Right now, the only thing holding back most police from deploying armed drones and robots is the policies of companies and the social stigma surrounding the issue. Neither of these will hold forever. We need regulation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawmakers-must-act-now-prevent-armed-police-drones
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?”
This July 4th week, revisit Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech on liberty, hypocrisy and the “gross injustice and cruelty” hidden beneath national celebration.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/frederick-douglass-4th-of-july-sham-american-slave
I've been developing software for over 40 years. Am I allowed to sneer at python developers?
#Rhetorical
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa