They're just coming right out and saying it. When body camera footage makes them look bad, no one sees it. When it serves a proagandistic purpose, everyone sees it.

American Oversight@weareoversight.bsky.social · yesterday

ICE is planning to make sure field agents have body cams by the end of September. But its policy to only release footage that is in the agency’s “best interest” means taxpayers may be paying millions for cameras without benefitting from their oversight. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Mamdani was nine years old on that day by the way. There is no other explanation but this.

Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 6h ago

the argument against Mamdani attending the 9/11 anniversary, as far as I can tell, is literally just that he’s Muslim, and reposting it is just reporting rank racism

Just read that I am the only white man on science fiction bookshelves at the moment because I ingratiated myself to the woke establishment and also I've sabotaged every award in SF/F so I am the only white man who ever gets nominated anymore, damn, I'm, like, just, vicious and calculating, how rude

This might be the greatest example of "Twitter isn't real life."

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 9h ago

By UNANIMOUS consent, the Senate adjourned for recess until Monday, September 14 without passing the SAVE America Act. Nobody objected to the request, or asked for a roll call vote.

why shouldn't he attend, CNN, go on now, explain the reason, we'd love to hear it

CNN@cnn.com · 11h ago

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

Where is the evidence that Trump actually wants to rebuild US manufacturing, and how is destroying solar power in the US going to achieve that? It’s stunning how media normalizes and whitewashes Trump‘s efforts to destroy the US.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 12h ago

President Trump’s latest move to shun foreign solar power equipment is part of his effort to rebuild US manufacturing clout. It may simultaneously exacerbate the fast-widening green technology split between the US and the rest of the world.

They had contracted Blue Angels for 43 years; 43 years The owner says she never received a personal notice that Hegseth was canceling her or any reminder that her contract renewal was coming up This is how the Trump administration treats people, especially Black people

Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · yesterday

Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!

Assume a coup attempt in 2028-29. Not a guarantee, but it’d be naively complacent not to take it as a very serious possibility, and prepare in advance. Because we already saw them try a coup when they were in a weaker position. Armed takeover of DC might not only be coup prep, but it’s coup prep.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 12h ago

So Trump is now saying the "ballroom" is actually "the desperately needed Military Center, required for the National Security of Washington, D.C., and our Country, itself" He's also extended soldiers in D.C. until Jan. 20, 2029, his last day It's impossible to not to imagine the very worst

I didn't believe this until I bought a Milwaukee hedge trimmer with an HD12.0 battery

huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know

oh my god you guys the republicans might try saying their opponents are communists, a thing they haven't done since every day of my adult life

Karen Geier@karengeier.com · 11h ago

Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶

This is an amazing descriptor

The Sacramento Bee@sacbee.com · 21h ago

The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.

more people should take guys saying " i'm joining the women's sports league" "i'm entering the lesbian bar" as an opportunity to directly inject that person with estrogen. in the best case that girl comes out. otherwise, that guy runs away. a man's deepest fear is becoming woman

It's silently costing people friends and other connections, too. If I see that you are posting or reposting gen AI content I'm unlikely to say anything but I will immediately lose interest in striking up any kind of conversation, friendship, or working relationship. And I know I'm not the only one.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2d ago

Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...

This is a thing that a lot of us tried to tell you, way back in 2014: Body-worn cameras alone will not create more transparency and accountability *If It Is The People Wearing The Cameras Who Get To Decide When And How To Release The Footage.* THIS SHOULD NOT BE UP TO THEM.

Senator Mark Warner@markwarner.bsky.social · yesterday

Equipping ICE officers with body cameras is supposed to provide transparency and accountability. If footage is only released when it’s “in the best interests of the agency,” it’s not doing either.

"I'm sure of my talent and I'm sure of my love for life."

I feel like most people don't even know half of what Dolly is doing because she's too busy doing it and if you aren't paying close attention you'll miss it!

fulana de tal@soulamami.bsky.social · yesterday

In a world of greedy billionaires, we should all aim to be like Dolly Parton. She’d easily be a billionaire too, but she gives away so much of her money to worthy causes, likes books for kids. Dolly is #goals for real

Whatever manly dudebro book you care to imagine, there is a woman out there reading it and enjoying it! Women aren't a hive mind!

Emperor Abby (the first pope)@arobertswrites.com · 20h ago

Also I wish we weren't veering into "women don't read X book" territory. Look I promise you there's a woman out there reading Infinite Jest and good for her.

Ive been saying this for a while, when you see the hype around "AI" through a disability studies lens, you really do see that so much of the hype and fantasies are about defeating death, but also "curing/conquering" disability. Many powerful people in SV are aging, and it terrifies them.

Gregg Levine@greggjlevine.bsky.social · 22h ago

I think the “disease classes” these bros want to cure is “death”—specifically theirs. Everything in this part of the machine learning space feels less like innovation and more like “C’mon! Hurry up! We only have a few decades left to become immortal!” So, about that “time”….

A new JWST image just dropped and it is gorgeous

Sometimes I’m reminded that many people still assume that the United States is still overwhelmingly the global leader and innovator in drone technology (both military and civilian), and hoo boy

One of my favorite examples of how fast Spielberg's star rose is that he directed a first season episode of Columbo and in season 6 Columbo is at the universal lot and sees the shark from Jaws and is like "holy shit Jaws! I loved that movie!"

Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 21h ago

Steven Spielberg started out in television. One of his assignments was an episode of the drama The Psychiatrist. The plot: "Dr. Whitman finds himself confronted with a 12-year-old boy who, after four years of treatment, has slipped away into a fantasy world from which he refuses to emerge."

we had the american model of tv (one million episodes a season with some crap inevitably ending up in there) and we had a british model of tv (3 episodes a season but each one's pretty good) and somehow streaming ended up with the worst of both parts (3 dogwater eps in an 8 episode season)

Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 22h ago

Name the one liner you quote most often.

I do not want to download your app. I just want lunch. I do not want to create an account. I just want lunch. I do not want to setup 2FA. I just want lunch. I do not want to 'earn points'. I just want lunch. I do not want to add to my order. I just want lunch. I JUST WANT LUNCH!

Whether the movies are good or not, I like it when The People determine what the true title is for a film. SEX PURGE. SPACE JAIL. THE BEACH THAT MAKES YOU OLD.

FWIW: much of the time when a group announces "plans to spend $15m" on a buzzy topic, what they actually mean is that they're going to tap into the buzzy topic to try to raise $15m that they do not currently have. this is not a plan, it's a fundraising pitch to panicking donors

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d ago

Elon Musk says he's going to have a robot workforce on the moon soon. "Third Way" centrist Democrats say they're going to spend $15 million to fight the specter of socialism. Sure, sure. Assholes say a lot of things.

It's shit like this that makes you realize what a monumental task it will be to weed out the crazy zealots should that opportunity arise.

Sign at reflecting pool takes aim at "previous administrations"

A sign at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blaming "previous administrations" for years of neglect has gone viral, fueling debate over the landmark's controversial renovation.

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