Kindness is Punk

ahh very good, sorry for the misunderstanding.

oh I know they’re not the first ones to get it but I do believe they’re the first ones to put the legal precedent or at least that’s what the article says.

TLDR: New Orleans is poised to become the first U.S. city to legalize real-time police facial recognition surveillance, despite a 2022 ban. The push follows revelations that NOPD secretly used Project NOLA’s 200+ AI cameras for two years, making 34+ arrests without oversight. Proponents argue it’s vital for crime-fighting, citing Bourbon Street shootings and jailbreaks, while critics warn of dystopian privacy erosion and racial bias, referencing wrongful arrests like Randal Reid’s. With 70% public approval but fierce ACLU opposition, the vote could set a dangerous precedent: privatized mass surveillance with zero accountability.

To add to this, the economy is not better for the average person currently, anyone who thought it would be is naive and I just have trouble believing that American’s on average are that gullible.

Look at the BEAUTIFUL Lockheed Martin and Plantir Stocks! Under Sleepy Joe, these patriotic job-creators were barely scraping by on a measly $29 trillion in defense handouts. But under MY leadership? taps podium We’ve achieved real American capitalism: where every missile strike means a 10% dividend bump and orphanages explode with shareholder value!

I don’t know a lot but I made a comment about it before that I share here with some basic info and further reading. I’ll post it here.

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TL;DR:

ICE contractor ShadowDragon uses their platform SocialNet to map individuals’ digital footprints, personal data and connections across 200+ sites such as OnlyFans, WhatsApp, Roblox and Duolingo.

ShadowDragon claims it accesses data in real-time without storing it, sidestepping some accountability.

ICE and other agencies, including the DEA and State Department, use SocialNet for investigations, citing its utility in tracking criminal activity, despite their unwillingness to prove that criminality in court.

Link to the 404Media article without the required sign in.

Link to Mozilla’s follow-up article which mentions some additional involved companies.

Between this and the ICE contractor ShadowDragon using their platform SocialNet to track “potential threats” it’s beginning to paint a grim picture.

Oh no, he’s evolving

I don’t give a damn about population % changes. Show me the metrics that actually matter:

• Housing creation rates (not speculative units, but livable homes)
• Quality job growth (not gig economy scraps, but jobs that pay living wages)
• Real income gains (adjusted for inflation, not corporate PR)
• Public investment in healthcare and education (not austerity dressed as ‘efficiency’)

Immigration has always been a neoliberal scapegoat to distract the misinformed while they gutted worker power and protected capital. The crisis isn’t people; it’s policy.