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Cake day: June 16th, 2026

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  • Man, I feel for this guy and his family.

    Even if something was found, which I doubt, it’s probably just as much of a nothing as literally anyone else in his position has. Its just because racists spent 3 years digging and abusing systems meant to protect people, and make organizations better.

    The shitty part is I’m sure there are plenty of his supposed allies that say in the end something was found and that’s unfortunate. As opposed to, “this man was targeted for 3 years until they finally found something - that’s bullshit.”

    I’m gathering Arday committed suicide - and honestly, I get it. When your dreams are taken from you, because even one of the most prestigious universities in the world is ran by racists, then what dreams are attainable? I wish (and hope) he didn’t. I’m sad we won’t have more of his contributions, not just to academia but society. His story is important, and I wish he could tell it himself.


  • For something as sensitive as typing in a license plate that can be identified to you, and potentially label you as a domestic terrorist, this article is garbage.

    The lazy reporter did not do any research or reporting on who funds the website.

    Have no fear, I’m pooping at work and have time, as I am more curious than journalist hack Matthew Benton.

    HaveIbeenflocked.com appears to be funded by an organization called:

    https://altnewsfoundation.org/

    They fund quite a few smaller local publications, with a focus on LatinX publications. Notably they do not fund any queer focused publications.

    Their board appears to be 3/4 white. And their directors appears to be 50% white.

    I cannot find where most of their funding comes from, the average, or the median donation size.

    HaveIbeenflocked.com does claim they get their data from public access requests, which I find to be believable. They do not make clear that they dont save who has searched for a license plate number. They also don’t share how they save any search history.

    My assumption is that they are saving every license plate search on their servers unencrpyted. Even if they aren’t malicious actors, they are not protecting your data from malicious actors.

    Tl;Dr: Use this site with caution. Maybe dont use it at all. I don’t think I will.