XKEYSCORE [he/him]

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Cake day: January 14th, 2021

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  • XKEYSCORE [he/him]tochapotraphouse*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 years ago

    I work in local government, and that means I work with a lot of police who come by when on breaks or whatever. The other day one said something I'd never expect a cop to say, which was "I'm not completely sure if the violent crime we see more often now isn't part of a strategy of tension on behalf of the feds". I'm not a big conspiracy guy but that seems at least somewhat plausible












  • XKEYSCORE [he/him]tonews10,916 confirmed monkeypox cases
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    2 years ago

    there's a quote from a book about collapse that i have saved that's relevant to this:

    Suppose you have an old bridge: the concrete is cracked, chunks of it are missing with rusty rebar showing through. An inspector declares it 'structurally deficient.' This bridge is definitely going to collapse at some point, but on what date? That is something that nobody can tell you. If you push for an answer, you might hear something like this: If it doesn't collapse within a year, then i might stay up for another two. And if it stays up that long, then it might stay up for another decade. But if it stays up for an entire decade, then it will probably collapse within a year or two of that, because, given its rate of deterioration, at that point it will be entirely unclear what is holding it up.

    to me this describes the state of america very well, literally and metaphorically.



  • XKEYSCORE [he/him]toaskchapoGood world maps?
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    2 years ago

    I like the Winkel Tripel projection for putting it on a wall. there's still distortion but it's minimized and doesn't look as wacky as butterfly projection



  • XKEYSCORE [he/him]tothe_dunk_tankSo it's not the dogs then?
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    2 years ago

    this has been known since like, the 30's.

    active community that knows each other = high rates of informal surveillance = reduced crime; this is basic social disorganization theory. atomization makes this pretty hard to achieve unless you're in a wealthy area, unfortunately.