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@haplo.bsky.social

PRONOUNS: they, þey NOUNS: nerd, burner, artist, crafter, chatter, unionist, leftist?, elder ADJECTIVES: white, queer, neurodivergent, exvangelical VERBS: hyperfocus, make, protest, mask, post pfp: headshot cartoon banner: purple space blobs

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Laura Tanenbaum@ltanenbaum.bsky.social · 6h ago

And this is also a the essence of the problem with mainstream Democrats who said Trump is a fascist before the election but that we had to work with him the day after

Robert Komaniecki@komaniecki.bsky.social · 6h ago

Yeah I think this is the one thing sticking with me too. If you’re gonna go nuclear in the primaries and call the guy an antisemite, then what does it mean when you cheerfully endorse him? Were you lying then, or are you cool with endorsing an antisemite now?

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h ago

A really funny complaint about the Zohran discount grocery store idea is that non-poor people could use it when there’s a grocery store half a mile from my grocery store that has everything cost 20% more that rich people go to because they don’t want to shop with normal people.

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 16h ago

This is concerning for a zillion reasons but, a dispensary in Michigan went viral for blocking a Flock camera in its parking lot designed to create a record of every car that goes there. Easy to imagine this being used in abortion, gender affirming care cases

It is not difficult to imagine police in one state using Flock to track a resident of their state cross state lines to, for example, obtain an abortion that is legal in one state but not in another. Last year, 404 Media reported on police in Texas who searched more than 80,000 cameras across Flock’s nationwide network for a woman who had a self-administered abortion. The case is also particularly concerning considering that Flock cameras have popped up outside of weed dispensaries in Michigan. The JARS Cannabis dispensary in Madison Heights, Michigan, went viral this week for putting a “No Flock Zone” sign in front of a Flock camera in the dispensary’s parking lot. “We share our community’s concerns about increased surveillance, which is why we placed the No Flock Zone sign in front of the camera to block its ability to record,” the dispensary said in a public statement. “JARS does not control the camera or have access to any of the data it collects … after we installed our No Flock Zone sign, the city issued a demand letter warning of sanctions if we did not remove it within 48 hours.” But that Flock camera exists specifically to monitor the license plates of people who come and go to the dispensary. It was required by Madison Heights as one of the conditions for giving a dispensary license to JARS: “[The dispensary] must place a FLOCK license plate scanning camera system at the entrance of the customer parking lot prior to commencement of retail sales, and it will give the Madison Heights Police Department unhindered live access to the FLOCK camera, camera footage, and any and all data, which must remain operational at all times.”
ginger ninja 🔜 STLV@funkasarusrex.bsky.social · 14h ago

I saw terrain at the first 40k function I attended that was the destroyed remains of plantation houses with a little sign that said something like 'the only heresy is a desire to return' and I cannot tell you how much I wish I'd taken a photo

404 Media@404media.co · 15h ago

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.

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Economic Policy Institute@epi.org · 13h ago

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Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16h ago

Prepare for an insane explosion of Islamophobia between now and November, from the same people on the right (and center!) who pretend to be exercised by the rise in anti-Jewish bigotry. The hate will be off the charts and make the anti-Zohran campaign look tame. Mark my words.

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 15h ago

I mean yeah they’ve been snatching toddlers out of finger painting class and breaking in the car windows of abuelitas on their way to clean hotel rooms and leaving cancer patients to die in concentration camps but are they not also human at the end of the day?

The same weapons I mean yeah they’ve been snatching toddlers out of finger painting class and breaking in the car windows of abuelitas on their way to clean hotel rooms and leaving cancer patients to die in concentration camps but are they not also human at the end of the day? Ones with rich inner lives and backstories that might make their actions seem a little less black and white. Life isn’t always as clear cut as we make it out to be when we’re arguing online. Maybe they're going through a divorce for example. Maybe they have ADHD or IBS. Do they not also bleed is what I am saying. They also bleed do they not.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · yesterday

A lot of people are going to try and insist in about six hours that being outspent by tens of millions of dollars and winning by five to possibly fifteen points is actually not that big of a deal