[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 24 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but it's still Twitter and backed by a fascist POS. Gross.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 35 points 7 months ago

If they start trying to thread the needle between California and Texas, they give the lower courts more opportunities to overturn maps in Republican states and a future SCOTUS more elbow room to overturn their whole reading of legislative maps.

The Roberts SCOTUS has already given any future SCOTUS ample precedent for utterly ignoring previous rulings as it suits their partisan needs several times over. If they think this one somehow stands separate from anything else it's laughable.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 23 points 9 months ago

Ooh, a sailboat!

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 149 points 10 months ago

This is one of the big issues with 'drug dogs'; they're conditioned to give false positives for rewards.

Those same false positives the serve as grounds for an otherwise illegal search and regardless of findings are often later presented as evidence in any resulting charges as a statement of fact that the 'dog alerted' on the victim to bypass an individuals 4th amendment rights.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago

My children attended this school until recently, it was initially a very good environment for a less factory-learning structure, especially for less conformist children; we moved them before the protests and responses were an alleged driving factor for relocating. There was already an exodus in progress once the protests were in full swing due to alarming turnover rates among the teaching staff throughout the year as well as multiple issues with the now-removed principal and much of the board (spoiler: lots of turnover there too).

The board (old and new) has consistently tried to operate behind closed doors, stifle parental/community input at meetings, and actively ignores their bylaws/rules/policies as it suits their interests. The meetings leading up to their announcing the move barely pretended to hold to posted agendas or consider the limited input they allowed.

General consensus among most parents that attended/participated board meetings recently was that they (board) were actively trying to spin an excuse to lease from Lundquist (guy that owns the ICE building) with many questioning if one or more members had personal/financial ties to him. Other facilities not mentioned in the article were aggressively dismissed by the board during meetings leading up to the announcement for arbitrary reasons without exploring remedies or workarounds to their declared obstacles, seemingly to create their "we only have two options" narrative they pushed in the article.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When they changed the CPI from a cost of goods index (COGI) To a cost of living index (COLI) it opened the doors to gaming the system and severely underreport the actual inflation rates.

Allowing/claiming 'substitutions' where buyers would allegedly just buy cheaper/off-brand good as prices rise lets reporting steadily claim discounts that aren't actually there for many applications, especially when the reality is many consumers are already buying those same discounted versions of goods which are also rising in prices.

A COGI system on a specific fixed basket of goods shows the true increase in prices over time for those items, which is often a more accurate representation.

Another driver for them to use a COLI system is that the reported inflation rate also drives changes to social security payments, which translates to less funds for their crony capitalism.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Once again Oregon refuses to tax businesses or meaningfully shift the burden onto the heavy trucking industries which are demonstrated to cause considerably more damage to roads per mile than passenger cars.

Blue state indeed...

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

If only. At least Camacho listened to people on some level other than bribes and sycophants.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Ikea's smart bulbs are compatible without much effort (Home Assistant running Zigbee2MQTT). Much cheaper and widely available year round, only downside I've seen is the temperature range isn't nearly as impressive as the white ambiance Hue bulbs.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

The roadside field sobriety test exists purely for the cop (s) to claim they saw further evidence you were intoxicated or under the influence and can be refused in most of not all states. It is never going to prove you are sober and is not in anyone's best interests except the cop's; check your state laws and never consent to the sobriety tests.

Similarly, the hand held portable breathalyzer can be refused in most of not all states, but if they (cop) decide to arrest you and bring you to the station then refusing the calibrated breathalyzer test machine (or blood or urine tests in some cases) there typically is worded as an admission of guilt in many states. Check your state laws and never agree to any breathalyzer unless doing so explicitly results in license forfeiture or implied admission of guilt. Even then, it may still be in a person's best interests to refuse.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you owe the bank a million dollars, you have a problem.

If you owe the bank a billion dollars, the bank has a problem.

If you owe the banks tens to hundreds of billions of dollars based upon hocus-pocus stock valuations and branding hype, a big chunk of the system has a problem.

[-] Bosco@lemmy.ml 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Speak to them through the closed/locked door, DO NOT open the door or exit your home unless they are serving a warrant, at which point you should be asking to see it.

Stepping outside can potentially impact your protection under different interpretations of constitutional rights and also opens the doors to a litany of manufactured charges/claims from the police to justify entering the home or seizing individuals.

  • They got aggressive and threatening and/or assaulted an officer.
  • I saw ______ inside the home when they opened the door.
  • I detected the scent/signs of ______.

Getting back into your house once outside is infinitely more likely to trigger the cops to escalate the situation compared to never exposing yourself to that rush by not opening the door to begin with.

Not to mention the garbage where somehow an officer can place their foot/body into the open doorway of you open the door at which point if you attempt to close the door they claim assaulting an officer.

Don't open the door. Don't go outside to speak with them. If they've got a warrant they're not going to be asking.

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