404 Media: Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error

404 Media

Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error

Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.

#privacy #alpr #flock

Interesting, if the attractive Russian woman tells you about a job offer in Russian, you probably shouldn't take it... BBC: 'We were tricked': How one woman lures foreign men to fight on Russia's front line

How one woman lures foreign recruits to Russia’s front line in Ukraine

Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.

#ukraine #war

Australia: Record number of black and grey-headed flying foxes die during east coast heatwave "...Wildlife rescuers say more black and grey-headed flying foxes could die in the coming days as a result of Saturday's heatwave. A record-breaking 700 animals died at two known camps in Wollongong, with hundreds more in Sydney and southern NSW. ..."

Hundreds of dead bats removed after heatwave sweeps NSW

Wildlife rescuers warn extreme heat could kill more black and grey-headed flying foxes across NSW, with 700 dead animals already removed from two I...

#heatwave #australia #nsw #climateemergency

ProPublica: We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing "....Former Police Are Appalled: We showed former police and immigration officials videos of incidents. They said agents are out of control. One said it’s “the kind of action which should get you fired.”..."

ProPublica

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said ...

From the United States Holocaust Museum: "The Third Reich was a police state characterized by arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of political and ideological opponents in concentration camps. With the reinterpretation of "protective custody" (Schutzhaft) in 1933, police power became independent of judicial controls. In Nazi terminology, protective custody meant the arrest—without judicial review—of real and potential opponents of the regime. "Protective custody" prisoners were not confined within the normal prison system but in concentration camps under the exclusive authority of the SS (Schutzstaffel; the elite guard of the Nazi state)."

Holocaust Encyclopedia

Law and Justice in the Third Reich | Holocaust Encyclopedia

After the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the German system of justice underwent "coordination" (alignment with Nazi goals). Learn more about law and j...

LAist: In 2025, the US suffered a billion-dollar disaster every 10 days

LAist

In 2025, the US suffered a billion-dollar disaster every 10 days

A new analysis finds that in 2025 major catastrophes took 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages. It could have been much worse.

#climateemergency #disasters #weather

CW: Racism Conversation I had at a business conference a decade ago. Them: "Where are you from?" ME: "LA!" Them: "No, originally!" Me: "Utah! Why do you ask?" Them: "No, WHAT COUNTRY?" Me: "Uhh... I was born here... In Utah. I'm an American." Them (very slowly, as if I don't understand English): "What-is-your-mother-country? What-is-the-country-of-your-people?" Me: "America" (at which point, I walked away). #racism

Hey, #Ring doorbell users... see below.

‘Because I was Latino, that’s it’: ICE rams car in south Minneapolis while profiling driver Federal immigration agents are swarming over the Twin Cities. ICE agents rammed one Latino man’s car in south Minneapolis, and let him go once they realized he is a U.S. citizen.

Sahan Journal

ICE rams car in south Minneapolis while profiling Latino driver

ICE agents rammed into a man’s car in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon while profiling the Latino driver.

Squirrel countermeasures on a garden bed... still. #gardening