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TLDR: Drug dealers in Catalonia have started to adopt GrapheneOS en masse leading to Catalan police suspecting anyone with a Google Pixel is a drug dealer

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 31 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of getting a notice in Middle School, decades ago, about how a pager was considered "drug paraphernalia"

There was also a big Bloomberg-Era push by the NYPD to arrest any woman carrying condoms on her person, on the grounds that a woman carrying a condom must be a sex worker.

[–] icegladiator@lemy.lol 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Everything I hear about Bloomberg make me question how he ran as a democrat, and then I remember he fits the democratic party better than anyone else...

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

NYC's greatest act was tricking everyone into thinking it's a progressive city. I am interested in Mamdani at least.