This is basically the logic conclusion to Graham v. Connor (1989). In which law enforcement actions can only be judge by other law enforcement. It’s why outside of extremely rare circumstances cops can get away with anything. On paper he isn’t “protected by absolute immunity”, but in practice he is.

everyone knows that what trump is saying about renee good is a lie, including ICE and CBP. the messaging needs to be a lie in order to be effective. what they are communicating is this: opponents of the regime have no rights which you are bound to respect, and the conspiracy goes to the top.

The "Bundy Militia" spent two days aiming guns at federal agents. Other "militia members" spent over a month doing the same at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Yet conservatives screamed bloody murder when one of them got shot for reaching for his handgun during arrest.

It's funny (not the amusing kind) that the people who are most like "MERICA! The only free country!" are also the ones saying "well if you stand near an Officer of the Law and perceive them, OF COURSE they have a right to shoot you and prevent your loved ones from holding your hand as you perish."

I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement. Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.

It would mean the world to us if you started masking again :) There are so many horrible things going around - protect yourself and those you love/tolerate And do it for mom 💜

They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time. Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief. Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time. Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.

It started when we didn't execute Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis for treason among others. But in reality, we can list, you can list I'm not doing it, thousands of such points. And that shit adds up and the bill comes due.

man it's so awesome that state force can apparently only ever be deployed against people protesting cruelty and never against the ones causing the cruelty

For any white people out there that are new to this concept, “just follow directions” will not save you. If cops want to kill you they will do exactly what they did today and then lie

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

Synopsis: You need to kick more people out. You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.

You can and should generalize this. The dude who creeps on women and follows them around the store or whatever is going to cost you ten women customers.

This man is running around acting like it's impossible for the United States to be bombed in retaliation and the entire Cold War was possible in part because that's simply not true (see also: Pearl Harbor) Not enough discussion about the way this could end with the U.S. facing retaliatory bombing

GenAIl, Aztep and womb envy

Almost every day but not by choice.

a human is just a jailbroken monkey

This country consistently falls short when addressing white crime, ensuring that someone like Trump never holds power again, and when Democrats compromise on issues that don't impact them.

I feel like AI should not be given the active voice in news articles. It’s like saying: “In 1993, rakes began to give Jim a lot of help organizing leaves on the lawn.” Center the agency of humans, with anything inanimate (including AI software) as the direct objects.

30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine

I admit to being frustrated there haven't been widespread protests here. This is spot on. Let's not forget how they used RICO charges on people in ATL for just organizing community support. Doesn't matter that those charges have been dropped, that's the kind of threats they're willing to use.

Collective Shout, the people behind the anti NSFW censorship crusade last year, is still totally silent apparently they're against the sexualization of girls, unless they aren't

Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead

I'm quoting this without context because it's one of the best things I've ever read on this site.

Anyone ever noticed how the Fire Gang from Labyrinth mysteriously resemble the big four nu metal vocalists? 🤔

That Trump ordered the kidnapping of a foreign head of state is the second biggest story today. The biggest & most ominous story is that hundreds, if not thousands, of active duty military personnel from generals & admirals on down obeyed Trump’s unconstitutional order to do so. #Venezuela

Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by

there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here

People who only refrain from doing bad things because there might be punishment later scare me more than any athiest.

In 2026 can we bring back embarrassment and shame? At a playground & there's a solo man here with a metal detector just...looking for treasure? Feels weird and I'm making it very obvious I'm watching him. Even if he's genuinely looking for whatever, what does he hope to find? Toy car? A few nickels?

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sam altman is just a sales guy with one goal: getting obscenely rich in silicon valley. his big thing previously was an app where you can find your friends on a map and after he sold it it turned out to have 500 users. he's not a stemlord he's just a run of the mill song and dance flim flam man

This is why I don’t trust the "Never Trump" Bulwark guys. They’re perfectly comfortable with real people being harmed, so long as the harm comes via a process they can label “liberal democracy.”

Rest is *good*, unscheduled time is *good.* You are not always either producing or decaying. Creativity flows from shutting things up enough to hear yourself, to be able to synthesize everything you’ve taken in lately.

How's everyone's weekend going? I just had to explain to the owner of 2 alpacas why I yelled "¡Hi alpacas!" at his animals. I then had to explain to a customer how I missed his house because I was distracted by alpacas to which he replied simply "Understandable."

How's everyone's weekend going? I just had to explain to the owner of 2 alpacas why I yelled "¡Hi alpacas!" at his animals. I then had to explain to a customer how I missed his house because I was distracted by alpacas to which he replied simply "Understandable."

We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.

It’s so annoying being autistic sometimes, i recognise the sound effects they use for the new Robin Hood’s arrows and folks he’s shooting Boromir-slaying rounds

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This how I know "laws" are bullshit. Besides harming people, it breaks copyright laws millions of times a day but it makes enough money that it doesn't matter to the people who are in a position to do something about that. In a logical world Disney should be suing "AI" companies into oblivion.

By any reasonable historical standard — including that of the technology industry! — ChatGPT should be pulled from the market and its product managers and executives held accountable for creating a product that ROUTINELY tells teens to kill themselves. This is a basic, common sense standard.

NYPost exposing my secrets!