who never got back to me. My assumption this time since I didn't advocate for a moratorium is because I talked about the NDAs that steal the opportunity of community input.
Michele@geauxwithmichele.com · 4mo agoStory time about how the DNC @democrats.org pulled my resolution about a data center moratorium with a 3 hour notice. First the staffers said it was "plagarized" then they said you can't be "anti ai" because the first draft mentioned job losses to automation. kenaninstitute.unc.edu/kenan-insigh...
dems holding shadow hearings to get this info out is good politics
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 6d agoChicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
The oppressor blames the oppressed for the conditions in which they forced to live. article from IndyStar: ICE admits 800 doses of missed medications at Indiana prison, but blames detainees www.indystar.com/story/news/i...
ICE admits 800 doses of missed medications at Indiana prison, but blames detainees
Federal agency says investigation into detainee deaths at Indiana prison is ongoing.
indystar.com
On Saturday, August 1, I’ll be at the Houma/Thibodaux stop for the @lademos.bsky.social No More Silence Louisiana Teach and Vote Tour. The event will be at New Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church (146 Banks Avenue Houma, LA 70363) from 11am-1pm. #LaurenJewettForCongress #midterms2026 #Civics #GeauxVote
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
theguardian.com
Good thing we never drill into the Gulf of America for anything Louisiana pitches plan to store radioactive nuclear waste underneath the Gulf www.nola.com/news/busines...
Louisiana pitches plan to store radioactive nuclear waste underneath the Gulf
Louisiana wants federal support for a sweeping nuclear plan that includes new reactors, data-center power and research into storing spent fuel in offshore salt domes. The state is one of five finalist...
nola.com
Just finished canvassing with @doitjewett.bsky.social and having snowballs in Congressional District 1. #GeauxVote
Americans believe there's a genocide in Palestine by a +19% margin. Candidates speaking out against the genocide ARE ELECTABLE, don't let anyone convince you to stick with the establishment option if their Congressional votes don't align with your morals yougov.com/en-us/articl...
After Emily Waldorf was denied care for a life-threatening miscarriage, her mother and stepfather, who considered themselves “pro-life,” were outraged: “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.” (Published May)
She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
propublica.org
And Jeff Landry has had over 100 people sign NDAs. Fucking crazy.
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · last wk.New reporting reveals Meta cut a secret deal with Louisiana Republicans to build a $50,000,000,000 data center. The data center is anticipated to consume 7 times as much energy as the city of New Orleans.
For just the second time ever, the WNBA All-Star Game drew a higher attendance than the NBA All-Star Game from the same year 😮👏
In a first, Germany drew more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year.
In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels
Together, wind and solar generated 44 percent of Germany’s electricity, while fossil fuels generated roughly 43 percent, according to data from the Energy Institute, a think tank based in London. The figures represent a major milestone for the German “Energiewende,” or “energy turnaround,” a national push to ramp up renewable energy and phase out gas, coal, and nuclear power.
e360.yale.edu
And so it begins.... @democrats.org are starting the behind the scenes dealings to prevent any discussion about ICE, community input about data centers, and adherence to the Leahy laws.
A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal (Gift Article)
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
nytimes.com
Join us for a protest this Saturday at the land where they're building the Project Blue data center
We, the People, no longer have a voice in America. The people that the voters of Kansas elected to represent THEIR interests, have turned against those people and are suing them in court, to silence them. This is where we live now.
Kansas voters sought a hyperscale data center ban. Officials asked a judge to stop them
Residents in El Dorado, Kansas, gathered enough signatures to force a vote on whether hyperscale data centers should be banned, but local officials are now asking a judge to keep the question off the ...
thecooldown.com
HAPPENING NOW Thousands of protesters are occupying Madison’s State Street and vowing to shut down businesses as a way to demand justice for Corey Ruiz.
Good!! "Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief " news.un.org/en/story/202...
Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigra...
news.un.org
If you see Onion...
Dave@flowstateneworleans.com · 2w agoYesterday, my cat Onion got outside while a junk hauler was taking a couple of large items. Not items with an opening he could have been in. He had to have darted. He's never been outside. Movers come tomorrow. We leave Monday. I've done all things (will list in a reply). #nolasky sad #caturday
Collecting books written by #nolasky authors like Infinity stones. Y'all follow @deecherrywriter.bsky.social and catch the next drop!
Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?
When is a reporter, paparazzi, or Andy Beshear going to a hospital to put eyes on #MitchMcConnell ... the technology exists to confirm if he's dead or not.