First off, Yes. I work in property management. No I am not a Landlord. I am an Assistant Community Manager for a Section 8/LIHTC project apartment, which is part of a larger company that buys older properties to convert into projects.

I have a resident who has made it their goal to write a manifesto on all their rent checks. Please note that their monthly rent is currently $29. Unless they make over 100k a year, their rent is generally going to always be 30% of their gross monthly income.

There are some late fees on their account, but we are legitimately trying to get rid of them and make sure that they are caught up and doesn't owe us anything but their monthly rent.

Now that I have given that infodump... What can I do?

If they keep sending these IRL Hexbear posts (some of them reference Luigi) eventually my manager or someone higher is going to see this and be able to use these little rants as ammo to evict them. They see me as an enemy. I'm one of the people sitting in the office in the A/C supposedly making more than the maintenance team slaving away repairing people's stuff. Btw, I'm the lowest paid gal around here, and half the maintenance team is low-key liberal Transphobic.

So Hexbear, what can I do to save another comrade from losing their housing? Any idea how I could help them funnel that energy towards something productive for the cause? How can I make them see that us here in the community are not their rivals just because we have to sell our intellectual and emotional labor?

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/49154936

In December, McDonald said critics of the conditions in his jail are “lying.” In his statement, he rejected the allegations of mistreatment.

“I am proud of the humane care and custody we provide in the Plymouth County Correctional Facility,” he said. “We are …routinely audited by federal and state agencies, and routinely exceed all applicable standards.”

We shouldn’t have to take his word on that, though. Which is why the ACLU of Massachusetts asked for a bunch of records that would show what kind of medical care detainees are getting in Plymouth, how much it costs, and whether any immigrants have been sick enough to be sent to outside medical facilities.

The sheriff refused to hand over the bulk of them, because some contain detainees’ identifying information – even though the ACLU specifically asked that all records be anonymized. When the ACLU sued for the records in February, the sheriff’s response included an argument that could have enormous implications if it is allowed to stand.

It uses an expansive principle called “field preemption,” which holds that state law simply does not apply in a field such as immigration enforcement, which is wholly governed by federal laws. In other words, because of the sheriff’s contract with a federal agency, the state public records law does not apply.

“The argument seems to be that the state is not allowed to have a public records law that requires any transparency that relates to Plymouth’s immigration detention operation,” said Dan McFadden, managing attorney at the ACLU. “That means it would be entirely shielded from public scrutiny, which would be highly concerning.”

It sure would. It cannot be that signing a contract with a federal agency puts a county official beyond the reach of the state public records law, and effectively beyond review by the voters and taxpayers who put him in office and largely fund his operation.

McDonald argues that federal law, and a couple of decisions by the Commonwealth’s Supervisor of Records in other counties, tie his hands here.

The two sides argued their positions at Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday, and the sheriff’s spokesperson said McDonald is looking forward to direction from the judge.

McFadden, of the ACLU, said a ruling in the sheriff’s favor would undermine government transparency in this state “for the purpose of assisting ICE to maintain secrecy in its detention operations.”

None of us should want any part of that appalling project.

I'm sure that McConnell was a great listener that day.

Windows just had its worst month on record. StatCounter’s newly published numbers for June 2026 put worldwide desktop market share for Windows at 56.61%, the first time it has ever fallen below 60% in the history of the dataset. Linux closed the same month at 4.36%, its highest number in a year. The r/linux crowd found the chart within hours, and the thread that followed was half celebration, half cross examination.

Here’s what the data actually says, what it probably doesn’t say, and why the comments didn’t believe it for a second.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/49153800

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces died from an allergic reaction while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows.

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, according to the document. His March 14 death at a Dallas hospital was ruled to be an accident.

Paktiawal’s sudden death in ICE custody has drawn outrage because he had risked his life fighting as an ally of U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan for a decade.

Out of more than 50 ICE detention deaths during President Donald Trump’s second term, Paktiawal’s is the first to be ruled an accident, according to tracking by The Associated Press. Most of the others have been blamed on natural causes or suicide.

An advocacy group, AfghanEvac, and two members of Congress on Monday called on Texas authorities to release his autopsy report, which they have sought to withhold by arguing its disclosure would interfere with a pending criminal investigation.

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Paktiawal was evacuated with thousands of others from Afghanistan when U.S. troops pulled out in 2021. He entered the U.S. through a legal process and requested asylum to stay. That claim was pending when ICE arrested him at his home in Richardson, Texas, on March 13 as he was getting some of his six children ready for school.

ICE has defended its decision to target Paktiawal for deportation, noting he had been arrested on food stamp fraud and theft charges. He had not been convicted in either case.

ICE did not respond to questions Monday, referring to its previously released report on Paktiawal’s death, which said he was screened at its Dallas field office and denied any medical conditions or allergies. Hours later, he began experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain in a holding room and was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital.

The next morning, hospital staff noted swelling of his tongue while he was eating breakfast and gave him epinephrine, a drug that treats allergic reactions. He was pronounced dead about 40 minutes later after lifesaving measures were unsuccessful.

The certificate lists the cause of death as “anaphylaxis complicating acute asthma exacerbation.” Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction typically triggered by food, drugs or insect venom. The document lists the toxic effects of methamphetamine, heart disease and cigarette smoking as contributing factors.

Relatives said they did not know Paktiawal to use meth, and a second autopsy performed for the family could not confirm whether he had meth in his system because no blood remained for testing, VanDiver said. His wife has said that he relied on an inhaler for asthma, but ICE agents rejected her attempt to give them the device when he was taken into custody.

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The cause and manner of death were established by the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office after an autopsy.

County authorities have refused to release the report, citing statements from ICE officials that doing so would interfere with a federal investigation into the death. They have asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office for permission to withhold the record under a “law enforcement exception” to the state’s open records law.

In response to the AP’s request for the report, Dallas County official Jennifer Rose wrote that “its release would interfere with the detection, investigation, and prosecution of a crime.”

Paxton’s office hasn’t ruled on the matter. It previously granted a similar request from another Texas county to withhold the autopsy report of a Vietnamese man who died in ICE custody in July 2025, records show.