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Investigation: in 22 US states, Uber approves drivers with many types of convictions, such as violent felonies, that are over seven years old to keep costs low (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/uber-background-chec…

Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.
The ride-hailing giant’s background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, internal documents show.

Well, the notifications for reposts and favs for my cloudflare error page finally stopped https://chaos.social/@FlohEinstein/115727872442211456 - but then first someone unearthed my phishy URL post

Fediverse Punk Month — We can grow something better!
We invest too much of our culture in centralized, for-profit, corporate social media platforms. These platforms enrich billionaires, expand surveillance, and fund the cult of capitalist war, all while trapping us with addictive algorithms that feed us mindless content. […]
— by @…<…

Five people were arrested following hundreds of investigative hours following 💥 the shooting of Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, in Lafayette Indiana
on Jan. 18.
Both victims were in a stable condition following the attack,
which happened around 2:17 p.m.
The judge was injured on an arm, his wife on her hip.
Raylen Ferguson, 38, from Lexington, Kentucky;
Thomas Moss, 43, from Lafayette
and Blake Smith, 32, from Lafayette,
were all ar…

5 arrested in connection with shooting of Indiana judge and his wife
Police have arrested five people as part of a multi-state investigation into the shooting of an Indiana judge and his wife while they were at home on Sunday

Graney: Josh McDaniels failed as Raiders head coach, but excels as Patriots OC https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/ed-graney/graney-josh-mcdaniels-failed-as-raiders-head-coach-but-ex…

But also, don't just rely on primaries. Go hound them, right now. Go picket their offices. Figure out where they live and protest at their houses. If they're spotted in restaurants, call them the fuck out for being Nazi collaborators. Make them regret ever casting their vote.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charlesgaba.com)
FWIW: Golden is retiring. The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running. The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents. Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez. If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.

Navigating 10-foot flames,
he arrived at the crashed
cyber truck.
But the bulletproof door,
opened electronically by a hidden push button,
wouldn’t budge.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/cyb…

How the Cybertruck's design may have trapped crash survivors in flames
In at least a dozen cases since 2019, people have struggled to access or exit Teslas during life-threatening emergencies, fueling lawsuits alleging the company’s futuristic features have caused injuries and deaths.

TIL when someone asks for their pain meds and you bring them their Ibuprofen, and they react happily, it's bad taste to say "Iiiibuuu" like Jar Jar Binks.

Investigation: internal Binance files show it failed to stop hundreds of millions in crypto from flowing through suspicious accounts, even after a 2023 US deal (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5d8af345-d593-47b1-85ae-758ee60e9a89

Binance allowed suspicious accounts to operate even after 2023 US plea agreement
Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags

Holy moly, Anna's Archive hat Spotify gescraped und archiviert: ~ 300 TiB
https://annas-archive.org/blog/backing-up-spotify.html
Alleine die Datenbank mit allen Metadaten ist schon 200 GiB und wird munter via Torrent geteilt