Good Saturday ya'll☺️

In the United States, paid time off is hard to come by. But many Europeans leave work for the whole month of August to revel in the joys of summer. Everyone deserves August off.

Indiana - Footage has ~finally~ been release from the high speed chase Monroe County Sheriffs initiated that led to Malik’s death. Confirms that they wasted time pulling a rifle on a man burning to death and made no real attempt to rescue him from a burning car.

https://bloomingtonian.com/2021/07/30/malik-ali-malik-fatal-pursuit-videos-released-to-bloomingtonian/

Fort Lauderdale, FL https://twitter.com/ruthlesswe/status/1422546471644131336

PSA: Don't use Protonmail. They cooperate with the US and Swiss Law Enforcement departments/agencies to the fullest possible extent.

German Articles:
https://tarnkappe.info/protonmail-kooperiert-vollumfaenglich-mit-den-strafverfolgungsbehoerden/
https://steigerlegal.ch/2021/08/02/protonmail-daten-usa/

In short:
A current court case against a person who made threats against Dr. Fauci and his family has shown that Protonmail is providing user data to US Law enforcement agencies.
Protonmail did not provide E-mail content, but did provide a list of other Mail addresses and Mail Metadata to US Law Enforcement.

Swiss Federal Police Department "fedpol" confirmed that "Protonmail cooperates with Law Enforcement. The cooperation is good/pleasant."
Switzerland is a strong and mature surveillance state. Laws include the Überwachungsgesetz BÜPF (German source) and the Nachrichtendienstgesetz (NDG) (German Source).

In short: If you value your privacy and metadata, which you should, avoid Protonmail like the plague. And definitely don't use it for both activism, and personal use.

A possible alternative is https://posteo.de/en.
Though it is not free, it provides the option to pay by cash, bank transfer and paypal.
This payment is not coupled to your account.
Privacy and security are their highest priority, and that's why they don't allow custom domains for example.
As that would mean that they would have to save personal data regarding ICANN (Domain Registration Information).
They also disallow any kind of personally identifying S/MIME or PGP Keys. Keep that in mind for personal use.

I am open for further recommendations.

use https://riseup.net

eviction defense, berlin

Defunding the police is now punishable by the federal government.
https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1425248064177115137

fortunately still nonbinding, but now it appears to assert that the federal government has power to withdraw tax dollars from localities for defunding the police

List of Republican legislation that almost every single Democrat voted for almost every single time
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/08/11/senate-democrats-call-gops-bluff-on-defund-the-police-penalties-preventing-green-new-deal-and-more/?sh=5098d1fb55b6

Graffiti hit in Weston
https://twitter.com/weston_undr/status/1425608410494554114?s=19

semi-paywalled but The Intercept has a great series of articles on the CPD, including the fairly recent scheme where cops were extorting certain drug dealers while working directly with others
https://theintercept.com/2016/10/06/in-the-chicago-police-department-if-the-bosses-say-it-didnt-happen-it-didnt-happen/

Today marks seven years since a Ferguson police officer murdered Michael Brown, sparking a revolt that set the template for uprisings from Baltimore to Minneapolis.

https://cwc.im/lootingback

Thank you to all who have risked their freedom in the ongoing struggle against police. 🏴