NEW - A vigilante group known as the "Blade Runners" is dismantling ULEZ cameras in London. These cameras were put in place to enforce low emission zones and impose hefty charges on vehicles powered by gasoline. #london https://nostr.build/av/ee89290cec028dc4d5bb2a47457273f8c01988d0c7c565e800ce65492f991403.mov
Bring them ALL down! ✊🇬🇧
DailyMail:
More ULEZ spy cameras stolen by activists as Sadiq Khan faces growing backlash over expansion of hated scheme which sees motorists charged £12.50 EVERY time they drive
Around 500 out of 2,700 cameras appeared to be marked as out of action, missing or damaged. https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1698351333252734976/pu/vid/636x360/Xay081TKrQrxIfxN.mp4
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12476015/ULEZ-vigilantes-strike-spy-cameras-stolen.html
Why pose for a selfie though?
Some sunglasses missing...
Probably for spreading the message kinda "you can do it too"...
Hunters often pose with their kill.
Yeah I was thinking more opsec you know? Like a hunter doesn't have to worry about being hunted later on you know? They've just revealed their height and race in this picture. Combine that with any piece of those clothes being unique to their wardrobe in any way, and it still might not be enough, but enough of these little revelations add up until their 100% identified.
Like before this picture, we could have assumed 1 person was doing this, or 50. We would have no idea, but now its more clear (there could still be 50 but we could limit our search to just these two until later).
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants the expansion of the ULEZ 1984 style surveillance system "to encourage more Londoners to use public transport".
LBC Reporter went to check the air quality on the underground network: the air quality ranged from bad to hazardous.
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I have a distinct recollection, despite me being relatively young, of the time when the idea of installing traffic radars in Spain appeared. The dissenting voices among politicians were loud, but promptly quelled. "Safety" first.
For a while, angry victims took the machines down, and then the government installed cameras to watch over the radars. Then a few cameras were taken down, so they put the cameras on 10 metre tall poles, and cameras watching the cameras, and all adjacent roads, and people finally gave up.
Soon after, the idea of putting surveillance cameras on the street appeared, and the politician voices against it were a lot less loud this time, and no action by the people was taken once they started to put them everywhere -- because "terrorism", of course.
Now we have cameras at the entrance of my city that read the stickers on your windscreen and determine whether you're allowed in or not, and whether you're up to date with mandatory fees or not. They can know if it was you driving because they're filming your face (so no more saying it was the wife speeding, to save a couple of points on your licence).
We have "traffic" helicopters constantly flying over us, who watch if you're holding your phone in your hand while driving from hundreds of meters above you, while measuring the position and speed of all the vehicles in a 2 square kilometre are at the same time, streaming the data live.
The slippery slope if fucking real, and kudos to these freedom fighters, but I'm not optimistic.
I’m also having trouble seeing how this needs to be articulated for there to be more of an opposition. Are people unaware, scared, credulous, clueless or everything at once? Was pandemism not enough of a wake up call? I see a lot of defeatism that seems to stem from the fact that control is just too easy for those that want to exert it, so — let’s make it harder, one step (sat, note) at a time.
This is the way 👏🏽
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