Ring has a history of approaching local neighborhood watch groups and HOAs to convince residents to use Amazon surveillance systems at little or no cost to homeowners - PLEASE make an effort to participate in local community groups like HOA boards or get to know your neighbors in apartment buildings or go to local city council meetings and PLEASE speak against the unregulated expansion of surveillance systems and the erosion of individual privacy.
“I don’t want Amazon to know when my kids get off school to go play, or what toys they want in the back yard. I don’t want Amazon to learn my work schedule based on when my car is in the driveway. I don’t want the police to request footage of my yard to issue fines for improper vehicle storage. I don’t want an automated camera filming my daughter in the swimming pool.”
Make the argument that even people who don’t have anything to hide don’t want a camera on a pole recording the things they do in their homes.
If/when he’s extradited to the United States, he will absolutely be found guilty of the charges against him and die in prison. This is an incredibly dangerous precendent- a journalist who isn’t and has never been an American citizen, will essentially be put to death for helping expose America’s crimes. Notice the silence around this from everyone- you’re not going to hear about this on CNN, or read about it in the newspaper, or see either of the presidential candidates tweeting about him, except maybe to condemn him. This is a deliberate silence, and if we don’t take it upon ourselves to learn about the blood our government has on its hands and spread that information to others, it’ll go unnoticed- which is exactly what they want. Be aware. Be angry.
Lion King (1994) explaining the importance of stylized 2D animation: Lion King (2019) and Cats (2019):
Kimba The White Lion (1965) explaining the importance of an original idea:
Lion King (1994) Lion King (2019) Cats (2019)
Shakespeare (1564) explaining the importance of an original idea:
Kimba the White Lion (1965), The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (2019), Cats (2019):
Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1160 – c. 1220) explaining the importance of understanding that all creative work is inherently derivative once you study the oral tradition of storytelling and history and that’s okay because generations have always reformatted tropes and themes to make them relatable to their current audiences
Shakespeare (1564), Kimba the White Lion (1965), The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (2019), Cats (2019):