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Pres. Shitzenpantz has taken to signing all his missives with the catch phrase "Thank you for your attention to this matter". But what if I paid no attention to this matter, Donald? Are you going to have me arrested and deported for failing to pay attention to your gibberish? Huh? Whatcha gonna do about it, asshole?
It's not just foreign goods. That is of course the immediate ramification. But it is also domestic goods that rely on foreign materials. And of course domestic producers that are unscruppulous and go gee, if those are 50 dollars now, I better mark mine up to 75 to retain my 'leet status!]
Please note, the President of the United States is not the plucky kid who taught The King how to dance and he did not save Lieutenant Dan in Viet Nam..... he is just very, very stupid.
"The balancing act of celebrating his whirlwind first year back in the White House while making a convincing case for his party in midterm races where he personally won’t be on the ballot is a tall order for any president. But it could prove especially delicate for Trump, given how happy he is to veer off script and ignore carefully crafted messaging."
The only balancing act he will do is to try to stay upright as he projectile vomits his tired grievances. It will be especially delicate, y'all.
old people texts are one of the joys of life. I know first hand, cause hubs is the eld now and it is just delightful when he texts me. So awks, either a book or a single word, and when the autocorrect comes in to play...lord a mercy
Anything labeled "Patriot" is going to be a full on right wing load of crap these days. I am old enough to remember when being a patriot was a positive thing, not a cover for threats to rip away your freedoms.
Last night I learned that UVA's new businessdude president who was appointed by the Maga pirates that boarded the board has an 8 mil poison pill in his contract. Our new blue gov took care of the pirates at least, replacing them with centrists sure to please no one, Garland style. I guess businessdude ain't going nowhere, for normalcy or whatever. Sigh.
Make it impossible for him to do his MAGA mission. Undermine him, replace *everyone* around him, force him to be in the office 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
The prosecution also asked for several other crimes against fashion to be taken into account.
======
Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two further charges of rape and sexual assault.
The 50-year-old broadcaster, actor and media personality appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London to enter the pleas on Tuesday.
The offences are alleged to have taken place in the city in 2009 and relate to two women, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Brand has previously also pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault in relation to alleged offences in London and Bournemouth from 1999 to 2005, involving four women.
A trial has been scheduled for June to hear the original charges.
On Tuesday, he spoke from the dock to confirm his name and his latest not guilty pleas, while wearing a leopard print shirt with several buttons undone and holding a fedora hat.
"On Tuesday, he spoke from the dock to confirm his name and his latest not guilty pleas, while wearing a leopard print shirt with several buttons undone and holding a fedora hat."
It is quite funny that both he and Johnny Depp have gone down the same road, pathetic men unable to let go of their youthful heyday, but that Brand has done that in Primark.
1582: Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. Give me back my eleven days, you bitch.
1803: The US Supreme Court hands down the decision Marbury v Madison, establishing the doctrine of judicial review. Ah, those were the days . . .
1868: US Pres. Andrew Johnson is the first Prez to be impeached (acquitted in the Senate, though).
1917: The UK hands the US Ambassador the Zimmerman Telegram, and stands back to watch the resulting explosion.
1942: A false alarm results in an antiaircraft artillery barrage into the skies over Los Angeles. Oops.
1983: The US Congress condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans in WW2. Better late than fucking never, huh guys?
1991: Operation Desert Sabre begins as ground troops enter Iraq.
2008: Fidel Castro retires.
2022: Days after recognizing the Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russia rolls the iron dice and invades Ukraine, resulting in (to date) over a million total Russian casualties of which an estimated 325K are combat deaths.
I was just in Taipei and one thing that stood out to me was the number of surveillance cameras in use in the city. It seemed like any public place had multiple cameras from multiple angles if you looked for them.
On the other hand, they certainly didn't seem to care about shoplifting or theft in general, there was lots of merchandise out on the street with plenty of foot traffic. Maybe it evens out.
Someone posted a link so I could see where these are in my town. According to the website, we have like 8 installed cameras in town, and 6 of them are in the Lowe's parking lot.
My city council tabled the discussion about using them, but now the COUNTY has them and they drive up and down my.block CONSTANTLY. So fucking annoying.
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Was anyone else awake in the night calculating snow loads on their roof?
Pres. Shitzenpantz has taken to signing all his missives with the catch phrase "Thank you for your attention to this matter". But what if I paid no attention to this matter, Donald? Are you going to have me arrested and deported for failing to pay attention to your gibberish? Huh? Whatcha gonna do about it, asshole?
It's not just foreign goods. That is of course the immediate ramification. But it is also domestic goods that rely on foreign materials. And of course domestic producers that are unscruppulous and go gee, if those are 50 dollars now, I better mark mine up to 75 to retain my 'leet status!]
That would be AOT,K?
𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀
https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-tariffs-trump-b1d3cf0b370842c305daf706f3b47405
Doom Sayers! They are just doom sayers remember!
"Are you stupid or something?"
"Stupid is as stupid does."
Please note, the President of the United States is not the plucky kid who taught The King how to dance and he did not save Lieutenant Dan in Viet Nam..... he is just very, very stupid.
"Stupid and demented and a perv is no way to go through life, son."
Can't wait until he is EX PREZ... and they nail him on most of it.
1. This assumes he can speak coherently, and 2. good luck with that, Sparky.
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
https://apnews.com/article/trump-state-union-speech-economy-midterms-affordability-d31fc47a200d159a2d24833bd378ec56
Say goodnight, Trumpy.
"The balancing act of celebrating his whirlwind first year back in the White House while making a convincing case for his party in midterm races where he personally won’t be on the ballot is a tall order for any president. But it could prove especially delicate for Trump, given how happy he is to veer off script and ignore carefully crafted messaging."
The only balancing act he will do is to try to stay upright as he projectile vomits his tired grievances. It will be especially delicate, y'all.
To those attending this waste of time: Wear a raincoat and carry an umbrella, especially if you are sitting in the front rows.
Trump, even heavily sedated, isn't gonna calm anybody about anything.
He just can't, that's not how he's wired.
It is always about him, you peons be damned.
He’ll make one or two actual points … five seconds in an hour long grievance rant.
Man do they not know this guy yet!?
He’s gonna play all the hits!
He figures it’s just a big red hat rally.
He's got some new material! Like the (all lower case) supreme court!
Hopefully he points at them and shouts their crimes.
He's been studying, and he's going to show his working.
...like ee cummings.
Except ee was occasionally interesting...
"Trump Predicts Supreme Court ‘Will Find a Way to Come to the Wrong Conclusion’ on Birthright Citizenship"
Could it be the 14th Amendment??
Yep. Force a change to the 14A to make citizenship a grant of the State.
talking to my 79-year-old aunt on text earlier. I'll spare you all the context
her: Things this end tend to progress albeit slowly, and I'm not good with slow. I've got yet more slut.
me: ....
her: Sorry that should read scans. I think it picked up something that was on the radio. I apologise.
me: Oh I don't know, that made me laugh! Not something one expects from one's aunt!
what the fuck was she listening to on the radio in the morning? has radio 4 changed since I've been out of blighty?
old people texts are one of the joys of life. I know first hand, cause hubs is the eld now and it is just delightful when he texts me. So awks, either a book or a single word, and when the autocorrect comes in to play...lord a mercy
No way it changed for the better...
The Archers After Dark and Mrs Dale's Unexpurgated Diary.
"and now the shipping forecast read by Diane Morgan"
That’s hilarious!
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘉𝘗 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘺 2025. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 200 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘢 𝘜𝘚 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯.
𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲
'This is a warning. We know you live right here'
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/americans_sue_homeland_security_over/
Patriot Act was a real slippery slope
Anything labeled "Patriot" is going to be a full on right wing load of crap these days. I am old enough to remember when being a patriot was a positive thing, not a cover for threats to rip away your freedoms.
Back then, I called it the Enabling Act.
Last night I learned that UVA's new businessdude president who was appointed by the Maga pirates that boarded the board has an 8 mil poison pill in his contract. Our new blue gov took care of the pirates at least, replacing them with centrists sure to please no one, Garland style. I guess businessdude ain't going nowhere, for normalcy or whatever. Sigh.
Make it impossible for him to do his MAGA mission. Undermine him, replace *everyone* around him, force him to be in the office 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
But, but, unity! (but yes, the students and faculty will do our best. )
Thanks!
~this here Fredericksburger
Contracts can be challenged. Fire his ass and make him sue to collect.
There's no one with the authority and the will to do so.
That's too bad. Employment contract crap like this is the bane of the tech industry, also too.
Huh.
𝑃𝑂𝑅𝑇𝑆𝑀𝑂𝑈𝑇𝐻, 𝑁.𝐻. — 𝐴 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑈𝑆 𝐼𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝐸𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑁.𝐻., 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
Bog man wanted that.
The prosecution also asked for several other crimes against fashion to be taken into account.
======
Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two further charges of rape and sexual assault.
The 50-year-old broadcaster, actor and media personality appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London to enter the pleas on Tuesday.
The offences are alleged to have taken place in the city in 2009 and relate to two women, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Brand has previously also pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault in relation to alleged offences in London and Bournemouth from 1999 to 2005, involving four women.
A trial has been scheduled for June to hear the original charges.
On Tuesday, he spoke from the dock to confirm his name and his latest not guilty pleas, while wearing a leopard print shirt with several buttons undone and holding a fedora hat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jxpww8mp7o
Would you prefer a slovenly rapist?
I wonder if he writes Beeb an angry letter demanding they change that to trilby
"On Tuesday, he spoke from the dock to confirm his name and his latest not guilty pleas, while wearing a leopard print shirt with several buttons undone and holding a fedora hat."
Lock him the FUCK up
It is quite funny that both he and Johnny Depp have gone down the same road, pathetic men unable to let go of their youthful heyday, but that Brand has done that in Primark.
Brand is totally "middle-aged Nathan Barley" at this point
I used to call Milo Yiannopolis "Claire's Accessories' Jim Davidson" and I think now that role has passed to Brand.
ahahaha that's beautiful mate, but yeah, you're not wrong
(had to look the character up) The Kid Rock of BBC 4?
http://pzat.meep.org/cunt/
A Charlie Brooker creation. I met so many of these ... people
Very, very much so.
Crazy watching other countries actually prosecute criminals with money.
Almost like it CAN happen.
He's Making Huggy Bear Great Again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCW4o1fZnrw
Fashion crimes.
It’s what happens when you lose Katy Perry.
Ehem... she's rather large to misplace...
Trudeau would never dress in something so embarrassing.
*whisper from offstage*
He did what now?
Or decide to blow your credit card on Carmody Street.
𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑡.
Offered without comment.
Today in history:
1582: Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. Give me back my eleven days, you bitch.
1803: The US Supreme Court hands down the decision Marbury v Madison, establishing the doctrine of judicial review. Ah, those were the days . . .
1868: US Pres. Andrew Johnson is the first Prez to be impeached (acquitted in the Senate, though).
1917: The UK hands the US Ambassador the Zimmerman Telegram, and stands back to watch the resulting explosion.
1942: A false alarm results in an antiaircraft artillery barrage into the skies over Los Angeles. Oops.
1983: The US Congress condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans in WW2. Better late than fucking never, huh guys?
1991: Operation Desert Sabre begins as ground troops enter Iraq.
2008: Fidel Castro retires.
2022: Days after recognizing the Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russia rolls the iron dice and invades Ukraine, resulting in (to date) over a million total Russian casualties of which an estimated 325K are combat deaths.
Not really enough.
Um...Andrew Johnson.
The horrible thing was I was writing it and saying to myself, "Johnson, not Jackson" and wrote it anyway.
(considers a second cup of coffee to switch on)
Proper caffeination is a crucial step in non-commenting for me.
Fixed.
I'm sorry, fixed "Jackson".
Jackson, Johnson, what's the difference? After all, "Jack" is a nickname for "John".
𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐿𝑜𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠
Don't give Noem any ideas...
LOL.
I recall it being a part of the later movie '1941.'
𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 $7.5 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/23/americans-are-destroying-flock-surveillance-cameras/
how. How is it a start up valued at 7.5 billion a year
Do they just make up these numbers?
Basically yes. Tech valuations are total bullshit to hoover up more investment money. It is a guesstimate of how much the investors will get back.
I was just in Taipei and one thing that stood out to me was the number of surveillance cameras in use in the city. It seemed like any public place had multiple cameras from multiple angles if you looked for them.
On the other hand, they certainly didn't seem to care about shoplifting or theft in general, there was lots of merchandise out on the street with plenty of foot traffic. Maybe it evens out.
EFF has a nice article up about working at the city council level. Not sure that approach is as satisfying though.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/op-ed-san-jose-can-protect-immigrants-ending-flock-surveillance-system
The Long Game - we need one.
Our city council is busy trying to prevent the registrar from allowing voting on VA's redistricting.
Someone posted a link so I could see where these are in my town. According to the website, we have like 8 installed cameras in town, and 6 of them are in the Lowe's parking lot.
My city council tabled the discussion about using them, but now the COUNTY has them and they drive up and down my.block CONSTANTLY. So fucking annoying.