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rambling in public.

dilettante, lapsed academic, sometimes bureaucrat, lindy hopper, book clubber, data nerd
And. Just like there's a chance that people working cruise ship lines are unusually interested in child porn, there's a chance that I'm unusually paranoid about what my government is capable of justifying as tactics right now.

But still. This kind of plausibility should NOT be normal.
August 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
But. I hate that I ran across an article on how people are getting entrapped on blasphemy charges in Pakistan... And instantly thought "oh, THAT'S probably what's actually happening." 🧵

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/w...
How Online Chats Are Leading to Imprisonment for Blasphemy
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The nominal charges are child pornography in group chats.

*Maybe* there's an issue. But it just seems weird? 🧵
August 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Whatever, given the free-for-all graft happening in present tense, but it's entertaining to watch what gets under their skin.
August 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Most likely! It may just be that they've asked nothing shady yet?

In 2019, public protests led to shutting down the jail's quiet cooperation with taking ICE inmates... IIRC we were hosting them mostly because of a lice outbreak at the state prison.
May 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM