Asking masked agents/officers/jackbooted thugs for a warrant or their badge number assumes they are legit.
What if we assumed they were •not• legit? 🤔
What if we said things like:
• That badge looks fake!
• I bought that same gaiter at Walmart!
• Call the cops! They’re kidnapping this guy!
• Those are consumer-grade zip ties!
Just a random thought I had in the shower. Wonder if it would get a rise out of them?
Romanian Patriarch received Greek delegation, strengthened ties ahead of Centennial Conference
On Thursday, June 12, 2025, Patriarch Daniel of Romanian received at the Patriarchal Residence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Chalkis, accompanied by AlexandrosBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
(The flaming cybertruck is a nice touch)
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#Cybertruck #Trump #TrumpParade #USPOL
Martin Rowson on Donald Trump’s birthday parade – cartoon
A military parade in Washington DC will coincide with the US president’s 79th birthdayMartin Rowson (The Guardian)
Deputy Prime Minister Donchev Says Bulgaria Should Produce Complete Products, Not Just Components
Speaking at the Bulgaria Across Five Oceans career forum on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev highlightedBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Ford CEO says rare earths shortage forced it to shut factory - CBS News
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Ford CEO says rare earths shortage forced it to shut factory
The U.S. automaker is struggling to procure rare earth materials essential to its cars, as exports from China slow.Megan Cerullo (CBS News)
WestJet is dealing with a cybersecurity incident on internal systems and the WestJet app.
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WestJet est aux prises avec un incident de cyber sécurité sur leurs systèmes internes et l’app WestJet.
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#Canada #WestJet #AirTravel #TransportAérien #InfoSec #InformationSecurity #Cybersécurité
Just released my Tape Head Cleaner TZX for your emulated #zxspectrum tape head cleaning needs:
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This version runs for ~15 minutes. I can do a longer one, but I'll have to start charging for it.
Here you can see it running in FUSE:
Two Targeted Assassination Attempts on Democrats!
Two Minnesota state lawmakers were shot in apparent "targeted" incidents on Saturday that left them in grave condition, officials said, and a manhunt is now underway for the gunman.
A source familiar with the matter tells ABC News that the victims are state Sen. John Hoffman and state Rep. Melissa Hortman.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
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2 Minnesota lawmakers in grave condition after apparent 'targeted' shootings
Two Minnesota state lawmakers were shot in apparent "targeted" incidents on Saturday that left them in grave condition, officials said, and a manhunt is now ...JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO (Yahoo News)
Today in 1954, 71 years ago: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
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Search underway after man impersonating cop ‘shot two Minnesota lawmakers’ in targeted attack: report | The Independent
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Search underway after man impersonating cop ‘shot two Minnesota lawmakers’ in targeted attack: report
Police in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, are searching for a white male who allegedly opened fire Saturday morning in targeted attacks in Champlin and Brooklyn Park.Erin Keller (The Independent)
Economic operators need approval to use the name “Republic of Moldova”
Economic agents will have to obtain a special permit if they want to use the name “Republic of Moldova” or its historical forms for profit, in activities thatBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The Kama Sutra is a little more specific.
Our world seems to go a bit madder each day.
Be safe, friends.
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Villa Pamphili Crime, American Suspect Caught in Greece Will Be Extradited to Italy – La Voce di New York
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S2072
A bill to promote affordable access to evidence-based opioid treatments under the Medicare program and require coverage of medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, opioid overdose reversal medications, and recovery support services by health plans without cost-sharing requirements.
📢 Introduced in Senate
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Momentum says it is Malta’s real opposition after Metsola snubs PN
Momentum says it is the country's effective opposition, claiming that Roberta Metsola's decision not to contest the Nationalist Party's leadership has leftBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#HarryStyles
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Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (Lyrics)
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Anthropic's CEO is Wrong, AI Won't Eliminate Half of White-Collar Jobs, Says NVIDIA's CEO - Slashdot
Last week Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said AI could eliminate half the entry-level white-collar jobs within five years. CNN called the remarks "part of the AI hype machine.it.slashdot.org
Nahost-Liveblog: ++ Wadephul fordert Deeskalation ++
Bundesaußenminister Wadephul fordert Israel und den Iran auf zu deeskalieren: "Es ist noch nicht zu spät". Ägyptens Außenminister Abdelatti verurteilt die israelischen Angriffe und warnt vor Chaos in der Region.
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Nahost-Liveblog: Offenbar neue Angriffe auf den Iran
Israel hat offenbar erneut die iranische Hauptstadt Teheran angegriffen. Mehrere Medien berichten von Explosionen im Zentrum der Stadt. Bei den Angriffen vom Freitag sind laut iranischen Angaben 78 Menschen getötet worden.tagesschau.de
Of course I'm not the first person to hook CPUs up to a Raspberry Pi or an Arduino.
I'd like to highlight some of the people who have done this before me.
@foone I'll probably still build my own stuff, but I'd certainly tinker with an UCA if i can get my hands on one.
It's right up my nerd alley.
My nerd alley is pretty wide though. It's really embarrassing how wide my nerd alley is
@foone The world is just so full of fascinating STUFF, more than a thousand lifetimes could ever explore, and we're making it faster than we can tinker with it.
I guess that's why I like retro stuff. Its a fixed point of reference, it never moves or changes, and its simple enough that you can wrap your head around it. Human beings made the 8086. They taped it out with physical tape. I can understand it. I can control it.
There's not a lot in the modern world that I feel the same way about.
UK denies involvement of Cyprus bases in Israeli strikes on Iran, KNEWS
The United Kingdom has firmly denied allegations that its sovereign bases in Cyprus were used to support recent Israeli airstrikes on Iran, calling the claimsBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Movie Star Toilets
Movie stars are not like you or me, and this includes their toilets. Tour the glamorous toilets of the stars. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.Toilets of the World
Poll: Americans disapprove of spending public funds to put on military parade in Washington
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Poll: Americans disapprove of spending public funds to put on military parade in Washington
Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults — 64% — oppose the use of government funds for this weekend's military parade in Washington, D.C., celebrating the Army's 250th birthday, according to new data from the NBC News Decision Desk Poll, powered by SurveyMonkeyBen Kamisar (NBC News)
Walz: "...Melissa Hortman and husband Mark were shot and killed in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting..."
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"...Sen John Hoffman and wife each shot multiple times. Out of surgery and receiving care, cautionally optimistic they will survive
Act of targeted political violence..."
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Director of Public Safety: "about 2 am morning, call in city of Champlin, individual shot Hoffman and wife. Working overnight, later on, at approximately 3:35am, another came in, officers proactively checking on Hortman, Brooklyn Park encountered individual who fired at them. Gunfire exchanged. At residence in Champlin, both individual transported, they both received surgery at hospital and condition are both alive at this time, but suffered GSW in difficult situation"
#MN
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Commissioner of Public Safety for State of MN: "Dark day for Minnesota and Democracy. We will not allow fear or violence to define who we are... "
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"...betrayal of those who wear a badge and in public safety... call 911 if you see anyone impersonating police or law enforcement"
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Beefy SUVs can be bought with built in official looking flashing hazard lights, etc. Only difference is that they shouldn't be including blue lights in the civilian models. A lot of the stormchasers have them.
@me_valentijn @mattgriffin I mean... Look at this, I bet I can find a half dozen news stories on it.
KTLA: Police impersonator arrested, accused of conducting illegal traffic stops in SGV
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But at least they had to put some effort into it before: procure a convincing uniform, insignia, cop car, etc. Now law enforcement is indistinguishable from a random militia dude in an SUV. Just throw on your airsoft cosplay gear, grab a real gun, jump in your car and voila, you can pass as a fed.
Man charged for posing as ICE officer, placed fake emblems on SUV: Police
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Man charged for posing as ICE officer, placed fake emblems on SUV: Police
The suspect intended to threaten Ukrainians at a grocery store, police said.Megan Forrester (ABC News)
KSDK: St. Louis man charged with impersonating police officer
...in a black SUV with flashing lights pulling cars over...
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St. Louis man charged with impersonating police officer
Posts were made on Instagram showing Gabriel Nixon in a black SUV with flashing lights pulling cars overKayla Wheeler (KSDK)
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"...manifesto found in car with many names of lawmakers and targets..."
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I think I’m bemoaning the fact that these whackos are everywhere, cosplaying cops or ICE or whatever. It’s the Wild West we are in now.
And I love the fact that it’s always white men doing this…meanwhile our Govt is rounding up and deporting law abiding brown people. (I’m sorry everyone, rant over. Off to rally.)
@firefly The bit I saw, they said that you should not open your door to one police officer, and that if they were sending anyone to a door this this week, it would always be two officers.
Good strategy.
(In many countries if the news was "dressed like a police officer" I would take that to mean was a police officer, I hope not here.)
Loathe the thought of answering the door armed. My father was an MP & a policeman briefly when I was born. He said police would tell old ladies to drag the body over the threshold after they’d shot someone through the door. They’d be back after donuts & coffee. It would be self defense.
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@stevewfolds @firefly Yep, they'll shoot first, ask questions later.
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'He did nothing wrong': Family of Texas entrepreneur fatally shot by police say he was defending his home
A tech entrepreneur in Texas wasn’t given ample time to drop a rifle he was carrying on his own front porch, his family told NBC News in an exclusive interview.Gabe Gutierrez (NBC News)
If you have a firearm in your hand(s) when the police show up, you will be shot. Maybe a white guy would be spared and taken to McDonald’s on the way to jail.
IF you are out-and-about, stick to crowds.
IF you are inside, lock all your external doors, put your steel crossbars in place, do not answer your door and do not sit/stand in clear sight from any of your first floor windows.
Some of you may have self-defense options. I don't.
Specifically; the order was to not answer the door for anyone who looks like a cop; unless there is more than one of them.
As well as confirming with dispatch.
"Authorities advised residents in the shelter-in-place area to not open their door to a lone police officer, saying real officers in the area were working in pairs Saturday"
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Shelter-in-place order issued in NW Twin Cities metro area for suspect in 'multiple targeted shootings'
Brooklyn Park police issued a shelter-in-place order Saturday morning as authorities searched for a suspect in “multiple targeted shootings.” Gov. Tim Walz said the shootings happened in Brooklyn Park and Champlin.MPR News Staff (MPR News)
@firefly the same thing happened a couple years ago in the Canadian maritimes. I got a full RCMP car and uniform and went around murdering people all night
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People spotted N.S. mass killer driving fake police car long before murders: ‘This thought will not leave my memory’
HALIFAX, N.S. — A trucker remembers spotting Gabriel Wortman driving his fake police cruiser at least four times on the highway that runs from Halifax to Onslow bef…PNI Atlantic (PNI Atlantic News)
so they’re saying it was a real cop “impersonating” a cop, and they’re “looking” for him?
Like… how common are blacked out SUVs with lights? You’d need a hell of a lot of premeditation for that.
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@samloonie yeah, but you can’t do that without leaving *SOME* kind of trail.
The vehicle mods alone are uncommon. In some states, I think it might not even be legal to have blue lights unless you’re an official LE vehicle.
And in all cases, the acquisition of all this stuff points to a small number of potential people (Law Enforcement and private security), or serious premeditation.
@mathaetaes @samloonie Identified as private security
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Suspect in Hortman’s assassination visited international hotspots, has ties to private security firms
Vance Luther Boelter worked for a Minnesota-based private security firm and he touted experience in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East.Peter Cox (MPR News)
Ich meine ja nur.
I think the biggest tragedy of American culture is that we don't have any WITHOUT relationships to capital.
Even our home grown Christian sects are based around prosperity gospel or a protestant work ethic.
Historically all imported cultural traditions are here because of material conditions and work opportunities. (Maybe an exception for Jews escaping persecution).
And looking at the ethics and priorities of the American founding fathers it's obvious that capital has always been the crux of our culture. All the nonsense about freedoms and liberties were simply the correct things to say in the moment. Did you honestly believe they believed these truths to be self evident for everyone? Or the select few.
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Glad that you're up and running. Yeah, the reset circuit on the clock module is running pretty close to tolerances. It should auto-reset on powerup, but doesn't always do that. Backplane reset button will always work.
And sorry about your retinas. The latest batch of LEDs is significantly brighter that the ones I originally supplied.
Shame there’s no hex loader in the monitor 🙁
Zelenskyy on threat from Belarus – Lukashenko avoids provocation
The president made the remark while responding to a question about the risk of a renewed Russian offensive through Zhytomyr, Volyn, or Chernihiv regions fromBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
tests are showing existential dread levels at 91%
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