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Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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very important article!!
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
very important article!!
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Calling all public safety professionals
Want to do more than just train? Build a team.
Our 2-day Autism Liaison Officer training gives your agency the tools to start a real outreach program.
Autism indicators
De-escalation strategies
Inclusive school & community engagement
Crisis prevention
Want to do more than just train? Build a team.
Our 2-day Autism Liaison Officer training gives your agency the tools to start a real outreach program.
Autism indicators
De-escalation strategies
Inclusive school & community engagement
Crisis prevention
April 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Calling all public safety professionals
Want to do more than just train? Build a team.
Our 2-day Autism Liaison Officer training gives your agency the tools to start a real outreach program.
Autism indicators
De-escalation strategies
Inclusive school & community engagement
Crisis prevention
Want to do more than just train? Build a team.
Our 2-day Autism Liaison Officer training gives your agency the tools to start a real outreach program.
Autism indicators
De-escalation strategies
Inclusive school & community engagement
Crisis prevention
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
Conservative critics have long accused the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub of helping to censor the American right.
www.technologyreview.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
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Autism - Communications and Crisis Prevention
Registration is currently open for the following dates and locations:
Tuesday February 25th at Wilmington MA PD - forms.gle/AYPyuRCNFUvn...
Registration is currently open for the following dates and locations:
Tuesday February 25th at Wilmington MA PD - forms.gle/AYPyuRCNFUvn...
Autism - Communications and Crisis Prevention - Wilmington MA PD - 02/25/2025
Registration for:
Course: Autism - Communications and Crisis Prevention 1 Day
Location: Wilmington Massachusetts Police Department, 1 Adelaide St, Wilmington, MA 01887
Date(s): February 25, 2025
Hour...
forms.gle
January 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Autism - Communications and Crisis Prevention
Registration is currently open for the following dates and locations:
Tuesday February 25th at Wilmington MA PD - forms.gle/AYPyuRCNFUvn...
Registration is currently open for the following dates and locations:
Tuesday February 25th at Wilmington MA PD - forms.gle/AYPyuRCNFUvn...
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🚨 NEW 🚨 A man sold a cabin, borrowed $1m from family and friends, and raided his own savings to set up a store on what appeared to be a Japanese Amazon rival.
Turned out pig butchers who stole the face of a South Korean actress were scamming him.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Turned out pig butchers who stole the face of a South Korean actress were scamming him.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
The Wiretap: An Amazon Copycat, An $80 Million Crime, And An Airbnb Faker–Pig Butchering Is Out Of Control
Pig butchering is netting criminals millions and the scammers are everywhere, from Tinder to Airbnb.
www.forbes.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚨 NEW 🚨 A man sold a cabin, borrowed $1m from family and friends, and raided his own savings to set up a store on what appeared to be a Japanese Amazon rival.
Turned out pig butchers who stole the face of a South Korean actress were scamming him.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Turned out pig butchers who stole the face of a South Korean actress were scamming him.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
The Real User Interface: Recovering Our Neighborhoods www.afterbabel.com/p/the-real-u...
Community policing can and should be a part of these efforts.
Community policing can and should be a part of these efforts.
The Real User Interface: Recovering Our Neighborhoods
Although the technological forces driving us apart are powerful, the forces needed to hold us together are right in front of us.
www.afterbabel.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Real User Interface: Recovering Our Neighborhoods www.afterbabel.com/p/the-real-u...
Community policing can and should be a part of these efforts.
Community policing can and should be a part of these efforts.
G as in Gnu, K as in Knife, T as in Tsunami, X as in Xylophone...
Ever heard someone struggling on the radio trying to spell something?
Confused by the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Try this simple free tool:
coconutlampshade.github.io/phonetic-alp...
Ever heard someone struggling on the radio trying to spell something?
Confused by the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Try this simple free tool:
coconutlampshade.github.io/phonetic-alp...
NATO Phonetic Alphabet Converter
coconutlampshade.github.io
January 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
G as in Gnu, K as in Knife, T as in Tsunami, X as in Xylophone...
Ever heard someone struggling on the radio trying to spell something?
Confused by the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Try this simple free tool:
coconutlampshade.github.io/phonetic-alp...
Ever heard someone struggling on the radio trying to spell something?
Confused by the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Try this simple free tool:
coconutlampshade.github.io/phonetic-alp...
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The LA Times photo desk, which is doing incredible work covering these brutal fires, has set up a Bluesky account that is among the newest ones we have verified. They are well worth following right now. @latimesphotos.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The LA Times photo desk, which is doing incredible work covering these brutal fires, has set up a Bluesky account that is among the newest ones we have verified. They are well worth following right now. @latimesphotos.bsky.social