ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2d ago

6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.

The Lemkin Institute (named for the guy who coined the term genocide) has repeatedly warned the US is engaged in trans genocide. The US is currently on step 8 of the 10 steps of genocide. Mass extermination starts on step 9. But Bluesky says you can tell the trannies to enjoy the camps.

You can read all the details in my write-up, which also shows exactly where in this public dataset you can find all of this micahflee.com/flock-camera...

Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials

This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloa...

micahflee.com

Ok, it's officially Dragon Con. I've seen myself on DragonCon.TV. Apparently our videos are now golden oldies that appear on the classic DCTV compilation disc. 🤣🤣 #SupposedlyStillaLittleConFamous

That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.

This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.

I have decided that Dolly Parton and Tim Curry are the far swing of a pendulum. They have closed up the tear of absurdity that opened up when David Bowie and Prince left. Things will gradually start to get less stupid and horrifying from here on out. I will not be taking any questions.

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.

When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.

Whitney Curry Wimbish@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · last mo.

The Trump regime is looking for immigrant detention camps big enough to hold up to 3,000 children. At an industry roundtable discussion, officials wouldn't say exactly where or when they need them, only that they’re expecting a “surge.” New from me in @prospect.org.

The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.

Dammit, I thought that blog might actually be a helpful source of intonation.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 2mo ago

Ok so this “Worse on Purpose” guy with opinions about private equity ruining everything has also posted to LinkedIn about how great it is to work at Palantir (Metafilter was onto him in May: www.metafilter.com/213070/Worse...) - www.linkedin.com/in/keyanasapp - www.linkedin.com/posts/keyana...

More than 1,000 years ago, Maya dental specialists drilled precise cavities into teeth and fitted them with jade, turquoise and other stones. Plant-based cements secured the inlays, some of which remain intact today—a remarkable blend of craftsmanship, botanical knowledge and ancient dentistry.

I once called 911 while alone and stuck on the floor after a cardiac event. My heart rate had exceeded 200. I was terrified I would lose consciousness before help arrived The 911 dispatcher got me through it. Her kindness & compassion made me feel safe. She kept me calm AI can’t replicate that

New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

New Orleans is using AI to answer 911 calls instead of human dispatchers. What does this mean for crime and emergency response?

shreveporttimes.com

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump-Linked Operation Executes What Appears to Be An Invasion of Sovereign Greenlandic Soil

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

theguardian.com

Healthcare workers belong in hospitals, not detention centers. Over 100 nurses rallied outside Maine Medical Center in Portland on Aug 5, forcing ICE to release Debora Kapisha on Aug 6. Organize, speak out, and demand permanent protection for essential workers. 🎥NowThisImpact

Posting to raise visibility

Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 2mo ago

ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests

unless you can clean your entire set of used dishware in 109 seconds (that’s one minute 49) you should always use the dishwasher and not your hands scrape the solids in the trash, DO NOT RINSE, place em directly in the magic box. soap in the door soap on the floor. walk away.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 2mo ago

I run the dishwasher all the time for basic not-living-in-squalor purposes and I will never feel bad about this

"Black women are particularly affected: in a 16 month period between 2024 and 2025, over twice the proportion of Black women received a maximum-security designation from SAFER, compared to white women."

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 2mo ago

Ontario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.

I know im goin on about this a lot but please contact your senators about opposing KOSA and the KIDS Act. Please make friends and family aware of how this will effect them and their privacy.

🏳️‍⚧️ Fiona The Eepiest Kobold 🏳️‍⚧️@scalieshutterbug.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Okay, so I guess people in Texas can't use this app anymore. How many of my friends are going to disappear now? ☹️ Also, this isn't going to stop with Texas. If the KIDS Act or KOSA isn't stopped, this'll be your future, too:

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

They just continue to insist that there are massive crowds showing up to this thing despite the fact that this is also the 200th anniversary of the invention of the camera.

NEW: malware developers added nuclear & biological weapons text to to their spyware. Goal? To trigger LLM safety refusals... so that their spyware wouldn't be analyzed by an AI security scanner. Cleanest practical example I can think of for why over-indexing on first order "safety" is risky. 1/

Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift link

Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration

nytimes.com

This is bad. Three Washington state protesters have been found guilty of federal conspiracy charges for sitting in front of a bus taking people to an immigration detention center in Tacoma, and now face 6 years. Six others took plea deals rather than going to trial. newrepublic.com/post/211138/...

Anti-ICE Protesters Found Guilty in Case That Guts Free Speech Rights

Three protesters were convicted of federal conspiracy charges.

newrepublic.com

every 3rd post I see tn is a video of what feels like 2020 and that includes the shocked "why are the POLICE doing this?" replies. Not to be rude, but did people sleep through 2020? every city, everywhere, from the big cities like New York and Atlanta to pop. 10,000 hamlets. why the surprise?

im a democratic governor and im against the concentration camp in my state but if the protesters could maybe just scootch over to the side here a little so we dont have to see or think about you that would really be great