Post AYbcomw6KhsFvg8HNg by atatassault@universeodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #AYbQx8r7WNE4mL1HMW by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
       2023-08-10T21:16:32Z
       
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       This type of militarization and brutalization of the border is the manifestation of a level of cruelty and disregard for the lives of fellow human beings that is simply disgusting, disturbing, and outrageous. No one who is ok with this gets to call themselves “decent” in any way.https://twitter.com/laikenjordahl/status/1688976652234371072?s=46&t=1xecvNVImNo8TKt3oEvqnA
       
 (DIR) Post #AYbQx9tHfoYDzL2WNE by sidb@mastodon.cloud
       2023-08-10T22:17:06Z
       
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       @tzimmer_history @Kyleric The “saws” are fixed, not rotating or powered, as some replies seem to assume. The context-limiting extreme closeup in the image, and calling them “circular saws” (which implies rotation and, well, sawing) instead of something like “serrated plates”, seems misleading. https://www.newsweek.com/video-texas-floating-barrier-saws-rio-grande-1818433They’re inhuman and Abbot is a monster. But I think an average reader of the tweet in the image might get a wrong idea.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYbQxB4JIIxtdpCqCO by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2023-08-10T23:20:28Z
       
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       @sidb @tzimmer_history @Kyleric Agreed. Circular saw blades. But they're not exactly static; they're bobbing slowly in the water and humans are moving up and down, and if swimming, aren't in a position to see well. No lessening of the intentional cruelty involved. The makers and installers of these things need to be doxxed.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYbZ0O5Y8rV0WYpMhs by locksmithprime@infosec.exchange
       2023-08-11T00:50:42Z
       
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       @tomjennings @sidb @tzimmer_history @Kyleric let's roll a couple of those over the floor in some republican rally. Let's see whether those barriers are harmless.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYbcomw6KhsFvg8HNg by atatassault@universeodon.com
       2023-08-10T23:04:49Z
       
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       @tzimmer_history Isn't the Rio Grand shared ownership with Mexico? Aren't these death traps a literal violation of international law?
       
 (DIR) Post #AYbconnH90POab0kGO by mayonesa@berserker.town
       2023-08-11T01:33:28Z
       
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       @atatassault @tzimmer_history No, because everyone country has a right to establish border barriers and regulate entry.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYc48pAURQN7PEdocy by BlueintheSouth@newsie.social
       2023-08-11T06:39:36Z
       
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       @mayonesa @atatassault @tzimmer_history probably not by killing people, though