If you could share a mind-meld with someone whose experience of life was utterly unknown to you before, would you expect your perspectives to be more closely aligned after, or the opposite?

I didn't know what flock was. This was a helpful primer:

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When Flock Cameras Appear: Everything You Need to Know About This Surveillance Tech

Flock Safety is setting up cameras and drones across the country. I spoke to cities and privacy advocates fighting back against the AI surveillance...

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"The great lesson of Tuesday is not that Massie’s ideas were wrong. It’s that ideas without a party do not matter." Woof, there is no action for the individual to be found in politics. Ideas, like nostr, are put into action without permission from any party, and prove why #freedomtech does matter. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-gop-is-about-one-man-and-its-not-massie/

Meanwhile, over at #bluesky https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/bluesky-russia-hacking-accounts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kFA.yylr.k7MCZ_tmksgd&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Adolf Loos, a flawed human who had some interesting ideas, some admirable designs, and a streak of degeneracy that undid his reputation as a man but not entirely as a designer and thinker. His work is full of lessons for this age. He was eminently cancellable and yet remains un-cancelled. As with many architects throughout time, one must approach his legacy with strong critical thinking skills. If you are curious, maybe start here:

Ornament and Crime - Wikipedia

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The Astounding Discovery That Could Link Eastern and Western Medicine

The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.