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Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI Wired An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! OK, maybe not THE most, but it IS time for my annual seasonally-themed diaries. It’s been a tradition �since 2010, with topics ranging from music to ...

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I don’t have a lot to add. The headline pretty much says it all. But I do feel this deserves our attention and recognition. I simply want to say that if you are an HIV+ person (a gay male or otherwise), that your life matters and has inherent value....

Donald Trump is giving hypocrisy a bad name. His pardon of former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernandez has re-focused attention on his baseless contention that he is fighting the illegal drug trade. He has used this...

We're back! And so is our election and accountability coverage, callers and much more!... It's no easy feat getting caught up on The BradCast after just one week off during the madness of the Trump Era. But, hey, nobody said fighting to save democracy...

This past Friday, Trump announced he will pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who in March 2024 was convicted by a U.S. jury and sentenced to 45 years in prison for conspiring to import massive amounts of cocaine into the...

Did you guys see it? Guy totally impressed me. He seemed clear, well informed, serious and he pretty much laid out the case against Trump in a linear fashion that was devastating. I don’t think I’ve heard anybody, even including Bernie that covered so...

When I get to stand in for the Jolly Old Elf himself, I do what I can to make everyone feel happy, welcome and special, no matter how they might otherwise be feeling in this hustle-bustle holiday world. I think I mostly succeed, but there are some kids...

Costco has sued the Trump administration to get a full refund of new tariffs it paid so far this year, and to block those import duties from continuing to be collected from the retail warehouse club giant as a Supreme Court case plays out. From...

Shocked? I’m as Shocked as Casablanca’s Captain Renault Why are we pretending to be shocked that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now accused of issuing a spoken order to “leave no one alive” after a maritime strike in the Caribbean? He has been...

�I pay my electric and gas bills with a budget program called the Equal Payment Plan (EPP).� After a year of service, the companies�average out your monthly payments. I’ve done this for years and ...

The first story I ever posted on Daily Kos was written for World AIDS Day 2006. I’ve posted another one almost every year since then. This year the Trump regime has decided there should be no federal observance of World AIDS Day, saying... ...the...

Mutual Aid groups have been growing since the Pandemic and the #Snap shut down really showed what they can do. So much that AP news is covering them. When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call ‘mutual aid’ “One of...

Watch on Youtube. Ballad for Any Lucía López Belloza – A Reeces Pieces Covfefe Thanksgiving is over, our meals are forgotten. Turkey with cranberry stuffing and pie a la mode. Any Lucía López Belloza a 19-year-old On her way home she was arrested put...

WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE ...

To be fair, the couple of cases of shooting people on your stoop for no good reason were not in Florida. But I feel Florida Man is a state of mind, not anything tied to real estate. And -- I'm shocked to report -- the former shooter went to jail for a...

The Department of Defense [sic] maintains a manual on the Law of War, last updated in July 2023. The foreword opens with these words: The law of war is of fundamental importance to the Armed Forces of the United States. The law of war is part of who we...

This doesn’t sound good... Daily Express European nations are reportedly weighing the "nuclear option" of destabilizing the American economy should Donald Trump abandon Ukraine and compromise continental security. Discussions between American and...

The next big battleground test: A Wisconsin race that has tortured Republicans Republicans looking to recover after bruising electoral losses in November are sharply divided over one of the next big electoral tests: a statewide judicial race in...