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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State3·10 hours agoIdeally by having local police arrest those who violate it. If they want to claim some sort of immunity for being feds, they can do that in front of a judge after spending the night in a holding cell. That’ll keep them from meeting their quota or getting their $1500/person kidnapping bonus.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State18·1 day agoNot quite all; there’s a limited exception where CA state police can shield their identity under some circumstances. But it’s pretty close, and covers all federal agents.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State501·1 day agoIt applies broadly to law enforcement. From the article:
California’s measure would bar law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings, such as ski masks, balaclavas and neck gaiters, that shield their identities. It does not apply to medical masks, clear plastic face shields, respirators, eye protection or other safety devices.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans [Chicago]2·2 days agoYeah. With the racial profiling they’re doing, ICE and the Border Patrol have really alienated a huge chunk of the population
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•AI cameras are spotting wildfires across California — often before humans call 9111·2 days agoMy understanding is that its machine learning (eg:pytorch) but not an LLM
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•A Rogue Nation on the High Seas | Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.10·2 days agoBecause they fired all the military lawyers who would have said ‘no’
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•Video shows federal agents striking, spraying nonviolent Portland protesters181·2 days agoI think an awful lot of people were duped when the press treated Trump’s disavowal of Project 2025 as if it was real
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Tiffany Trump Cruised on an Oil Mogul’s Yacht as Her Father-in-Law Talked Oil Deals3·3 days agoThe New York Times is a huge apologist for any kind of right-wing government
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•Pepper-balls, rifle rounds, drones: UC police get green light for military-grade weapons3·3 days agoThe UC system means all campuses
UC <location> or <location> state university refers to a single campus
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•US senator calls on big oil to disclose suspected lobbying over Trump plan to axe key climate rule2·3 days agoRanking member of the minority party. So for now, he doesn’t have the power to act.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•Pepper-balls, rifle rounds, drones: UC police get green light for military-grade weapons6·3 days agoYeah, I’d normally expect participants in a California-specific community to know this.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•Pepper-balls, rifle rounds, drones: UC police get green light for military-grade weapons3·3 days agoCanada has it for sure.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’1·4 days agoAir conditioning is far less common in most of Europe than in the US. There is a real stigma associated with it, and some jurisdictions require evidence of a medical condition to all you to install it at home
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Western States Issue Their Own Vaccine Recommendations to Counter Kennedy4·4 days agoI recommend calling in the morning. Kennedy is going to try to further restrict vaccines on Friday
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•More Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.1·4 days agoThey’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•More Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.2·4 days agoTaking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•More Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.3·4 days agoThe outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices.
What’s actually needed is a unionized competitor
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•‘People Are Losing Hope’ Inside ICE Detention Centers | Immigrant detainees are not receiving proper mental health care, lawyers and advocacy groups say, and reports of suicide attempts are persistent4·4 days agoSure… but you need to do it in a way that keeps them listening
Last time NPR posted the Declaration of Independence it made Republicans angry