>>174079, >>174080, >>174081, >>174082, >>174083
Collingwood @admcollingwood - For those who do not know, the 'Panopticon' was a plan for a 'perfect' prison. The cells were arranged in a multistory disc around a central guard tower. Because the guards would have a complete view into any of the cells at any time, but the guards in the tower could not be observed from the cells, the inmates would have no idea if they are being viewed or not, but know they could be at any time. Therefore, the theory went, they would be forced to act as though they were being viewed.
Ultimately, the psychological effects of such living were considered too cruel for even prisoners to endure, and such a custodial facility was never built. Many indeed consider the entire concept of the Panopticon the foundation of the theory of totalitarian regimes in operation: if it could seek to arrange society so they every citizen may be watched at any time but cannot know whether they are being watched or not (e.g. the telescreens in Nineteen Eighty-Four's Oceania) a regime could force all citizens to act as though they were being watched at any given time.
And this is what our Home Secretary—the office in charge of the police and MI5 and the justice system—wants to impose on us. This is her dream society. Not even joking or embellishing.
https://x.com/admcollingwood/status/2013353303191474187
Commander Op At Large CA Gregory K. Bovino @CMDROpAtLargeCA -
https://x.com/CMDROpAtLargeCA/status/2012212280214065493

CR1337 @CR1337 - When Kevin Mitnick, FBI's Most Wanted hacker, knew the feds were coming for him, he wiped every trace of evidence from his apartment, before hitting the donut shop.
Agents raided an empty scene, opened the fridge to find a fresh box labeled: "FBI DONUTS"
The ultimate troll from the guy who hacked big corporations for fun, never stole cash, who just 'wanted to know', and proved systems (and people) were weak.
https://x.com/CR1337/status/2013530365563117619

Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan - No Supreme Court decision today on tariffs. Next potential day for a tariff decision is February 20, four days before President Trump's State of the Union Address to Congress.
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CSPAN @cspan
President Trump on tariffs: "I don't know what the Supreme Court is going to do...we've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars and if we lose that case it's possible we're going to have to do the best we can in paying it back. I don't know how that's going to be done very easily without hurting a lot of people. But, we're waiting for that case anxiously."