Lolita Stanton
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NEW: DHS is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
by me @ wired:
by me @ wired:
DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks
US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
www.wired.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEW: DHS is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
by me @ wired:
by me @ wired:
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Republicans: “Get ready for Trump to get a 3rd term”
Democrats: “Let’s hold a press conference”
WE. NEED. A. GENERAL. STRIKE.
Democrats: “Let’s hold a press conference”
WE. NEED. A. GENERAL. STRIKE.
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Republicans: “Get ready for Trump to get a 3rd term”
Democrats: “Let’s hold a press conference”
WE. NEED. A. GENERAL. STRIKE.
Democrats: “Let’s hold a press conference”
WE. NEED. A. GENERAL. STRIKE.
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If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now:
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now:
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
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I keep thinking about how these fascists like Charlie Kirk use trap beats at Turning Point events to appeal to younger audiences but then get appalled when a Black man actually raps to those beats.
They're culture vultures fundamentally incapable of creating art.
They're culture vultures fundamentally incapable of creating art.
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I keep thinking about how these fascists like Charlie Kirk use trap beats at Turning Point events to appeal to younger audiences but then get appalled when a Black man actually raps to those beats.
They're culture vultures fundamentally incapable of creating art.
They're culture vultures fundamentally incapable of creating art.
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Ignore the media headlines reporting that freezing federal spending or shuttering federal agencies “raise questions” or “push boundaries.” It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.
Breaking the Law
Just weeks in, the Trump administration has violated rules, laws, and the Constitution.
www.brennancenter.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ignore the media headlines reporting that freezing federal spending or shuttering federal agencies “raise questions” or “push boundaries.” It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.
Is this the cold day in hell the elders spoke of? 😆🥴
January 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Is this the cold day in hell the elders spoke of? 😆🥴
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WATCH: JC Bowman of @proedtn says there are only ~3000 empty private school seats in TN, so @govbilllee knows most of his vouchers will go to kids already in private schools… and with private costing too much anyway, segregation will be the result.
Full: www.localmemphis.com/article/news...
Full: www.localmemphis.com/article/news...
January 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
WATCH: JC Bowman of @proedtn says there are only ~3000 empty private school seats in TN, so @govbilllee knows most of his vouchers will go to kids already in private schools… and with private costing too much anyway, segregation will be the result.
Full: www.localmemphis.com/article/news...
Full: www.localmemphis.com/article/news...
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Just an FYI, these lawsuits have already been happening for awhile. We handled two in the Houston Courts of Appeals last year (filed in Galveston County). But the political makeup of the appellate courts changed dramatically on Jan 1 so I guess we’ll see!
“Texas’s largest antiabortion organization launches an advertising campaign on Facebook and X to reach the husbands, boyfriends & sex partners of women who have had abortions in the state — with the goal of recruiting them to file lawsuits against those who assisted the women in ending pregnancies.”
Anti-abortion advocates are running ads to find & encourage men to betray and sue their partners. This makes me sick. wapo.st/40nfmD2
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just an FYI, these lawsuits have already been happening for awhile. We handled two in the Houston Courts of Appeals last year (filed in Galveston County). But the political makeup of the appellate courts changed dramatically on Jan 1 so I guess we’ll see!
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You do not have to consume every single tiny piece of bad news in order to be a good person. It’s ok to miss things. Traumatizing yourself isn’t the same as activism. Bearing witness to the point that you’re paralyzed with fear and horror and fury isn’t going to help us get through this.
Remember their goal is to terrorize us. And social media is a fantastic way to spread terror. We don’t have to help them.
Based on the vibes of my timeline today I’m feeling like the next two weeks are probably gonna be a really good time to reduce social media use as much as possible. Because YIKES.
January 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You do not have to consume every single tiny piece of bad news in order to be a good person. It’s ok to miss things. Traumatizing yourself isn’t the same as activism. Bearing witness to the point that you’re paralyzed with fear and horror and fury isn’t going to help us get through this.
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physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
January 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
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This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.
December 10, 2024 at 4:25 AM
This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.
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Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet, civil rights leader, and academic, has died.
She was 81.
She was 81.
December 10, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet, civil rights leader, and academic, has died.
She was 81.
She was 81.
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the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 PM
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
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A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.
December 2, 2024 at 2:22 AM
A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.
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Of all states with food waste bans, “Massachusetts alone has reduced landfill waste,” according to a study published in September in the research journal Science.
Mass. is the only state in the nation to significantly cut food waste. How did we do it? - The Boston Globe
“Massachusetts alone” has successfully reduced the amount of food sent to landfills, researchers wrote in a recent report.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Of all states with food waste bans, “Massachusetts alone has reduced landfill waste,” according to a study published in September in the research journal Science.
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Putting together a list of advocacy groups and organizations that people should follow.
Will continue adding. go.bsky.app/9kfv8h9
Will continue adding. go.bsky.app/9kfv8h9
December 2, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Putting together a list of advocacy groups and organizations that people should follow.
Will continue adding. go.bsky.app/9kfv8h9
Will continue adding. go.bsky.app/9kfv8h9
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There are roughly 10,000 people in federal prisons for non-violent weed offenses.
Pardon them.
Pardon them.
December 2, 2024 at 3:20 PM
There are roughly 10,000 people in federal prisons for non-violent weed offenses.
Pardon them.
Pardon them.