The Intercept
Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities
A Customs and Border Protection “Industry Day” deck also asks for drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.
 The US repression agencies seek to extend the pervasive surveillance of the Mexican border to cover many more US cities - perhaps all.
Stop Trump’s DOJ Payoff Scheme
Donald Trump is demanding that the Department of Justice pay him $230 million from public funds. He claims he was “wronged” by the very investi...
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 US citizens: call on Bondi to stop the corrupter's DOJ payoff scheme.
Bluesky Social
Gregory Marton (@gregory-marton.bsky.social)
GenAI adjunct at Tufts, ft dad, cs tutor. https://www.seidellmarton.us/gremio https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-marton/
 Scientists are fascinated by the new forest and ponds that exist where the giant reservoir of the Nova Kakhovka dam. The dam produced renewable electric power for Ukraine, and the reservoir provided water for a significant part of global grain cultivation. The disaster of their destruction contributes to global heating and makes food globally scarce - both kill people. It is crucial to rebuild the dam.
the Guardian
Suicides linked to domestic abuse should be investigated as potential homicides, say UK families
Landmark meeting in Westminster hears from string of relatives who say they have been failed by justice system
 *Suicides linked to domestic abuse should be investigated as potential homicides, say UK families.* That makes sense to me.
DEMAND: Israel immediately lift its ban on foreign journalists
For more than two years, Israel has maintained an absolute blockade on foreign press access to Gaza—the longest and most complete media ban of an...
 Everyone: call on Israel to lift its ban on foreign journalists in Gaza immediately.
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the Guardian
The US cities left behind as Trump ends key police accountability reforms
Consent decrees meant to curb police abuse are ending in more than 20 cities, including Breonna Taylor’s Louisville
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 The federal government had compelled various US cities to agree to policies to restrain and punish violence by local thugs. The bully has cancelled all the consent decrees, so that the thugs can once again brutalize people as their hearts desire.
ProPublica
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes...
 More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and [Jailed] for Days.
The Mamdani Moment
And the Future of the Democratic Party
 Robert Reich: How Zohran Mamdani is an example for Democratic politicians at all levels.
the Guardian
China floods: more than 30 killed in Beijing and tens of thousands evacuated
Authorities relocated 80,000 residents from China’s capital after registering rainfall of up to 543mm in some districts
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 A fast heavy rain (half a meter) hit the outskirts of Beijing and forced evacuation of 80,000 people. I wonder if this will make the government realize that global heating means global disaster, and that there is no time to lose in curbing global greenhouse gas emissions.
The only way to make a deal with Trump
is to create the largest and most powerful counter-force possible
 Robert Reich why agreeing to a supposed deal with the cheater is always a delusion: because he will ignore the deal when he feels like it.