The big thing for AES from here on out is going to be getting committed Republicans very mad about how hot he is so they shoot their messaging in the foot
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@ouroboredom.bsky.social
they/them|1.777.161.1312 concerned citizen of Armageddon. unprofessional. bullshit detector. queer as in "bashes back." the difference between traffic stops & being robbed at gunpoint is the cop don't need your money. you don't hate the rich enough.
The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.
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.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cjfcz3t36f6nrprarkhkycxo/bafkreid622omkygkpo7nucauweh23yk2gaffcgf7vztawfyyjb7n2qbhze)
in this case it's really shortsighted since Abdul, like you say in the thread you're quoting off of, basically did everything people claim to want from us and then they pretend he's Abandon Harris anyway lol
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 4w agoDo centrist Dems realize that the incentive structure they're establishing by admonishing one of the few major Arab American figures who unequivocally endorsed Harris despite nothing being conceded on Gaza? The lesson for those Arabs will be to uh, not do that again.
Obviously there's just some people on here who are using Uncommitted or Dearborn as a racial epithet
Good and important messaging, but it is striking how Muslim candidates are repeatedly defamed as “terrorists” and then have to turn around and issue such statements when there is no similar expectation that Christian or Jewish candidates need to do the same for their Muslim-American constituents.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
> 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 as part of the probable cause justification to search his car for weed; he was arrested on possession charges.
404 Media@404media.co · 3h ago"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.
No matter the margin the story is that Haley Stevens got $70M of support, more than $30M of it from a single organization, and still lost.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 17h ago30,000,000 dollars
Still true btw for those who have an odd and totally not racist obsession with bringing up Dearborn or Uncommitted every day
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 4w agoDo centrist Dems realize that the incentive structure they're establishing by admonishing one of the few major Arab American figures who unequivocally endorsed Harris despite nothing being conceded on Gaza? The lesson for those Arabs will be to uh, not do that again.
THE RACISTS ARE LEARNING [THAT THEIR CAREERS ARE IN JEOPARDY]
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4h ago⚠️ Democrats in array: Schumer, Gillibrand, and Whitmer coalesce behind El-Sayed
$SPCX - SPACEX CRASHED A ROCKET INTO THE MOON THIS TIME
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵
Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)
The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.
nytimes.com
He paid off traitors because he wants to create more of them. His plan is to overthrow democracy and enslave us
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 5h ago🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵
Our Burmese neighbor kids no longer play in their front yard or street with the other kids, due to the parents fear of shit like this.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 7h agoThis plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.
This is their way of communicating that Mike Rogers has *no* shot no shot. MAGA having KILLED Michiganders dead w literal fucking diarrhea is, it cannot be stressed enough, uh, not conducive to a favorable electoral environment.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Trump owes more than $100 million in unpaid taxes, so this is just a giant free check he gave to himself with taxpayer dollars
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
VOTE EL-SAYED FOR LESS DIARRHEA, VOTE ROGERS FOR MORE DIARRHEA is such a layup.
Detroit Free Press@freep.com · 5h agoBREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, reports say 📷 by Robin Buckson, Reuters and Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
MI showing up to tell these old ass bigots in the Democratic tent that their fogey bullshit don't fly no more making my heart grow six-seven sizes.
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6h agoIn other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
El-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
Holdup, did the city officials really not see this coming? As a rule of thumb, if an organization bears any relationship to the Republican regime, it's purpose is to rob & molest. Very straightforward rule, made easier to follow by the fact that they make no pretenses otherwise. Dumbass cities.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 7h agoPresident Donald Trump remains silent as American cities are left to foot the bill. trib.al/VFsOqik
President Donald Trump remains silent as American cities are left to foot the bill. trib.al/VFsOqik
World Cup Host Cities Chase FIFA as It Refuses to Pay Up
President Donald Trump remains silent as American cities are left to foot the bill.
trib.al
And hey - if a pilot needs GPS in order to fly then that person is not ready to be a pilot and most certainly not a commercial pilot. If you're interested, there is research being done on pilot over-reliance on technology. Here's just one article I found on it. medium.com/faa/the-dang...
The Dangers of Overreliance on Automation
Safety Concerns and Mitigation Strategies for Pilots
medium.com
And now it's up to 5,000+ likes. SIGH. That second paragraph is ridiculous. The GPS being unavailable was in a NOTAM which they would have gotten on the ground. They were unable to hold an altitude which has nothing to do with GPS. All pilots must fly & land without GPS. If you can't, do not fly.
Justin Ling@justinling.ca · 21h agoHoly shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
The Wikimedia Foundation is acing the test. Unfortunately it's for doing the wrong thing every step of the way. medium.com/regarding-wi... @wikipedia.org #Wikipedia
How the Wikimedia Foundation’s Union Busting Is Textbook
The word “textbook” usually gets used loosely. Here it applies literally. There is an actual scholarly literature on how American employers…
medium.com
I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 15h agoOne way to be safe is to never write an electability take
You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.