@victorvonvortex

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I'm not sure if I'm doing this right is my general feeling. Posting & boosting things that catch my eye in (mostly) English & Spanish.

Serious offer: i know how to make electric bicycles, electrify analog bicycles and repair broken electric bikes/scooters. If you are in #Brisbane, feeling fuel pinch, and want to get (back/newly) on two wheels, hit me up. Parts to electrify a bicycle cost a few hundred dollars, no need to spend $4000 on a store bike if you don’t want to. I even have some analog bikes we could use for parts. If you have access to ex rental scooters from defunct rental companies, i can also help resurrect these.

Will hold a weekend #ebike #escooter #micromobility workshop if there is interest.

ETA: if not in brissy i can recommend parts to buy

ETFA: if you have a good bike but a dead battery, this can be resurrected for around $100

ETEFA: your replies tell me I'd better pump out a blog post on this subject pronto.

ETYFA: Blog series https://accelerando.com.au/news/

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For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border
A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

I've got 99 problems
und es sind alles luftballons

#ConfuseASongOrPoem
#HashtagGames #music

Call me
On the line
Call me, call me
Irresponsible

#ConfuseASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

Actually, Constantinople was Istanbul. Google is your friend, look it up.

#ConfuseASongOrPoem
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Wait, you're the Mary who grew up in an Indiana town? I'm sorry, I thought you were the Mary who's proud and keeps on burning.

#ConfuseASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

I think you're mistaken. Yesterday was the #SongOrPoem game. Today is the #MovieOrPlay game.

#ConfuseASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were a #SongOrPoem.

#ConfuseASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

Please do not travel to the United States.

"Donald Trump... is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning on Monday..."

"The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents for immigration crackdowns across the country, a move that – in addition to the killings of US citizens – has led to civil rights violations."

"Trump had said on Saturday that ICE agents at airports would 'do security like no one has ever seen before.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/ice-agents-us-airports

ICE agents will be deployed to US airports on Monday to ease long lines

Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoff

The Guardian

ICE Watches are already present at some US airports. I've seen videos, for example, of white Minneapolis residents on ICE Watch standing guard over Muslims at the airport as the latter group was praying. They literally had to stand up for the rights of the Muslims to pray at the airport without being harassed or kidnapped.

In ICE Watch here we're already starting to talk about whether we need to be out at the airport now. I guess we'll see, won't we?

#ICE #DHS #FuckICE