"The National Electrical Manufacturers Association defines how these connectors work, and the resulting plug-and-play architecture means a streetlight can become a surveillance node." The digital panopticon is here. #Surveillance #Privacy #4thAmendment

Well look here.

Here is that voter interference.

"Hot conditions in a new National Park Service exhibit under the Lincoln Memorial are imperiling rare 1860s copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment, Emma Uber of City Cast DC reported Wednesday."

Trump will lie about the 2020 election. Trump will lie about the 2026 election. But, if Trump claims powers he does not have, or tries to undermine free and fair election, we will sue and we will win. If you doubt me, take a look at my record in beating him and his allies in court.

Maybe if Cobb didn't defend him between 2017-2018 we wouldn't be here.

"New: After ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed Ken Paxton repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live, Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Texas attorney general committed election fraud."

A little-known Microsoft program was allowing engineers in China to maintain the Pentagon’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel. Until @reneedudley.bsky.social found out. This is the story of how she changed government policy:

"Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks ​and trading firms “the fastest” access to posts from influential Truth Social ‌accounts, such as President Donald Trump’s, whose posts often move global markets."

No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."

Functionally illiterate masses.

My painting DARK STORM

A mathematical analysis suggests that the notion of agency, which is a prerequisite for consciousness, cannot be purely quantum in nature

Yup

Happy 250 America

"Made by Israeli surveillance company Cognyte, the tech simulates a mobile phone tower, which forces nearby phones to connect to it. That enables cops to keep tabs on any phones in the vicinity — whether they’re owned by a suspect in a case or not." #Privacy #4thAmendment

However, our analysis shows that right-wing actors are significantly more violent than left-wing actors,” said LaFree, a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCJS) and the founding director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

"The sources, who were granted anonymity to discuss classified material, said the intelligence did not show Beijing ⁠had manipulated or changed votes. Trump ⁠has continued to repeat the debunked claim that the 2020 election was rigged..." The election was not rigged.

Fill up your tanks.

Gas will get more expensive. Therefore food will get more expensive. Trump promised during the election to full up the strategic oil reserve.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

#4thAmendment #Privacy #Surveillance #ALPR

Illinois reports 240 cases of the intestinal infection that causes ‘explosive diarrhea.’ No definitive cause for the current outbreak has been identified.

"Federal judges in the Western District of Washington swore in former King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney Wednesday morning. Within 54 minutes, Trump fired him."

A woman drives with both hands on the wheel. Her phone sits face-down on her lap. No officer pulls her over. No lights flash. Weeks later, a $1,251 ticket arrives in the mail. The evidence: a single frame from a Camera surveillance app. The charge: phone use while driving. #ALPR #Privacy

I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.

"According to a bombshell NOTUS report, the rapper is taking legal action against political operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman after allegedly shelling out $600,000 to help secure a pardon from President Trump -- one Boosie says never came." Something, something total Presidential immunity.

These hero dogs chased off a man who tried to sexually assault two female dog walkers. They were able to push him away, and then their pack of 11 rescue dogs ran him off into a tunnel and ripped off a piece of his pants. The dogs are all getting our highest honor, a 15/10

Sen. Booker to Todd Blanche: "Your nomination should fail. The Attorney General's client is not the president, it's the American people. You've been protecting one person for most of your career…You should not be confirmed to this job."

In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land.

Trump: "If the Elections in Minnesota weren’t RIGGED, any Republican could win, but they were, and that is why nobody has won there since Richard Nixon many years ago. I thought I won it all three times, only to be disappointed in the end. Vote for Mike Lindell for Governor ... "

© Stanisław Masłowski. 'Moonrise.' Oil on canvas, 1884. 220 × 124 cm.

Of course this was most likely illegal. #Elections #Vote #Musk

BREAKING: The Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings, an AP source says.

Reporter @reneedudley.bsky.social came across a job ad for a “digital escort.” Turns out it wasn’t OnlyFans, but a job created by Microsoft to facilitate tech support for the Defense Department. Here’s how this role came to pose a major cybersecurity threat:

VIDEO: Body cam shows Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo using his name to get out of a traffic stop. “I’m Joe Lombardo.” Officer: “I’m aware.” Officer lets him go.

● Marco Rubio in March: Goal of the war is to change the regime. ● Rubio, April: Goal of the war is to stop 🇮🇷 Iran from making nukes. ● Rubio, July: Goal of the war is to return everything 'back to the way it was,' including the Strait of Hormuz.

Good. We need a national moratorium on all data-centers. #AI #Data-centers #Privacy

www.cbsnews.com/news/america... While the president many of them voted for walks away with US$2+ billion in new wealth from scams and bribes, and a lifetime immunity from investigation by the IRS. Gee, if only they'd had the opportunity to know in advance that he was a huckster.

Those kind of look like tire tracks to me.

"I thought Lindsey was gonna be living forever. I never thought... I said, 'Lindsey, you're gonna live forever.' And he was gonna have a big victory, you know. He was scheduled to win by a lot. He had my support, and he was gonna win by a lot."

"This contract is not being renewed because of serious concerns around civil liberties and civil rights issues." #Flock #ALPR #Privacy

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

This seems cruel. #AI #Data-centers

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