Notices by Bruce Mirken (brucemirken@mas.to)

@dalias @lispi314 The external cameras have saved my life a couple times, so I find that useful for some reason. But I won't convince you and you won't convince me, so have a good day.

@dalias @lispi314 I'm 70 years old and couldn't give less of a fuck what anyone knows about me.

@dalias if you have a smartphone, the surveillance apparatus already has you.

New survey: Owners of #ElectricVehicles love their cars more than owners of gas cars. But at least gas is cheap -- oh, wait... https://insideevs.com/news/802719/ev-buyers-happy-jd-power-survey/

Sen. Bill Cassidy apparently plans to finish his Senate career on a pathetic note, accepting a token change to a still-misleading #CDC web page on #vaccines and #autism as a sign of "good faith." https://nxslink.thehill.com/view/699d7c893aba13af8a0944a5rtd9y.p5v/9438086c

#RFKJr and #MAHA in 1 cartoon:

#Tesla is not having a good week. https://electrek.co/2026/07/23/tesla-tsla-crashes-12-q2-2026-earnings-miss/

The best Penzeys promotion ever:

Oh hey, another dumb, cruel policy from #Trump. “U.S. citizens who are fully eligible for benefits will forgo #healthcare, nutrition assistance, and other basic supports out of fear that using them could jeopardize a loved one's immigration status." https://nxslink.thehill.com/view/699d7c893aba13af8a0944a5rr6t7.s2j/bbd15154

The strait of #Hormuz is closed again. Meanwhile...

"The #TrumpAdministration’s rollback of #CleanEnergy energy policies has now cost the US nearly 470,000 jobs and $68 billion in private investment, according to a new report released today."

https://electrek.co/2026/07/09/trump-clean-energy-rollbacks-erase-68b-in-us-investment/

#Israel murders another #Gaza relief worker. https://www.commondreams.org/news/aid-driver-shot-gaza

An #ER doc calls on politicians to do more about #GunViolence (but #Trump is busy trying to increase it) https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/07/06/mass-shooting-aftermaths-gun-violence-control/90771636007/

“If you can’t go to the state capital to advocate for your rights because you can’t use the bathroom in there, how are you going to advocate for your rights? If you can’t get an accurate identification document, how are you going to vote?” Skinner-Thompson says. “These barriers are pushing #trans people from the public square. We need to stop thinking about these laws individually.
They are part of a system that treats trans people as second-class citizens and segregates them from public life.” https://progressive.org/magazine/fighting-for-care-mayer-20260611/

"Donald #Trump personally earning $1.4 billion from a family #cryptocurrency business that benefits from his administration’s lenient crypto policies (much of those crypto purchases coming directly from a foreign government) is less well known to the public than whatever wild thing he said on his personal social media site the night before." https://prospect.org/2026/07/02/platner-collins-peculiar-definition-of-political-scandal/

This is perfect. #CBSNews #BariWeiss

#SCOTUS really, really wants a dictatorship: "The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, overturning 90 years of precedent and giving the chief executive what dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor called 'a power unknown even to the English Crown against which the Founders revolted.'” https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-v-slaughter

#ElonMusk is a murderer, and now he's lying about it. https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-dead-children-usaid

"An opaque #WhiteHouse office staffed largely by veterans of #ElonMusk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites – for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings – in ways critics say appear to violate federal law." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/government-website-visitor-tracking-surveillance-fears

⚠️⚠️⚠️ “Now anyone engaged in basic #protests with the wrong political beliefs can be labeled a domestic #terrorist, when they have no intention of violence.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/prairieland-backlash

RE: https://flipboard.com/@lgbtqnation/lgbtq-nation-c65vn37sz/-/a-0rn7d0B5Tc2_x4zZGyUwgg%3Aa%3A3220327925-%2F0

Shockingly, serial incompetence undermines the strongman image that #Trump so desperately wants.