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Technology Prognosticator * uk > physics > explosions > electronics > california > telecomm > med device * board Member with PANA panasd.org * immigrant on Kumeyaay land

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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 4h
Henry Foster understands we should not be funding and supporting systems of mass surveillance over investing in our communities. If only all ‘Democrats’ — such as the Mayor — took their own Party Resolutions as seriously: drive.google.com/file/d/1FFBY...
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Resolution Opposing Automatic License Plate Readers.pdf
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PANA @panasd.org · 25/09/2026
Our TEDx talk is live. Please help share the story of Global Village. What if the people most affected by displacement were the ones designing the future of land? In our TEDxSanDiego talk, I share how that question became Global Village. Watch the talk (7 minutes) youtu.be/zYfEcGMl-PE
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PANA [Unofficial] @panasd.org.web.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
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Newsletter
## Ramla Takes the Stage On August 27, our Executive Director, Ramla Sahid, took the TEDx stage to reflect on the work, values, and vision that have shaped PANA from the beginning. Her words spoke to a different way of thinking about power and resources, and most importantly, about who gets
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nearly 2,000 years ago, a dog walked across a wet clay tile as it lay drying at Chedworth #Roman villa in Gloucestershire 🐾🐕 "Every dog knows, deep in his heart, that he is a Bad Dog" (Terry Pratchett) Canis malus. Nulla tibi cena 📷 August 2026 #TilesOnTuesday #Archaeology
An orange / red Roman tile in a museum case with a dirty great big dog paw print near the middle. Bad boy. No cena for you
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
August 16-22 is the National Week of Action Against ALPRs. Join us and fight back. Sunday, canvass City Heights. Wednesday, tell SD City Council why they should shut down ALPR. Friday, hear from Austin and LA organizers at Safety in Unity 2026. Details in thread below... 🧵
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 17/07/2026
Silent movies that sound as good as they look! www.lamesahistory.com/silent-movie-night/
Organ keyboard with all the bells and whistles.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Important statement from the New York Times
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Paul Orselli @paulpow.bsky.social · 20/04/2015
Hey Museum Peeps! The Natural History Museum in San Diego is looking for a Director of Education: www.sdnhm.org/about-us/our-museum/e… #museums #jobs
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Employment Opportunities
Interested in becoming a member of our team? From field r...
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 07/07/2026
Take the La Mesa History Center with you: walking tour guidance, news, events, newsletters, and local stories organized for the phone in your pocket. www.lamesahistory.com/mobile-app/
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Mobile App
We promote, collect and educate on and about the history of Greater La Mesa area for the benefit of the community through the McKinney House Museum, Historical Archives and public programs.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Maija Isola (1927– 2001) Finnish designer of printed textiles who created over 500 patterns, including Unikko ("Poppy") #womensart
Fabric design with repeated simple red and pink flower motifs against a white background
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 03/07/2026
Shifting power. www.panasd.org/youre-invite...
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 03/07/2026
La Mesa History Center has a new mobile app with a downtown walking tour. www.lamesahistory.com/walking-tour/
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Walking Tour
We promote, collect and educate on and about the history of Greater La Mesa area for the benefit of the community through the McKinney House Museum, Historical Archives and public programs.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 09/06/2026
The Internet Archive is a precious resource that needs feeding www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders
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Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 03/06/2026
Can you sort the items into the correct order? www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
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Play Catalogues: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Can you sort the items into the correct order?
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 19/05/2026
Join Us Today, May 19th at 6:30pm - Interfaith Community Vigil www.panasd.org/join-us-toda...
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Join Us Today, May 19th at 6:30pm - Interfaith Community Vigil
Dear friends, neighbors, and community members, We invite you to a candlelight vigil to honor and stand in solidarity with our community and the families of our shuhuda. Date: May 19th, 2026 (today)...
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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Jar with Anthropomorphic Figure ceramic with resinous postfire paint 650–150 BCE Paracas Ocucaje area, Ica Valley, south coast, Peru #handmade #art #culture #religion #paracas #peru #flyingfigure #afterlife #spiritual #fertility #agriculture #ancientart #ancientpottery #precolumubian #prehispanic
The figure depicted on the Paracas pottery bowl is typically interpreted as a supernatural or anthropomorphic "flying figure". These figures are common motifs in Paracas art and are believed to represent beings from an otherworldly or supernatural realm. 
The figure combines human-like traits with other features, such as claws and a three-point mouth. 
The way the figures are oriented on the bowl suggests they are flying or moving through a different realm, possibly related to the mountains which were considered a supernatural area. 
Similar figures in Paracas and the related Nasca culture often appear alongside other mythical beings and sometimes incorporate elements like "trophy heads," suggesting a connection to ritual and agricultural abundance beliefs. 
Paracas art, in general, reflects the culture's deep investment in the afterlife and their dependence on the natural world and agricultural cycles, with these figures likely playing a role in their cosmology and rituals.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 27/03/2026
"Nanci Griffith once said she had a sacred voice. She was right. But what made it sacred was her honesty. She gave everything, without pretence. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Irish folk singer Dolores Keane dies aged 72
Irish folk singer Dolores Keane has died. She was 72.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy birthday to Irish artist Harry Clarke, born #onthisday in Dublin in 1889 (on #StPatricksDay no less). Here he is in a self-portrait as an absinthe drinking Mephistopheles from Goethe's Faust. More in our essay "Harry Clarke’s Looking Glass" publicdomainreview.org/essay/h... #OTD
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 11/03/2026
If you like 2 kool Consider a donation to PANA panasd.org 2kool.rubywhite.com
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2 kool — Temperature Without Translation
Finally, temperature without translation. One glance. Both temperatures. Always.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 08/03/2026
Thirsty bee.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 08/03/2026
Gazania rigens - Treasure flower.
Gazania rigens - Treasure flower.
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Lori Saldaña @lorisaldanasd.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Join friends of Harrison Serenity Ranch Foundation at the California Overland Adventure & Power Sports Show – February 14–15, 2026, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Visit us at booth #129, learn more about this amazing 67 acre ranch on Palomar Mountain & get 20% discount on your next camping adventure!
Join friends of Harrison Serenity Ranch Foundation at the California Overland Adventure & Power Sports Show – February 14–15, 2026, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds

Visit us at booth #129, learn more about this amazing 67 acre ranch on Palomar Mountain & get 20% discount on your next camping adventure!Join friends of Harrison Serenity Ranch Foundation at the California Overland Adventure & Power Sports Show – February 14–15, 2026, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds

Visit us at booth #129, learn more about this amazing 67 acre ranch on Palomar Mountain & get 20% discount on your next camping adventure!Join friends of Harrison Serenity Ranch Foundation at the California Overland Adventure & Power Sports Show – February 14–15, 2026, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds

Visit us at booth #129, learn more about this amazing 67 acre ranch on Palomar Mountain & get 20% discount on your next camping adventure!Join friends of Harrison Serenity Ranch Foundation at the California Overland Adventure & Power Sports Show – February 14–15, 2026, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds

Visit us at booth #129, learn more about this amazing 67 acre ranch on Palomar Mountain & get 20% discount on your next camping adventure!
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 03/02/2026
“Something breaks when a politician stops ?practicing an economy of truth and instead devalues the whole currency of veracity. Self-worth is replaced by the pursuit of high net worth.” web.archive.org/web/20260203...
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Fintan O'Toole: Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson will go down in history as crawlers and creeps
If we want to understand why democracy is in such trouble, we can learn plenty from the careers of two men who were once stellar figures in democratic politics
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 20/01/2026
Cow tools www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 18/01/2026
Welcome visitors to the house in the last 24 hours. www.rubywhite.com/birdweather....
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Eckel Smith Bird Species
Real-time avian biodiversity tracking at Eckel Smith.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 17/01/2026
“… over several sessions, the community spoke, and that's what we designed from. The community were the master planners, which I just think is really radical and awesome.” www.daylightsandiego.org/newsletter-g...
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Newsletter: ‘Global Village’ aims to build power for immigrants and refugees amid displacement
The 2.2-acre property on University Avenue will become housing, health clinics, child care, a hub for small businesses and more. Hello everyone!  Refugees in San Diego have long struggled with ...
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 17/01/2026
“This person before you, he was born with the kora. The seventh generation of his lineage. Even if you just touch him, out comes the sound of one of the strings.” We had the pleasure of hearing Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper at the Kroc Center yesterday. ❤️ theconversation.com/kora-in-sear...
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Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa’s famed stringed musical instrument
The extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko: Kora Tales takes a journey from Mali to The Gambia.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 15/01/2026
”There are only two businesses that call their clients users—drug dealers and Internet businesses. The East India Company is a role model for both.” Ted Gioia (via John Naughton) www.honest-broker.com/p/google-is-...
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Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet
Long ago, another company tried to control global connectivity—it had an unhappy ending
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 13/01/2026
Want to get involved in supporting San Diego's immigrant communities? Here’s a list of some great organizations in San Diego. www.daylightsandiego.org/want-to-get-...
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Want to get involved in supporting San Diego's immigrant communities? Here's how.
San Diego has many grassroots and nonprofit organizations that help local immigrant in different ways. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited by Maya Srikrishnan We've been getting questions about h...
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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Feed: "The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint" By: Tihut Tamrat on Thursday, January 8, 2026
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Who’s Watching the Watchers?
By Tihut Tamrat, Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer  Since the Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology (TRUST) Ordinance was unanimously approved by San Diego City Council on Aug…
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 13/01/2026
It’s fascinating how immigrants are somehow both lazy and collect welfare, and also stealing our jobs. Behold, Schrödinger's immigrant! lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/how-to-prote...
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How To Protect Your Community From Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids
Last night I received a credible tip that Trump is deploying mass immigration raids in Chicago this week—here's how we stand united to fight back Last night I received a credible tip that Trump is de...
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 12/01/2026
Dislodged a rock in the front yard, found this fossilized conch. No wonder they call this area Mt Helix.
Fossilized conch.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 11/01/2026
You think you’re watching an innocent woman being shot and killed in cold blood by the federal government, but what you’re really watching is the death of the United States of America. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
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What You’re Watching Isn’t What You’re Really Watching
“Federal and local officials dispute the circumstances that led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to fatally shoot a 37-year-old woman...
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 11/01/2026
“Child care should be universal and should be affordable for everyone, and it sure as hell should be saved from extremists.” edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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Child care providers reporting unnerving stakeouts
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 11/01/2026
Please consider signing: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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Stop Funding Censorship and Support Diverse Artists
This is about who gets to exist in public spaces and whose stories get to be told on America's stage.  Drag performers have been attacked directly, resulting in bomb threats, armed protests, and...
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Roberto ‘Rob’ Camacho @robcamachosd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I have a piece out today on @nextcity.org. To start 2026, my latest report is a story on @panasd.org & how they have been developing a community land trust. Leading an effort to build community-owned affordable housing & in San Diego, CA for immigrant & refugee families. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
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These Refugees Are Developing a First-of-Its-Kind Community Land Trust in San Diego
In San Diego's City Heights community, refugees and immigrants are leading an effort to build a community-owned affordable housing and cultural space.
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John Loughlin @rubywhite.com · 05/01/2026
‘Tis the season of renewal: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
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Memberships
The Mission of the Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego County is to promote the goals and ideals of the Democratic Party with particular attention to increasing women’s political participation at all...
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PANA @panasd.org · 30/12/2025
A safe apartment after fleeing violence. A bus pass to get to work. A funeral for a loved one. A phone to stay connected. For 10 years, PANA’s mutual aid has turned community care into collective resilience.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Flock left 60 Condor AI-people tracking cameras open to the internet. @404mediaco reports cameras can zoom in close enough to read your cell phone screen. San Diego has not said it has these cameras, but it shows (again) Flock as sloppy and creepy. www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
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PANA [Unofficial] @panasd.org.web.brid.gy · 17/12/2025
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10 Years Of Belonging
Experience PANA's 10 years of belonging in community in this video.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Former ICE and CBP leaders who have now left the agency told the FT that previous safeguards are gone, with ICE pursuing aggressive quotas by using data from Social Security, the IRS, and commercial surveillance and license plate reader companies. ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We are inspired, furious, and we will not stop. Read our statement on yesterday's San Diego City Council vote on ALPR.
We are inspired, furious, 
and we will not stop.

We showed up in record numbers. 180 in person, more online. Hundreds wrote in too. The overwhelming majority opposed approving SD's ALPR program. Our coalition stood stronger than ever with more than 70 community and labor organizations standing side by side. 

Even still, we are furious that the City Council majority voted to approve the ALPR use policy and 53 other surveillance technologies, continuing the use of Flock. We thank CMs Elo-Rivera, Foster, and Moreno for opposing. We saw them dig into the police department's and Flock's policies and practices, validating community concerns and clarifying problems Flock kept dismissing as "hypotheticals." 

All the calls and conversations before the vote made a difference. We saw some Councilmembers take this more seriously than they had before, with CM Lee saying he wants to have a call for vendors this year.

Let's take a breath, reflect, and plan for the fight ahead.
In February, the City's 2026 Annual Surveillance Report process begins. Funding surveillance will come up in the budget process. 

And we can find ways to resist surveillance all day every day. Let's build the world we want to live in. 

Sign up here to get direct updates from TRUST Coalition and keep pushing:
 https://trst.fyi/plugin
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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
ICE trying to ORDER a church to REMOVE A NATIVITY SCENE is one of the most astonishing First Amendment violations I've seen in ever
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
For 2 weeks this year, unauthorized outside agencies searched SD's Flock license plate data. Flock messed up the settings. SDPD first hid the breach, then admitted it months later but still redacts the reasons for the 12,914 unauthorized searches. Council vote Tue! Act now: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Union or Bust talks about Flock, and why the right to privacy still matters no matter what Silicon Valley or the police try to tell us. youtu.be/yyNIR4XIork?...
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UnionorBust #53-Lilly Irani, FLOCK cameras are bad for workers!
On this episode, we interviewed Lilly Irani, an Associate Professor at UCSD and a member of the SD Trust Coalition that is fighting surveillance in San Diego. For more information, visit…
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Leaders and community spoke truth at our press conference this week. "The SD police officer that led this initiative, that led bringing this technology to the city of SD, is now an employee of Flock. There is something extremely wrong with how this was done." Councilmember Henry Foster
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Are people wondering why Flock is so terrible and out of control as a company? Here's a one pager you can share around too: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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2025 Flock Hall of Shame
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Vera Institute of Justice @vera.org · 03/12/2025
In the face of the Trump administration's attacks on immigrants’ due process, legal service providers are continuing to fight for their clients. Lawyers from @panasd.org and more share their stories:
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The Lawyers on the Front Lines of the War on Immigrants
The Trump administration is inflicting unprecedented violence and cruelty on immigrants. Legal service providers are trying their best to protect them,…
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