NSo a guy in a Darth Vader suit might have just saved San Diego from a two million dollar surveillance contract.
JVader as a civic hero. I love this country.
N404 Media is reporting that San Diego is getting closer to cancelling its Flock contract.
JFlock Safety, right? The license plate reader company.
NExactly. During a public comment period, a man named Anthony Ralphs showed up in full Vader gear to trash the cameras.
JI remember that clip. The voice modulator picked up the acoustics and he just went OFF.
NNow a councilmember who supported the contract has flipped.
JAnd Ralphs responded by... buying him flowers.
NWhich is the most polite villain turn I've ever heard.
JYou vote with the Empire, you get a bouquet. It's a warning and a thank you.
NLook, whether the flowers changed his mind or not, the pressure worked.
JAnd two million dollars is real money for cameras, and critics say they mostly watch working-class neighborhoods.
NThat's the whole debate. The city calls it safety, critics call it mass surveillance.
JI'm on Vader's side. Cameras don't stop crime, they just record it. But a guy in a cape talking about Big Brother? That gets attention.
NThe viral clip probably did more than a hundred council meetings could.
JThat's depressing, and also true.
NDifferent corner of the internet: Pop Base dropped their new music roundup, and the top reply is losing its mind that LISA from BLACKPINK and girl in red dropped the same night.
JPressed the panic button on their playlist. LISA's EP 'Press Play' is out, and girl in red has a single called 'Blue.'
NHalle and Dove Cameron and Yung Miami are all in there too. Friday is stacked.
JWe're supposed to care about all of them?
NNo, but people pick sides. Half the replies are defending their artist's release slot.
JHonestly, a good drop night matters. You want the first listen while everyone's awake.
NAnd LISA's been building this EP for months. The fans are ready.
JI'm not into any of this, but I respect a fanbase that shows up. Some of those replies are war cries.
NNow the weird one: a Bluesky account posted '$100 is going viral.' That's it.
JA hundred dollars? As a concept?
NNo context, no link. But people are apparently tagging each other.
JIs a hundred dollars rare now? I know inflation is bad, but...
NMaybe it's a viral challenge. Or someone found a hundred dollar bill and the story blew up.
JLook, if money is going viral, I would like some very badly.
NThat's the whole post. A hundred dollars. Going viral.
JThe internet has peaked. We can all go home.
NOne more from the rumor mill: an account is pushing that 'everyone on the timeline' is posting Rolex wins on Pump.
JPump Fun, the meme coin factory. Rolex wins?
NSounds like traders posting screenshots of buying a coin early and watching it explode.
JAnd if it's on Pump, the people posting wins may be a small slice of the crowd. Everyone else is cosplaying rich.
NEvery cycle has the exact same energy. Post the winner, and nobody talks about the exit.
JI'll wait for the guy who posts his Rolex, then the liquidation notice.
NNever together, though. Funny how that works.
JSo the whole segment tonight: a Vader activist, a fandom fight, and a hundred dollars going viral.
NThat is the internet on a Thursday.