Notices by Dave Rahardja (drahardja@sfba.social)

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#kakistocracy #rightWing

“None of the last 31 political attacks was by anyone from 'the Left'. Not one. We can count them.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/15/2343622/-None-of-the-last-31-political-killings-was-by-anyone-from-the-Left-Not-one-We-can-count-them

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida) has introduced a bill that would allow the Secretary of State (which today is Marco Rubio) to designate any US citizen a “terrorist supporter” based on their online speech, and deny them a passport.

First of all, a passport should be a *right* to any US citizen and a *service* provided by the US government. Refusing to issue a passport is essentially the equivalent of confiscating one’s passport—something that is already illegal to do.

Second, the First Amendment prohibits the government from creating laws that constrain people’s right to speech and opinion, something that Republicans have seemingly never understood. For a government agency to deny service to a citizen based on their speech is clearly unconstitutional.

#kakistocracy

“NEW BILL WOULD GIVE MARCO RUBIO “THOUGHT POLICE” POWER TO REVOKE U.S. PASSPORTS”

https://theintercept.com/2025/09/13/marco-rubio-revoke-us-passports-terrorism/

Unpaywalled: https://removepaywalls.com/https://theintercept.com/2025/09/13/marco-rubio-revoke-us-passports-terrorism/

Good job, Kaiser!

“Kaiser says no limits on COVID vaccine for its patients”

#healthcare #Covid #KaiserPermanente #sfba

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/kaiser-covid-vaccine/3946558/

Reposted with alt text

#flexibleWork #remoteWork #ReturnToOffice https://mastodon.social/@mklopez/115187361052628583

I don’t like using bullets to settle arguments, but when gun nuts and conservatives continually block change even when our kids are getting gunned down in school week after week, I really can’t shed a tear when one of their loudmouth spokespeople gets one.

They’ve been OK with everyone else getting shot, so why not them? You gotta be able to take what you give. You spread shit, you get shit.

Charlie Kirk says it’s OK for people to get shot, because it lets people have guns.

“I think it's worth to have a cost of unfortunately some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the 2nd Amendment. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”

https://xcancel.com/Ronxyz00/status/1965872119604289791

Charlie Kirk says you don’t need to feel people’s pain.

“I can’t stand the word empathy actually. I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that — it does a lot of damage, but it is very effective when it comes to politics”

https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/charlie-kirk-calls-empathy-a-new-age-term-that-does-a-lot-of-damage/

An illustration by Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes.

PS: Fuck Washington Post for forcing her out to appease Trump.

#cartoon #politicalCartoon #kakistocracy #Trump #TrumpEpstein

Q: Hey, we got two spare Vespa motors, a bunch of old tires, bamboo sticks, and a couple of monkeys. Whatchu wanna do with them?

Indonesians:

#indonesia #cars #creative

It’s from the same artist who made this, titled “Political Duty”.

#art #sculpture

“You Idiot” kinetic sculpture by Jakob Grosse-Ophoff

#art #sculpture

Someone posted this photo of a Stereo Fair outside of a K-Mart from the 1980s and it’s amazing.

#nostalgia

Jay Carey, the veteran who burned the US flag in front of the White House, has been released from custody, because—surprise, surprise—they had nothing to charge him with, aside from the nothingburger “lighting a fire in a parking lot”.

“I did this in protest of what Donald Trump did with that Executive Order saying that it was illegal to burn an American flag. He can’t make orders, and I want to put it to the test, so I did, and…I’m not in jail for a year.”

Absolute legend.

#firstAmendment #kakistocracy #resist

Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@jolly_good_ginger/video/7542740558213631263

Church: We will house the homeless

People: OK

Church: Right here in your town

People: You better not, gimme your land

#nimby #housing #unhoused

“Church drops homeless shelter plan after N.J. township rejects idea and threatens to condemn the property”

https://www.nj.com/ocean/2025/08/church-drops-homeless-shelter-plan-after-nj-township-rejects-idea-and-threatens-to-condemn-the-property.html

I’ve long said that copyright is the wrong framework with which to regulate AI, because it will likely only shift economic power from AI companies to major copyright holders like Disney and Sony, allowing #AI to continue its destruction apace.

But having said that, if millions of authors can use copyright law to extract massive payments out of Anthropic, then I say: LET THEM. Anything that wedges the machinery of widespread theft is a good thing. Any sort of power transfer to individual authors which prevents their works from contributing to the devaluation of human labor is good. Any legal precedent that puts the fear of monetary loss in the eyes of venture capital is fine with me.

LET THEM.

“Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/authors-celebrate-historic-settlement-coming-soon-in-anthropic-class-action/

#Flock cameras says that it has “paused its operations with federal agencies” because their system has been used for ICE enforcement.

“Pausing” operations means that they HAVE BEEN ALLOWING IT until now.

Flock makes money per query. They are incentivized to allow “law enforcement” types to query their systems for as many things as they want, including tracking people down for violating anti-abortion laws, suspected “immigration” issues, and who knows what else.

Your tax dollars are paying for this. Flock cameras should be taken down.

#surveillance #kakistocracy #enshittification #FlockCameras #ALPR

“License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies among investigation concerns”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/license-plate-camera-company-halts-225436172.html

Ice Cream Or Dog

#memes #humor

#kakistocracy #fuckICE

“Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/fort-bliss-japanese-americans-internment-camp-immigrant-detention-rcna226044

Interesting thread by Keith Sakata MD, a psychiatrist at UCSF:

“I’m a psychiatrist.

In 2025, I’ve seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI. Online, I’m seeing the same pattern.”

…

“LLMs are auto-regressive.

Meaning they predict the next word based on the last. And lock in whatever you give them:

“You’re chosen” → “You’re definitely chosen” → “You’re the most chosen person ever”

AI = a hallucinatory mirror 🪞”

…

“To be clear: as far as we know, AI doesn't cause psychosis.
It UNMASKS it using whatever story your brain already knows.”

#ai #psychosis

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1954884361695719474.html

@kaia Where are they going