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How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.

ICE has spent hundreds of millions on surveillance. Some technologists are building tools to find it, map it, and push back. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I just want to live my life in a way that elephants don't murder me and return to defile my grave

I am delighted for a life so full of things inspiring gratitude. How rich we are, in this at least.

What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management Grab your umbrella and your tights.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

This person took this when they called the race

therapist: take a break.
me: sure.... let me just send a calendar invite to my anxiety and guilt

Therapist: May I suggest you take a break?

Me: Sure! OK! So. I want to be optimally relaxed. I'd like to maximize how refreshed I feel in the shortest amount of time possible. What's the best tactic? How do I reach peak rest? How do I win resting? Can I min/max my leisure?

Therapist: Oh no.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

CDC quietly stopped checking food supply for 6 pathogens (campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and yersenia) about two months ago, leaving everyone more vulnerable.

Less food surveillance = less food safety.

Hey where are you RFK Jr and MAHA moms?

Pronouncing the names correctly at the Hugo ceremony The Hugo ceremony needs to be treated seriously by the organisers. And this year, they didn’t.

Excellent post from @nwhyte.bsky.social, an experienced Hugo administrator, detailing the solved problem of ensuring that names and works are correctly pronounced at the ceremony.

fromtheheartofeurope.eu/pronouncing-...

Someone once said NextDoor is the social network for dogs if they could type. It’s always “what’s that noise?” and “who’s that stranger?” which is exactly what I imagine my dogs would text other neighborhood dogs.

From the massachusetts community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the massachusetts community

When someone posts about resisting #ICE, there are often knee-jerk comments about "illegals" even when we've seen how much they're targeting people with legal status. Some are trolls, but some honestly think that way. How to get some to shift their thinking?
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
#resist

“I believe it has been ratified” is not “I have ordered the National Archivist to certify the ERA as the thirty-fourth amendment to the Constitution, and publish it as such.”

Doing that four years ago would have been better.

An official directive to ratify the amendment? That would be a thing to do, instead of just tossing it offhand.

Doing it sooner than three days before the inauguration? Also a thing to do.

YouTube video by Mario Lanzas ANTEDILUVIAN. Animated Short Film

This is a really beautifully done short animation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsz...

Migrant teen stabbed to death in NYC by group of men who asked if he spoke English Mayor Eric Adams said the incident could be classified as a hate crime

Unless I’m mistaken, @nytimes.com has not deigned to cover this manhattan murder at all. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that a memecoin themed around fellatio would hit its peak very quickly and then go completely flat

As we say at work: My Mark is Twaining right now.

What You Can Do About A Garbage Supreme Court What You Can Do About a Garbage Supreme Court By Chad M. Topaz, @chadtopaz.bsky.social Drafted: December 4, 2024 Strategic Note: It’s important to check if there are existing groups working toward si...

Do not despair about the Supreme Court. I know it feels daunting but you are not as powerless as you think. Check out some concrete steps you can take (and learn a little bit of history) in the guide I just cranked out, "What You Can Do About A Garbage Supreme Court."

Yeah, dropping my subscription a few years back means I don’t get as exposed to them, but this piece definitely speaks to the onion callout.

Überraschungsfleisch is my German power metal band name.

several dozen ppl have told me they're taking part in this action, most trans. would love to get more cis queers & allies on board – all you have to do is publish a post or video on December 3rd – details below!

UBI saves a ton of public money, but its lack of cruelty sends certain people into a rage, so it’s hard to put into practice.

I’m both sad and not sad that I don’t know *which* NYTimes thing this is a response to.

“Unexpected Meat” is my Gravy Train cover band.

#nocontext

Well-behaved copper merchants rarely make history.

Okay, I’m not a feminist anymore. I give up! Straight women are on their own. God bless. 🙏🏻

Al­var­legt slys er ís­hellir hrundi í Breiða­merkur­jökli - Vísir Íshellir hrundi í Breiðamerkurjökli fyrr í dag og er fólk fast inni í hellinum. Tilkynnt var um slysið um klukkan 15 í dag.

Oh god an ice cave in Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in east Iceland just collapsed with tourists inside. There are serious injuries and people are still stuck in the cave.

Have finally coded a Small Language model. Responds to any input with “wow, that’s a lot of words” and then shuts down

Nation's largest single-family home landlord to pay $3.7 million in California rent-gouging case Dallas-based Invitation Homes will pay $3.7 million in civil penalties and restitution for violations of California's tenant laws, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announces.

BREAKING: Invitation Homes, the nation's largest operator of single-family home rentals will pay $3.7 million to settle allegations it violated California's anti-rent gouging laws affecting 1,900 tenants, AG Rob Bonta announced today. www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...