Great, now I need an AA gun on top of my car.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2026
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I remember years ago an engineer for the ARGUS-IS doing like a PSA warning about all of this. The missing piece then was a systems to sift through mountains of disparate data sources to pull together a single cohesive and relevant data point.
Which I'm guessing is why data centers are so hot right now. Surveillance state brought to us by big tech, billionaires, and corporations. They sell this stuff to naive or malicious police and government officials. I'm not too surprised the police are on board but so very many politicians are signing their localities up for it and citizens aren't happy.
We need something like deflock to keep track of who is signing off on all of this so people can organize and vote them out. It's a very bipartisan issue.
"Citizen, our drone spotted you smoking marijuana in your bedroom. Do you have a prescription? Let's figure this out downtown."
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are umbrellas illegal yet?
Parasols. Umbrellas stop rain, so it's sus^1^ to use one when it isn't raining. Parasols are for sunny days.
^1^ - Being sus might as well be a crime in the US at this point.
Curious how long it will take someone to come up with an STL and board spec and parts list for an anti-drone soft kill system that can be deployed through a sunroof lolol
I have an umbrella from Japan that doubles as a sun shade so imma keep saying umbrellas. plus, I’ve never seen a male presenting person use a parasol.
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