Freelance Fiends
@freelancefiends.bsky.social
Amateur human professional weirdo
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
Also, you're never far away from one.
And Mongrels by @sgj.bsky.social now in the bag. Wonderful book, calmer than the other two but wonderful to live in. Wasn't a big horror reader but I've been snared by his style. Next library hold is his recommendation of The Lesser Dead by #christopherbuehlman
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
And Mongrels by @sgj.bsky.social now in the bag. Wonderful book, calmer than the other two but wonderful to live in. Wasn't a big horror reader but I've been snared by his style. Next library hold is his recommendation of The Lesser Dead by #christopherbuehlman
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Saturday’s Weather Rating: 1/10
The nonsense continues. It’s extremely cold this morning, and all day for that matter with highs only reaching the lower 20s despite sunshine. That’s it. The vibes remain frozen solid.
The nonsense continues. It’s extremely cold this morning, and all day for that matter with highs only reaching the lower 20s despite sunshine. That’s it. The vibes remain frozen solid.
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Saturday’s Weather Rating: 1/10
The nonsense continues. It’s extremely cold this morning, and all day for that matter with highs only reaching the lower 20s despite sunshine. That’s it. The vibes remain frozen solid.
The nonsense continues. It’s extremely cold this morning, and all day for that matter with highs only reaching the lower 20s despite sunshine. That’s it. The vibes remain frozen solid.
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They rallied in Brooklyn’s Ft Green park and in front of Trump Tower too, according to my and friends’ kiddos!
Happening now: Video sent-in shows an anti-ICE student walkout rally at Union Square in NYC today as part of a nationwide strike in solidarity with Minnesota:
January 30, 2026 at 11:33 PM
They rallied in Brooklyn’s Ft Green park and in front of Trump Tower too, according to my and friends’ kiddos!
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My local high school did this today.
The concern and the example the teachers exhibited really touched me.
#iceout
#parkslope
#resist
#nojusticenopeace
@bradlander.bsky.social
#berkleycarrollschool
The concern and the example the teachers exhibited really touched me.
#iceout
#parkslope
#resist
#nojusticenopeace
@bradlander.bsky.social
#berkleycarrollschool
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 AM
My local high school did this today.
The concern and the example the teachers exhibited really touched me.
#iceout
#parkslope
#resist
#nojusticenopeace
@bradlander.bsky.social
#berkleycarrollschool
The concern and the example the teachers exhibited really touched me.
#iceout
#parkslope
#resist
#nojusticenopeace
@bradlander.bsky.social
#berkleycarrollschool
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Her Brooke Shields impression will never fail to make me howl laughing youtu.be/WvHGW468n44?...
SCTV - Farm Film Report: Brooke Shields
YouTube video by SCTV
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Her Brooke Shields impression will never fail to make me howl laughing youtu.be/WvHGW468n44?...
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Speculation that ICE will start focusing on Springfield, OH due to lapse in protected status for Haitian asylees by Feb. 3.
- Surge in ICE is speculative (leaning likely) based on expiry
- Exact start of activity is unknown but would last at least 30 days
www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springf...
- Surge in ICE is speculative (leaning likely) based on expiry
- Exact start of activity is unknown but would last at least 30 days
www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springf...
Springfield braces for 30-day targeted ICE surge after Haitian TPS ends
Editor’s Note: Springfield City School District Superintendent Bob Hill responded to this story with a statement saying the district is preparing for possible immigration enforcement actions, but has ...
www.springfieldnewssun.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Speculation that ICE will start focusing on Springfield, OH due to lapse in protected status for Haitian asylees by Feb. 3.
- Surge in ICE is speculative (leaning likely) based on expiry
- Exact start of activity is unknown but would last at least 30 days
www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springf...
- Surge in ICE is speculative (leaning likely) based on expiry
- Exact start of activity is unknown but would last at least 30 days
www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springf...
This is a huge deal!
NOW IN EFFECT
✅ Local Law 95, sponsored by CM Oswald Feliz
This law requires delivery services to ensure e-bikes used by contracted delivery workers meet NYC safety and certification standards, and places responsibility for compliance on delivery companies, not workers.
✅ Local Law 95, sponsored by CM Oswald Feliz
This law requires delivery services to ensure e-bikes used by contracted delivery workers meet NYC safety and certification standards, and places responsibility for compliance on delivery companies, not workers.
January 31, 2026 at 1:21 AM
This is a huge deal!
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BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA TOLD US WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN PRISONS.
PALESTINIANS TOLD US WHAT THE IDF (WHO TRAINS OUR POLICE) WAS DOING OVER THERE!
WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS!
PALESTINIANS TOLD US WHAT THE IDF (WHO TRAINS OUR POLICE) WAS DOING OVER THERE!
WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS!
Yeah we’re not ready for the amount of heinous shit that’s gonna come out of these concentration camps
Ernesto Padron, a Border Patrol Agent from Brownsville, TX, was arrested in 2010 for possession of CSAM. A case backlog meant the statute of limitations expired before he could be tried. In 2020 Padron was hired at a Texas migrant shelter where he worked directly with unaccompanied migrant children
January 30, 2026 at 5:05 PM
BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA TOLD US WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN PRISONS.
PALESTINIANS TOLD US WHAT THE IDF (WHO TRAINS OUR POLICE) WAS DOING OVER THERE!
WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS!
PALESTINIANS TOLD US WHAT THE IDF (WHO TRAINS OUR POLICE) WAS DOING OVER THERE!
WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS!
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Happening now: Video sent-in shows an anti-ICE student walkout rally at Union Square in NYC today as part of a nationwide strike in solidarity with Minnesota:
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Happening now: Video sent-in shows an anti-ICE student walkout rally at Union Square in NYC today as part of a nationwide strike in solidarity with Minnesota:
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“Agents can identify people on the street through facial recognition, trace their movements through license-plate readers and, in some cases, use commercially available phone-location data to reconstruct daily routines and associations.” All surveillance tools people have pushed back on for ages…
DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign.
apnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“Agents can identify people on the street through facial recognition, trace their movements through license-plate readers and, in some cases, use commercially available phone-location data to reconstruct daily routines and associations.” All surveillance tools people have pushed back on for ages…
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Speculation that the FBI special agent in charge in Atlanta was fired when he raised questions about the planned raid on the Fulton County elections center are confirmed.
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Speculation that the FBI special agent in charge in Atlanta was fired when he raised questions about the planned raid on the Fulton County elections center are confirmed.
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RT + Alttext ✍️📷
In remembrance of all who have been killed by 🧊, we ride to raise awareness of worsening conditions across the country & to share resources. Alex could have been any of us. We keep us safe.
📅 January 31, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM meet
🚲 2:30 PM ride
📍 Foley Square
#bikesky #meltice #bikenyc
In remembrance of all who have been killed by 🧊, we ride to raise awareness of worsening conditions across the country & to share resources. Alex could have been any of us. We keep us safe.
📅 January 31, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM meet
🚲 2:30 PM ride
📍 Foley Square
#bikesky #meltice #bikenyc
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Finally wrote about it.
"I’m calling it the Cookie Theory of Collective Action: Everyone has a role, anyone can start small, and joy is an essential part of the broader fight for your community."
snackstack.net/2026/01/30/t...
"I’m calling it the Cookie Theory of Collective Action: Everyone has a role, anyone can start small, and joy is an essential part of the broader fight for your community."
snackstack.net/2026/01/30/t...
The Cookie Theory of Collective Action
Build community, bring snacks, and other tips from an occupied city
snackstack.net
January 30, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Finally wrote about it.
"I’m calling it the Cookie Theory of Collective Action: Everyone has a role, anyone can start small, and joy is an essential part of the broader fight for your community."
snackstack.net/2026/01/30/t...
"I’m calling it the Cookie Theory of Collective Action: Everyone has a role, anyone can start small, and joy is an essential part of the broader fight for your community."
snackstack.net/2026/01/30/t...
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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some Public Service Journalism: I took that Minnesota judge's pdf list of court orders that ICE violated, found all the cases on CourtListener and linked to the dockets reason.com/2026/01/30/j...
January 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
some Public Service Journalism: I took that Minnesota judge's pdf list of court orders that ICE violated, found all the cases on CourtListener and linked to the dockets reason.com/2026/01/30/j...
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Friday's Weather Rating: 1/10
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Friday's Weather Rating: 1/10
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
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The issue isn't whether "Melania" is a good movie or a bad one. It's that one of the richest men in America, with business interests affected by public policy, gave the President's family $75 million to make it. Like that's somehow legal.
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The issue isn't whether "Melania" is a good movie or a bad one. It's that one of the richest men in America, with business interests affected by public policy, gave the President's family $75 million to make it. Like that's somehow legal.
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This cold stretch is no match for New Yorkers.
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 AM
This cold stretch is no match for New Yorkers.
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Join us at Malliotakis' Bay Ridge office Monday, 2/2 starting at 4:45pm.
This is a high-pressure moment. Maybe she seeks distance from Trump. Maybe she is softened up and faces a real challenge in the mid-terms. Let’s keep the pressure on!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
@indivisible.org
This is a high-pressure moment. Maybe she seeks distance from Trump. Maybe she is softened up and faces a real challenge in the mid-terms. Let’s keep the pressure on!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
@indivisible.org
Malliotakis Mondays | Bay Ridge · Indivisible Brooklyn
**Join Us for a Vigil for Minnesota & Accountability**
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis recently published an op-ed proudly celebrating the “One Big Beautiful Bill” she passed—taking away people's healthcare ...
www.mobilize.us
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Join us at Malliotakis' Bay Ridge office Monday, 2/2 starting at 4:45pm.
This is a high-pressure moment. Maybe she seeks distance from Trump. Maybe she is softened up and faces a real challenge in the mid-terms. Let’s keep the pressure on!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
@indivisible.org
This is a high-pressure moment. Maybe she seeks distance from Trump. Maybe she is softened up and faces a real challenge in the mid-terms. Let’s keep the pressure on!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
@indivisible.org
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So many NYers out in the cold at a vigil for Alex Pretti, standing in solidarity with the unions who organized it and with our siblings in MN 💙
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So many NYers out in the cold at a vigil for Alex Pretti, standing in solidarity with the unions who organized it and with our siblings in MN 💙
So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
FBI executing sealed search warrant at Fulton County election facility
Federal agents carried out a law enforcement action Wednesday at a Fulton County election facility located in Fairburn.
www.fox5atlanta.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Thursday's Weather Rating: 2/10
BRICK CITY AGAIN. High temperatures barely reach the lower 20s and wind chill values are in the single digits. At least we have some sunshine throughout the day? The vibes remain frozen!!
BRICK CITY AGAIN. High temperatures barely reach the lower 20s and wind chill values are in the single digits. At least we have some sunshine throughout the day? The vibes remain frozen!!
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Thursday's Weather Rating: 2/10
BRICK CITY AGAIN. High temperatures barely reach the lower 20s and wind chill values are in the single digits. At least we have some sunshine throughout the day? The vibes remain frozen!!
BRICK CITY AGAIN. High temperatures barely reach the lower 20s and wind chill values are in the single digits. At least we have some sunshine throughout the day? The vibes remain frozen!!