Alaska2Texas

Oh, Alaska …

@WallStreetApes Modern life is super fun. 😑

This is horrifying and every American needs to hear this California resident exposes what’s really going on with Flock Cameras in America “I want to be clear what these cameras actually are, and I say that with somebody with 20 years of experience in IT. I've served as the chief network architect for Fortune 500 companies, I've designed data centers, and today I work on cloud infrastructure for one of the largest loan origination companies in the country. I'm not speculating on how this technology works. I've read their patents and I know how it works. Flock advertises these cameras as simple license plate readers. But their own patents tell a different story. They're AI-powered surveillance machines that capture every passing vehicle and person and transmit that data to a private corporate cloud, making it queryable by a multitude of state and federal agencies. The city of Corona does not control that database, and Corona residents have no public record rights against a private company's servers. Our daily movements are being harvested by a $7.5 billion corporation, that only answers to venture capital investors, not to us. Flock did not reach that valuation on their per-camera subscription fees. That math doesn't add up The city council should also understand who they're doing business with. Flock CEO was asked whether the company had any federal contracts. He said no. That was a lie. Public records revealed that Flock had been secretly running a pilot program giving the US Border Patrol access to local police camera data without the knowledge of the cities that paid for the cameras. Now consider who's behind the company and where your data flows. Flock integrates directly with Palantir, a data fusion platform, with a $30 million contract with ICE. Peter Thiel, the founder of Palantir, is also one of Flock's primary investors. These are not separate companies with separate agendas. They are connected actors that are building a connected infrastructure. Palantir's own CEO stated publicly just this month that his technology is being used as a political instrument, designed to reduce the political power of certain voters. And that's the ecosystem that our Corona cameras are feeding into. We're not anti-police at all. We're against mass surveillance of innocent residents by a company with a documented record of deception, built by investors with a stated political agenda. We're asking the City Council to start auditing the queries made against Flock's database, to disclose any data sharing agreements, and to take a vote to cancel the Flock safety contract” I looked more into this and he is 100% right Patents describe broader object detection, including tracking people and pedestrians, patents like US11416545B1. The system uses a centralized cloud database for nationwide queries Data goes to Flock’s private cloud, AWS-based, encrypted. Nationwide lookup is common, 75%+ of customers are enrolled enabling cross-jurisdictional searches. Residents have no direct public records access to the corporate servers. This creates a mass surveillance network feeding a private company’s infrastructure If you ask me this is laying the infrastructure for a mass surveillance network in America. We are being lied to. Cancel all contracts nationwide

You can't have plastic straws because of climate change but they can rape the earth with AI data centers no one wants

@ValerieAnne1970 @WilliamCovert19 Just as pharma kickbacks to pill pushing drs was not right, this new kickback to the same group is also offensive. Whatever happened to doing the right thing?

RFK Jr: "GROUNDbreaking HISTORIC WIN for American Health!" "For the 1st time in history, doctors will finally get PAID to take patients OFF unnecessary medications...to DEPRESCRIBE harmful pharmaceuticals." No more rewarding over-medication. This is the beginning of putting patients first, reversing polypharmacy, and delivering true healing. Wellness over pills. Freedom over dependency.

@JoannaDeVoe Right now, it’s not so hot. Spring was really good. Rain, wildflowers & cool temps. Yes, it can get hot in the summer, but mornings are cool. I’m on a path by 7am in the summer. It also cools down in the evening, once the sun descends. I lived in Alaska too. Weather is temporary.

@AlaskaOutpost If you don't mind me asking... how do you tolerate the heat, particularly in the summer? I've been contemplating a move from Los Angeles to Texas in the next couple of years, and the heat is my number one deterrent. Was it a hard adjustment?

Early morning hike in the Texas Hill Country.

@ogdenhix We actually had Spring this. Lots of rain, wildflowers and cool temps. The heat cometh, but there’s always the early morning.

@AlaskaOutpost I miss the Hill country, thanks for sharing. What is the weather like this year?

Today’s Spiritual Growth spread is both illuminating and inspirational. #Tarot Starchild Tarot Édition Française

@MsInnerfield It was just getting knocked around by the tide. Re-purposing this once living branch created another new type of life & beauty. Nature is constantly amazing.

@AlaskaOutpost That is clever reallocation of resources.

Lugged this piece of driftwood home for about a mile between a lakefront beach and my house. I used chunks carved out from the center to build up a hole on the back. Yes, I used gorilla glue-but it worked. Plants seem happy so all is well.

@LucasBr82919275 Eventually, one can become in sync with an orchid as to light, water & food. A light but consistent touch seems to keep them happy. Like us, there’s time to be about the blooming and time for rest.

@AlaskaOutpost And giving it fresh space to grow afterwards is perfect care 🌿💛 It's nice how these plants reward Patience with such graceful cycles of blooming and rest.

Beautiful Orchid blossoming this morning.. It’s an older, rather massive plant and once these blooms have spent their beauty, I’ll re-pot it and give those roots more room to roam.

@LucasBr82919275 Elegance, Order, Strength & Beauty. I’m in absolute agreement. Well stated.

@AlaskaOutpost That sounds absolutely lovely 😊🌸A blooming Orchid is always such a calm, elegant moment especially when it's a well established, older plant showing its strength and beauty ✨

@LucasBr82919275 Anything to do with plants and I’m in. Fortunately, it was around 7:30 AM on a weekend when I was walking up the road with a log. 😅 It was amazing how the carved out pieces fit together like a puzzle and solved the problem of the hole in the back.

@AlaskaOutpost Carrying driftwood a whole mile and then turning it into a planted piece with carved sections and Gorilla Glue sounds like proper hands-on craftsmanship 👏✨ And the best part the plants are happy, so it’s clearly doing its job too 🌱💛 A real nature meets DIY success!

@NatureEnjoyer_ The color is so incredibly brilliant. Nature never fails to blow my mind.

@AlaskaOutpost that Standing Cypress flower is so vibrant!❤️‍🔥

Texas Wildflowers

@JoannaDeVoe Thank-you so much!

@AlaskaOutpost I think it looks cool!

Yes. Take back L.A.

@EquipProChina Thanks! I usually carve out a bit of the driftwood center and plant succulents or turn it into a wall hanging and attach stag horn fern. Botanically focused.

@AlaskaOutpost 😊 Sounds like you're making the most of the lakeshore 🌊! Driftwood creations are the best – any particular project or just vibing with the river? 🛠️ Wishing you a chill Saturday too ☕!

Llano River on this gorgeous day and a perfect use of all the driftwood I find down at the lakeshore. May your Saturday feel free.