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philmandelbaum.com @philmandelbaum.bsky.social

Surveillance company Flock is now using AI to report us to police if the bot registers *our everyday movements* as “suspicious” www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

First, the police should not be collecting and storing data on people's movements and travel across space and time in the first place, or contracting to use a private company's technology to accomplish the same thing. Second, they shouldn't be taking that data and running it through Al algorithms to potentially swing the government's eye of suspicion toward random, innocent civilians whose travel patterns just happen to fit what that algorithm thinks is worth bringing to the attention of the police.
aug 17, 2025, 11:43 pm • 859 492

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Farseeing @farseeing.bsky.social

What if the residents of DC only left their homes fully masked? And maybe wearing some kind of vest.

aug 18, 2025, 3:12 am • 0 0 • view
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AZ Sunrise @diann66.bsky.social

What? We don’t have any privacy left!

aug 20, 2025, 10:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mark @markbretts.bsky.social

This is some Precog level bullshit

aug 18, 2025, 4:11 am • 0 0 • view
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Pete Gunther @petergunther.bsky.social

There are going to be a lot more cop stops with disastrous outcomes when they have access to these surveillance tools to combat “future crimes”

aug 18, 2025, 1:54 am • 0 1 • view
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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social

Our constitutional rights are being stripped before our very eyes.

aug 18, 2025, 9:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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beezy1always.bsky.social @beezy1always.bsky.social

Wtf again

aug 18, 2025, 12:52 am • 1 0 • view
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erikalynne @erikalynne.bsky.social

Seen this movie, show, read that book, short story, poem…

aug 19, 2025, 1:46 am • 1 0 • view
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DiscoGypsyFish @discogypsyfish.bsky.social

Sounds vaguely like Person Of Interest

aug 18, 2025, 6:23 am • 0 0 • view
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Dock Ellis @dockellis10.bsky.social

From E pluribus unum to Flock You.

aug 18, 2025, 12:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Moggs🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🇪🇺🇺🇦 @moggsee.bsky.social

Flock you! Mothaflockers! “Suspicion is our weapon, our weapon is suspicion”

aug 18, 2025, 1:38 am • 0 0 • view
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social

This terrifies me.

aug 18, 2025, 9:12 am • 5 0 • view
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Kat in Az @katphxaz.bsky.social

That'll be an endless list of us all doing our "suspicious" everyday activities....

aug 19, 2025, 4:45 am • 0 0 • view
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Dawn @time2move.bsky.social

Isn’t this STALKING ?

aug 18, 2025, 1:17 am • 2 0 • view
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kttyerwg 🐶🐱 @kttyerwg.bsky.social

Register this!

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aug 18, 2025, 1:40 am • 3 0 • view
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Katie Porter’s White Board @ohdangitevie.bsky.social

Just…. Awesome….. 🫩

aug 18, 2025, 1:23 am • 5 0 • view
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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social

With surveillance technology and AI we are really entering into the era of "Big Brother" :-(. And all driven by the "party of limited government". 🤦🏼‍♂️

aug 18, 2025, 5:37 am • 0 0 • view
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Aging slowed me down but hasn't shut me up @flaredhead.bsky.social

Everyone should start wearing masks and camo.

aug 18, 2025, 1:15 am • 8 0 • view
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ProtestSPb @protestspb.bsky.social

Plus camo net on number plates like during war time

aug 18, 2025, 1:43 pm • 2 0 • view
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𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐆 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🌻🦋 @dougieg633.bsky.social

1984... Fiction... or Prophecy?

aug 18, 2025, 6:02 pm • 2 0 • view
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HerbalCrone @herbalcrone.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/olds...

aug 18, 2025, 1:15 am • 4 2 • view
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Joseph O @liberaldude.bsky.social

Let the fuckers come and talk to me.

aug 18, 2025, 2:05 am • 2 0 • view
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Tillerz @tillerz.bsky.social

1984 finally arrived. ICE and AI controlled movement ...

aug 18, 2025, 12:30 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jen 🦋. I Despise Trump !! @jensdad4biden.bsky.social

WTF 🤬

aug 19, 2025, 1:52 am • 1 0 • view
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ResistaSista76 @resistasista76.bsky.social

Message to Flockbots: Go Flock yourself!

aug 18, 2025, 4:17 am • 0 0 • view
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social

The Constitution militates there must be a reasonable suspicion to involve police This sounds like it's illegal

aug 18, 2025, 1:50 am • 55 9 • view
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Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social

Because it is. Wtf have we become? I can’t wrap my head around it at all 😞

aug 19, 2025, 1:35 am • 8 1 • view
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Pepe Le Pewpew @pepelepewpew.name

You can see why the Supreme Court needed to invent magical immunity, and Congressional Republicans needed to sacrifice separation of powers, to enable Trump to be president. Conservatives are so anti-American, that they have to avoid US law as much as they possibly can just to do what they want.

aug 18, 2025, 3:34 am • 25 6 • view
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Winzie Whitehouse 🌹🥀💐🏵️💜🏵️🗽🤓🪡 @savagewhit.bsky.social

Bingo!

aug 19, 2025, 2:39 am • 1 1 • view
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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social

This is some serious big brother shit.

aug 18, 2025, 1:28 am • 78 11 • view
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Wishing You Well 🇺🇦 🌻 @klaaskid8.bsky.social

Tear it all down. I'm so sick of their crossing the line with every authoritarian move.

aug 18, 2025, 1:57 am • 28 3 • view
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Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social

For real!

aug 19, 2025, 1:34 am • 8 2 • view
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Bunny 🕊️ 🦋 🌊 🔔 🌈 🌲 💙 🌊 @pittsburghlady.bsky.social

Definition of surveillance state

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aug 19, 2025, 12:09 pm • 5 1 • view
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abigguitar @klearnote.com

That’s what the uninstall button is for. If you have Flock installed. Then, remove it.

aug 19, 2025, 2:06 am • 0 0 • view
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abigguitar @klearnote.com

If your work forces you to use this app, only use it while in the office. Airplane mode at all other times.

aug 19, 2025, 2:08 am • 0 0 • view
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Phoenix Rising @62walterp.bsky.social

😳😳🖕🖕

aug 18, 2025, 12:01 am • 9 2 • view
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claudiaforever.bsky.social @claudiaforever.bsky.social

Put a stone in your shoe!

aug 19, 2025, 1:37 am • 0 0 • view
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Ani Wales @aniwales.bsky.social

It's getting worse. And wormhead is calling for everyone to wear bracelets

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aug 18, 2025, 12:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Anthrodiva La Chatte @anthrodiva.bsky.social

God damn

aug 18, 2025, 1:47 am • 1 0 • view
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Corbyn Travers ✍️ @corbyntravers.bsky.social

We are definitely in 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐸𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑦-𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟.

aug 18, 2025, 3:07 pm • 6 1 • view
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social

Wow! Intense Fascism!

aug 18, 2025, 3:08 pm • 2 1 • view
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Amarie @humanwolf.bsky.social

😡😡😡😡😡😡💥

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aug 18, 2025, 2:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social

Oh boy. Big brother on steroids…

aug 18, 2025, 12:52 am • 3 0 • view
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my2twh.bsky.social @my2twh.bsky.social

Isn’t that what China does? And Russia?

aug 18, 2025, 12:11 am • 15 0 • view
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ProtestSPb @protestspb.bsky.social

Not yet in Russia. You are beta testers with China

aug 18, 2025, 1:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bene Flopsserit 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴🔻 @flops.bsky.social

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aug 18, 2025, 1:15 pm • 7 0 • view
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🌮 Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @luckyshitt.bsky.social

Full on surveillance state

aug 18, 2025, 12:31 am • 12 1 • view
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Julie @julie3500.bsky.social

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

aug 18, 2025, 1:13 am • 5 0 • view
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social

OMG

aug 18, 2025, 1:07 am • 4 1 • view
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Corbyn Travers ✍️ @corbyntravers.bsky.social

no kidding

aug 18, 2025, 3:07 pm • 2 0 • view
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akmk @akmk.bsky.social

Someone ask AI if there is anything suspicious about Trump? Vance? Rubio? Kari Lake? Tulsi Gabbard? Hegseth? Bondi?

aug 18, 2025, 2:16 am • 6 0 • view
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social

I’m not surprised given how all our data has been taken. Apparently we don’t have privacy anymore

aug 18, 2025, 12:45 am • 15 3 • view
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marciat.bsky.social @marciat.bsky.social

How about this? Turn off your cell phone...a lot. Turn off the location services on your phone. Don't use google. Search only with Duck Duck go....you're giving away your data. Pay in cash for as much as your can.

aug 18, 2025, 1:21 am • 18 3 • view
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Allena (Ah-lay-nuh), she/her I support 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎌 @allena-bryanne.bsky.social

Even Snowden showed that turning it off doesn’t really work.

aug 18, 2025, 3:08 am • 6 0 • view
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iconoclasticloner.bsky.social @iconoclasticloner.bsky.social

But if you leave it at home...

aug 18, 2025, 5:22 am • 1 0 • view
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Allena (Ah-lay-nuh), she/her I support 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎌 @allena-bryanne.bsky.social

The it defeats the purpose of having one. There is a great deal of utility in the computer in your pocket. It’s a gd shame we’ve been too fucking complacent to elect people who can competently regulate these assholes.

aug 20, 2025, 6:34 am • 0 0 • view
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Bunny 🕊️ 🦋 🌊 🔔 🌈 🌲 💙 🌊 @pittsburghlady.bsky.social

Morning Maureen 💙🩵🐰

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aug 18, 2025, 8:28 am • 11 6 • view
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social

Oh yes. Maybe the senate too by the time November 26 comes around

aug 18, 2025, 7:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lee @waitingfor2028.bsky.social

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YvetteJR718☮️💙♋️ 🌕♒️🌅♎️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @yvettejr718.bsky.social

We hardly did anymore anyway.

aug 18, 2025, 2:20 am • 3 0 • view
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OldLadyInAZ 🌵 @oldladyinaz.bsky.social

Oh, this could be fun. There are a lot of retirees with time on their hands. All we need is a specified route in each city and have everyone drive that route as many times as possible. That would screw with their algorithms and lend some excitement to everyone's day.

aug 18, 2025, 3:16 am • 7 0 • view
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zaku @808080.io

So many behind the curve.. look around at the traffic cams, drones, etc all popping up at once. It's a part of the overall plan. The fact that it's August and the general public is now just catching on.. We might be doomed lol

aug 18, 2025, 12:49 am • 5 0 • view
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blackmask/nyc @blkmsk.com

The patriot act was passed in 2001

aug 18, 2025, 12:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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zaku @808080.io

I'm aware but you're missing my point - this isn't run-of-the-mill Amerikkka surveillance, this is something much more insidious.

aug 18, 2025, 1:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social

FFS - it’s out of control! 🤬🤬🤬

aug 18, 2025, 2:19 am • 2 0 • view
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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social

We must be prepared Republicans have ceded their authority to Trump Trump is using AI for surveillance Biden put in protections against abuse of AI Trump removed those protections

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social

Federal Register :: Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence share.google/U9V6tBgTUKl5...

aug 18, 2025, 1:34 am • 12 4 • view
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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social

Advocates Must Hold States Accountable on AI Given Trump Order | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities share.google/fiyNj42jBSHp...

aug 18, 2025, 1:34 am • 10 3 • view
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Ankle Biter @holymysteriousdog.bsky.social

Just fleck around with the flockers and keep them confused

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social

i think i'd actually rather have the precogs

aug 18, 2025, 12:45 am • 2 0 • view
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doubleharold.bsky.social @doubleharold.bsky.social

1984 but make it capitalist.

aug 18, 2025, 2:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social

📌

aug 18, 2025, 2:51 am • 0 0 • view
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YvetteJR718☮️💙♋️ 🌕♒️🌅♎️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @yvettejr718.bsky.social

I think I saw a movie just like this. I can’t remember the name. 🤔

aug 18, 2025, 2:19 am • 0 0 • view
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Cille M. @cillefish.bsky.social

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social

WTF? 😳

aug 17, 2025, 11:58 pm • 29 3 • view
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Michelle likes democracy. @democracymichelle.bsky.social

Indeed.

aug 18, 2025, 5:01 pm • 2 0 • view
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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org

aug 18, 2025, 12:02 am • 13 3 • view
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Anna @annatachcojimenez.bsky.social

Saw Superman today and let’s just say can’t wait for these people to get dragged out and thrown somewhere. Our next Nuremberg will be a rager at my house.

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Butterfly LaChoi @butterflylachoi.bsky.social

aug 18, 2025, 1:16 am • 2 0 • view
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social

Let me know what I can bring and if you need help setting up 😉

aug 18, 2025, 1:59 am • 5 0 • view
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Anna @annatachcojimenez.bsky.social

Just your favorite dish to share and your favorite drink. I’m in San Diego so hope you can make it.

aug 18, 2025, 6:02 am • 2 0 • view
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social

I’ll be there!

aug 18, 2025, 12:52 am • 11 0 • view
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social

Me too! 😃

aug 18, 2025, 1:01 am • 9 0 • view
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Anna @annatachcojimenez.bsky.social

Yippee!

aug 18, 2025, 6:01 am • 3 1 • view
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Temple Drake @templedrake.bsky.social

It's more likely that none of us will live to see anyone punished for what is being done to us.

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🇺🇦Noelle🇺🇦Dem Good @ Everything. DeICE America @nreveillee.bsky.social

Be positive and action oriented. We can not win if we decide we have lost before the fight. We need to define the problems. Analyze them. Devise ways to fight it.

aug 20, 2025, 4:50 am • 4 1 • view
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🇺🇦Noelle🇺🇦Dem Good @ Everything. DeICE America @nreveillee.bsky.social

Analyze the plans. Implement the plans. Reassess. Analyze results. We keep working. We never say we can't. We never say we've lost. When it comes to our rights, freedoms and democracy, we just reassess, replan.

aug 20, 2025, 4:50 am • 3 1 • view
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knewsy.bsky.social @knewsy.bsky.social

As someone who does some work as a project manager, I fully agree. The problem is we don’t have the platform to be shouting out to the world. We need those with a megaphone to be doing the shouting. All media is national now and feels like not enough are pushing back. How do we build this bridge?

aug 20, 2025, 8:13 pm • 2 1 • view
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Ankle Biter @holymysteriousdog.bsky.social

We’ll bring the bison dogs 🔥 🌭

aug 19, 2025, 2:07 am • 1 0 • view
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Lat428 @lat428.bsky.social

Talk about paranoid.

aug 18, 2025, 12:20 am • 1 0 • view
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Lat428 @lat428.bsky.social

Well they are going to be pretty bored surveilling me🤣🤣🤣🤣

aug 18, 2025, 12:08 am • 6 0 • view
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Greg C @tasgreg.bsky.social

There was also a case of a tradie who was working out at West Sydney and was being pulled up and regularly searched. It turned out his work travels were similar to a drug courier and the road cameras had him. It was very inconvenient

aug 19, 2025, 1:44 am • 2 0 • view
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Greg C @tasgreg.bsky.social

For contraband. It also puts you on a list.

aug 19, 2025, 1:42 am • 2 0 • view
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Greg C @tasgreg.bsky.social

Even boring people can float to the surveillance top.... My son once lived in a flat behind a tattoo parlour and I visited him each week, same time. My google phone started asking me if I was going to Zzz Tattoos when I got in the car. It's a short jump to police surveiling me and stopping to check

aug 19, 2025, 1:42 am • 2 0 • view
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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks

Well, that’s frightening

aug 18, 2025, 10:41 am • 1 0 • view