Bots have invaded facebook in overwhelming numbers. The groups are flooded with fake AI posts & scam links. What surprises me is the real people engaging with the bots, it seems that the average joe can't spot them. I see how the cheeto can exist & people are giving their credit card numbers out.

Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own hands—and tearing them down.

Doctor Ys & The Cosmic Drunkards - Secret Samba [Japan, Techno] (1996) https://redd.it/renllg https://youtu.be/jEWW5pYQznI

Security researchers discovered a data pipeline where Persona, used by OpenAI and others, feeds user ID checks into a "watchlist" for the US government. Exposed source code revealed standard verifications turning into surveillance, reporting activities to the Treasury and ICE.

A lot of people cry when they cut onions. The trick is not to form an emotional bond. #quote

The C-64 resurgence is awesome ❤️

Tyme 2 relax

Sékou Diabaté Bembeya - N'na [Guinea, Mandingue, Afro Rock] (1985) ~ "Diamond Fingers" showing off his sweet guitar solo chops https://redd.it/c1cn88 https://youtu.be/7dve3c9tl0g

excellent relaxed interview with Margret Atwood ❤️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn7afyIpO_8

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage - Lao Tzu #quote

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize - Steven Wright #quote

Lucky Noodle song #Hokkaido

"I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister." - Will Marsh #quote

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As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth. - Philip José Farmer #quote

New Yorker. By Paul Noth.

Please, pdf is my father. Call me pdf (1) #quote

Good times in Hokkaido! ❤️

US friends, call and leave a msg on my voice mail: I will play your recording on my next radio show. ‪(720) 663-7486‬ ❤

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable - Hunter S. Thompson #quote

Let others brag about the pages they have written; I am proud of those I have read. - Jorge Luis Borges #quote

The One Piece Pirate Flag: Identity and Unity, Freedom and Defiance, Dreams and Adventure, Individuality. I think this may catch on worldwide.

Some people just have a way with words, and other people … oh … not have way. - Steve Martin #quote

Aerosmith branded "Mango Cream" Taiyaki! Sales begin Saturday, September 6th, 2025. Get 'em while you can!! #AerosmithMangoTaiyaki

YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING. AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND DOWN A GULLY. #quote

“One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast” - Robert A. Heinlein #quote

Children didn't eat salad. Maybe 30 years ago adults debated the health benefits of eating a salad after dinner vs. before. Was this ever resolved?

IronFeather Journals, Choonz&Warez, Chronology #phun ironfeather.com

ChatGPTみたいな言葉遣いになっちゃってる人は何人か観測してるんだけど、最近はChatGPTに質問するときの要領で人間に質問してしまう人が出てきているらしい。 - @kine_meko

The Orchids -- I Will Call You [Fun Japanese Hip Pop Groove] (1988) https://redd.it/79lsag https://youtu.be/cJoto35onao

Very hot and no air really.

Good morning. Business meeting in a bit. To check magazine proof prints. Waiting for one last piece of exhaust to be delivered & the car can be finished. So it’s a day off for mechanic Alfie. Back to work for designer/publisher Alfie. Wishing you all a wonderful day. Luv&peace 🙏🏻❤️🙌

Walking through Teine, an unfamiliar neighborhood in Sapporo, I noticed this birdhouse. It made an impact on me so I turned and went back to take this picture. I feel inspired! ❤️

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One handles truths like dynamite. - Anais Nin #quote

The Studio at Glasgow School of Art. (1909) Pic: Henry Bedford Lemere.

Ranking the shitstorm the non-metric way

I occasionally code modern games for the Commodore 64 #C64. You can get some of my games for free on my itch.io page, there are puzzlers, racing and platformers on there: carletonhandley.itch.io

I am old, selling off my classic Hardy Boys books now, sigh. I read these 50 years ago. ack!

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard - Steven Wright #quote

Miss Orange Shock - Isoshi No Rina [Japan, Synthpop, Electronic, New Wave] (1980) https://redd.it/1m1qes4 https://youtu.be/CdOXIVx-AVQ

If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, or rebellious, you're on the right track. If you have never been called these things, there is yet time. - Clarissa Pinkola Estes #quote

Many are the starrs I see, but in my eye no starr like thee. #quote

New: Hundreds of organizations now confirmed compromised by the SharePoint zero-day, reportedly including the federal agency that manages the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.

i had a ring on each door (my ex was a security freak) and as soon as he left i disabled them. a cop had come to my house asking to look at my ring and other cameras because of "suspicious" people walking the neighborhood. hell no

LuckyFest25❤ 私たちは北海道の美しい山々で一日中野外の民族音楽フェスティバルを楽しみました。 Folk, Celtic, Bluegrass, International music, etc. Awesome music & people and we even had a BBQ at our table. I recorded the audio and will share later. #Hokkaido #bluegrass

I'm in a punk band called The Quilts. We just do covers. #quote

The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.