policing, funding, "efficiency"
Even if you think police are necessary and are in favour of them existing, there's one very important thing to alway remember: their investigations are *supposed* to be slow and expensive. It's a safety measure.
Investigative techniques costing a lot of time and money to apply, without a lot of budget available, is one of the most effective ways to prevent overuse of them; to ensure that they are only used when they really need to be. It's one of those "checks and balances".
By arguing for "efficient policing" and "process optimization", what you end up arguing for in practice is for cops to be able to use these techniques indiscriminately without much thought, because the cost and effort is trivial. This is a really bad thing!
Remember this?
"There are many reports of Black people being refused at border crossings in favor of white Ukrainians, leaving them stuck at borders for days in brutal conditions."
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-shows-racism-has-no-boundaries/
Anyone knows any visually impaired astronomers (or amateurs) who will be interested to test our #astronomy apps for #Accessibility ?
health, positive...? sort of?
I genuinely have no idea how this could happen, I guess the salt restrictions assume neurotypical folks who cheat on the restrictions or something, and they're not designed to be actually followed to the letter??
Asking for a friend (echt), is er een soort bank-of-last-resort voor stichtingen? Een bank die wel bereid is na te denken ipv gillend weg te rennen zodra het iets met het hulp aan Oekraïne te maken heeft? Het is leuk dat de overheid contante transacties boven de 3000 euro verbiedt maar dan moet je niet ook bankrekeningen onbereikbaar maken, lijkt me.
Some serious props to Australia Post for this one. No street number provided, just "The one with the big antenna". Thanks for the laughs @xssfox !
Ken je rechten, flyeren op “semi-openbare” plekken als stations is toegestaan
https://www.doorbraak.eu/ken-je-rechten-flyeren-op-semi-openbare-plekken-als-stations-is-toegestaan/
“Heb je ook ervaring met beveiligers, boa’s of politie tijdens flyeracties bij of in stationshallen? Laat het weten aan Doorbraak of aan anderen van de WRS-campagne.”
A huge victory for trans people's rights in the European Union: the European Court of Justice ruled today that EU member states are not allowed to refuse a legal gender change obtained in another member state, and that all member states must recognize a gender change obtained anywhere in the EU.
“The Court emphasised that the refusal to acknowledge changes of forename and gender acquired in another Member State is contrary to the fundamental rights of EU citizens.”
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Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.