I still remember that in early 2012, tech companies staged a blackout in protest against the SOPA law, which would have essentially killed a ton of websites. Back then, we internet users were asked to protest this injustice, which young people, who were the biggest internet users, did. Those same tech companies that asked for our support would betray us 10 years later by selling our data to train AI, basically killing the internet by the end of 2022. And now they expect us to stand idly by when they stole our data to feed their plagiarism machines? It's something my 12-year-old self, who lived through the fight against SOPA and PIPA, would have never seen coming.

Recently our water got shut off without warning by the city because the apartment complex ignored multiple warnings to fix significant issues with the plumbing. So a few days later our water is turned back on but this is the state of it.

The water also gets cold within 2 minutes, and we have to turn the shower head off for 30 seconds, then turn it back on to reset our 2 minutes. (No, we’re NOT out of hot water, because the bottom faucet runs hot)

Someone broke into the company truck and vandalized the inside. We leave it unlocked because there’s literally nothing in it other than a box cutter and an umbrella, which are both gone. We use it to haul stuff. It’s an old 1999 F-150.
It’s not my problem; I just think it’s irritating that people do this dumb shit.

I found a stray cat outside, got him to the vet, got him to the groomers, and my friend is letting him stay at her house temporarily. She can't keep the cat and unfortunately neither can I. As much as I would love another cat there's already 6 animals in my house ;-;. So, I posted about it on the Next Door app for feedback and help finding him a home. The post got some good attention but not even 24 hours later I get an email saying the post was hidden saying, "It was reported for breaking a community guideline: The post appears to be duplicate, contains incorrect info, or wasn't intended for the feed."

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN?

I didn't copy off of anyone else's posts (including mine), and incorrect info? Bitch wtf? Wasn't intended for the feed??? Thanks a lot Next Door app for your wonderful communal support.

Ugh! I'm so mad. I just want to find this cat a home because my friend can't take care of him for much longer and I can't take him home with me because of my roommate. I tried facebook but I don't have a lot of followers. I tried instagram and none of my friend care. I'm really sad and I don't know what to do.

A police officer in the US state of Georgia was placed on leave after a family’s pet baby donkey was shot and killed during an early-morning search on their property.

The animal’s owner, Hannah Israel, said officers were at her pasture without notification or permission at about 12.45am on Sunday, reportedly looking for a missing person when they encountered the small male donkey named HeeHaw.

According to a Facebook post by Israel, HeeHaw emerged braying at the presence of strangers at Elsberry farm in Rockmart – and was shot dead by an officer who claimed he felt under threat.

Jamie Newsome, the Cedartown, Georgia, police department chief, told local media that an officer had been placed on leave and that an inquiry was under way. But a social media backlash by Monday morning was growing over the absence of any official statement or confirmation from the city or police department.

Meanwhile, an online fundraising appeal launched by Israel to support legal action over HeeHaw’s killing quickly surpassed $35,000.

“They claimed he ran up to them braying and they thought they were in danger and shot and killed him after trying to taze him,” Israel wrote in her Facebook post, which featured a photograph of her kneeling by the fallen donkey.

“HeeHaw was raised in the house and did petting zoos [and] never knew a stranger. And was shot and killed in his own pasture for doing what donkeys do. Alerting to a stranger. There is no way this is legal.

“We are heartbroken. He was my son.”

The only official statement as of Monday was from the Polk county, Georgia, sheriff’s office, which said its officers were not involved. But the agency said that law enforcement personnel from the separate police departments of Polk county and Cedartown were.

“We extend our sincere condolences to the family and everyone affected by this unfortunate incident,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “We understand the concern and sadness surrounding what occurred.”

The Polk county police department, Cedartown’s municipal government and its police department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In her post, Israel said HeeHaw was bottle-raised and maintained he was killed in his own pasture by “trespassing” cops.

Coosa Valley News reported in an online article that Newsome said members of his department’s command staff had opened an investigation into the shooting – and that the officer involved, who was not identified, had been placed on administrative leave while the investigation into the case progressed.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/georgia-police-officer-on-leave-donkey-killed

Tents and rubbish left after a Reading music festival in the UK...people suuck

And the last kick in the teeth is being called a communist if I don’t agree.

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These cameras log vehicle movements and every person ever recorded into a facial recognition database with files of who was ever detected anytime

January 1, 2024 440 flock cameras in the US.
January 1, 2025 up 10x to 4,511
January 1, 2026 up 12x to 54,072
August 1, 2026 that figure now stands at 130k+