Regular readers know that every Friday the Thirteenth, I ask those who aren’t sex workers to stand up for us. If you’re one of them, you already know the sorts of things I’m going to say; if you aren’t, you can simply go back and read the essay for the August 2021 occurence, which contained quotes and links for every occurrence of this particular day and date combination. And if you value all the work I’ve done fighting for sex workers over the past 16 years, a concrete sign of that (via continuing subscription or one-time donation) would not only be deeply appreciated, but also provide vital resources for the continuance of that work.
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Friday, March 13th, 2026
Posted in Perception, Tyranny, tagged activism, advertising, Friday the Thirteenth, holidays on March 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Zombie Throwback Thursday
Posted in Biography, History, Miscellaneous, Perception, Tyranny, tagged blogging, consensual crime, cops, Creepy Coppers, ethics, Grace, language, Leaving the 20th Century, libraries, Prohibition (alcohol), propaganda, psychology, yellow journalism on March 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The first prohibitionist laws date to the late 19th century, but it was in the 20th that the concept…penetrated the minds of the general public so thoroughly that most took it for granted that for governments to tell people what they could consume, what they could own, and even what thoughts they could have…was not only normal, but desirable. – “Leaving the 20th Century”
If you find an article interesting, infuriating, or whatever, you can follow the thread of references back through similar articles, often for years, while marveling at the obsessive lengths and depths to which my librarian’s brain will go to impose order on chaos. – “Rabbit Hole”
Copsucking reporters waste considerable space quoting boss pigs oinking about how typical and representative cops aren’t really typical or representative. – “Creepy Coppers (#1418)”
I have never broken a promise to [Grace] in the past and I’m not going to start now merely because she’s not in a position to remind me. – “Diary 766“
In the News (#1619)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Perception, Tyranny, tagged abortion, activism, artificial stupidity, censorship, Eavesdropping, ethics, Facebook, fascism, Illinois, internet, Iran, libraries, No Escape, prisons, propaganda, Pyrrhic Victory, rape, robots, scams, Shame Shame, surveillance, teachers, The Vultures Descend, Thought Control, Twitter, Walled Garden, Welcome to the Future on March 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Young people still have human rights. – David Greene
The predictable result of sociopaths being given total power over women:
…Prison counselor Richard MacLeod…repeatedly [raped] Andrea Nielsen…at Illinois’ Logan C[age Stack]…But…when her cellmate reported the abuse to prison investigator Todd Sexton and Warden Margaret Burke, the pair “formulated an outrageous plan to use her as unwitting ‘bait’ to try to catch MacLeod in the act…Sexton [would] stay late a few times, crawl around in the ceiling above the room MacLeod used to sexually assault Nielsen, and wait to jump down and intervene”…The plan [required]…MacLeod [to attack when Sexton was in his voyeur position, so of course it failed]…A jury found [Burke, Sexton, and MacLeod] all…liable and ordered them to pay Nielsen $19.3 million in compensatory and punitive damages…[but] the 7th Circuit…partially reversed the lower court’s ruling and ordered a new trial on damages…for Sexton and Burke…to [reset the amount of damages]…MacLeod [coerced] Nielsen…[by threaten]ing [to deny] her calls with her 6-year-old daughter…he…[would] subject her to…[unprotected] vaginal and oral [rape when she came to his]…office [for the calls]…he [also]…threatened [to destroy her mail] and [put her in solitary confinement]…if she reported [him]…
Indiscriminate murder is so much easier when blamed on machines:
In order to [ma]ke a b[ig social media show]…of its attack on Iran, the U.S. military [used a chatbot combined with]…Maven Smart System…built by…Palantir…to [pick victims] in Iran…Embedded into the system is Anthropic’s AI tool Claude, a technology that was banned by the Pentagon [on orders of the lunatic Secretary of Defense] last week…As planning for a potential strike in Iran was underway, Maven, powered by Claude, suggested hundreds of targets, issued precise location coordinates, and prioritized those targets according to importance…Claude has also been used in [inventing imaginary] terror plots and in the raid that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. But this is the first time it has been used in major war operations…Hours before the bombing in Iran began, [the mad emperor belch]ed he was banning government agencies from further using Anthropic’s tools…be[cause] the company [didn’t want]…the tools [used for] mass domestic surveillance and [murder robots]…The military will continue using its technology as it waits for a replacement to be phased in…
Apparently these fools didn’t learn from Zuckerberg’s flushing $77 billion:
…the “Tillyverse” [is a cartoon] world [imagined for cartoon character]…Tilly Norwood…to [exist in with other cartoon characters who will “]build artificial acting careers[“]…Particle6…the [software company behind]…Tilly Norwood and its universe…has…recruited Amazon Executive Mark Whelan from Prime Video…and [the delusional nitwit cabal already imagines their cartoon as]…“a future global superstar”…[with “]humour[“, a “]daily life[“, “]career choices[“, and “]fans”…[in response to] SAG-AFTRA…[correctly pointing out] that Norwood is…“a character generated by a computer program”…Particle6…[developed an unnerving tic, spastically belching out nonsense buzzwords including] “rapid acceleration”…“AI talent”…and…“cultural spark”…
The mad emperor’s reign of terror continues:
H.R. 7661 t[ies]…federal education funding to restrictions on certain books and educational materials…[in order to] pressure…schools to remove titles that discuss identity, history, and lived experiences…politicians [dislike]…This is…about whether the federal government can use its power to narrow the range of…perspectives available to students…It is about whether educators and school librarians will feel forced to self-censor to protect their budgets. And it is about whether young people will grow up in classrooms shaped by political fear instead of free expression…Once the government begins deciding which viewpoints are acceptable, every reader’s freedom is at risk…as we’ve already seen in [individual] states…
Western nations are competing to out-China China:
…The bipartisan effort to censor and deanonymize the internet for everyone…[is behind] a dozen “child online safety” bills…[intended to] force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures…[which would permanently link every] user’s offline identity…with their online behavior…constitut[ing] one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. Whistleblowers exposing corporate wrongdoing…[or] government employees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face [retalia]tion, and activists organizing protests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street…Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run anti-ICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent…and [the Quisling party has]…become integral to advancing these proposals, falsely claiming that surveillance laws will crack down on Big Tech or curb [nonexistent] social media addiction…The laws would create a massive new market for third-party identification vendors, [which is why psychopaths]…such as Peter Thiel…Elon Musk…and…Mark Zuckerberg [support these and even worse laws]…
Forced-birth fanatics really do want more women to die:
…crisis pregnancy centers [are] organizations that advertise free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds but dissuade women from pursuing abortions and contraceptive options. Since the [rogue SCOTUS] ended national abortion access in June 2022, the centers have seen an infusion of taxpayer dollars in many Republican-led states….[even though they] endanger public health by “causing delays in accessing legitimate health care”…Twenty-one states funneled…$491 million…to [these scams] between fiscal years 2022 and 2025…not includ[ing] millions some states diverted from federal programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families…Yet that largesse hasn’t been matched by corresponding regulation…[even though the centers regularly lie]…about their services…[and] promote [dangerous pseudo-]treatments like abortion pill reversal… the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists…[says] “they operate outside of ethical principles and best care practices”…
In which glassholes are hoist with their own petard:
[Facebook has been forced to admit that] subcontracted workers [can]…view…films and images…captured by its…[perve]rt glasses for the purpose of improving the “experience”…[the privacy violations were discovered] by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet…and Goteborgs-Posten…[a Facebook mouthpiece] said…”[Our] glasses help you…to [violate the privacy of anyone in]…the world around you”…
I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one. Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful. But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer. So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets. Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements. Thanks so much!
Links #818
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Music, Obituary, Tyranny, tagged Alabama, animals, artificial stupidity, Believe Them, cops, games, illegal aliens, New Hampshire, North Carolina, racism, sporting events, Tennessee, Texas, video, weaponry on March 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »
[Computer programs do] not understand “stakes” as humans perceive them. – Tong Zhao
When an especially-prolific musician dies, I often choose one of his lesser-known works as a memorial; this Neil Sedaka composition is quite different from the pop songs he’s known for. The links above the video were provided by Matt Welch, Popehat, IncarcerNation (x2), T. Greg Doucette, and Mark Bennett, in that order.
- R.I.P. Neil Sedaka.
- Last week in artificial stupidity.
- Cops murder man for sleeping while black.
- Another triumph for cop suicide assistance.
- They keep demonstrating exactly what they are.
- New York reporter has clearly never seen an actual pig.
From the Archives
- The 1st Amendment has been so eroded it needs state law to give it teeth.
- Garbage responds to women’s deaths by trying to endanger other women.
- It’s only been six years since the UK lost in court the last time it tried this.
- When will the mainstream media admit that pigs in schools are a menace?
- I was fated to be threatened with state violence regardless of career path.
- Both sides in the culture war have completely taken leave of their senses.
- David Johansen, Michelle Trachtenberg, Gene Hackman, and much more.
- Busybodies are most infuriated by affairs that are none of their business.
- Erosion of civil liberties starts with “undesirables”, but never stops there.
- I’m sure “anti-trafficking” crusaders will be going after this any day now.
- Cops try to combine fentanyl hysteria with panicmongering over edibles.
- Hey, female cops; how’s that collaboration with the police state working?
- Give aggressive thugs power over teens; what could possibly go wrong?
- I’ll believe Facebook is going to use encryption when it actually does it.
- Another moronic culture war “monkey see, monkey do” parade begins.
- How “excited delirium” was invented as an excuse for murder by cops.
- Trans people have become another canary in the civil rights coal mine.
- As an LSU MLIS alumna, I am qualified to declare this bat-shit insane.
- Female “youth ministers” aren’t safe either, at least if they’re married.
- Politicians will use any asinine rhetoric to gain control of the internet.
- Cop deals with others as he normally does, and the press is shocked.
- Government persecution now extends far beyond their own borders.
- “Disciplinary action” = asking rapists to “think about what they did”.
- Cops, puritanism, Ricou Browning, Wayne Shorter, and much more.
- Hollywood profits from sex workers while discriminating against us.
- Cops don’t care how many false positives these systems shit out.
- Starting a new D&D campaign for the first time in over a decade.
- Rapist cops are typical and representative of their warped breed.
- This blog has a lot more infrastructure than most people realize.
- Seems like a significant fraction of child porn is spread by cops.
- Fanatics’ crusade to control all human thought is never-ending.
- Montana politicians are trying to reduce all women to serfdom.
- Your “leaders” refer to this mindless brutality as “correction”.
- Cops should not be allowed anywhere near legal minors.
- Fixing a leaky hot tub seal with my own soft little hands.
- By now, the title “youth pastor” should be a big red flag.
- Wannabe preachers are often as bad as the real thing.
- Medical confidentiality has gone the way of the dodo.
- Governments worldwide are emulating China’s evil.
- My two previous posts for Sex Worker Rights Day.
- Another victory for US evangelical prohibitionists.
- Cops, Georgia, Steve Lawrence, and much more.
- The legacy of Operation Choke Point and its ilk.
- Another cop demonstrating exactly what he is.
- It’s nice to see a journalist getting it for once.
- An excerpt from Rikki de la Vega’s new book.
- Black beauties with a calm temperament.
- These thieves have absolutely no shame.
- My three previous posts for Mardi Gras.
- What remains when a loved one dies.
- You can’t keep a bad bill down.
- Good riddance to bad rubbish.
- Throwback Thursday 1980.
- Rapist cop of the week.
- A classic case of “NHI”.
- Ghost of Fridaystein.
I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one. Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful. But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer. So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets. Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements. Thanks so much!
In the News (#1618)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Perception, Tyranny, tagged abortion, Above the Law, artificial stupidity, California, Canada, cell phones, censorship, cops, domestic violence, games, hysteria, illegal aliens, law, Mad Libs, Never Call the Cops, Not for Any Reason Whatsoever, politicians, pregnancy, prisons, psychology, rape, restaurants, scams, Signs, statistics, surveillance, Texas, The Cop Myth, The Vultures Descend, Torture Chamber, Virginia, Walled Garden, Welcome to the Future on March 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
In a sane culture we wouldn’t praise people for baselessly calling the cops on strangers. – Elizabeth N. Brown
[Texas politician] Tony Gonzales…faced growing pressure to resign…[because] he [raped] a staff member [and sexually harassed her so severely afterward that she committed suicide by self-immolation]…Gonzales…has denied [sending the texts, claim]ing…the[y]…were part of a smear campaign by his top rival in the race, Brandon Herrera[, apparently expecting people to believe that Herrera repeatedly spoofed his phone number]…
The moral panic is over, but useful idiots still love to sic cops on strangers:
…Jonathan Puddle…had the audacity to take his teenage daughter to an Ontario coffee shop. When another patron saw the pair together—an older man with a teenager!—he…followed the Puddles to their car, questioned them, and then called the police…[who took] an image of the pair…from a security camera and [blasted it out] online…[to] tens of thousands of people as [though they were fugitives]…”See something, say something” started as a War on Terror slogan and eventually morphed into a mantra employed by the Department of [Father]land Security…in anti–sex…campaigns…so…large swaths of the public [now believe that]…spying on and reporting fellow citizens based on vague vibes is the key to keeping everyone safe…
Everything I read about modern corporate work makes me happier I became a whore:
…“Bossware” refers to the technology some managers use to s[py on] employees…The term was popularized by a 2020 report from the [EFF]…Managers have always sought to keep an eye on employees to make operations more efficient. But the rise of [machine learning systems]…has [made it more demoralizing, humiliating, and toxic]…In…trucking, for example, [computeriz]ed video tools can trigger real-time alerts if a driver looks [anywhere but straight ahead, and]…in some white-collar desk jobs…employers are using algorithmic and biometric tools to [micromanage employees]…The use of work-surveillance technology took off during the pandemic. As many people started working remotely, [nosy control-freak] employers began…tracking keyboard strokes, taking screenshots and monitoring pauses [because they were no longer able to lurk behind employees and breathe down their necks]…The goal of these tools is to [wring] more out of workers…but [they are typically poor indicators of]…how much work someone is actually getting done…Beyond the psychological toll, “bossware” tools…present “serious health and safety risks for workers,” including potential physical injury…
Belief in the magic power of “protective orders” gets women killed:
The town of Kenbridge [Virginia] and its [cop shop have been sued for]…$140 million…by Heather Burrow…[for] gross negligence among other claims…[because she] asked the police chief for protection from [her cop ex-boyfriend] Charles Aaron Stokes. Instead of providing protection, the chief [told]…Stokes [so he could retaliate, and he did so by shooting] her…multiple times within minutes of being told…Stokes is facing separate criminal charges [but]…is not named in the civil lawsuit…
This is your regular reminder that SCOTUS has ruled that the police have no duty to protect citizens.
Surely you didn’t think this would stop with the internet?
California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), signed by…Gavin Newsom in October…[demands that] every operating system provider in California…collect age information from users at account setup and transmit that data to app developers…with the law taking effect on January 1, 2027. The law’s broad definition of an “operating system provider”…pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve’s SteamOS…Developers…are [thereby] “deemed to have actual knowledge” of their users’ age range under the law, [thus] shift[ing] legal liability for [enforcing politicians’ notions of] age-appropriate content…onto [people the state can more easily and profitably rob via fines]…up to…$7,500…Despite signing it, Newsom issued a statement urging the legislature to amend the law before its effective date, [thus allowing him to have his cake and eat it as well. Since politicians are too stupid to understand the concept of open source software, it should be amusing to watch their moronic flailing when they try to]…enforce…[their stupid law] against Linux distributions, [which]…have no centralized account infrastructure…
It doesn’t help young victims of state violence to infantilize them:
All unaccompanied immigrant [minors] who are pregnant, many by rape, are being [concentrated in] a single [camp] in Texas in order to avoid providing abortion services…Since July, more than a dozen pregnant [girls] have been [traffick]ed to…the [camp, near the] town of San Benito…[most are 15 to 16, but some] are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, [though] in Texas, [that makes no difference]…When a pregnant [minor] is moved to Texas…she can’t access an abortion – without a federal official needing to deny [it]…Because of their young age, “many of them will be comparatively high-risk pregnancies” who need specialized care…[but] the south Texas [concentration camp has no such] facilit[ies and]…is hours away from [any] major cities…equipped to offer that care…
Politicians want to “regulate” consensual sex, but not this dangerous fantasy:
ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal ideation…[yet] OpenAI…promotes [it] as a way for users to “securely connect medical records and [health surveillance] apps” to generate health advice…The first independent safety evaluation of ChatGPT Health…found it under-triaged more than half of the cases presented to it…[in comparison with] three [actual] doctors…In 51.6% of cases where someone needed to go to the hospital immediately, the platform said stay home or book a routine medical appointment…[they] wouldn’t live to see…Meanwhile, 64.8% of completely safe individuals were told to seek immediate medical care…
I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one. Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful. But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer. So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets. Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements. Thanks so much!
The Blood-Spattered Throwback Thursday
Posted in History, Miscellaneous, Perception, Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged All-Purpose Excuse, blogging, cops, fantasy, hysteria, imaginative fiction, language, politicians, propaganda, rescue industry on March 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Make The Empire Great Again!” is not a new idea. – “Blake’s 5”
When governments are allowed to be arbiters of fact…they wrongly label as “disinformation” facts which those in power find inconvenient. – “Disinformation About Disinformation”
Though politicians and profiteers still use “sex trafficking” as a handy excuse for tyranny, other excuses have become more fashionable and at least the endless stories about idiots with taped mouths parading around to “raise awareness” of cops’ wanking fantasies have largely dried up. – “Four Times Four“
In the News (#1617)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Perception, Tyranny, tagged Above the Law, Alaska, artificial stupidity, California, cell phones, consensual crime, cops, Eavesdropping, ethics, Facebook, fascism, If Men Were Angels, internet, Kentucky, LGBT rights, Mad Libs, No Difference, Panopticon, politicians, porn, propaganda, Pyrrhic Victory, robots, surveillance, Uganda on March 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »
People [can] just tell them politely to fuck off. – Yves Jeanrenaud
A[n assistant politician in Alaska named]…Craig Scott Valdez…[has been] indicted by a federal grand jury…[for] production of child pornography…he [regularly]…used Snapchat to “groom and entice juvenile [girls]”…The indictment references a specific…15-year-old girl in Anchorage last October, though the FBI has identified at least 11 other…victims…
“Having a sexual relationship” is such a nice way to say “molesting”:
A [typical and representative] pastor at a Western Kentucky church has been arrested for [repeat]edly [molest]ing…a minor [for four to five years, starting when she was 12 or 13]…David Rodgers…was immediately fired and prohibited from participating in church-sponsored functions…he…admitted to the [crime and then killed himself]…after posting a $75,000 bond…
History will remember the early 21st century as a time of worldwide repression:
Two young women in their early 20s were arrested in Northwestern Uganda…after neighbors r[att]ed [on] them [to cops for] kissing in public and hosting other women in their one-room apartment…Wendy Faith…and Alesa Diana Denise…[had only been] in…the…apartment [for a] week…[when evil monsters sicced the cops on them] on February 18…Human rights activists…condemned the arrests…[explain]ing the “Kill the Gays” law fuels blackmail and extortion against…LGBT…[people. Earlier in the month] a…court rejected the first case brought under the [law because]…the [victim’s health had deteriorated so badly] due to his extended detention in [a filthy cage] between arrest and trial…[and politicians] associated with the [unpopular law, pushed and bankrolled by US evangelical groups including Morality in Media and Family Watch International, have been]…defeated in [recent] reelection bids…
“Smart” devices aren’t, part umpteen thousand:
A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum [cleaner] with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes…Sammy Azdoufal…reverse-engineer[ed] how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote cloud servers…[and] discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries…[which] could have [allowed cops or spooks]…to [use them as] surveillance tools…without their owners ever knowing…DJI [claim]s…the issue has been “resolved”…[but] experts who have long warned that internet-connected…devices present attractive [opportunities] for [surveillance]…
Anthropic, the wildly successful [“]AI[” scam outfit] that has cast itself as the most safety-conscious of the top [chatbot makers], is dropping the central pledge of its flagship safety policy…In 2023, Anthropic committed to never train a…[chatbot] unless it could guarantee in advance that the company’s safety measures were adequate…But in recent months the company decided to radically overhaul the [policy by] scrapping the promise to not release [chatbots] if Anthropic can’t guarantee proper risk mitigations in advance…Anthropic’s c[o-found]er Jared Kaplan…[said] “We didn’t really feel, with the rapid [inflation] of [the “]AI[” bubble], that it made sense for us to make unilateral commitments…if competitors are [making more money than us]”…When Anthropic introduced the [policy] in 2023, Kaplan…hoped it would encourage rivals to adopt similar measures…But [since they didn’t]…the company [realized that]…“If one [chatbot maker] paused development to implement safety measures while others moved forward [recklessly]…that could result in a world [where we make less money than them]”…
A good idea that needs to increase by several orders of magnitude:
…in La Mesa, a small city just east of San Diego, California, observers happened upon a pair of destroyed Flock cameras…just weeks after the city decided, in [spite] of public protest, to continue its contracts with the surveillance company…In recent months, people have been smashing and dismantling the surveillance devices, in incidents reported in at least five states, from coast to coast…reflect[ing] growing anger…over the surveillance technology…Flock…readers…gather not just license plate images, but other identifying data used to ‘fingerprint’ vehicles, their owners, and their movements. This data can be collected, stored, and accessed without a warrant, making it…popular w[ith cop shops, spook houses, and goon squads]…
Every weapon eventually begets a defense:
A new…app warns if people nearby may be wearing s[urveillance] glasses…which stalkers and harassers have repeatedly used to film people without their knowledge or consent. The app scans for smart glasses’ distinctive Bluetooth signatures and sends a push alert if it detects [one]…in the local area…“I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech,” [said] Yves Jeanrenaud, the…sociologist who made the app…[which] works by looking for Bluetooth “advertising frames”, which are small bits of data devices regularly broadcast as part of their normal operation. Jeanrenaud…decided to make the app after reading [about men]…filming [sex workers and ICE goons wearing them during pogroms. He said]…after identifying a device, a user “may act accordingly”…
I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one. Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful. But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer. So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets. Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements. Thanks so much!
Sex Worker Rights Day 2026
Posted in Perception, Tyranny, tagged activism, holidays on March 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Happy Sex Worker Rights Day to all my sisters and brothers, and our supporters. Here’s a linked list of everything I’ve written for the occasion.
Links #817
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Music, Obituary, Tyranny, tagged artificial stupidity, Austria, Believe Them, cops, drugs, Massachusetts, Missouri, politicians, scams, sex toys, Tennessee, video on March 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Ah, a proud assitarian. – MechaHitler
Here’s another unusual cover from a performer we’ve seen before; it was provided by Asawin Suebsaeng. I’d argue that “Purple Rain” as performed by Prince was already blues, but this more traditional arrangement makes that more obvious. The links above it were provided by Phoenix Calida; Nun Ya; Desiree Alliance and Dan Savage; T. Greg Doucette; and IncarcerNation (x2), in that order.
- This week in artificial stupidity.
- To lose two looks like carelessness.
- R.I.P. Robert Duvall and Jesse Jackson.
- Another cop demonstrating exactly what he is.
- It’s dangerous to be anywhere near a cop, “on duty” or otherwise.
- Cops are increasingly framing their brutal murders as absurd suicides.
From the Archives
- There’s no legitimate reason for a vending machine to have this capability.
- Another company the government is using “sex trafficking” myths against.
- The state feigns shock when men abuse power it gives them over women.
- Sleeping with a cop is one of the most dangerous things a woman can do.
- Outsourcing one’s judgment to politicians & bureaucrats is a terrible idea.
- Nobody is safe until this odious practice is recognized as unconstitutional.
- The hysteria is imploding so hard, it’s falling all the way back to its roots.
- Censorious politicians compete to make their laws more unconstitutional.
- Erosion of civil rights starts with the marginalized, but never stops there.
- Laws enabling nuisance lawsuits will multiply until ruled unconstitutional.
- Authoritarians don’t care if your kind of sex work is (temporarily) “legal”.
- Hey, female cops; how’s that collaboration with the police state working?
- No rape charges; her remains were too far gone for evidence to survive.
- Shotspotter is a boondoggle designed to create false evidence for cops.
- Alabama has at long last got the “fetal personhood” it claimed to want.
- The headline is a bit misleading; he was found guilty of manslaughter.
- The entire “troubled teen” industry needs to be sued out of existence.
- This happens much more at “Christian” schools than at other schools.
- Doctors must keep suing cops who claim license to practice medicine.
- A good article about why the madonna/whore duality is pure bullshit.
- Texas doesn’t care how many women die because of its terrible laws.
- Bad laws just keep returning no matter how often they are defeated.
- The US flushes incalculable resources down the “culture war” toilet.
- Retrospectives of my blogging for February 2013, 2014, and 2015.
- Maybe this will teach fools what a danger biometric ID actually is.
- Oklahoma is another state which seems to simply hate women.
- The war on trans people has expanded to include drag queens.
- The claims in these nuisance lawsuits are increasingly absurd.
- Preachy perverts nearly always blame their crimes on others.
- Where “disgraced” is used to mean “accurately represented”.
- Paxton doesn’t actually give a damn about women’s sports.
- Crumbs thrown to the peasants from their masters’ tables.
- Nevada model proselytizing can always be safely ignored.
- Nebraska’s float in the “monkey see, monkey do” parade.
- Useful idiots think the leopards will never eat their faces.
- Cops, artificial stupidity, Roger Corman, and much more.
- Cops should not be allowed anywhere near legal minors.
- By now, the title “youth pastor” should be a big red flag.
- Cops, Elvis, Roberta Flack, Jerry Butler, and much more.
- Trumpist propaganda dismisses book bans as a “hoax”.
- The most Orwellian case of censorship so far this year.
- Presentation is not exactly my strong point as a cook.
- Your “leaders” say this trash is fit to “correct” others.
- This idiotic culture war has an actual body count.
- Throwback Thursday Has Risen from the Grave.
- Another cop demonstrating exactly what he is.
- Trans men are also targets of horrific violence.
- Another box of baby dinosaurs in my lavatory.
- The fourth leap year since I started this blog.
- Just another typical and representative cop.
- A small memorial observance for Grace.
- What did this guy think he was, a cop?
- Cops, British rap, and much more.
- Good riddance to bad rubbish.
- This just keeps getting better.
- Fallback Friday.
In the News (#1616)
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We should not expect maintenance staff to report people for having too much lube. – Elizabeth Nolan Brown
This will continue until recognized as unconstitutional:
Oklahoma City’s…former city attorney Orval Jones blew the whistle…[on] the city[‘s]…”nefarious scheme” to divert [money stolen by cops under color of law] into police coffers instead of returning property to owners or using it to reimburse victims and the courts…Jones compiled a list of seizures spanning over 20 years that totaled over $400,000 in misappropriated funds…many [cops]…labeled [“unclaimed property”] owners as unknown even though their information appeared in police reports….[and] when the owner sued, he was reimbursed with taxpayer funds while police kept the cash…Jones was [forced to resign because the boss hog demanded it]…
They’re not even all “youth pastors”:
[The] pastor [of] a Miami-Dade church was arrested [for repeatedly molesting] a 15-year-old [girl since she was 13]…Elco Vallier…[repeatedly groped] her and “attempted to kiss her”…[in addition to sending her sleazy] text messages…
Butler [Ohio] Mayor Wesley [the] Dingus…has been charged with…misdemeanor …voyeurism after…an underage…female [relative grew]…suspicious that Dingus was entering her room and purchased a small camera to document it…she received a motion alert on her phone approximately 15 minutes after leaving for school and later reviewed footage showing Dingus entering her room and sniffing her [dirty] underwear. The following day, she received a second alert…[and] again [saw him] entering her room, smelling her worn underwear, and [this time starting to masturbate]…Dingus [is] out on bond awaiting trial on separate felony charges…[for] a [hit-and-run on] July 11, 2025…
They’re disappointed it didn’t help them arrest more people:
Dutch police haven’t used the[ir magic] Crime[-predicting computer] since mid-December…[because despite] the [hype] with which the police launched the system [it does not actually work]…Dutch police…were e[ager to create their own dystopia]…like Minority Report…in[spired by] American [abus]es of “predictive policing”…[but] it soon becomes clear that the promises cannot be fulfilled…[and civil liberties advocates pointed out] that systems like [these]…reinforce inequalities…The result, all in all, is a black box full of biases and without proven results…
Surely you didn’t think this ambulance-chasing would stop at hotels?
…in…California…a woman is suing two high-end apartment buildings for failing to stop prostitution…in their units…A.V. alleges that she was coerced into prostitution in San Francisco…and…[her pimp] rented an expensive apartment at the Avalon…and…complain[s]…that…the doormen or security…[should have harassed] the…visitors…and…residents of this $5,000- to $10,000-a-month building…[because] “she was dressed provocatively” and…was only 17…for [the first] few months of her time there…Are [staff] supposed to [harass any]…woman dressed provocatively?…Should they check the IDs of any female who looks young? And then what? There’s no law against teen girls visiting apartment buildings on their own…We need more and better services for people looking to leave…abusive partners, not a surveillance network of hotel maids and apartment-building doormen ready to call the cops on women in short skirts…
Last week I called this “a disaster waiting to happen”. It didn’t have to wait long:
[After] the social chat app Discord [demand]ed…all new and existing users worldwide…[submit to face-]scan[ning as a condition for full]…platform…[access]…security…researchers…set out to look into Persona, the [fascist Thiel company]…used by Discord for biometric [surveillance]…and found [2,456 files] exposed to the open internet on a US government…server…the code revealed…that…Persona…compares your selfie to watchlist photos using facial recognition, screens you against 14 [government lists] from…terrorism to espionage…the software performs 269 distinct verification checks and scours the internet and government sources for potential matches…[then retains the results] for up to three years…[If] the software “flags you as a ‘suspicious entity’ based on your face alone”…[which is not unlikely given] Persona’s software has rep[ea]tedly made significant mistakes…[merely attempting to use a social media site] can quickly lead to the unjust termination of bank accounts…[which is] exactly what Persona was built to do…
No, really? Who could ever have guessed?
…Ring’s…founder, Jamie Siminoff, [admitted] to…Ring employees…[that “]Search Party[“, its]…automated surveillance system…[is not really] “for finding dogs”, but…[rather] to “zero out crime in neighborhoods”…[sane people recognized the system] as dystopian…[even before] Ring…launched a feature called “Familiar Faces,” which uses facial recognition to identify…friends and family members..[but] Siminoff [bizarrely tried] to [confuse the company’s useful idiot clientele by randomly belching “]Charlie Kirk[” at them]…
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