Mastodawn

If you leave the infrastructure of surveillance in place, people in power will inevitably find an excuse to resume using it. You have to take that shit down.

https://boltsmag.org/verona-wisconsin-ends-contract-flock-ai-surveillance-cameras/

This Wisconsin City Ditched AI Surveillance Cameras. Now Activists Want to Keep Going. - Bolts

Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, voted to pull out of the sprawling surveillance network run by tech company Flock Safety in hopes of protecting residents’ privacy and preventing... Read More

Bolts

mlarmish Mar 1

Dan Gillmor Feb 28

The Epstein files coverup could be the cause of a new -- and final -- world war.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/dubais-famous-fairmont-hotel-in-flames-after-iranian-air-strike

Explosions rock Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East

War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole region

The Guardian

mlarmish Mar 1

MostlyHarmless Feb 28

mlarmish Mar 1

Radical Graffiti Feb 28

"Hand off Iran! No new war in the Middle East!"
Poster seen in Baltimore, Maryland

mlarmish Mar 1

A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Feb 28

It should be much more at the forefront of our minds, the extent to which the most politically activated and politically empowered segment of the authoritarian American cult calling itself "Christian" see the apocalypse as something to hasten, not prevent.

mlarmish Mar 1

Coach Pāṇini ®Mar 1

“if it were me, I might point out that if we are worried about a madman with a nuclear weapon, the main concern should really not be Iran right now.”

- @nberlat.bsky.social
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:htdsafwakqmzvuk2oivijzn6/post/3mfxw2ehi3c2r

#messaging #USpol

Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat.bsky.social)

also, you know, if it were me, I might point out that if we are worried about a madman with a nuclear weapon, the main concern should really not be Iran right now.

Bluesky Social

mlarmish Mar 1

Jon Henshaw Mar 1

A Cape Sandew, which is a carnivorous plant that feeds on insects.

#Nature

mlarmish Mar 1

Electronic Frontier Foundation Feb 28

“They claim they might be looking for smugglers or … cartel members, but that’s not who they’re collecting data on,” EFF’s Dave Maass told CalMatters. “(The program) is primarily collecting data on people who live in the region.” https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/02/alpr-border-patrol-caltrans/

The hidden surveillance network sending Californians' license plates to Border Patrol

California residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to be operated by the Border Patrol. Some have had confusing encounters with agents.

CalMatters

mlarmish Mar 1

Anne Applebaum Feb 28

The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trump-has-no-plan-iranian-people/686194/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK39POyonwPE2yyusxSA7Qtyk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People

The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.

The Atlantic

mlarmish Mar 1

Auschwitz Memorial Mar 1

1 March 1897 | A German Jewish woman, Hertha Rabinowitz, was born in Berlin.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 4 March 1943 in a transport of 1,750 Jews deported from Berlin. She did not survive.
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🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/transformation-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-/

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