TIL that Coca-Cola hasn't actually patented their recipe, because doing so would require them to reveal it. If someone could reverse engineer the ingredients, Coca-Cola has little of anything in the way of legal grounds to stop them.
are there any cheap usb fingerprint scanners that support linux and windows?
most listings only specify that they support windows hello, which i do want, but I also use linux so getting something that only supports windows seems like a waste of money lol
According to Federal Title 18 section 111 the first word is "Forcibly". So unless he was forcefully impeding they have to let him go. Then he can sue them under title 18 section 241 for "conspiracy against rights" aka his fist amendment right to record them.
These coward ferral "federal" gang members are getting out of control with illegal detention (a.k.a. kidnapping) of citizens. It's lawsuit time, emotional damages start in the millions. Hell, I'm tempted to sue for damages for having to watch this bullshit
It may be illegal but DOJ won't be bringing any charges. This whole situation is just sick and infuriating. I've taken the stance to call out people who voted for this madness and point out all the atrocities occurring.
Nine months before Rosa Parks, a 15-year-old Black child named Claudette Colvin was ordered to move to the back of the bus. She refused, was forcibly removed from the bus by police officers, whom she then assaulted in self-defense.
Ms. Colvin was charged with violating segregation laws, and assaulting an officer. Yet she persisted in her fight as a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to dismantle racial segregation. Her fight helped end Jim Crow laws.
She has died at the age of 86. π Rest in Power. β€οΈβπ½
That is great! but in those days, She had access to a law and representation.She was not just shot in the head or send to El Salvador. I don't know that she would have been able to defend herself in a court of law today?
@violettejean Claudette Colvin would not want you to give in to cynicism and lose hope and faith in working for the better. she worked for better. we can and we should to
not flee and panic at the first sight of cruelty
it's not like she lived in an era free of systemic racism, violence and abuse, right?
@benroyce Absolutely, you are right. racism and injustices are still here. We can't give up and should keep Good alive! I am just saying how the recourse to law seems gone for most of us, and how many people are kidnapped and disappeared without being charged or having a trial.
she wasn't used as the face of the movement because she was 15 and pregnant. We, the community, still recognize her contributions. Rest In Power. βπ½
Far right UK Independence Party applies to change its official election symbol to one resembling the Iron Cross, previously used by Prussia & Germany (1871-1918) and the Nazi regime (1933-45). thenational.scot/news/25761260β¦
Imma stop you right there. Jonathan Ross, the man who murdered Renee Good by shooting her in the face three times and then calling her a "fucking bitch" while fleeing the scene, is a 10 year DHS vet and a firearms instructor. He's who they get training FROM.
This can't be fixed with training. This gets fixed with lasting and severe consequences.
Shot in the dark but is anyone else here a teacher? I am working on revising the literacy curriculum at my school and feel as though Iβm doing it in complete isolation. Iβd love to chat with another professional about it. #forkiverse #teachers #curriculum (im trying with this tagging stuff but I have legit never done it before)
All the fun of short-form video, none of the corporate control. Loops is federated, open-source, and designed to give power back to creators and communities.
In a world where platforms rise and fall at the whim of governments and boardrooms, we're building something that can't be shut down, sold off, or taken away.
Right now the biggest blocker to me suggesting loops to friends and family is that the apps are in beta mode and not straightforward downloads and I don't want to scare them away since a first impression only happens once.
Do you have a list of blocking issues or a timeline to the apps being available normally?
CBS interviewed a 25 year police veteran and use of force expert who clearly states the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota by ICE last week was unlawful and unjustified.
Then they buried it. Just like they did the CECOT interview.
While Donald Trump, Kristi Noem, and JD Vance cruelly labeled Renee Good a βdomestic terrorist,β the video evidence is clear.
Watch the full video as I react in real time and break down exactly what the footage shows.
Another collab with the terrific R.E. Ryan. TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, all showing a protest in front of a state government capital building, with marchers holding placardsβ¦
People are still too focused on Trump as the source of the current disaster; he is but a bit player. He is just the hired chaos monkey of global billionaire class. If he was gone today, they'd hire another stooge (JD?). America must face that it's failing democracy has lost the ability to restrain the rich from absolute and corrupt power.
As ICE killed a record number of people in 2025, a shocking 75 Democratic Members of Congress called for even MORE ICE enforcement and involvement in local communities.
Is your member on this list? I name names, share a script to use when calling them, and share the names of those ICE killed.
Documenting the corporate bought politicians standing with ICE, even as they kill dozens of our neighbors
Anyone with a conscience is rightly outraged at ICEβs cold blooded murder of Renee Good last week in Minneapolis.
wow, and one of these nasty people is hoping to be governor of California. I hope for all our sake he falls short in the June primary. California who are you liking so far? My sense is that Betty Yee or Tony Thurmond should be top contenders, but Iβm just tuning in. #CAPol #California
The #CorporateDemocrats positions are well to the right of my mother's #RepublicanParty - pushed there, along with the Overton Window, by #CitizensUnited & the massive $$ flowing from the 1%
Whatever the stated reasons for doing this, we all know what this really is: another effort from the Trump regime to put as much distance between it and accountability. Even before DHS head Kristi β¦
I see a lot of folk wondering why Trump is not worried politically about the unpopularity of what he's doing, starting foreign wars, killing citizens for...existing, behaving like Gestapo.
It's actually, like him, very simple.
He enjoys it.
He's a sociopath. He literally does not and cannot care about anyone but himself. Everyone is only seen in one of two categories: useful, or not useful. Neither category is permanent.
He grew up a huge fan of WWII movies, and cop shows and action movies. His TV addiction is serious. It's why his go-to insult is that someone is "low-rated". He can't think of anything worse.
So when he gets to watch live video of the soldiers he owns and gets to play with as he sees fit, shooting and killing bad guys just like in his favourite movies, he doesn't care about the loss of life. He never has, anywhere. He can't.
But he can enjoy the video. Knowing that actual brown people were killed making his entertainment probably makes it more fun for him.
And he loves the power trip of knowing his followers will cheerfully kill for him. He knows exactly what happens when he attacks someone - his cultists swamp them with threats, SWATting, and so on. He LOVES having that power, and uses it as often as possible because he loves it.
He's completely amoral. The only morality in his world is "do you have the might to make me submit? if not, gtf." Nothing is beyond him.
We treat him as the buffoon he is, but the buffoon has the nuclear football. It's funny watching a monkey with a firearm on video.
A lot less funny when you're in the room with the monkey.
His ICE thugs will get worse. He's just shown them how far he'll go to protect them from consequence for extrajudicial murder. So it's going to happen again and again.
Because he is preferentially hiring people who share his views. Meaning, other people for whom the cruelty is the fun part.
Resist. But do so in groups, and be ready to get away at any time.
I kind of imagine all of these billionaires just so removed from humanity at this point - surrounded by yes-men terrified for their jobs - that they view entire populations not as individual humans, but through a literal computer/TV screen showing whatever their favourite medium is. Friend count metrics, NPCs, Prime subscriptions, reality TV redshirts, ad views.
Learn to spot fascists βeven though they drape themselves with the American flag, and attempt to carry out their program in the name of the democracy they are trying to destroy." - Heather Cox Richardson infogram.com/how-fascism-worksβ¦ @gailwaldby #FascismChecklist #DefendDemocracy
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, by Jason Stanley identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history. The call to vote to stop fascism is from DemLabs and not from the book.
39K likes, 1,385 comments - 50501movement on January 11, 2026: "ICE beat a U.S. Marine Veteran, telling her: βHave you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch!β
These terrorists stomped on Skye, trying to break her ankle.
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