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[fake fan adam @fakefanadam]

after 7 years in Des Moines, finally made the move to Chicago 🚚🤠

[Buck @Buck36043Buck]

Comparing Apples to Oranges isn’t even that Wild of a Concept. They are both Fruits. They are both Round in Shape

[Christos @christos_ioa]

Lynchian

[theleahfiles @leahfiles]

They tell you Flock cameras are there to fight crime.

So I pulled the actual police logs from my new favorite website (haveibeenflocked . com). 233 million searches that they have been able to get via FOIA requests and here's what "fighting crime" actually looks like:

> 84% had no case number at all
> The most common reason a cop typed in the box? Blank, nothing
> Only about 9% were even tagged as a real crime.
> "Test" and "training" show up as reasons, run on real people's cars
> The FBI and Homeland Security were wired into local camera networks your town never signed off on.

So what is Flock?

FLOCK: 100,000+ plate cameras bolted to poles across America. They read your plate everywhere you drive and never forget.

NOVA: Flock's AI that turns your plate into you. Your name, address, family, everyone you know, in seconds, no warrant.

SIGNALTRACE: a competitor's tool that tracks the Bluetooth off your phone, your AirPods, your watch. Doesn't even need your plate.

Then I followed the money and the lead investor behind Flock also funds an Israeli company that can hack cameras and change the footage. Another lead investor backs a 911 app that flips on your phone's camera and mic. Trace it all the way back and you hit a former Israeli prime minister and Jeffrey Epstein's money.

Full article with photos and receipts is on my Substack now (link in bio). Enjoy!

[Will 🦥 Menaker @willmenaker]

One of the most evil things imaginable to me

[steph @steph_mcca]

banks email like "Ummmmm we have a MESSAGE for you. In your INBOX" and then the message is like "Hello we are your bank"

[Yukel Aylee @kvo2021]

can you be nice for one in your life

[fake fan adam @fakefanadam]

@marimba_axes different scale but it's just such a bizarre indifference and/or outright hostility to the public

[fake fan adam @fakefanadam]

these kind of broken promises are so funny and telling to me because it's so politically cheap to just host a town hall (especially compared to other political commitments)

[BoldProgressives.org @BoldProgressive]

In 2018, Haley Stevens signed a pledge promising Michigan's 11th District at least four town halls a year. In 2024, she held zero.

[fake fan adam @fakefanadam]

@marimba_axes I think of Connie Boesen. when she was running for mayor as a current council member, one of her promises was to do town halls. why wasn't she already doing them as a council member? and naturally, when elected she didn't do them anyway.

[john @johnsemley3000]

other people watch movies so weirdly. whenever a film cuts to a new scene or angle my brain reflexively goes “john waters could be in this shot.” that way I’m never caught off guard by anything unexpected like this.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

Absolutely bat shit stuff here. Democratic lawmakers being forced to vaguely listen to their constituents on a 80/20 issue is being framed as “fear”. I cannot stress enough how morally depraved and cynical and hostile to democracy this nonstop torrent of Israeli propaganda is.

[Owen Arands @OwenArandz]

Accidentally the most dramatic camera work ever seen in the commons just now...

[fake fan adam @fakefanadam]

this + beyond how goofy of a mechanic Rate a Queen is... what is the point of a judges panel if the judges aren't judging???

[Dawn 🌙 @upuntil_dawn]

Let it be known i think Rate a Queen is dumb as fuck… especially for bottom 2 like that’s absolutely fucking insane

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities

An MSG database tracked hundreds of celebs, Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”

@NoahShachtman @tenuous
https://t.co/zWeYIr85bQ

[yoshimi battles video game addiction @nise_yoshimi]

me suffering the mummy's curse: aaaaahhhhhh!

the pharaoh: see i knew you wouldn't like it

me: I thought it would be sexy or something!

the pharaoh: well it isn't

[persephiroth @watfle]

Bringing my 3DS to a Melee Tournament and loudly sighing "Yeah no it's unmodded, I want to mod it but it seems too hard to do"

[fake fan adam @fakefanadam]

did the onion & clickhole quality drop in the past 6 months or am I just bitter an onion writer ghosted me

[boe @bigsquishyfrog]

Guy on jeopardy looks just like me and his fun fact is "15 years ago I stole the identity and visage of a poor young man and now he unknowingly walks the earth as a ghost"

[fake fan adam @fakefanadam]

@austussy are you tweeting this from his phone