this economy? in this economy!?

New York Police Department investigators deployed an extensive array of high-tech surveillance and investigative tools to identify the alleged vandal, according to documents from the court case provided exclusively to The Intercept.

time is short. if we can't speak ill of the dead we've gotta really ramp up on speaking ill of the living

On the other hand, make sure to mention Flock by name in every police press release issued for any newsworthy arrest . 🙄

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d ago

New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

Hey Alameda County, that's us again! See you at the masked vaxed and tested party

Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA@michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 2d ago

There are 15 COVlD hot spots across the US, according to our county-level map of CDC wastewater data. See Alt text for details. PMC Weekly COVlD Report: pmc19.com New Interactive Map: pmc19.com/interactive.php

While you were busy "getting a dopamine hit from the experience," I enjoyed it

Hey Oakland, Flock is out there bragging about how they subverted our would-be democracy! You know what to do!

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d ago

In the guide, Flock tells the story of how they were able to overcome public opposition and opposition from the city's privacy commission to keep their cameras in the city:

doing hot yoga (breathing in my apartment)

A complete list of content YouTube couldn't take down using this policy and reasoning: 1. videos featuring YouTube CEO Neal Mohan 2. videos featuring Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai

404 Media@404media.co · 4d ago

YouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy. Creators say these bans are unfair and potentially life-altering. www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

the scene with the armpit lives rent free in my brain in a way I simply cannot shake, you too could have this lifetime joy

Gailey 🍉@sarahgailey.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wild that SPREAD ME is almost out in paperback already. Wild that I got it published in the first place!! I still can't quite believe it. And y'all have been sprinting with it ever since. If you loved it / hated it / can't believe it's real, please preorder the paperback & tell your friends.

there are many terrible parts of my brain, but probably the worst is the one dedicated to spotting if any song I enjoy can be sung to the tune of "Yellow Submarine"

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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the "I bought this before Elon went crazy" sticker on my rifle has people asking a lot of questions already answered by

Not my shits, not my giggles

life finds a way

tyler@tylergscott.com · 5d ago

in portland someone spray painted penises around potholes, and they got filled pretty immediately www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Playing "Restaurant" (using old take out containers to put away leftovers I cooked myself)

let's talk about naps baby let's talk about little sleeps let's talk about all the cat naps and power naps

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

“It’s really alarming the number of loopholes that law enforcement, at both the local and federal levels, have to gain access to license plate reader data,” - Will Owen, S.T.O.P, Communication Director. Read full story here: www.qcnews.com/charlotte/qu...

Questions raised over Flock camera oversight after CMPD officer charged

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer was accused of misusing Flock camera system data to aid a drug investigation target, sparking privacy concerns regarding the oversight of license plate reader…

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Is it good that the companies propping up what's left of the world economy as we've come to know it can't seem to get a handle on information security fundamentals? Probably not, no. Are they making a big story out of it to somehow increase their valuations and further monobasketize our eggs? Well,

I once failed to stop my bash "for i in ... do curl $i" from "breaking out" and "hacking into" some stuff, p sure that means it was conscious, please alert the media k thx bai

most tech outlets spent the week burying the lede that this was a completely avoidable error (or intentional marketing decision) by a human being, and not a malevolent self aware cyber consciousness that slipped its leash

OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Comes Down to Human Error

If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies.

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his favorite music is shoegaze

con: you cut me off on the freeway in a dangerous and seemingly pointless manner pro: your custom license plate read "NO AI NO" Calling it a wash, but only because you didn't kill me this time

A thing I learned a while back that blew my mind is that men almost never receive compliments, especially cishet men. Giving a man a compliment will literally make their year

Stacey Burns@wentrogue.bsky.social · 7d ago

The other day at the grocery store I told a woman I loved her cute green shoes, which matched her cute green top, and her whole face lit up and she told me the story of how she bought them Giving another woman a compliment is a great way to get a little serotonin boost btw

Californians who know anything about anything are so fucking fed up with Newsom.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 7d ago

Looks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...

living close by a public library is *the* *best* ...right up until their Summer Concert Series has them blasting The Wheels on The Bus directly into my living room windows, you know what maybe those defunding ogres have a point

remember: getting roasted is getting posted

phil@philjamesson.com · last yr.

how to make countertop coffee!