If you could share a mind-meld with someone whose experience of life was utterly unknown to you before, would you expect your perspectives to be more closely aligned after, or the opposite?

I didn't know what flock was. This was a helpful primer:

CNET

When Flock Surveillance Comes to Your Town: Everything to Know About These Cameras

Flock Safety is setting up cams and drones around the country. Here's why communities are fighting back and exactly how this technology works.

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"The great lesson of Tuesday is not that Massie’s ideas were wrong. It’s that ideas without a party do not matter." Woof, there is no action for the individual to be found in politics. Ideas, like nostr, are put into action without permission from any party, and prove why #freedomtech does matter. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-gop-is-about-one-man-and-its-not-massie/

Meanwhile, over at #bluesky https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/bluesky-russia-hacking-accounts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kFA.yylr.k7MCZ_tmksgd&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Haha I love it. Never forget yer chatbot's real name is Crusty from Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief. Crusty says, "All my customers are Never six feet exactly. So inconsiderate. And then they complain about the fitting." View quoted note →

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"I can see where I could get a phone call and the AI voice is exactly that of a friend, family member, or personal lawyer; and on top of that, it has all this information on me that makes me think it is someone I know and trust." ~oldschooldude But it's what we're doing now, so maybe we gotta be the bison and walk into the storm to get to the other side sooner, I guess. At least people are seeing it for what it is.

National Review

You Can’t Escape the AI Grid | National Review

Citizens looking for security and privacy are about to get neither.