@GhostOnTheHalfShell @blogdiva @democratsabroad
Of course, they won’t be preventing all the people on the Epstein list from voting or say serving in public office or anything

Anything to protect the rights of rich white men

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @blogdiva
And all the @democratsabroad will be on that list

I don’t feel safe calling the cops for most things but they found my friend’s bike in the area and returned it a day later
https://project529.com/garage

It’s weird more police forces don’t do it

It’s like copaganda for some of the bullshit they do with the rest of the police budget that’s vastly larger than this tiny program

@sidereal @fromjason @mekkaokereke
I searched and they have set up a “franchise” network in a few other cities now

They make it as easy as possible with apps and pre-made websites

It requires cops to coordinate with city governments and community bike shops (none of whom are used to that frankly)

So yeah, who wants to do that to significantly reduce a preventable crime that has a huge economic impact?

@gimulnautti @BarneyDellar
#BagpipeSolidarity 🪗
#accordion

@fromjason @mekkaokereke
The Project 529 bike theft prevention project in Vancouver cut bike theft by almost half and returns stolen bikes by the thousands (rather than auctioning them off like most police departments)

Bike theft is a huge economic issue, but police departments hate to put any effort into it, even though a tiny investment is proven to pay off

Not to absolve Vancouver’s Police Department, with one of the highest budgets in North America garnered on anti-homeless campaigns

@Kerplunk @magnusmanske
It’s more what Microsoft is doing to their customers

@aburka @catsalad
My fave hashtag trick is you can use the num pad #️⃣emoji to set them off

I guess you would need the U+2060 to avoid the #️⃣ ⁠acting as an #

@FediTips
Thank you for teaching us something about algorithms and pedants today!