Category: Humor

Posted on

Oh Great…

Now I’ve got The Lonely Goatherd as an earworm the rest of the day.

No, not this version:

That file still makes me laugh.

I don’t remember the context under which I created it, other than the screaming goat was sort of an inside joke between myself and a coworker at DISH in response to something our horrible supervisor did.

Said coworker was the closest thing I’ve ever had to a work husband, but I cut off all contact after we moved back to Phoenix and he admitted he voted for Trump in 2016. It was kind of a surprise because he was a very liberal guy.

Gawd…I don’t even remember his name at this point.

0 comments

Posted on

What It’s Starting To Feel Like

flockblocked: The “Flock Safety restroom” sign is satire, but the joke works because the real surveillance network has grown incredibly fast. Flock Safety was founded in 2017, and today there are roughly 134,000–135,000 Flock cameras across the United States. What started as automated license plate readers has expanded into a massive web of cameras collecting vehicle data across highways, neighborhoods, shopping centers, public spaces, parks and communities nationwide.

That scale is why the debate is no longer about one camera on one street. It’s about Flock Safety, Flock cameras, ALPR technology, automated license plate readers, mass surveillance, police surveillance, AI surveillance, vehicle tracking, location tracking, government monitoring, police databases, data retention, privacy rights, Fourth Amendment concerns and civil liberties becoming part of everyday infrastructure. The sign is a joke, but the underlying question is serious: at what point does surveillance become so common that people stop noticing it?

0 comments