The US has a police problem, of which private police are a subset. It's not primarily a private police problem. (Same for prisons) This firm is the third-largest private employer in the US
TIME
The Problems at Allied, the World's Largest Security Firm
People who work for the company told TIME that oversight is lacking and they feel unprepared for dangers on the job.
 and is doing contract work for both ICE and... my campus
ICE’s Deportation Machine Runs on Private Security
Some of the world’s largest private security firms are making millions of dollars by aiding ICE with its mass deportations. Now the Trump adminis...
 #ICE #PolicingTheCampus #AlliedSecurity #policing
"GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use"
Animal Photo Reference Repository
Animal Photo Reference Repository
 (shared from bsky, seems like they should have a presence here but I don't seem them)
"If there is a great lesson to be learned from all of the Nazi trials that have taken place, then it can be found here: The line beyond what is morally right and what is not, is far from obvious early on, before the worst of the crimes are committed. It is easily overlooked when everybody else is making the same, wrong decision" Worth reading:
DIE ZEIT
Concentration Camp Duty: The Last SS Guard
Gregor Formanek stood guard in Sachsenhausen. Jerzy Zawadzki was nine years old, and a prisoner. When Formanek is indicted at age 99, their lives i...
Not sure where I first saw this but I signed this open letter refusing to adopt Gen AI in education. I particularly like that it acknowledges harms to students, and students' right to refuse as well. Sharing in case others want to see/sign:
An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education
Ukobach, a minor oil demon (Louis Le Breton illustration from Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy, 1863) #OilDemon #oil #demon image
πŸ‘€ "Activists announce plans for Aug. 12 general strike by immigrants"
Activists announce plans for Aug. 12 general strike by immigrants
The general strike by immigrants would be on Aug. 12
 #Strike #Immigrants #immigration #ICE #uspol #LosAngeles #unions
The wonder of these puffballs usually eludes photographic capture but I think I did ok here #bloomscrolling image
Statice update: #bloomscrolling image
Hoping I don't get kicked off #bloomscrolling for heresy image
"Several farmworkers were injured and one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the raid [said @npub1vyut...6qfw ]. U.S. citizens were detained during the raid and some are still unaccounted for.. Some citizen workers who were detained reported only being released from custody after deleting photos and videos of the raid from their phones" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/one-california-worker-dead-hundreds-arrested-after-cannabis-farm-raid-2025-07-11/ #ICE #immigration #uspol #VenturaCounty #Camarillo