After revelations that companies like Ring have been selling home security footage to ICE, the most common defense of keeping a camera up seems to be, “But what if I’m stalked?”
And as a violence researcher, I’m just here to state for the record that police do not care about your security footage.
I wrote a book that gets into these dynamics in sexual assault cases. See the chapter called “Never Enough Evidence.”
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thinking about what the internet would be like if social media sites didn't let you comment on videos until they played at least once, like those awful workplace trainings
the weather is warming up so i want to share a nice resource for people in the US who want to get into gardening! there is a program called Free Heirloom Seeds aimed to promote sustainability that will mail you vegetable and flower seeds by request (5 packets w/o donation, more with donation)
(Image description: background image of a bus in the city, tinted red. Overlayed text bubbles say: Action alert! Critical RIPTA hearing / Support increased funding for RIPTA in Gov. McKee's budget)
This is not true—driver’s licenses aren’t acceptable under the SAVE Act without additional proof of citizenship. The fact that they keep doing this sleight of hand should make clear that the SAVE Act is not something that “every American gets”
A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.
@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
There's a post-AWP sale at @gameoverbooks.bsky.social and all non-2026 titles are $10 until Saturday so you should probably go get some very good books right now
Time to polish your stories - or write one if you don't have something ready!
EXCLUSIVE: Jay Graber stepping down as CEO of Bluesky www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
She's staying on at the company, but shifting her focus back to building out its architecture in the newly-developed role of Chief Innovation Officer
"French Revolution (derogatory)" is guaranteed bsky dunk fuel
get a therapist whose water bottle sticker says "someday we'll wake up to his obituary"
It's always "have you considered medicating your ADHD" and never "thank you for the mentally-stimulating sentence structure"
big fan of songs (and other art) where people look back on being lovesick or breakup-crazy like "damn that maybe wasn't worth the drama"
Frog worked hard. He raked the leaves into a pile. Soon Toad’s lawn was clean. Frog picked up his rake and started home.
Toad pushed and pulled on the rake. He raked the leaves into a pile. Soon there was not a single leaf in Frog’s front yard. Toad took his rake and started home.
narcissus had dermatillomania
Millipedes have been around for like 440 million years. How long do you think the video game market will be around.
Millipedes: time tested, proven winners
“No,” said Frog.
We're in court today asking a judge to block a new Kansas law that invalidates the IDs of transgender people and allows anyone to sue a person they suspect of being trans for using public restrooms.
This law has been wreaking havoc on trans people and we're demanding an immediate end to it.
Isaac Chotiner sitting down to interview Louis and Armand
a large egg the size of a small egg
Toad grabs a cast iron skillet from his kitchen. From "Christmas Eve" In *Frog and Toad All Year*
Toad found a frying pan in the kitchen.
“I will hit that big animal with this,” said Toad. “All of his teeth will fall out.”
bringing my laptop to the tech to have an updated antivirus program installed before tearfully leaving it in the woods
some of us make up data to cope???
i don't want my computer to be alive i have no idea what natural environment i could ethically release it into
significantly, he keeps finding a way to die within five seconds of reloading, which is great fun for everybody
partner's tgif today is playing fallout except they're doing an escort quest that lives up to the tropes, escorting an npc who keeps running into danger and getting blown up and set on fire
my adhd demon has been whispering loudly this week about how I should make some lists to get my thoughts straight, but we've been through that desert before my friend
he's gone for his other favorite nap spot: my partner
(he's obsessed with partner and it's honestly adorable. we have no idea why specifically, just his favorite person. this is kitty who was nana's before she passed so my heart bursts)
