Electronic Frontier Foundation

eff.org

29 June 2026 13:02

When a license plate is captured by an automated license plate reader (ALPR), it’s instantly compared against a list of vehicles that the police are actively looking for, known as a “hotlist.” EFF has learned that one of these hotlists targets immigrants on behalf of ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Nick Taylor

tienelle.bsky.social

29 June 2026 13:00

We also have mandatory "this workplace is too cold" temperatures but no equivalent for heat.

Phil Himsworth

philhimsworth.bsky.social

29 June 2026 13:00

Hello from the UK! It's because heating is acceptable to stop us being uncomfortably or even dangerously cold, but cooling to stop us being uncomfortably or even dangerously hot is just bourgeois extravagance. No, it makes no sense. (We have aircon anyway, it's great)

Technology Connections

techconnectify.bsky.social

29 June 2026 13:00

Didn't intend for this to become a thread, but that's the rub. Any country subsidizing heat pumps which can only heat has created policy based on a misunderstanding of the technology which itself comes from ignorance re: the energy mix of a power grid and historical heating fuels.

The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell

hypervisible.blacksky.app

29 June 2026 12:59

“The decision comes months after some Woodburn residents expressed fears that the information collected from the cameras would be used to arrest immigrants or invade people’s privacy.”