you don’t like us

Are you US American? It seems like you are equating NATO to the USA. Which makes about as much sense as saying that the Internet is American.

The US is in NATO.

We have several types around in larger Helsinki, they are OK. And free. Of course they still require maintenance, but having been in cities that have no public toilets at all, this is simply a Good Thing.

Another commenter was complaining about certain evil extra features, but apparently not all manufacturers do that, case in point above.

At least in the USA there’s a good chance they’ll get it too, despite The Don’s inability to say “China” without derision.

extra-judicial execution aka first degree murder

Me, on a 13yo laptop and a 5yo phone: don’t worry, we still own the internet.

AI companies have basically pre-ordered a fuck ton of components that have not been manufactured yet to be put into computers that haven’t even been made yet for datacenters that are not even built yet all on an electrical grid that hasn’t caught up.

Beautiful. The very definition of a bubble.

I’m ootl. Are they protesting to reinstall monarchy?

Yeah, both the proposal and the tech firms “worry” seem to be double-edged swords.

You might be surprised at how many Flock cameras there are in your community. Many large and small municipalities around the country have signed deals with Flock for license plate readers to track the movement of all cars in their city. Even though these deals are signed by local police departments, oftentimes ICE also gains access.

This is so dystopian, even before ICE comes into play.

Because of their ubiquity, people are interested in finding out where and how many Flock cameras are in their community. One project that can help with this is the OUI-SPY, a small piece of open source hardware. The OUI-SPY runs on a cheap Arduino compatible chip called an ESP-32. There are multiple programs available for loading on the chip, such as “Flock You,” which allows people to detect Flock cameras and “Sky-Spy” to detect overhead drones. There’s also “BLE Detect,” which detects various Bluetooth signals including ones from Axon, Meta’s Ray-Bans that secretly record you, and more. (…)

There are several more examples of apps, sites, inventions and FOSS community efforts to deal with surveillance, just read the article. As bad as the circumstances leading to it are, it’s good that such projects get more public attention.

Are you sure? Here (EU) .is is working

I think we’re still in the “compare myself with great leaders” phase - but moving real fast toward the “a Trump portrait in every public space” phase.

Word. I feel for you. TBH I just don’t know how I’d deal with it.

sorry, I meant ‘AI feature that “undressed” people on command’ (from the article). No idea if it’s an actual button, I don’t use Xhitter. But I edited my comment now.

it appears that the murderer, Jonathan Ross, was holding his phone camera and filming the entire murder.

Christchurch much?

BTW we have plenty video of everything, there really is no question. I recommend this 404media article.

I truly hope they took him into custody right away. They did, right?

“ICE agents do not have absolute immunity.”

That this needs to be stated explicitely is so sad.

Adding even more insult to insult and injury, they don’t even put any effort into lying. They just re-arrange their set of “MAGA Denial” fridge magnets for each case.

Nice to see Trump squirm like that, but honestly the Nobel Institute should not be throwing stones at him because they themselves are similarly flawed.

• Russia’s crude exports fell sharply during the final weeks of 2025 and into the new year, with the country shipping 3.43 million barrels a day in the four weeks to Jan. 4.
• The drop in flows comes as Ukraine maintains its attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, including refineries, pipelines, ports and tankers, and prices of Russian crudes have fallen more steeply than those for global benchmarks.
• The gross value of Moscow’s exports fell to $960 million a week in the 28 days to Jan. 4, sliding by 10% from the figure for the period to Dec. 28, with average prices falling for the 14th straight week

👍

In the beginning of 2025 I compared the Trump regime to Nazi Germany in 1933. My family said I was exaggerating. Now I would go one step further, and not only compare the two, but say that Trump’s regime is exactly* like Hitler’s in '33. Or maybe it’s already like '38.

* that’s hyperbole. I mean “has identical features and many striking similarities”.