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The government’s “temporary” 21-month drone ban—that covers the entire country, and shields federal agents from being recorded—is an attempt to avoid accountability. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/faas-temporary-flight-restriction-drones-blatant-attempt-criminalize-filming-ice

The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE

Legal intern Raj Gambhir was the principal author of this post.The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide flight restriction preventing private drone operators, including professional and citizen journalists,...

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Robert Reich 7h ago

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mos_8502

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An alternative the community controls from the hardware on up, is the ideal. Even if the hardware is slower and we have to give up 3D graphics, we are more than smart enough between us to come up with a basic configuration of hardware and software that could provide text and graphics and BBSes and FIDO type shit.

HowToPhil (Phillip R)5h ago

There was never a war with the machines. The machines were always working to preserve humanity in the best way they could. (Humans fucked up the ecosystem by being humans.)

That's why the first #matrix was a paradise. The machines only invented "the war" to keep the humans from killing themselves in paradise.

#TheMatrix #movie #MatrixMovies #MatrixMovie

HowToPhil (Phillip R)5h ago

Skynet is "timeloop farming" upgrades for itself that will be "effectively instant" from its POV.

#terminatorMovie #terminator #movie #timeloop #timeTravel

HowToPhil (Phillip R)6h ago

George Takei

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The internet never forgets. https://www.comicsands.com/white-house-leavitt-photo?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

'Unflattering' Photo Of Leavitt Scrubbed From Internet

The internet never forgets.

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Erik Uden 🚩10h ago

35 days of Iran war could've funded Mamdani's proposed city-owned grocery stores for 800 years.

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Jon Worth 8h ago

EVERY black pin on this map is a PLACE I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN to check the state of railways on the ground https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#7/51.079371/10.898438

So sure, give me background, give me facts, give me alternatives to my ideas. But please do not assume I have not done my prep

#CrossBorderRail All The Borders

All of Europe's rail borders - categorised by type, and whether I (Jon Worth) have been to the location. KEY Black - #000000: visited in 2022 during #CrossBorderRail Project Dark grey - #222222: visited in since the 2022 project Mid grey - #555555: tramways and narrow gauge lines, visited Light grey - #999999: not yet visited Very light grey - #BBBBBB: used for tramways and narrow gauge lines ICONS Track with cross - track is missing or out of use Train with cross, and track - track is useable but no passenger trains Train and track - passenger trains run Map developed as part of my #CrossBorderRail project http://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/

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HowToPhil (Phillip R)10h ago

I miss having the occasional Djarum Kretek clove cigarette