[-] Devi@beehaw.org 21 points 5 days ago

While this is an interesting article, I feel like in the current state of twitter Alt right accounts are promoted whatever you like. When I was on it I followed feminist type pages, local news, some left wing comedians, I was still frequently offered Andrew Tate and the like.

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago
[-] Devi@beehaw.org 14 points 1 month ago

My local nextdoor has an issue with non white people in vans. Like normal builders eating their lunch and Sharon down the road is posting "Anyone know why this man is here? Stayed there for 45 minutes, very suspicious, might be stealing dogs".

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Of fucking course it is!!

So does anything happen from this or are we just pointing out the obvious?

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

Why are you doing 7 hours of homework as an adult?

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Rockets are cool, they go to the moon, there's not really a fun use of the word 'bomb'

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Not really talking about brutality, although that varies from place to place, but more the occupying garrison for the ruling class comments. Police structure vary from country to country.

Also Scotland yard is a building, it doesn't do anything.

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

These days, we know the police are not here to protect the public, rather to serve as an occupying garrison for the ownership class, and while this was always the case, the DEA and war on drugs and the 1033 program have made this role even more clear.

American police. Police in different countries are structured in very different ways.

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

I don't think that would be allowed in the UK, you can't tell kids to eat bombs.

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago

You call it a bomb pop? We call them rocket lollys, I assumed that the rocket part would be universal.

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

This article seems to be trying to make the use of drones seem ominous but that's really simplistic. A drone is a tool. They talk about flying drones over large gatherings but before drones they'd just have a dude with a camera go up a tall building.

When there's large gatherings it can be helpful to spot crowd surges or crushes to be able to see things.

Of course these things are open to abuse, but how many cases of abuse have we seen with basic police on foot?

It's not the technology we should be worrying about but the officers who are abusive.

[-] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Not sure if it's very, maybe slightly? They're not cuddle kitties, but neither are they murder kitties.

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