Yes, there are GIFs. I give the warning only for those who are motion-sensitive, not those who refuse to accept that communication can take many forms.
What about the guy killed by racists while jogging two months ago? Thatās definitely been pushed down. I hope national news can pull it back out of the shadows. Itās Americaās evil racist undercurrent rising to the surface like a giant, ugly pimpleā¦ againā¦ All of us need justice for Ahmaud Arbery or NONE of us is safe from the Nazis. We canāt let America sink into a shithole like this.
Just here:
I just heard the two racist assholes who killed him, a father and son duo, were indicted. Well itās about friggin time, two months later. I expect more shenanigans like acquittal, but fuck, at least they were hauled in. FUCK! What a fucking country. I canāt believe this fucking place half the time.
This isnāt really out of the news cycle so much, but just because, way back on Wednesday (in the pleistocene) there seemed to be a lot of concern about John Ratcliffeās potential appointment being the politicization of the US intelligence agencies, this is a disturbing late Friday release:
A staffer who worked under Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) on the House Intelligence Committee also recently joined ODNI to serve as a deputy to the COO.
Nick Ciarlante, who interned in Nunesā congressional office before joining the intelligence committee and working on the ODNI portfolio there, started the new job this week, two people with knowledge of the move said.
ETA 2020-05-14 (2-posts-rule)
Now thereās nothing stopping the PATRIOT Act allowing the FBI to slurp web-browsing histories without a warrant
An amendment that would require the FBI get a warrant before they access Americansā web-browsing history failed to pass by a single vote in the US Senate on Wednesday.
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This is SESTA/FOSTA all over again.
You may be distracted by the pandemic but FYI: US Senate panel OKās backdoors-by-the-backdoor EARN IT Act
An amended version of Americaās controversial proposed EARN IT Act has been unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee ā a key step in its journey to becoming law. This follows a series of changes and compromises that appear to address criticsā greatest concerns while introducing fresh problems.
Detroit cops employed facial recognition algos that only misidentifies suspects 96 per cent of the time
In brief Cops in Detroit have admitted using facial-recognition technology that fails to accurately identify potential suspects a whopping 96 per cent of the time.
The revelation was made by the American police forceās chief James Craig during a public hearing, this week. Craig was grilled over the wrongful arrest of Robert Williams, who was mistaken as a shoplifter by facial-recognition software used by officers.
Social media businesses are making moves to block Hong Kong authorities from accessing their user data, days after Beijing imposed a new national security law on the territory.
Facebook, Google, and Twitter said late last night they will temporarily block Hong Kongās law-enforcement agencies from accessing user data after the local government granted sweeping new powers to police under the law to āprevent, suppress and impose punishment for offences endangering national security.ā
The police will be able to search people without warrants and take down internet posts. Those who do not comply could be fined as much as $13,000 and face a two-year prison sentence.
