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In the News (#1611)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Tyranny, tagged advertising, California, cell phones, censorship, Chauvinism, cops, Eavesdropping, ethics, fascism, Google, I Spy, illegal aliens, internet, Kansas, law, Opting Out, Panopticon, psychology, Pyrrhic Victory, scams, sporting events, surveillance, United Kingdom, Walled Garden on February 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
George Orwell told us about thought crime as a cautionary fable…this…seems like an attempt to put it into action. – Micah Kubic
LA County…plans to remove…thousands of unhoused people from areas around sports venues ahead of the Olympic games in 2028. [Bureaucrats] issued a strategy report last week advising local governments on how to [abduct] people from encampments…and [force] them into temporary housing. However, the same report notes that…there [are not] enough beds and there’s no new funding for such an effort…
Google still claims this doesn’t happen:
Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class-action lawsuit [over its] voice assistant…illegally record[ing] users and…shar[ing] their private conversations with advertisers…Google [pretends] that its voice assistant w[ill] only register people’s speech when [they] utter…an activation phrase, such as “Hey Google,” [but this is a lie and]…the Google devices [have] recorded private conversations about financial issues, personal decisions and employment…[Victims] will be able to submit claims for up to three Google devices, although…individuals [will] receive…[a paltry] $8 to $40 per person…
The internet’s global scope is the main reason politicians hate it and want to destroy it:
The Online Safety Act grants the U.K.’s online [cens]or, Ofcom, sweeping authority to…censor online content under the guise of protecting children. The results have been disastrous…and…Ofcom…[has] quietly been pressuring U.S. companies to comply with their orders…lawyer Preston Byrne…represents four U.S. websites targeted by Ofcom: 4chan, Gab…Kiwi Farms, and Personal Autonomy LLC (the provider of the forum Sanctioned Suicide)…In one email response to Ofcom, he [wrote that] their demands on 4chan were “legally void” and would make “excellent bedding” for his “pet hamster”…but…if Ofcom keeps pressuring people…the risk is that…people will…comply because the letters are scary…The Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny & Extortion (GRANITE) Act, which was originally proposed on Byrne’s blog, would allow U.S. companies and individuals to sue foreign governments that attempt to censor Americans. If the U.S. successfully sued a foreign government in a U.S. court, the foreign country’s assets could be forfeited…Wyoming has become the first to formally introduce the legislation…but Byrne thinks federal legislation would be more effective…
Cops are trying to hide their 4th Amendment violations:
[Cop]s are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not le[t the public discover illegal snooping] via public records requests…police [incompetent]ly leak[ed] the details of millions of surveillance targets nationwide due to public records redaction errors…[and] rather than looking at this…as a huge operational security failure associated with…a [fascist]…surveillance system, police [fantasize] that [they rather than their victims are in danger]…highlight[ing] how [cops irrationally and pathologically imagine] themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people [they want to dominate]…
Cops will invariably use warrantless surveillance to harass people:
On Oct. 21 the entire Lenexa, Kansas [cop shop] was hunting Canyen Ashworth…[because a pig decided without evidence that he must be the guy who put up]…posters on city property…[since he wrote] a guest column critical of Lenexa Police…for the Kansas City Star…The [anti-ICE] poster [infuriated the pig herd so bureaucrats claimed they were]…“in violation of Lenexa city ordinances”…[even though] posters about lost pets and community events were generally not removed. The [cops didn’t know who posted them, but boss hog Dawn] Layman [was pissed off about the column, so]…Ashworth…was [targeted for police violence by]…tracking [hi]s movement around Lenexa using the city’s license plate reader system. [Pigs were told he]…was…“MYOC”…shorthand for “make your own case.” [In other words, cops were being ordered to frame] Ashworth…for [whatever] reason [they could dream up]…
In mass surveillance, fascism beats communism hands down:
ICE has vastly expanded its tech tools over the last year after an [obscene] influx of cash…[from the] Trump [regime. Father]land Security…awarded Palantir a nearly $30 million contract to build a system backed by artificial [stupidity to target]…individuals for [violence. Another]…tool…built by Paragon…lets [goons] take control of phones or remotely hack into them…The others were built by Penlink…[to exploit]…data scraped from the web and information from data brokers…ICE…[also] use[s a facial recognition app called]…Mobile Fortify…[when it was pointed out to Father]land Security officials [that these tools flagrantly violate Constitutional rights, they moronically babbled]…“lawful law…lawfully…legal authorities”…
The rise of prosocial surveillance:
In recent weeks, efforts to track ICE [goon]s’ movements and identities have exploded online, including sites to report ICE raid locations. Even prolific cybercriminal collectives — better known for their ransomware attacks on luxury carmakers — are joining the fray by releasing the names and personal information of hundreds of ICE [goons] and [DFS spooks] online…“Even when the government pushes to block high-profile apps or webpages, people will continue to share information with their community to keep each other safe,” said Mario Trujilo [of EFF]…Residents in communities targeted by the [regime for pogroms]…have also built tools to…map Flock…cameras and detect [porcine] surveillance devices…through Bluetooth signals…
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In the News (#1605)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Perception, Tyranny, tagged abortion, Above the Law, advertising, artificial stupidity, California, cell phones, censorship, cops, Costa Rica, Creepy Coppers, domestic violence, Feudalism Redux, illegal aliens, Indonesia, internet, Malaysia, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, porn, rape, Shame Shame, South Dakota, surveillance, The Cop Myth, Torture Chamber, Twitter, When Ambulance-Chasers Run the Hospitals on January 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »
This all seems like a horror story or a lie. – Greidy Mata
This unhinged lunacy will spread like rot until struck down by a court:
South Dakota…[politicians are aping a censorship tactic already in use by Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Utah, Indiana, and many others, abuse of consumer protection law]: They’re claiming that informational abortion ads constitute deceptive advertising…The case stems from gas station ads purchased by Mayday.Health, which…does not sell or prescribe abortion pills itself, nor is it affiliated with any abortion providers or clinics…It’s…[only] an information clearinghouse…[wannabe censors] argue…that because these ads don’t clearly “state the prohibitions listed in state law,” they are somehow deceptive. But nowhere do the ads imply that abortion is legal in South Dakota. They simply direct people to a website where they can learn more about abortion access…Mayday refused to [comply with politicians’ tantrums by] remov[ing] the ads from South Dakota gas stations…
Creepy Coppers (Nasty Pictures) 
When the victim is a child, sometimes cops do face consequences for their actions:
[A North Carolina] police chief [named] Greg Warren [has been] denied bond…[after his] arrest…for…[taking] indecent…photos of [a sleeping teenage girl with]…his iPad…[and] stor[ing them] in a hidden folder on [his] phone [for masturbatory purposes. It is unclear how the victim is related to Warren]…in a[n unusual move]…Warren has been suspended without pay…
Cop violence is never limited to adults:
A [typical and representative California cop named…Retuquel Dupree…and [his girlfriend] Jessica Savangsy…have both been charged with…tortur[ing]…Savangsy’s [7-year-old] daughter…[to death and torturing] her little sister…[both the surviving 5-year-old] and…Dupree’s two daughters…were placed in [foster] care…the couple were already facing criminal charges…of grand theft and criminal conspiracy…and…Dupree [was enjoying a paid vacation as a result]…Dupree [has a history of domestic violence]…
They tried to hide this murderer’s cophood not only by using the distancing “former”, but by burying the lede down in paragraph 17.
Federal thugs behave just like state & local thugs:
…a s[ocial media] video…appears to show a[n ICE goon forcing a captured woman] into a [“]porta-potty” in Minnesota…[then crowd]ing…into the [disgusting space with her, apparently for some form]…of sexual abuse…
It’s too bad they don’t inflict all of their violence on each other:
…a…62-year-old [retired New York cop named]…Michael Lynch [went on a rampage in a hospital]…with a [broken] toilet seat…and…[had to be gunned] down…[like a dog after] tasers…did not work…to stop hi[s running amok. He had]…checked himself in…the day before [because he thought he was having a stroke]…
This will continue until the evil US immigration policy is reformed:
…Randall Gamboa Esquivel…left Costa Rica in good health and crossed [into] the United States…in December 2024…[he] was [captured] by [ICE goons and locked in a series of cages for]…10 months[, during which time he was violently abused until]…September 2025, [when] the Trump [regime dumped him in] the Costa Rican capital of San José [in a vegetative state]…He…[died] five weeks later…His younger sister, Greidy Mata, said…Gamboa had sounded and looked healthy when they talked via video calls…until 12 June…after which he seemed to vanish…Medical records…show that…he…was…transfer[red]…to [a hospital]…on 23 June…[doped up on] antipsychotic and antidepressant medications…de[spite no]…history of mental illness…By 7 July, Gamboa had been diagnosed with at least 10 conditions…[including] sepsis…and toxic encephalopathy, caused by [internal injuries of the sort that might result from a savage beating]…
I’m surprised these are the only countries blocking MechaHitler so far:
[MechaHitler] has been blocked by Indonesia and Malaysia, the first countries to do so after the [chatbot] flooded the internet with photos of women and [girls] in suggestive and [violent] manipulated images…both [are] Muslim-majority countries with strict anti-pornography laws…[but] officials in the United Kingdom, European Union[, Canada, Australia,] and India [are also contemplating blocking either MechaHitler alone or Twitter entirely]…
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Throwback Thursday Untold
Posted in Miscellaneous, Perception, Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged advertising, agency denial, artificial stupidity, blogging, consensual crime, cops, escort review sites, escort services, fantasy, language, law, Mad Libs, pimps, politicians, psychology, robots, scams, STEM, video on January 15, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Cops and prosecutors use the slur “sex trafficking ring” to mean anything from a broken-down pimp to an ordinary escort service to a sex worker ad site. – “Taking the Bait”
Claims about what politicians and bureaucrats “intended”…are…nothing but an excuse for evil.
– “The Road to Hell”
“AI” is a fantasy of techies, journalists, and hack sci-fi writers. – “Artificial ‘Intelligence’?”
It’s easy to “disprove” anything if you’re allowed to change the conditions.
– “Infinite Monkeys”
In the News (#1604)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged abortion, advertising, artificial stupidity, censorship, cops, Crippling Thought, fascism, I Spy, Kentucky, libraries, Mad Libs, Micromanagement, porn, Pyrrhic Victory, scams, Shame Shame, surveillance, teachers, Texas, The Vultures Descend, Thought Control, Twitter, Utah, yellow journalism on January 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »
It’s Soviet-style education. – Martin Peterson
The ghost of Kurt Vonnegut vs. Utah censors:
On behalf of the Kurt Vonnegut Estate, authors Elana K. Arnold, Ellen Hopkins, and Amy Reed, and two anonymous high school student[s] with the ACLU of Utah filed a complaint on January 6 to challenge…the…[state book banning] law…which [allows any politician or other busybody to ban any book statewide merely by pointing at it and barfing the formula]…“harmful to minors” [into the face of anyone who wants to read the book]…Slaughterhouse-Five…remains [high] on the [ALA]…list of most-banned classics, decades after its 1969 publication…and…Nanette Vonnegut, the late author’s daughter, [said]…“Utah’s…determination to ban books like Slaughterhouse-Five…is antithetical to what my father fought for during World War II”…
Surely you didn’t think they’d stop with libraries and primary schools?
Martin Peterson, a philosophy professor at Texas A&M…[has been] told…that he needed to [censor]…Plato from his syllabus…[to] comply with new policies [demanding political control of all education]…the A&M system [is rushing to obey moral illiterates]…Course sections are being canceled or potentially reclassified, threatening students’ schedules. And professors are…losing [tenure and with it] academic freedom…“A philosophy professor who is not allowed to teach Plato?” Dr. Peterson said…“Is that really what they want?”…
One would think Texas politicians would be fans of a philosopher who taught that there are “inferior” people who are only fit to be slaves.
It’s not really a doctor, it just plays one in the fantasies of tech cultists:
…[Open]AI’s [latest irresponsible advertising claim is that its chatbot can be] a “healthcare ally”…ChatGPT Health is…designed for users to ask their health-related questions in what it [pretend]s [i]s a more secure…environment…and…is [irresponsibly] encouraging [its naive] users to connect their personal medical records and [health surveillance] apps…[it even claims] that ChatGPT can analyze lab results…the [disclaimer fine print claims] that ChatGPT Health is “not intended for diagnosis or treatment,” but it [knows] full…[well that’s exactly] how people [will] us[e it]…In August, physicians published a report…of a man being hospitalized for weeks with an 18th-century medical condition after taking ChatGPT’s…dangerous health advice[, and other chatbots cause similar harm]…
In mass surveillance, fascism beats communism hands down:
A social media and phone surveillance system ICE bought access to is designed to monitor a city neighborhood or block for mobile phones, track the movements of those devices and their owners over time, and follow them from their places of work to home or other locations…the…data…is…acquired from hundreds of millions of phones via a company called Penlink, [and] can be queried without a warrant…the technology…consist[s] of two Penlink products called Tangles and Webloc…Users can perform a single perimeter analysis to search a specific area for mobile phones across a certain time period…then select…[any] particular phone, and, by extension, its owner…seeing where else it has travelled both locally and across the country…
It only starts with people the state wants you to hate and distrust:
…the Department of [Father]land Security…[wants] its [goon]s to gather and store more biometric data [including DNA] on anybody associated with applications for “benefits” including family visas, Permanent Resident (green) Cards, and work permits…[for] “identity management”…the new rule would affect not just immigrants but “U.S. citizens, nationals, and lawful permanent residents, regardless of age”…Institute for Justice…attorney Tahmineh Dehbozorgi [writes]…”this…is creating a vast genetic dragnet that endangers the Fourth Amendment rights of everyone, all without Congress’ approval”…
When a prosecutor can’t destroy a life through legal means, they use the complicit media instead:
[When] Kentucky police arrested a woman [for taking] abortion pills…and bur[ying] fetal remains in her backyard…prosecutors [knew they didn’t have a “]fetal homicide[” case, so]…police [simply lied, claiming]…she buried “a developed male infant”…[so] local news outlets…[would run] with the story, splashing the woman’s name and mugshot across the internet…[for] national outlets…[to] pick…up…the state’s attorney [has already] filed to dismiss the fetal homicide charge, [leaving] only [harassment]…charges…[such as] tampering with physical evidence…and…concealing the birth of an infant…so…Whatever the outcome of the case…a woman sits in jail, and Google results for her name may always pull her mugshot and references to a supposed capital crime…
MechaHitler is the most antisocial chatbot, and it’s not even close:
[MechaHitler] is generating nonconsensual pornographic images of women with their clothes removed and wearing bikinis with swastikas on them…including [legal] minors…Several targets are Jewish, including…Holocaust survivor[s]…Other requests add additional neo-Nazi content such as “put her in a swastika bikini and [a MAGA hat]”…
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!
Tweet Wave
Posted in History, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, Words, tagged activism, advertising, animals, artificial stupidity, blogging, Bluesky, censorship, comics, cops, crypto-moralism, disease, fascism, holidays, imaginative fiction, internet, language, left-right myth, New Orleans, politicians, porn, propaganda, psychology, Russia, scams, STEM, surveillance, The Puritan Recrudescence, Turkey, Twitter, witchcraft, yellow journalism on December 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Who first used the German word "blitz" ("lightning") to describe sudden, intense bursts of violence? I forget.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-14T19:43:33.619Z
I just can't get beyond the resemblance.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-16T19:29:02.571Z
When cops use profanity at us, think of what they're telling us. Would you ever curse at your boss? No, but he can curse at you because he has power over you. What would happen if you cursed out a cop? But they curse at us routinely. That tells you how they perceive their relationship with us.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-17T08:31:30.244Z
The universe does things on a subatomic level that would get you arrested for bank fraud if you tried the financial equivalent.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T04:59:00.841Z
People suffering from advanced dementia often fall back on old "scripts". It's why your senile great-grandmother calls you by your mother's (or even grandmother's) name, and it's why Trump seems to think he's still on a TV show he did two decades ago.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T18:14:28.117Z
Magnificent. Words that deserve to be included in future editions of Bartlett's.If you're not following Ken, why are you even on here?
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-20T18:37:49.142Z
Reporters need to ditch the word "taken" when writing about actions of government thugs.The property wasn't "taken" by goons; it was STOLEN.The person wasn't "taken to the ground"; he was TACKLED.The person wasn't "taken into custody" as if on a date; he was ABDUCTED.Stop soft-peddling evil.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-21T18:12:37.117Z
Reading what people say about Twitter makes me realize that the vast majority online expend absolutely no effort on account hygiene. If they treated their bodies like they treat their social media accounts, they'd never bathe, brush their teeth, or change their clothes, and would eat only junk.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-23T18:27:53.081Z
I will never cease to be amused by the notoriety Fate chose to bestow upon a minor Sumerian merchant of the 18th century BCE.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-24T18:42:59.559Z
Crypto-moralists believe anything unpleasant must be “good for you”.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-25T08:41:09.810Z
In the late 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was called "the sick man of Europe". Now the American empire has become the sick man of the entire planet.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-26T19:46:57.721Z
I found my own solution to Thanksgiving guest tensions many years ago: I host. Nobody dares start shit in MY house.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-27T17:53:29.116Z
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T03:35:45.932Z
I have lived my life in such a way that I can't picture either of these women accurately enough to compare them in my mind. And I'm very pleased about that.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T18:42:27.556Z
I block every single MAGA account and every associated lunatic on Twitter the first time I see it. As a result, I now see far more Trumpery on Bluesky than on Twitter, because people keep screenshotting and calling attention to accounts I blocked long ago.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-03T18:04:51.442Z
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-04T09:14:45.895Z
What's the Greek word for rule by mathematical imbeciles?
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T18:10:12.603Z
I'm so exhausted by journalists, who should know the meaning of the words they use, referring to people who are not cautious of change but rather mindlessly destroy every Chesterton's fence they can find, as "conservative".
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T20:21:41.880Z
"We are not the party of participation trophies…"I hate to break this to you, but…
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-07T03:39:24.651Z
Maybe this misuse of the word "democracy" is a problem of Millennials and Zoomers, who are too young to remember that about half the communist dictatorships of the late 20th century had the word "Democratic" in their names, eg "Deutsche Demokratische Republik" (German Democratic Republic).
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-07T18:47:29.470Z
Mad emperor babbles like a baby: "A pwus pwus pwus pwus pwus!!" {claps tiny pudgy hands and gurgles}
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-09T20:02:40.319Z
Ahem.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T09:23:43.373Z
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-12T19:50:01.065Z
OK, y'all, we all get it: politicians and partisans are all huge hypocrites who theatrically perform anger when the "other team" does the same thing they do when in power.Find another goddamned tweet boilerplate. Holy shit.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-13T18:34:07.084Z
The problem is that the tech industry is intentionally conflating two different things under the fantasy label "AI". Machine learning is a real, useful tool; chatbots are a toy and a technological blind alley. Conflating the two is like pretending color TV is the same technology as a hula-hoop.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-14T18:46:37.811Z
I'm sick of the idiocy of the term "kinetic strike".As opposed to what, a static strike?
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-16T17:48:03.150Z
My home town, ladies & gents.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-12-18T08:51:51.030Z
In the News (#1597)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Perception, Tyranny, tagged advertising, brothels, cell phones, Couples, dirty, domestic violence, Facebook, fascism, games, homosexuality, I Spy, If Men Were Angels, Imaginary Evils, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pyrrhic Victory, Shame Shame, surveillance, The Cop Myth, The More the Better on December 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The government’s…theory of coercion was that these women remained…because they feared they would be asked to leave. – Jennifer Bonjean
Sheri’s Ranch has been marketing itself to couples for at least 13 years:
The [new] “Couples Getaway Experience” from Sheri’s Ranch…offers transportation from Vegas, dinner and champagne at the resort restaurant, a “meet and greet” for couples to browse the ladies, and a $6,000 deposit…[toward] services…the 20-acre resort in Pahrump, NV, has a pool, bar, restaurant, and tennis courts…The number of customers who check in as a pair has increased year by year, and [Sheri’s claims] at least two out of every ten inquiries [now] come from partnered couples…
Since it is illegal for Nevada brothels to advertise, owners often invent “news” stories to get free advertising from yellow journalists eager to capitalize on titillation.
For generations, the Royal Rangers have been a rite of passage for millions of boys nationwide in the Assemblies of God, the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination. The program…[claims] to mold them into Christlike men through Bible study and backpacking. But the Royal Rangers have also shattered childhoods, a danger the organization’s national leaders have known about for decades…At least 29 Royal Rangers leaders have…sexually abus[ed] boys [since the program was founded in 1962]…Like other scouting programs, the Royal Rangers have attracted serial predators whose full victim counts may never be known…In several instances, church officials allowed men convicted of molesting boys to lead Royal Rangers troops, enabling them to harm again…[and pressured victims] into silence…
“Acquitted conduct sentencing” is an unconstitutional abomination:
Federal officials are recommending 15- to 20-year prison sentences for…Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, based on the [Kafkaesque premise] that they should be punished for crimes they were never charged with nor found guilty of at trial…[they] were found guilty of one count each of conspiracy to commit forced labor…but…prosecutors…want…more than 15 and a half years…for Cherwitz…and…20 years [for Daedone]…based on the idea that the defendants actually committed forced labor, despite the fact that their only conviction was for forced labor conspiracy…[and] the government emphasized to the jury that…it didn’t matter if any forced labor had actually happened…[o]r if alleged victims actually consented…
Zuckerberg flushed $60 billion down a “virtual” toilet:
[Facebook] is dialing back its metaverse [fantasy] and redirecting resources toward [surveillance] glasses and wearable [gewgaws]…the company…could slash as much as 30% from its metaverse group, an area CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously [fantasiz]ed as the company’s future…cuts of this magnitude could include layoffs as early as January…Investors appeared to welcome the news, sending…shares up 4%…[thus] signaling relief that the company is scaling back a costly [boondoggle] which has lost more than $60 billion…
Companies which facilitate government evils are enemies of humanity:
Highly invasive spyware from a consortium led by a former senior Israeli intelligence official…is…being used to target people in multiple countries…the…Intellexa Consortium…[sells] Predator…spyware…[to] Pakistan…and…other countries…to spy on people…Predator works by sending malicious links to a targeted phone or other hardware. When the victim clicks the link, the spyware infects and provide access to the targeted device, including its encrypted instant messages on applications such as Signal and WhatsApp, as well as stored passwords, emails, contact lists, call logs, microphones, audio recordings, and more…Intellexa has [also] developed “zero-click” capabilities in which devices are infected via malicious advertising…
Goons are just another kind of cop:
A[n]…ICE…[goon named] Samuel Saxon…is [being held without bond for attempting to strangle his girlfriend]…and…[is] charge[d with]…felonious assault, strangulation and domestic violence…Cincinnati police…have been [called out on Saxon] 22 [times] in [the past] year and a half…the victim is [too scared to testify], but the[re is a] witness [who] is[n’t]…
This needs to become a socially-acceptable response to glassholes:
…a New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his [Facebook spy] glasses…“You’re going to be famous on the internet!” he shouted at her through the window after getting off the train…[she] peered back at him completely unfazed, as if to say that he had it coming…the internet wholeheartedly…celebrat[ed] the woman as a folk hero…perfectly highlighting how the public feels about [these sleazy] gadgets…“Good, people are tired of being filmed by strangers,” one user commented. “The fact that no one else on the train is defending him is telling,” another wrote…While [there is] a small LED light in the front of its glasses to indicate when it’s recording a video, it can easily be covered by a small piece of tape, making it trivially easy to spy on strangers in public without their knowledge or consent…
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In the News (#1594)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Perception, Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged advertising, agency denial, Australia, California, censorship, Colorado, cops, drugs, Georgia, Having and Eating Cake, internet, law, libraries, Panopticon, sex work is work, Stalkers in Blue, stripping, surveillance, Tennessee, Thought Control, TikTok, Walled Garden, Welcome to the Future on December 3, 2025| Leave a Comment »
[Computer-generated music] will have a corrosive effect on the whole industry. – Jason Palamara
A California judge ordered the end of a[n illegal and unconstitutional] law enforcement program that surveilled the electrical smart meter data of thousands of Sacramento residents…without suspicion to find [“]evidence[“] of cannabis growing…turn[ing] all 650,000 SMUD customers into suspects…Granular electrical usage data can reveal intimate details inside the home—including when you go to sleep, when you take a shower, when you are away, and other personal habits and demographics…
On the Simultaneous Having and Eating of Cake (#1506)
Given that dancers win every one of these suits, the old strip club business model is a dead duck:
A Denver District Court [has] ruled…that strip club entertainers are employees and have protections under the City’s wage and employment laws…Denver Labor, a division of the Auditor’s Office, investigated PT’s Showclub Centerfold, PT’s Showclub, and Diamond Cabaret in 2023 and Rick’s Cabaret in 2024 for minimum wage and other labor law-related violations…
To say this was “Trump-inspired” is like saying diarrhea is “cramp-inspired”:
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett…ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or characters. Hargett [incorrectly claimed] libraries that made such books available to children were violating federal and state law. Some libraries have closed for days so staff could focus on weeding out [bann]ed volumes…the Tennessee Regional Library System…covers most of the state except larger cities like Nashville and Memphis…Hargett…[bloviated about one of the mad emperor’s diktats, but so-called “]executive orders[“] are not federal law and…do not apply to state or local governments…
Much more of this, please, worldwide:
Australia’s [totalitarian] social media ban for [legal minors] is being challenged in the nation’s highest court, with two teenagers [correctly pointing out that] the law is unconstitutional as it robs them of their right to free communication…The law…was justified by [wannabe censors vomiting the word “]children[” in the faces of rational people]…15-year-olds Noah Jones and Macy Neyland – backed by a rights group – will argue the ban completely disregards the rights of [legal minors]…After news of the case broke, Communications Minister Anika Wells told parliament…”[Fuck them kids]”…
A program cannot create art, nor can a cartoon character be an artist:
…[hip-hop artist Christopher “Topher” Townsend has created a cartoon character he named] Solomon Ray [to promote] gospel music [generated by a computer program]…spark[ing controversy] in the gospel community and beyond…[with many correctly observing that the sound compositions have] “no spirit”…[and some going so far as to imply that the program is a Satanic scheme to] “draw…people away from real Christian singers…in these last days”…
Cops will invariably use warrantless surveillance to harass people:
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested…[for using] the city’s automated license plate…cameras to stalk and harass multiple people. Michael Steffman…had been the police chief…[of] Braselton [since April, but was a typical and representative pig there]…since 2005. He announced his resignation…just before his arrest…became public. The GBI…[refused to] say…how many people were harassed…
Hidden is the TikTok version of OnlyFans…[which creator Stella] Barey built…around discoverability…“It creates an ecosystem where we’re all bringing fans that are circulating to everybody,” which helps girls who don’t have large followings…Hidden is all about giving creators more control, and many of its features reflect that mission by creating avenues for “passive income and promotion”…Hidden takes an 18 percent cut (compared to 20 percent on OnlyFans)…[and] has charge-back protections up to $2,500…Every creator also has a liaison who is familiar with their account and will respond within 24 hours to any questions. All of these features exist in one form or another on other adult sites. Hidden just happens to bring them together for the first time…
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Yuletide 2025
Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged activism, advertising, games, Grace, holidays, Presents, Toys for Tots on November 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Every year on this day, the traditional beginning of the Yuletide season in the US, I remind my readers that the real spirit of the season involves giving to others rather than literally fighting to get more for yourself. Children and whores are St. Nick’s two favorite groups of people; you can help the latter by donating to a sex worker charity such as SWOP Behind Bars, or you can help both by booking a session with a sex worker you know has kids. And if you don’t know any, you can help by participating in my annual toy drive! Regular readers know how it works: from today until Tuesday, December 16th, I’m collecting donations with which to buy toys, which I then donate to Toys for Tots. Send your donation via PayPal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net, and please put “Toys for Tots” in the subject line so I’ll know it’s not a regular blog donation; I can also accept donations via Zelle if you prefer not to use PayPal. If you’re not hurting economically yourself, please consider donating (either to my drive or to one near you). Mad Emperor Scrooge’s destructive tariffs are going to make toys much more expensive this year, and his pogroms & mass firings, plus the inflation resulting from his idiotic policies, will result in a lot of people having a lot less money for presents. Please help me provide some joy to at least a few little ones, who are even less able to understand economics than politicians. And you’ll also be helping me to enjoy some Christmas cheer in a year when my heart is likely to be heavy.
In the News (#1587)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Tyranny, tagged advertising, Banishment, Colorado, cops, disease, Enshittification, fascism, Florida, I Saw My Brain, I Spy, illegal aliens, internet, Panopticon, politicians, prisons, rape, scams, sex offender registry, surveillance, The Last Shall Be First, The Punitive Mindset, yin and yang on November 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can. – Justin Levitt
The Last Shall Be First (#1495)
It only starts with demonized minorities:
The Trump [regime] is making it more difficult for [male] veterans with…breast cancer [to get care for the deadly disease]…a Department of Veterans Affairs memo…does not cite any…science. Rather, it [quotes the mad emperor’s opinion] that [real men can’t get]…breast cancer…veterans who’ve previously qualified for coverage can keep it. But…the roughly 100 male veterans who are newly diagnosed each year…will have to [somehow prove] their cancer was connected to their military service, a burden that has often been hard to meet…even [though] the rate of breast cancer among men has been increasing and the disease is deadlier than for women…and…research has linked breast cancer to toxic exposure…three years ago, [Congress made] it easier for veterans poisoned by Agent Orange and other toxic substances to get benefits…[but] Trump…[declared] that male veterans who get breast cancer will no longer be able to benefit from that…[absurdly justifying it by barfing] “Biden”…
The state uses bogus excuses to cram people into dungeons they will never leave:
…about 6,300 Americans [are condemned to so-called “civil commitment”] nationwide…Few of these men—and they are nearly all men—have any hope of leaving…About 1 percent to 5 percent of sex offenders are civilly committed after serving their designated prison sentences [instead of] being sent home…Civil commitment is an outgrowth of the sexual psychopath laws that emerged in the 1930s. These laws indefinitely committed people labeled “mentally disordered sex offenders”…for consensual sex acts considered normal today: oral, anal, or same-sex sex. A person didn’t even have to be convicted of a crime…In 1977, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry published a report [demonstrat]ing…that civil commitment wasn’t an effective…ethical [or Constitutional] treatment, which led most of these laws to be overturned…[yet many such] schemes are [still around, and many came back in the 1990s despite clearly being] illegal…P[oliticians] justify civil commitment by arguing that SVPs are more dangerous to society than other criminals…but that’s [demonstrably un]true…Prison is arguably more humane [because]…at least prisoners know if and when they are supposed to get out…
Another reminder that Grady Judd is an utterly loathsome excuse for a human:
A Florida woman is suing [psychopathic] sheriff…[Grady Judd for forcing]…her [to] write an apology letter to…her [rapist]…Taylor Cadle…[was accused by] Judd and [a sow named] Melissa Turnage…of lying…[about] her adoptive father…Henry Cadle, [who] has since been convicted of [repeatedly raping]…her between the ages of 9 and 13, after she [was handed into his clutches]…from foster care…in 2012…she initially did not report him for fear that she would [again] be [condemned to] foster care…[but] in July 2016, [she confided in] a church member…who…reported the [abuse] to [pigs] at the…Sheriff’s Office…[who had already decided she was lying before] interview[ing the rapist]…she was pressured by Henry’s wife into pleading guilty to [making false accusations], and was made to write apology notes to Henry and the p[igs] as part of her probation…[but the now-emboldened rapist continued] to [rape her, so she]…secretly recorded his abuse…[and] showed…[it to leering cops], which resulted in his arrest and conviction…[Judd called] the lawsuit…a publicity stunt…
When will Polk County voters tire of paying the many lawsuits that are filed against this cretin every year?
The [FCC] sets a maximum price that [fascist crony corporations] can [gou]ge [prisoners] for phone calls. During the Obama and Biden administrations, it lowered the cap for prisons over time, to about 90 cents for a 15-minute call in a proposal the F.C.C. approved last year. But the [Trumpist-infested] agency [has now] voted…to raise that cap to roughly $1.65. The change may seem small…but the [US prison population is so large, the higher] rates [increase the profits of fascist telecom companies] by a total of $386 million a year…The change also matters to…state and local governments that…receive significant…kickbacks. [Trump henchman] Brendan Carr [justified the graft by absurdly belching]…“safety and security”…Six states…now offer free phone calls…But [sleazier] states, like Oklahoma and Florida, [keep] rates…close to the current regulated maximum…
Unless a counterweapon becomes available, the internet will soon be unusable:
…Doublespeed…[is] a startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with [computer]-generated slop…phone farming is…most often used by hackers and financial criminals to use large numbers of devices to send spam texts, farm social media engagement, or generate fake reviews…the fledgling company…[claims] it…[make]s this [harassment technique more effective by] “instrumented human action,” a fancy phrase meaning the company’s phone bots will somehow [circumvent anti-spam]…algorithms [such as Captcha]…The [scheme] is backed by…Andreessen Horowitz…and…is obviously a violation of the terms of agreement for the top social media platforms…though it’s becoming increasingly…clear…these platforms are [not] interested in actually enforcing policies against spam bots. Users on each site have grown more and more frustrated lately as…bot accounts are allowed to infest every last corner of the internet, an issue…tech critic Cory Doctorow calls “platform decay“…
If you think this will go away when Trump does, you are a fool:
[DHS]…intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for [surveil]ing citizens…The plan…is the latest step in an [illegal] Trump [regime scheme] to pool confidential data from varied sources that it [openly admits] will [be used to persecute] noncitizens…[harass legal] immigra[nts] and [destroy the mad emperor’s ideological enemies]…DHS [has already] added…Social Security data…passport and visa information…[IRS and Medicaid information, bank account information, medical records, and more, but] state driver’s license databases often include a variety of sensitive information on drivers, including place of birth, passport number, biometrics, address, email and employment information…[opening the door] to citizens being [targeted in any way government spooks, goons, and thugs desire]…Advocacy groups have sued the federal government [because] the pooling of data…[blatantly] violates the Privacy Act…
When cops have universal warrantless surveillance, they use it to frame people:
On Sept. 27, Chrisanna Elser…[was falsely accused of robbery by] Jamie Milliman, a…Columbine [Colorado cop]…who…[pretended it was credible to accuse a female] financial planner in her 40s…[of stealing a $25 package from a stranger’s porch. The town of] Bow Mar…population…900…use[s a network of] Flock [Fascism] cameras to track vehicles as they pass through town…[justifying the warrantless] privacy [invasion by belching out the magic word “]criminal[“]…Milliman [blatant]ly [lied to]…Elser…[apparently believing] he [could bully her into confessing to]…the [crime by pretending to have “evidence” yet moronically]…refus[ing] to [produce it unless]…she [confessed before seeing it]…Elser [fought fire with fire, obtaining]…surveillance images from [her] tailor…and…her…electric truck…a theft allegation could damage or derail her career in financial services…[but cops and politicians kept trying to ruin her life, so] she…compiled her evidence into a voluminous Google Drive folder…drafted a 7-page affidavit…and…sent [it] to the [boss hog. Confronted by reality]…the [government had little choice but to abandon the attack]…but there was no apology or explanation…[so] she’s considering suing…
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