Adam

I am prepared to believe Trump is playing 4D chess if there is a 4D chess equivalent of the bong cloud

#uspol #trump #iranwar #chess #4dchess #strategy #geopolitics #middleeast #hormuz #straitofhormuz

The situation before talks: one country blockading the Strait of Hormuz

The situation now: two countries blockading the Strait of Hormuz

One is a toll troll and the other is a pirate warning there will be no "safe passage on the high seas" for any ship

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/middle-east-crisis-live-us-iran-pakistan-peace-talks-jd-vance-delegation-leaves-without-a-deal

#iranwar #ceasefiretalks #straitofhormuz #hormuz

“We can tell people that we're living in an authoritarian state. They won't believe us, but we can show them” ...

“The government’s refusal to accept the judgment of the High Court, coupled with inconsistent and opaque policing decisions, signals a troubling disregard for the rule of law.

“These are not the actions of institutions committed to protecting citizens, but of a state prioritising its own authority.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-arrested-hundreds-gather-defy-palestine-action-ban-london

#palestineaction #ukpol #ACAB #freepalestine #protest

A homicide which no body is responsible for?

https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-new-york-refugee-death-482894a96ba31b8945f4186f823c38d2

#fuckICE #buffalo #DHS #ICE #homicide #NurulAlam #policebrutality #starlighttours

RE: @iFixit@mastodon.social

iFixit with a timely recall notice from Apple.

Apple Q.A. just aint what it used to be...

RE: @freedomofpress@social.freedom.press

According to the department of justice, journalists who ask government officials the "wrong" questions are committing a crime.

"What was once a fringe, failed legal theory concocted by some local cops in one Texas border city is now the official position of the federal government’s lawyers ...

The government’s argument would have turned countless Pulitzer-winning national security reporters into criminals"

#uspol #journalism #pressfreedom #DOJ #pentagon #uslaw #1A #freespeech

An undercover cop who infiltrated leftist and anti-capitalist activist groups blew his cover in 2004 when he accidentally dialed one of the activists during a secret police meeting and recorded himself answering questions about the activists.

When the cops realized his mistake, they debated if they should "mount a destructive operation" against the activist groups

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/22/undercover-police-officer-exposed-by-his-own-blunder-spycops-inquiry-hears

@copscampaign@mastodon.social

#spycops #ACAB #opsecfail #police #activism #surveillance #UCPI #undercoverpolicinginquiry