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@#18 ... "Summer of Soul" ...

Summer of Soul
en.wikipedia.org

... Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a 2021 American independent[3][4] documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in his directorial debut.[5][6]

It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the documentary categories.

It had a limited theatrical release in the U.S. by Searchlight Pictures on June 25, 2021, before expanding and being released for streaming on Hulu the next weekend. ...


Another view ...

The Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in Public (July 2026)
futurism.com

... Meta's camera-equipped "AI Glasses" are so divisive that some adopters are now leaving their expensive smart glasses at home, as Engadget reports.

Influencers, mostly men, have been using the glasses to inconspicuously -- and non-consensually -- capture footage of themselves approaching women and attempting to hit on them, interactions they've then posted online for content. Some wearers have even attempted to extort victims of covert recordings for cash. That's on top of serious allegations of alleged privacy breaches by Meta itself.

And then, of course, there's the simple fact that a lot of people just really don't like the idea of the world's largest and most powerful social media giant, which has a history of misusing biometric information and other data, facilitating abuse and surveillance in this way -- especially as Meta has taken highly controversial steps to infuse facial recognition capabilities into the tech. ...




According to the FBI, one of Andrew Buzzell's online handles was "Princesspantyboy."

Andrew Buzzell (34) faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in federal prison. The church where Buzzell served removed him from leadership and membership in a unanimous vote and asked everyone to pray for his wife.

Charges in a complaint are merely allegations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

@#6 ... Maybe the US needs to recognize the Rome Statute of the ICC. ...

Rome Statute
en.wikipedia.org

... The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC).[5]

It was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy on 17 July 1998[6][7] and entered into force on 1 July 2002.[2]

As of January 2025, 125 states are party to the statute.[8]

Among other things, it establishes court function, jurisdiction and structure. ...


@#21 ... I would have loved it. ...

You might not have been able to attend.

The attendance was so, ummm, energetic that NY actually closed the NY State Thruway, a very major artery.

NY Thruway closed , Bikers not fazed (2009)
www.woodstockstory.com

... We all lived & worked in the White Plains NY area & heard ads for Woodstock onWPLJ fm. It sounded like a cool weekend so we all bought tickets (still have em).

When I got home from work Friday my wife said " We can't go to Woodstock the thruway is shut down!!!! " I thought about it and said BS we'll take the bike.

55 miles later after cutting through all the cars & VW buses getting food & drinks handed to us by all the great folks who lived along the way we arrived & found we didn't need tickets (fences all down), should have brought higher boots for all the mud & by some miracle found all our friends.

We spent the 1st night sleeping in a small cemetery, didn't need to smoke any weed ( just inhale the night air )

Next day the NY State troopers offered to rent my Bike so they could get around I could have used the $50 but turned them down. ...


Yeah, back in the day I had seen similar stories about the NY State Troopers and their good response to the attendees of Woodstock.


www.aljazeera.com

FWIW the attached shows our bases in the Persian Gulf.

How will we use them with Iran controlling access to them?

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