Notably absent from this list of tips is the more spicy option of "entire neighborhoods could mobilize and be prepared to take to the rooftops en masse and shoot at thugs who enter their community intent on doing harm" but that's more like a Hollywood movie plotline than something we're likely to actually witness unfold in reality.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid@mastodon.social)

This Tuesday the Trump fascist WH is starting mass immigrant deportations in Chicago. I'm an immigrant and human rights lawyer based out of Chicago...

Thanks to folk like @npub17pmd...kws7 and others spreading awareness, I'm now checking out #Pixelfed as a secondary image-posting platform. I've created an account on pixelfed.social but sadly the Admins there seem to have disabled all of the Import functions which is of course the entire point of having an account there. I've downloaded my whole Instagram archive in JSON format but would like to join an instance that hasn't nerf'd their features. Any good recommendations for a pixelfed instance that has more options available to their users?

Have you ever been riding an elevator and found yourself enjoying a pleasant and soothing woman's voice incorporated into the announcements in the cab? While many companies in the industry do this now, the first and for a long time the only manufacturer to offer this feature was Otis Elevators. I was seized with the desire to know more about the person behind the voice and ultimately decided to look her up and call her. This eventually resulted in a delightful hour-long phone call, which I have edited into this interview now published on my channel. Enjoy!

Hey, everyone. Many of you have been sharing "Lawyer, Passport, Locksmith, Gun" a lot more recently... ... a few folk have inquired about whether I can add transcription/subtitles to that whole talk for greater accessibility. So now I'm asking: do I know anyone who does this as a service and would you like to hit me up with your rates and availability?

Well here's a delightful thing that happened today. Inspired by the comments section of a recent video I uploaded, I decided to seek out the woman who is the voice behind the verbal announcements you hear in Otis elevator systems. I did indeed find her. Linda and I had a lovely phone call this afternoon and that interview will be released as an upcoming video in the near future. 🔺 😊👍 🔻

my attempt at humor-not-humor today... in an uncertain future where i guess everything's just a grift and a scam now, has anyone thought of just buying a ton of regular, pasteurized milk and selling it at a markup to trad family dimwits by claiming that it's raw milk? are the people who are dumb enough to want to buy it also dumb enough to not know the difference? many of you are looking for new angles and ways to survive in an uncertain tomorrow. perhaps this is a business plan.

I'm already totally tired of reading takes like this... https://mastodon.social/@ericleamen/113435715244791649 ... is there a segment of the population that didn't want to vote for a woman or a person of color? Yeah, sure, maybe. But that segment pales in comparison to the slice of our populace who couldn't bring themselves to vote for EITHER genocidal authoritarian aristocrat because they "saw no difference" between the candidates. Do I see a difference between them? Of course. But I also saw this coming. Democrats who try to be Republicans will be beaten by Republicans every time. The DNC is like Charlie Brown with the football, I swear.

So I've learned that RedBox has gone bankrupt and is shutting down. Apparently property owners are getting quotes as high as $1000 from companies who will contract to haul the machines away. I know several hackers interested in them, however, and would be willing to take one or two for free. If you are in central Florida and have a RedBox machine you no longer want on your property, you can reach out to me and I'll put you in touch with someone who will take care of it for you and re-home it.

I've been getting a lot more of these ads lately (on Instagram, the only place left in my life where I cannot remove ads, sadly) and am curious if this is like a new dangerous scam where vendors are selling denatured lab alcohol as if it were safe to consume? Or is this some business playing right in the margins of regulation, but actually delivering legit booze?