I don’t remember exactly either but I think they cut people across the board. Now IRS only has time to go after easy cases against people who dont have the resources to put up a fight.

So my take away is that some dinosaurs probably had floppy ears.

I really enjoyed your balisong utility knife write up. I know several people who would treasure it as a Christmas gift.

I think you’re right, it is important for people to know their rights, but also understand that these people are making it up as they go.

In the activist example, they claimed they had evidence he had child pornography. Do they even have to find anything real to fuck up your day if they want to?

I like this point, and kinda want to dig in. What are the risks for journalists? I assume contact information and notes they’ve taken about potential stories. Chats. Passwords to those applications. Is it the same for the activist person?

What are other common risk profiles people might need to think about?

I care about it in principle, but also they’re making up the rules as they go.

Wow, yeah I didn’t consider that they can search you. What else do the journalists do?

I mean, agreed for anyone who has that option. Dont travel there. But in this case if its your starting and ending point that doesn’t address the question at hand. How to do this as safely as possible.

Is there a way to back up to something like a thumb drive? I haven’t thought about it but I guess we all probably carry a lot of data on our phones we dont strictly NEED day to day that you could back up and leave at home.

I mean thats what its for. Maybe, like playing dead, he thought they’d get tired of fucking with him. Also, all of that seems like a hassle when you have the distress pin right there. And prior to this, no hint at the potential consequences. Also, you just want to go home at this point. Its been a little while since I read about it, but I think they said you can give us the pin or we will crack it with XYZ software (idk what its named). So there’s a risk at that point if you think it might work. Idk, I’m not going to judge the dude.

Also they were saying that normal rules didn’t apply at a border. No request for lawyer, no need for warrant.

In this case USA is origin.

I want my smokes to make me feel like I’m dying a little bit, thanks.

Lmao, I once had a group of students excitedly tell me about this retro band they found, “the backstreet boys”. I wasn’t even 30.

Oh neat, I did not know why myself, but this makes total sense.

Oh, speaking of weird spellings. The first letter of NATO alphabet is spelled “Alfa” not “Alpha”.

Him sitting straddled on top of her like that and demanding she turn around. It looks like he might’ve been trying to rape her too.

Sorry to make you feel old, but it was in fact 20 years ago!

My kid is a Nintendo Game Boy Advanced SP connoisseur. I’ve looked into modern versions like the Miyoo, but after getting two broken in a row trying to get a Christmas present together I gave up. GBA-SP still works thpugh!

Indeed

It sounded like when she started that sentence even she wasn’t sure how it was going to end.