August 27, 2026
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Marco Rubio's State Department accuses Cuba of fueling "far-left terror" in the United States and recruiting solidarity activists to "turn America against itself."

According to Teishan Latner, a leading scholar of U.S.-Cuba left solidarity, the claims are the same ones the FBI and CIA made in the 1960s and 1970s. They were as spurious then, he says, as they are now.

This week, Belly of the Beast journalist Yohan Rodríguez speaks with Latner about how the State Department twisted his scholarship into a sweeping McCarthyite conspiracy theory to criminalize U.S. social justice movements and justify possible military action against Cuba.

Also:

• Trump Renews World War I Law to Sanction Cuba
• Cubans Caught in Trump's Deportation Machine
• Giménez Blames Free Healthcare, Ignores Sanctions
• Rubio Targets Solidarity, Mining and Construction

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1368758/a-hegseth-employee-created-a-database-to-track-americans-based-on-their-political-affili

Relevant: Pete Hegseth Is Building a Pentagon Troll Army.

LINK https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117184857420534704

Tried to go to a graphic novel shop, got lost in the backrooms for a bit. It was impressive how easy it was to get lost in these passageways.

Turns out, taking the wrong way from Future Visions just results in a bunch of unfinished hallways.

Thanks for seeing my work!

NYC Street Design Manual

Granite and concrete blocks are installed as part of Operational Projects as hardening in order to provide safety for pedestrians. Many granite blocks have been repurposed from bridge rehabilitation projects across the City. These blocks are a sustainable solution that integrates seamlessly into New York City's urban environment. NYC DOT also purchases new blocks when needed.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51309903

This didn't happen to me.

I'm quite proud of this one. I usually only buy discounted plants - because if / when I kill them, I don't feel that guilty.

When I got it, it was a mess: had a baby offshoot and was rotting from one arm/leaf. I was afraid cutting it - it took me two cuts til it dried out and started it's recovery.
Now my problem is to try to keep it's arms straight - haven't found a solution yet.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51310194

Screenshot of the marker for costco on google maps. it says "4.6 stars, absorbs into your skin quickly"

i did this and slept in like 30 minutes. usually takes 3 hours. wowie, what a lifehack.

having something to hug onto or to just have besides you is surprisingly nice. when you pull back, blanket 1 moves your direction. when you lean in, you feel that movement from behind.

something something deep pressure maybe. it's not that deep. i have weighted blankies but they are too exhausting to deal with and... they are okay but i usually remove them at somepoint.

but this!!! this is it, maybe. who knows.

i wish you a wonderful day and sweet dreams (for later... or now)

Flock, and other ALPR companies like Axon, Motorola, and Verkada have been adding capabilities to gather signals from airpods, smart watches, fitness trackers, even toll lane passes.

There were allegations too about TPMS. That is harder, b/c TPMS do not xmit actively. The power comes only from reflecting a received RF, so it is weak. But it may not be impossible. The car itself gets the signals like that, tho shorter range. There may be a larger antenna on the roadside than your car uses, to capture weaker signals. Unclear if it's possible. But unclear it isn't!

TPMS started in 1980s. It didn't get real widespread until 2000s. But even "older" cars, safe from online telematics, still may have TPMS. If there is any way for Flock and the rest to use it as a fingerprint, they will. TPMS has a unique ID.

So I started looking. Can TPMS be removed at home? Answer is, kinda. It's a little hard without special tire equipment, and it may fuck up the tire balance. A shop can do it, but IDK if they are legally allowed to.

But would that do anything for you? TBH I doubt it helps much. The ALPRs use so many techniques. Plates, ofc. Also scratches. Dents. Bumper stickers. Trailer hitches. Ski racks. Window stickers and passes. Any distinguishing aspect of the vehicle. There are even rumors they can use FR on the driver, but IDK if that has been substantiated. So TPMS delete maybe not worth the squeeze.

Even avoiding ALL emissions, portable devices and TPMS, the ALPR can still ID you in enough other ways. Optical side harder to defeat than radio side.

Once, we could drive without private companies recording everywhere we go. We could even travel from state to state. No papers.

A post by the cartoonist - https://bsky.app/profile/bagleycartoons.bsky.social/post/3muc76bk53c2j