Arc de Temu (derogatory)
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Researcher. History nerd. Opinions are nobody’s. #EndHate Info on safely, ethically & effectively filming LEO abuses: https://library.witness.org/product/filming-immigration-enforcement/
The recent fed indictment of ICE agent Castro for false statements re shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis seems most likely a red herring. DHS/DOJ’s goal is preventing any ICE/LEO actions from being charged & tried under state jurisdictions & courts www.propublica.org/article/doj-...
Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
A prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T...
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DHS solicited for the market research process, “handling & secure delivery of publicly available voter registration files & voter history files” to support HSI “fraud detection & data segmentation activities.” The comment period lasted just 3 days, closing Aug 28. fedscoop.com/ice-voter-da...
ICE tabs millions for analytics help to comb through voter data
The Department of Homeland Security component plans to spend up to $5 million on procuring services to support its “fraud detection” and “data segmentation” efforts.
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Weiss started her activist career in college going after a Muslim professor and decades later she is sticking with it.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: Bari Weiss is throwing her full support behind CBS News' widely-panned report about Abdul El-Sayed's old mundane tweets which referenced 9/11—but within the network, the story isn't being received so well. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-e...
1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇
quite possibly the truest thing I’ve ever seen posted in YT comments…
These tech oligarch chodes really need to yeet themselves into the sun www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This Palantir Billionaire’s Passion Project is Criminalizing Homelessness
Joe Lonsdale’s Cicero Institute lobbies to make sleeping outdoors a crime. Under Trump, the federal government is listening.
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So… I’ve still yet to see The Odyssey, y’all lol
Arc de Temu (derogatory)@potrzebiesystem.bsky.social · 2mo agoI’m gonna go see “The Odyssey” so fucking hard tomorrow, y’all.
First episode of “Lanterns” 👍👍 Esp psyched that the new series centers on John Stewart as one the (Earth) Green Lanterns (DC Comics). Added bonus that actor Aaron Pierre happens to be VERY easy on the eyes 😮💨
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities. As the US president renews his threats to claim the vast Arctic territory, materials to prepare for drilling were brought ashore in recent days on Greenland’s eastern coast. Continue reading...
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Am told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that
is it a good sign for the health of society and the economy if one of the most popular songs this summer is a song about praising and glorifying scammers, grifters and boosters….?
Yeah so NYT asked me ~2 yrs ago to write an op-ed about how the Colorado is running dry, & what we should do to keep this exact thing from happening. I said "There's only one real answer. Bill farmers by how much water they use. Duh." NYT editorial staff freaked tf out & cancelled the piece.
Elias Thorne@truebe.horse · last mo.saw an article today about an az politician saying how great it was that we're now in emergency drought conditions because the farmers get automatic bailouts and I feel like way more Professional Rural Understanders just breeze by sentences like that. www.paysonroundup.com/news/arizona...
there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last mo.Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
digitaldigging.org
Just in case you ever wanted to know what your favourite cities could look like, according to GenAI, after a nuclear incident
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · last mo.Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
omg Rees-Mogg & James Dale Davidson. Gil knows his niche radical RW gremlin history. Get this book (including & esp those in mainstream media who cover SV & politics bc you’re often doing it wrong, sorry). www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 2mo agoI was sunning by the pool when the boxes arrived. And here in my hand is my life’s work: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.” Coming 8/18. Pre-orders make a huge difference! Make a fascist sweat—pre-order today! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
EXCLUSIVE: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has dangled the possibility of deploying ICE to polling places in response to "threats," even though ICE has no legitimate role in elections administration. Now, the agency tells @rawstory.com they won't rule out arrests. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
DHS admission suggests sham emergency will justify ICE arrests at midterm polls
ICE won’t rule out making arrests at polling places during the November midterm elections in the event of “an active public safety threat,” the Department of Homeland Security admitted to Raw Story.Th...
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don’t worry guys, the proud cracker is keeping tabs on what we’re up to over here on the terrorist social media platform
Listening to 5 seconds of ancient nazi Jared Taylor glazing Uwe Boll & his dog shite pro-fash spree killer movie was my 9/11.
I was sunning by the pool when the boxes arrived. And here in my hand is my life’s work: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.” Coming 8/18. Pre-orders make a huge difference! Make a fascist sweat—pre-order today! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Ofc Matt Bracken is a long-time conspiracist militia humper & former reg 4th hr host of (what was) Alex Jones’ InfoWars. His hard-on for Stop the Steal bs was matched only by his rhetoric in goading wingnuts to DC in lead up to Jan 6, after which he “mysteriously” vanished from InfoWars hosting lulz
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last mo."First the traitors then the invaders" is Elon Musk endorsing an open call to prioritise political murders + assassinations before violence against migrants and minorities. Still little recognition in the UK government at the persistence of the promotion of political violence - inc murder - by Musk
