Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

Flojaune Cofer, an epidemiologist and Sacramento mayoral candidate, wants to confront homelessness and gun violence by solving their root causes rather than ramping up criminalization. "It’s one thing to fight a symptom, it’s another thing to eradicate a disease." https://boltsmag.org/the-epidemiologist-running-for-mayor-to-bring-public-health-to-sacramento/

Masks keep you safe.

Vaccines work.

Never Again means Never Again, no matter who does it.

Global Warming is real.

Billionaires are an existential threat to society.

This is just your periodic reminder that you are sane and the gaslighting isn't working on you.

Between October 7 and November 14 2023, 9,500 takedown requests were sent from the Israeli authorities to social media platforms, of which 60 percent went to Meta with a reported 94% compliance rate. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/digital-apartheid-gaza-unjust-content-moderation-request-israels-cyber-unit

Locking up items to deter shoplifting is pushing shoppers online
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/11/retail-theft-cvs-walgreens-locked-cabinet?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Axios @axios-AxiosNews

Trump couldn't land his plane in Bozeman yesterday because he owes the airport $12,000 and the police department $58,000 from 2020.

This is also why he's not having rallies in the swing states. He hasn't paid any of the venues or local governments.

That's why he did his "press conference" from Mar A Lago. 😂

https://dailymontanan.com/2024/08/08/when-trump-comes-to-town-he-brings-excitement-leaves-unpaid-bills/

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/11/2262167/-Deadbeat-Don-Why-He-s-Not-Holding-Rallies

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/trumps-bozeman-rally-highlights-unpaid-costs-from-past-montana-visits

Inside of you, there are two wolves, a horse, a cow, a goat, a dog, a cat, a bird, a spider and a fly. But I don't know why you swallowed the fly. Perhaps you'll die.

#Curmudgeonry

I have no words. A police officer drove at 74 MPH in a 25 MPH zone without sirens, struck and killed a person in a crosswalk, got away with a second-degree negligent driving and a $5,000 fine, failed to pay the fine, and is now contesting the citation. He didn't even have a valid driver's license when the incident occurred. And he is still employed by SPD.

#DefundThePolice #DefundSPD #SeattlePolitics

https://publicola.com/2024/08/09/kevin-dave-officer-who-struck-and-killed-23-year-old-student-is-challenging-his-traffic-ticket/

@mhd The nice thing about working with older OS's:

There are books.
Books are cheap.
After you go on a holiday, the OS is still the same

:)

Special shout-out to the design genius who decided that “clean face free of any controls or display” is an important feature for dishwashers, making it so that I have to open (and thus stop) the running dishwasher to see how much time is left.

Textbook Lawful Evil, well done, I hate it.

"July 7 to 13 was the week #Pornhub, the most popular pornography website in the U.S., restricted access to its content throughout #Kentucky in response to a new state law. Kentuckians in that July week showed more interest in the search term #VPN than in any other week over the past 17 years" https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/ky-turns-to-privacy-software-after-adult-site-restricts-access/article_e92dfdca-69de-52f4-98ea-ae2e4ee72b1d.html

"A #journalist’s right to obtain and publish stolen #documents is meaningless if they can’t “possess” them. It’s not the first time the government has come up with nonsensical ways to circumvent #Bartnicki" https://freedom.press/news/journalists-source-material-isnt-stolen-goods/

"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties,” said FIRE’s Chief Research Advisor Sean Stevens. “Many of them reject the right to assemble, to have a free press, and to petition the government". #FirstAmendment https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_1cd1e21c-54c8-11ef-9cf2-17f71ad65d17.html

"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties,” said FIRE’s Chief Research Advisor Sean Stevens. “Many of them reject the right to assemble, to have a free press, and to petition the government". #FirstAmendment https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_1cd1e21c-54c8-11ef-9cf2-17f71ad65d17.html

“It’s a blank check for abuse because it has a very broad scope for domestic and cross-border spying and surveillance and a lack of robust checks and balances,” EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez told @AP of the disastrous #UNCybercrimeTreaty. https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-cybercrime-computer-technology-39fe999d78f615912d0bdb2011290665

"The city’s practice is to arrive early in the morning with a backhoe to destroy encampment residents’ possessions, without first identifying in advance who is there, whether they have alternative #shelter to go to, what property they have, and where it will be stored.” #homeless #sweeps https://www.courthousenews.com/property-seizure-in-berkeley-homeless-sweep-ruled-unconstitutional/

"The city’s practice is to arrive early in the morning with a backhoe to destroy encampment residents’ possessions, without first identifying in advance who is there, whether they have alternative #shelter to go to, what property they have, and where it will be stored.” #homeless #sweeps https://www.courthousenews.com/property-seizure-in-berkeley-homeless-sweep-ruled-unconstitutional/

"Through an executive order, Abbott directed Texas #hospitals to compile data on inpatient discharges and emergency visits by #immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization". https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-gov-abbott-hospitals-patients-immigration-status-data/

A nation governed by the rule of law should not tolerate private control of that law—no exceptions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-tells-yet-another-court-ensure-everyone-has-access-law-and-reject-private

Psychiatrist thinks Americans are being 'blocked' from info on Trump’s 'dementia' https://www.rawstory.com/news/americans-blocked-trump-dementia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"It is Kafkaesque cruelty to legally prohibit people from simply existing outside when the same government has not taken sufficient action to ensure they have somewhere to go. More practically, it’s also not going to work."

Sweeps are not just cruel, they're stupid

https://prospect.org/infrastructure/2024-08-02-gavin-newsom-homeless-sweeps/