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Rutgers professor flees U.S. for Spain, claims he received death threats - CBS New York


"I'm a historian of fascism and I understand that the way that authoritarian movements grow is by coming up with a boogeyman term like 'Antifa,'" said Bray, author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Playbook." "It really started after [President] Trump's executive order declaring Antifa a quote-unquote terrorist organization."

Bray said the executive order turned him into a target.

"The pace of the death threats accelerated after the Fox News article about the Turning Point petition to have me fired," Bray said.


https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/rutgers-professor-mark-bray-antifa-turning-point-usa/?intcid=CNR-01-0623






heads up, PGH, you're next

Federal law enforcement agencies looking to rent office space in Pittsburgh - CBS Pittsburgh


This comes as President Donald Trump is trying to send military assets into other cities around the United States, including Chicago, Illinois, Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.


https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/federal-law-enforcement-pittsburgh-office-space/?intcid=CNR-01-0623






American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming
The Verve
https://www.theverge.com/policy/798491/frog-portland-trump-national-guard






Very Soon, ICE Will Know Exactly Where You Are All the Time | The New Republic


The immigration law enforcement agency has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, according to ICE documents obtained by 404 Media. ICE reportedly prefers the service because it also peels information from social media accounts.

Redacted documents make reference to two products, both produced by the contractor Penlink. They are known as Tangles and WebLoc. Both were created by an Israeli company called Cobwebs, which merged into Penlink in 2023. ICE has reportedly spent upwards of $5 million for access to the software, Forbes reported last month.


https://newrepublic.com/post/201294/ice-buy-phone-location-data

backup: https://archive.ph/12hvN







Oh HELL NO!

ICE to Hold Immigrants in Jail Accused of “Excessive, Invasive” Gynecological Procedures https://archive.ph/4gbUf






13-year-old Brazilian boy transferred to Virginia facility after ICE detention - masslive.com


ICE arrested the boy, whose family is from Brazil, after an interaction with the Everett Police Department, the Boston Globe reported.

The boy’s mother received a call on Thursday to pick her son up from the department; however, an hour and a half later, she was told ICE had taken her son, the Globe reported.

“ICE does NOT target juveniles or children,” DHS Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to MassLive. “At the time of the detainment, ICE had no knowledge of the individual’s age.”


https://www.masslive.com/boston/2025/10/mass-13-year-old-was-picked-up-by-ice-after-a-police-interaction-and-now-hes-hundreds-of-miles-from-home.html













How does one determine the spacing between a gamma match and the main antenna conductor? As in, where they're parallel between the two feed point terminals. :/ #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
in reply to Neil E. Hodges

Without doing any modelling, I would say it's probably not critical and it's likely to be a small fraction of a wavelength at the relevant frequency. I suspect it would just adjust where the gamma match attaches to the driven element, similar to, eg a J Pole feed point.

Of course, the correct way to answer this is to post a picture to QRZ.com and wait for 40 different "you're doing it wrong" posts that reference ARRL handbooks from the '40s

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I feel like I sort of "lost my voice" more or less permanently thanks to the psychological abuse I suffered from my fellow classmates and father growing up. I subconsciously do whatever I can to avoid saying anything verbally. :(



Really glad I didn't get a smartphone until my twenties.


Just landed on my first C4FM repeater net. It's pretty cool! It shows both the call sign and distance from the repeater of the transmitting stations. :O #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
in reply to Neil E. Hodges

In 2013 Yaesu introduced “System Fusion,” new technology utilizing C4FM 4-level FSK technology for transmitting digital voice data. The System Fusion communication protocol enables devices to analyze an incoming signal and automatically determine if it is using C4FM or conventional FM mode. System Fusion also enables data transfer at full rate with speeds reaching up to 9,600 bits per second.


It's kind of cool how you can use the different feed point impedance characteristics of off-center fed dipoles to compensate for low radiation resistance caused by the antenna's surroundings. :3













Entering the Wild World of Power Over Ethernet


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#networkhacks #poe #poweroverethernet #hackaday
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It's pretty appropriate that frogs are becoming the #antifa mascot when you consider that the main force against the secretly evil King Andreas (a newt) in Amphibia was frogs. :3

From here:

Sprig and the Plantars gradually start adapting to Amphibia’s new reality once they start training under Sasha and taking missions seriously, but after a while, it becomes clear that the frogs alone won’t be enough to take down king Andrias. Knowing they need reinforcements, Sasha plans to have the toads join them, starting with Grime’s sister and her army. But her rivalry with Grimes and her unwillingness to join forces with frogs makes the arrangement problematic, and things go dire when she chooses Sprig as the one to fight her when Grimes challenges her, forcing the young frog to train under his former enemy in order to have a chance against her. While training under Grimes, Sprig openly voices his disdain for him for threatening Hop Pop back in Toad Tower while Grimes likewise hates him for defeating him in Newtopia, The two are unable to get along until a close encounter with some Hybeenas forces them to work together and come to an understanding. Grimes starts training Sprig, taking advantage of his agile frog form while at the same time teaching him to use his rage to his favor like toads do. Despite almost losing, Sprig manages to beat Grime’s sister using a combination of both frog and toad skills, gaining the toad army’s loyalty in return.


The army continues to grow when Sprig and the others find former enemies like Tritonio Espada and Apothecary Gary, convincing them to join forces to take down the common enemy that is King Andrias and making the Resistance grow each time. When needing to decipher the olm’s prophecy, Sprig and Polly volunteer to lead Sasha and Anne to the olm siblings they encountered at one point, arriving to the city of Proteus to meet Mother Olm, the oldest and wisest of them to learn more about how to stop king Andrias for good. After venturing inside the giant olm’s brain in order to trigger her memory, the old olm tells them about the prophecy and the existence of the Core, and how they need the Calamity Box’s powers in order for king Andrias to be defeated for good. Frog, toads and news continue training in order to be ready to face the king in his castle to claim the box and rescue Marcy, but they need to act fast since king Andrias plans to invade Earth.

#USpol #America #frog #portland #pdx #pdxfrog





"Abandoned Industry"


For the longest time, this was some sort of abandoned industrial complex. The buildings have since been torn down to make room for a new business park going up soon.

#abandoned #industrial #mywork #panorama #photog #photography






A Function Generator From The Past


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#classichacks #toolhacks #functiongenerator #magazine #xr2206 #hackaday
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