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the Terror of Coral Hill @tunedtotruth.bsky.social · Feb 4
If you want to show love to the trans community in Iowa, it would be really cool of you to set up a recurring donation to Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund.

Small amounts add up, this is an org that we love and trust and the need is huge and ongoing.
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if you are local (or even if you're not, really) I would very much appreciate your attention to this matter
February 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.

I want more people to make the connections.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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The next chat episode of The Don Podley Padcast featuring Dan Padley will feature guitarist/composer Carlos Cotallo Solares. Stay tuned!

www.patreon.com/DanPadley?ut...
Three screenshots of a zoom call between me and Carlos
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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"ICE held a 5-year-old hostage to try to smoke out his family, then disappeared him when it didn't work" is the closest I've gotten to fedposting
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19d
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 AM
tunedtotruth.bsky.social
“At 2am, a University of Iowa detective was doing ~15 searches per hour, investigating a moving violation on behalf of Iowa City — a city that banned ALPRs.”

Read and share: haveibeenflocked.com/news/search-...
IMAGE TEXT: Feature: Search Anomalies and Account Sharing Introducing the Search Anomaly Index (SAI) to identify unusual search patterns, plus a new Account Sharing Candidates report. December 3, 2025 by H.C. van Pelt IMAGE TEXT: At 2am, a University of Iowa detective was doing ~15 searches per hour, investigating a moving violation on behalf of Iowa City — a city that banned ALPRs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
tunedtotruth.bsky.social
No, we are not surprised.

Read and share: haveibeenflocked.com/news/reid
IMAGE TEXT: Vector State: License Plates for Pedestrians December 1, 2025 by H.C. van Pelt 4 min read An oft-repeated claim is that Flock cameras don’t detect people, and when they do it’s only basic movement detection, and totally not facial detection. At this point, would we be surprised if pretty much all of that turned out to be a lie?
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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If we’ve learned anything this year, it’s that the Coralville, IA city council needs eyes on them at all times.

Join us tonight! (Tues Nov 25 at 6:30 pm at Coralville City Hall).

Agenda: coralville.org/AgendaCenter...

Council meetings are 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6:30 pm.
coralville.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Hayworth not Hayward
tunedtotruth.bsky.social the Terror of Coral Hill @tunedtotruth.bsky.social · Sep 18
May 8, 2025 – Emails between Chief Nicholson and City Manager Hayward obtained through a FOIA request do not demonstrate any interest in informing the public about the pending contract.
September 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The massive nationwide effort by the private surveillance company Flock to establish contracts leasing their automated license plate readers arrived in Coralville, Iowa in January of 2025.

This is our timeline. Please keep reading.

Links to everything mentioned are available at JoCo7.org
A large combination of people gathered at a city council meeting.
September 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Join us for the shared Coralville Campaign Kick-off for Ryan Swenka and Katie Freeman this Sunday Sept 14 from 12-2 pm at Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge - 119 2nd St, Ste 300 in Coralville.

Swenka is running for Coralville Mayor and Freeman is running for Coralville Council.

All are welcome!
Coralville Campaign Kick-off Sunday September from 12-2 pm Diversione 119 2nd St, Suite 300 in Coralville Ryan Swenka for Coralville Mayor Katie Freeman for Coralville Council
September 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Whoops, we’re famous.

Louis Rossmann is correct that “…this isn’t left vs. right, it’s up vs. down”.

youtu.be/4RM09nKczVs?...
Taxpayer funded AI surveillance: why Flock's 30000 cameras have to go
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
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August 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
tunedtotruth.bsky.social
When you say “I’m not political”, I hear “I have an abundance of privilege and a dearth of compassion.”
August 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Thanks to everyone who came to the Coralville city council meeting last night.

There were community members of all ages making brilliant and important points about how the city has endangered us by entering into this agreement.
August 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Today I learned that what everyone has been calling a $19,000 contract between Flock Surveillance and the city of Coralville is actually a $36,000 contract.

It’s a 2 YEAR contract and yes, I know the math isn’t mathing.
August 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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ACLU of Iowa created this action alert form to make contacting Coralville electeds fast and easy.

secure.everyaction.com/0YdbQql0PUO3...

See you tomorrow night (Tues Aug 26 at 6:30 pm) at Coralville city council (1512 7th St).
Stop government surveillance in Coralville. ACLU of Iowa. Email Mayor Foster and Coralville City Council members - you can use our action alert form or send your own individual emails (contact information here) Attend and testify at the city council meeting on Tuesday, Aug 26 at 6:30 pm at Coralville City Hall - feel free to reach out to us if we can support you or be a sounding board for your thoughts ahead of time. Contact Coralville City Officials We will continue to share updates and touch base with you and the rest of our Coralville action team members after the city council meets on Aug 26. Sincerely, Becca Eastwood ACLU of Iowa Deputy Policy Director
August 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
tunedtotruth.bsky.social
Please join us tomorrow (Tues 8/26 6:30 pm) to ask Coralville council to appropriately represent the community by ending the surveillance contract they unwittingly entered by not properly researching the fiscal year budget.

Related: 3 of the 5 councilors and the mayor have terms that are ending.
Nutshell: Coralville police chief placed a 19K budget ask for Flock cameras (the automated license plate readers at the center of numerous constitutional lawsuits) in the fiscal year budget and the council approved it without thought, research or discussion. At the meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 8/26 at 6:30 at Coralville city hall), they’re voting on a “policy” instead of the more correct and courageous choice of ending the contract. The problem with this policy is that once the data is collected by this privately owned and centralized system, there’s no recourse for how it’s used by other agencies with access. City councils all over the country are trying to get out of these contracts that they “unwittingly” entered now that they realize how unenforceable these policies are. One very recent example from Oak Park, IL: https://derekeder.com/blog/why-i-voted-to-cancel-flock Iowa City has had an ordinance against ALPRs since 2013 that UIPD circumvented to place them on campus. The rabid dedication to getting surveillance in every possible public street across our nation is calculated and terrifying. Please join us tomorrow (Tues 8/26 6:30 pm) to ask Coralville council to appropriately represent the community by ending this contract. Related: three of the five sitting councilors and the mayor have terms that are up for election in November.
August 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Edited because these systems are opaque and my brain is broken. Deadline to file is actually September 18. The silence from the other candidates remains notable.
Tomorrow is the first day to file paperwork to run for office in Coralville, the city where we’ve lived for a quarter of a century and where we raised two humans from infancy to adulthood. We chose Coralville to be our children’s hometown because it was what we could afford. I don’t love this city but I love what it could be. ETA: I edited the first paragraph because I was wrong about the deadline. Original post: “Tomorrow is the deadline (editorial comment: NOPE) to file the paperwork to run for office in Coralville, the city where we’ve lived for a quarter of a century and where we raised two humans from infancy to adulthood.” September 18 is the actual deadline. The silence from the other candidates remains notable. Candidates for Mayor and City Council can file nominations papers starting August 25 through September 18 at 5:00 pm The Office of Mayor and three City Council positions will be on the ballot for the 2025 Coralville City election on November 4. Coralville has five City Council members who serve overlapping four-year terms. The Mayor serves a two-year term. The terms for the elected City Council candidates and the elected Mayor begin on January 1, 2026.
August 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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What the fuck is going on in Coralville?
Tomorrow is the deadline to file the paperwork to run for office in Coralville, the city where we’ve lived for a quarter of a century and where we raised two humans from infancy to adulthood. We chose Coralville to be our children’s hometown because it was what we could afford. I don’t love this city but I love what it could be. In Coralville city government, there are four terms ending: mayor and three of the five city councilor positions. The majority of our local government is subject to change. I find it strange how little news there has been in Coralville about elections that have the potential to change the entire landscape of our local government and are just over two months away. I can’t speculate on what is unknown so I will share what I do know. I will vote to re-elect Hai Huynh because she has shown again and again over the last many years her commitment to representing her entire constituency. Hai’s steadfast dedication to helping residents access the resources they need to thrive is evident both in her work on council and in her many years of employment at the Coralville Food Pantry. I will vote for Katie Freeman because their platform of community health, proactive government and responsive city council is what Coralville needs to become a kinder and safer city. Beyond that, I hope tomorrow brings more information because not knowing the direction of our city leadership as we edge so close to elections makes me very uncomfortable. Please be in touch with me if you care about Coralville. You don’t need to live inside the city of Coralville to care. I care a lot about Iowa City and you regularly find me at Iowa City council meetings and working in community to make Iowa City better because we are all connected. There are some major community effforts in progress in Coralville and we need all hands on deck. Hit me up if you’re on Signal and you want to help us help Coralville.
August 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Proud of Iowa City for this tremendous effort and of Michael Powers for this excellent article peoplesworld.org/article/hawk...
Hawkeyes boycott genocide: Iowa City resolution condemns investment in Israel
IOWA CITY, Iowa— Iowa City may be a relatively small place in the U.S., but it’s the latest city to throw its weight behind the movement to boycott genocide. On Tuesday, Aug.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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We saw It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley last night and it’s as sumptuous a film as Grace is an album. Playing only through Thursday at Filmscene.

He’s been gone now almost as long as he was here and his loss still feels both impossible and inevitable.
August 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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ACLU is doing an event in Coralville
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Coralville Public Library, Meeting Room B 5:30-6:30 pm Join the ACLU of Iowa for a community briefing and advocacy workshop on the city of Coralville’s use of mass surveillance technologies. This event will focus on Iowans’ privacy rights & civil liberties, the dangers of unchecked automatic license plate reader (ALPR) systems, and what you can do to push for transparency and accountability in Coralville. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact us at outreach@aclu-ia.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Unchecked surveillance data sharing is used disproportionately and wrongfully against immigrants, Black, brown and indigenous people, unhoused people, people seeking reproductive and gender affirming care. People with less access to power have every right to not only exist but also to thrive.
August 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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This group exists for the specific purpose of trying to get Dems to throw trans people under the bus.
The think tank's mission, as described by these people, is an explicit rejection of purity tests Jentleson sees as holding the party hostage, the most famous of which became fodder for a highly effective ad Donald Trump used against former Vice President Kamala Harris during his campaign to recapture the presidency.
June 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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All good people need to get 30% braver as soon as possible
April 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM