100%. Massachusetts ACLU has a good article disentangling this, but the nuance is already lost in public opinion. www.aclum.org/news/were-pr... The same thing is also happening with datacenter opposition and garden-variety NIMBYism.

We’re privacy hawks. Here’s why we’re alarmed by license plate readers, and not necessarily by speed cameras - ACLU of Massachusetts

When properly regulated, speed cameras don't pose the same threats to privacy as license-plate-reader surveillance

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Second Ave. Sagas@2avesag.as · yesterday

The cops are really going to poison the well on automated traffic enforcement - which perhaps is the point considering how many of them get dinged for speeding in school zones and running red lights. bsky.app/profile/jaso...

mountain

bear

mountain goats

can't stop thinking about this can from the airbnb i stayed at....

I saw a lost-looking scared kitten run into a gated condo parking lot so I asked a guy inside if anyone there had a kitten. He said ”no”, dropped his dog’s leash, pointed the dog toward it and watched as it terrorized the kitten under a car. Anyway, ask me what I think about NYC dog owners sometime!

interesting to see the tone of this coverage and response in the context of people losing SNAP and healthcare benefits due to increased recertification/eligibility paperwork burdens

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · last wk.

City Council members cry foul as homeowners receive letters demanding they prove NYC residency ahead of the city’s pied-a-terre tax program.

always such a delight to find piping plover chicks running around

Is city council going to illegally send campaign mailers again?

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 2w ago

A spokesperson for Council Speaker Julie Menin says the body is "concerned by the speed and process through which" Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Charter Revision Commission has advanced five ballot questions for November, warning of "unintended consequences."

NR Jenzen-Jones and I wrote a introductory guide to crater analysis, including estimating explosive charge size and firing direction. This includes a calculator to help estimate explosive charge size. armamentresearch.com/an-introduct...

An Introduction to Crater Analysis - Armament Research Services (ARES)

Trevor Ball & N.R. Jenzen-Jones Overview Explosive munitions often leave distinctive physical traces that can provide valuable evidence about the circumstances of an attack. Among the most informative...

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Justin Roczniak voice: "it's not supposed to look like that" (@wtyppod.bsky.social)

◥◤Kriston Capps 250@kristoncapps.bsky.social · 4w ago

One of the largest if not *the* largest office-residential conversion projects in the US (and likely the world) is at risk of collapsing in NYC: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Otis Pike Wilderness, Fire Island, New York

A time-series viz of all publicly recorded* Bayraktar TB2 flights over western Turkey since late 2023 The tracks show how extensive/persistent these circular patterned surveillance flights are along the Aegean coast + Evros land border

Strike the word “illegally” and this is what the average liberal resident of an American sanctuary city believes.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Rep. Haridopolos: "The number one reason why we have these higher housing costs in my opinion is you had 10 million people coming here illegally over four years. You had too many people demanding housing."

While Keir Starmer is best-known these days for his time as Prime Minister, his film work will always have a special place in my heart — particularly the poetic and meditative innocence of “Where Is the Friend‘s House?”.

BBC got a crew into southern Lebanon — Israel’s “security zone.” All buildings are gone. All houses are gone. All humans are gone. The only thing that stands above the rubble is an Israeli flag. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Did DoD just admit in a court filing that it used xAI's Grok Gov Model to hit the girls' school on the first day of the Iran war? Based on some passages flagged by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social in DoD's recent filing in NAACP's case against X, it looks like it did 1/

Neal's done it again

Neal Agarwal@neal.fun · 2mo ago

Made a site that takes objects from wikipedia and turns them into endless I Spy > neal.fun/wiki-spy/

Made a site that takes objects from wikipedia and turns them into endless I Spy > neal.fun/wiki-spy/

plover posting

help i can't stop poorly embroidering hats

Who do you think pays more in property tax, the owner of this recently sold five-story Bed-Stuy brownstone (top)? Or this tiny one-bedroom Bed-Stuy condo (bottom)?

long sigh

Logan Williams@obtusatum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

meta's ad targeting continues to be spot on. YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A PIG

meta's ad targeting continues to be spot on. YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A PIG

Who do you think pays more in property tax, the owner of this recently sold five-story Bed-Stuy brownstone (top)? Or this tiny one-bedroom Bed-Stuy condo (bottom)?

i've gotten a lot of feedback on my long airpods, and one ask was clear: can they be longer? well i'm happy to say, yes.

Logan Williams@obtusatum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

made some extra long AirPods

my youtube algorithm only wants one thing and it's disgusting

made some extra long AirPods

nopotism