David Epithet

Records Show ICE is Building 24/7 Social Media Surveillance — Konsyse Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing a 24/7 social media monitoring system using contractors.

The agency intends to establish a continuous surveillance program staffed by analysts who will examine online activity around the clock.

I'm reading The Stone Door currently. It has some amazing imagery, of course; but also some great quotes. A bit hard to follow, at times.

My IG/Threads account was suspended for some unknown algorithmic bullshit reason. As part of the "appeal" process, the mechanism demanded that I submit a video of my face. I declined, and now I'm back here.

22 years later he would be running our country with near-total impunity. 🇺🇸

What they say: bias
What they mean: inconvenient truth

They actually did it. They defunded NPR.

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If you're going to read the Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, etc.), TAKE NOTES!
#books #scifi

An AI-generated band got 1m plays on Spotify. Now music insiders say listeners should be warned The Velvet Sundown released two albums before admitting their music, images and backstory were created by AI

Step up, Spotify.
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Yes, I know! Flipper and Nemo are always there for me!

A formation of pelicans flying across a cloudy sky

Pelicans

Watching that parade, he looks like he needs a diaper change

Great sign!

Everything went very smoothly. Kudos to the organizers!

#NoKings #Menifee, CA

No, he's already spoken to a lawyer.

Good to know! The $100 million lawsuit filed by Enrique Tarrio and other pardoned Proud Boy Jan 6ers was filed by none other than Florida white nationalist lawyer Augustus Invictus, who frequently defends neo-Nazis.

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Brutalized (psychologically when not physically) the whole time he was in jail. Cuffs had cut off the circulation to his hands, which turned purple. When he finally got one cop's attention about it, cop *tightened* the cuffs. He's going to see a doctor tomorrow morning.

I just got off the phone with a friend in Las Vegas. He was walking past a protest on Wednesday night, and got swept up in a police blitz. Slammed against a bollard and cuffed. No Miranda, nothing. Thrown into a paddy wagon and hauled off. Finally released at 2 am this morning.

Tomorrow is the big day. Our goal: to show the power of the 3.5% rule right here in the U.S. Over 100,000 coalition members and their families will be attending events across the country to help as needed.

He will violate any law in the name of Law & Order.

Heh

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

I wonder if Elon still has that "TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING" cap.

YouTube video by grandson grandson - BRAINROT [Official Video]

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The idea that racism (or any other social ill) will go away if you simply ignore it, is facially absurd.

The Shompen, one of the world’s most isolated tribes, face extinction as India plans to turn their tiny Great Nicobar island into a “Hong Kong” — with ports, airports, and a city for 650,000 people. Their rainforest home will be destroyed. This must be stopped. #SaveShompen

My neighbor knows a great deal of history about this boring little place.

Yeah, it's probably a real thing. And the illustration is cute, even though Tardigrades don't have teeth.