OMG Spider & Web

If you read the first panel and thought "wait, there's one extra" then (rings bell) you've won the no-prize! It's a typo, Namor is actually repeating it wrong. He was told to say one less "O."

The author (Bob Denatale) left comics not long after to focus on butoh, the avant-garde Japanese dance form bobdenatale.com

Still, Barnes v. Felix did establish that whether use of force is reasonable depends on the “totality of the circumstances” including what the officer did prior to the use of force (like standing in front of a car) not just the “moment of threat” (a moving car)

This happens so often that many law enforcement agencies have guidelines about “officer-created jeopardy” that very commonly say not to approach a car from the front or stand there, since that could lead to this. But in May SCOTUS declined to enshrine office-created jeopardy as a firm standard.

grats on IGF noms too!

Refactoring a branching narrative's structure and effects on persistent values due to ripple effects of a late-breaking change. It's mind-numbing and stressful which IMO is the worst kind of boring. Also nobody should ever do this kind of nightmare-boring.

funny how things bend towards money

The systems discussed in the linked 404 media article are also using this kind of "wifi location data" to pinpoint and follow devices -- so also check your "Local Network" privacy/security permissions. Beyond media-casting apps these are almost never needed for anything but reselling your data.

Also: this sort of location-dragnet policing frequently scoops up people who are just passing through an area & then are investigated, harassed, arrested, deported, etc.

We saw this happen to random Columbia students in '24-25.

So even if you're NOT protesting at all, don't give apps location data

Of course, with cell tower data via subpoena to a service provider, or Palantir, FLOCk etc there are plenty of other ways to surveil and track you!

But look: they're doing THIS one because it's so easy with few legal hurdles. You shouldn't make it easy for them. Don't give apps location permission.