my sister recently found this out the hard way. on a self-checkout purchase of $280, she forgot to scan one $18 item. they illegally detained her, accused her of stealing every item she'd purchased. she wasn't allowed to leave until she signed a paper admitting to the theft, or they'd call the cops.
Sorry everyone, my wife asked me to delete the thread because it got too big. I'll let you know the next steps we take, if any. Fuck Target, Fuck Self Checkout, and Fuck AI though. We're exploring options with the lawyer.
This story is horrific. Worth noting that Target is not the only retailer using AI for theft prevention. It’s an entire industry. And if you’re looking for alternatives that are safer to shop at in this regard, you’re very likely out of luck. Small, non-corporate businesses probably your best bet.
we have a TREMENDOUS amount of power when we just… opt out.
there are a lot of corporations that don’t deserve our money or clicks or participation. it’s not that hard just… not giving it to them.
Critically endangered crafts Crafts classified as 'critically endangered' are those at serious risk of no longer being practised. They m include crafts with a shrinking base of craftspeople, crafts with limited training opportunities, crafts wit financial viability, or crafts where there is no mechanism to pass on the skills and knowledge. Arrowsmithing Basketwork furniture making Bell founding Besom broom making MORE ENDANGERED Bow making (musical) Bowed-felt hat making Chain making Clay pipe making Clog making Coiled straw basket making Coppersmithing (objects) Copper wheel engraving Currach making Cut crystal glass making NEW Devon stave basket making Diamond cutting Encaustic tile making Engine turned engraving Fabric pleating Fair Isle chair making Fan making Figurehead carving NEW Flower making (trade and manufacturing) NEW Flute making (concert) Fore-edge painting Frame knitting Glass eye making Glove making MORE ENDANGERED Hat block making Hat plaiting Horse collar making Horsehair weaving Linen beetling NEW Linen damask weaving Maille making Matte painting (filmmaking) NEW Metal thread making Millwrighting Northern Isles basket making Orrery making Paper making (trade and manufacturing) Parchment and vellum making Piano making Pietra dura NEW Plane making Plume making Pointe shoe making Pottery (trade and manufacturing) Quilting (frame NEW | Rake making MORE ENDANGERED Rattan furniture making NEW Saw making Scientific and optical instrument making Scissor making Sieve and riddle making Silk ribbon weaving Silver spinning Spade making Spinning wheel making Straw hat making Sussex trug making Swill basket making Tanning (oak bark) Thatching (Irish vernacular) NEW Thatching (Scottish vernacular) Thatching (Welsh vernacular) NEW + Tinsmithing Wainwrighting Watch face enamelling Watch making Whip making Wooden fishing net making 84.7
new bucket list unlocked for my adhd craft friends:
No religious test for holding office.
No government establishment of religion.
No government interference with the free exercise of religion.
There's a reason Jefferson coined the phrase, guys.
This is a favorite strawman of the Religious Right, asserting that the exact phrase "separation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution.
They ignore that there are only three references to religion in the entire Constitution, all three of which work to separate church and state.
Criminal defense lawyer here. I get 3 or 4 cases like this every single month. For a while, the cops were charging people who screwed up at the self-checkout with Obtaining Property by False Pretense-a class G felony.
Jesus Murphy.
When I say that large swaths of public life are now cut off for me, I mean it
the angloamerican news not reporting at all about casualties of their warmongering in iran outside of the school bombing has this effect where, to the angloamerican viewer, the casualties are "200 schoolgirls killed by the US and now a rising tally of US soldiers just dying by incompetence"
To the point that @prisonculture.bsky.social was making yesterday: high school students continue to walk out EVERYWHERE, but there is no mainstream media coverage of it.
montclairlocal.news/2026/03/mont...
HOLY SHIT.
A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election.
Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?
If you appreciate my stance on this please read Afghan, Iraqi, or Palestinian writers
You can also preorder my book from any bookstore or order a signed and personalized copy from Loyalty Books in DC
Not doing this event does mean lost sales (long term because this venue won’t ask me again)
"An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings."
Gift link, free article: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
I want to encourage everyone in the USA who owns a vehicle to make sure it is up to date on all maintenance and repairs as soon as possible. Why? 1/
This thread I posted in May 2025 still holds true (and many of my fears described there are now reality). Read and share.
The CIA published a pamphlet on how individual citizens could sabotage fascist regimes during WWII, and it is now declassified and available for free on Project Gutenberg:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
If you have been struggling to know how to resist, start here.
You need to read this article about a U.S. citizen and veteran being kidnapped off a cruise ship in the middle of the night: archive.ph/WLHhe
Reminder: Minneapolis is still under siege by the Frozen Force, as are Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, and more. A lack of media attention doesn’t mean the ghouls are gone.
“In my 15 years in the Senate, I have never left a briefing this angry. We are heading down a path toward sending U.S. troops to Iran as ground forces,” — Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
If you’re in California — this is worth 2 min of your time.
Great explainer of the 2026 California Jungle Primary
The last day to register to vote for the June 2nd Primary Election is May 18, 2026.
We can not, I repeat, CAN NOT let a Republican become governor of our state.
Museums looted of priceless artifacts as Sudan counts the cost of a deadly conflict
Once containing treasures from the Stone Age to the arrival of Islam, Sudan's National Museum now lies mostly bare, looted amid a yearslong conflict consuming the country.
www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
NEW: For @theguardian.com, I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s whose parents were deported under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations about the long-term impacts of family separation:
I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves
Man.
The world fucking is on fire.
So go be as corny and cringe as you wanna be without hurting people.
Live whats left of your only life.
If you can’t be free in your body at least go be free in your mind and soul.
Fuck the haters.
