A 26-year-old man from Chicago, Il. was arrested this weekend after allegedly hacking into the Cook County Human Services system & approving every single application for food stamps.
But he didnโt stop there - he reportedly had new EBT cards mailed out to applicants with $2.5K loaded on each, and even credited existing cardholders with an extra $2.5K.
Disabling surveillance tech is nonviolent resistance btw
Just want to make that clear before people start weeping over Flock cameras like theyโre people
โ ๏ธ Flock charges $3,000 per year per camera.
There are 119,121 ALPRs mapped in the U.S.
$3,000 ร 119,121 = $357,363,000 taxpayer $ spent to constantly surveil the same people paying for them.
Youโre paying rent to your own panopticon.
Access to safe water is a basic human right
In Gaza, families are forced to use drinking water for cooking, eating, drinking, and even showering, not because they want to, but because clean non-potable water is becoming increasingly unavailable.