Episode No.82377474 how insulated our ruling class is from the real world

More evidence as to why you might choose to care about things like cameras and surveillance, this time co-written by renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier.

I’m renaming SEPA the SEattle Process Annihilator - the place where good ideas go to die.

I think Seattle won either way.

I've been walknig around Pioneer Square, looking at the food trucks and streets where people can walk without fear, and saying "we can do this ALL the time" throughout the World Cup. Pedestrianization works best when you just do it, rather than Seattle Processing the concept until it's a no.

I don’t understand all the FIFA rules, but I believe our loss to Belgium today means we are required to adopt their street design standards

Always remember that to CEOs, you aren't fans or employees. You're tallies on the ledger, and they will cut you the moment it benefits them. Don't let your favorite games be gutted! Organize!

Organizers are urging Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson to turn off police surveillance cameras as soon after the final World Cup game in Seattle today. Wilson, who opposed the cameras during her campaign, said the city had identified a "credible threat" that justified turning them on.

I haven't talked much about it publicly, but I provided oversight to Nordstroms deployment of Axon body-cameras Tomorrow I'll share my biggest lessons from that experience, because people need to understand how little Axon, Flock, and the police, give a shit about our digital privacy and safety

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Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard is wearing a high quality mask at the start of the race. He said: “I hear already that there’s some sickness in some teams and I’ve had a history of being sick in my last two Grand Tours, so as you said: ‘Better safe than sorry.’” Great job! 👏

Cascadia needs to get ready for a general strike. If you're in Seattle, help get the movement started...

The answer to the loneliness crisis isn't telling people with long Covid & other disabilities to take more health risks. It's creating a society where people don't have to choose between protecting their health & participating in community in the first place

When it inevitably comes out that McConnell hasn’t been conscious since his collapse on June 14, let’s all remember that the Senate Majority Leader and Whip said they’d talked to him the day after he got CPR and that he was “engaged” (both of them used that exact word!) and would be back soon.

been talking to current and former employees of microsoft-owned studios all day, and the prognosis is grim: zenimax, bethesda, obsidian, id, and activision have all taken big hits, while blizzard seemingly remains safe... for now. but how long that, or anything, lasts is anyone's guess

#Seattle locals and thousands of tourists turned out for #TeamUSA #WorldCup vs. Belgium

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I am so fucking tired of woman having to stand on a national stage and tear their hearts open and pour their trauma out in front of the entire country. And still not be believed. Or be told it doesn’t matter because we need her assaulter. I’m so tired of it.

Yeah. There is a very coordinated effort taking place and I worry that people will ignore it or just not learn about it at all. The media is even worse than usual about truthfully informing people in the PNW about the klan members who have been operating here and who are not going away.

This is especially important. Remember the UW research that’s been tracking how ICE is able to stalk and kidnap people here in WA? There has been a very large uptick in kidnappings. The data is coming from DOL. cops have access to this system. Cameras and other surveillance help ICE.

CAMERAS OFF NOW! rally and press conference tomorrow at 1pm in Seattle City Hall Plaza. Arrive by 12:45pm, as we'll be starting early so can be finished before 2pm City Council meeting. AND tamales for all! 😋

When Occidental Ave was pedestrianized in the 1970s, the City Council was one vote short of extending it another block to Yesler Way 😞. 50 years later, it’s time to think big again about pedestrian streets in Pioneer Square and around the city.

Thank you for all the posts!

Happening at 11am. Join us to protect our transit service!

Wild how openly against education rich people are

I say it AGAIN: Athe architects who got us here STILL HAVE JOBS or have been graced with the ability to RETIRE with fat fucking payoffs so they can have summer homes and take "time to rest". Meanwhile the ones doing the work have to find jobs IMMEDIATELY because we don't have retirement or savings

Obscene. This is obscene. Billions of dollars to buy up companies to then go through this.... We knew it would be bad but this is another catastrophic blow to the industry. They spent BILLIONS y'all.

data visualization is my passion.

6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered & entitled. The higher the opinions of themselves leaders expressed, the more they coveted power and status—& the more they favored return-to-office mandates."

In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.

Tacoma’s ICE concentration camp can hold 1,575 people, usually runs at about 90% full, and makes money by keeping the cages occupied. That is what a for-profit camp does: keep people trapped, keep the beds full, keep the money moving. americansagainstice.org⁠/subscribe

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As people celebrated “independence” day yesterday and 250 years of exploitation, people continue to be criminalized through detentions and deportations.

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Some beauty on the TL

Did we uh, bother reading the article and looking into the group before deciding to frame this as Rockstar's Fault Entirely www.bbc.com/news/technol...

Not since Hans Asperger identified his "little professors" who could be good little Nazis and let the rest of the autistic boys be murdered to kick off the Holocaust has anyone else caused so much harm to us.

N things you can do *today* to fight bad internet bills across the world -- a new leaflet. Say NO to bills that surveil and censor the internet, say YES to privacy and free expression!

Before (2025) / After (2026) the metamorphosis of Avenue de Bouvines in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. From a parking street to a garden street.

"Employees shall have the right to self-organization . . . to engage in other concerted activities for . . . mutual aid and protection." -- NLRA signed into law #tdih 1935 However, as with Piedmont Strike ⬇️ in NC, police don't protect these workers' rights. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/na...

Calling for peace in an unjust system is demanding the people accept their chains.

We’re not grateful enough for pollinators. I’d rather lose every billionaire than every bee.

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This evening, Amazon Worker Intifada (AWI) disrupted the Amazon-sponsored Seafair Fireworks Display on the U.S.'s 250th Independence Day to bring attention to the company's selectivity when it comes to independence.

Solar railways could soon become commonplace in Europe, following a successful trial in Switzerland.

They're near constant, every 30s to 5min, for the last 2 hours on CapHill

I'm so desperate for this here