Also, Linux Mint forums, Ubuntu forums and other close distros’ forums - for questions that are likely to have been answered before. I prefer reading the thread myself rather than getting a summary, for it’s a part of the fun - knowing there are lively communities and watching users suggest different approaches, good or bad, arguing, mentioning other topics that can come up later. It’s not a systemic knowledge, rather case-by-case one, but it can be a path to some wider understanding of the OS.

My takeaways from the article.

1. ICE\DHS wants to blend in with all sorts of law enforcement to not being singled out and hated that easily - their facilities and actions face protests, even some backlash from politicians, that makes them feel a bit vulnerable;
2. They aren’t hitting numbers their managers want, in employment too, so they want cops to both snitch for them and filling their datasets;
3. and also being put into pipeline ending with an ICE contract after exposure to their toys;
4. And, about these toys, further hammering down the AI as a useful get-out-of-jail card because it can consult you to either let go or murder a person. Technically, not murder them by now, just call ICE on them. But I can see how someone from “the bad apples” would like that another shield from liability over shooting someone in cold blood. The whole notion that AI can decide something for you with no repercussions is bigger than the ICE problem, it affects every sphere of life on some fundamental level, and it directly benefits the worst people you can imagine.

There is a layer of copium paste spread thin over this, like they feel weak if they need to upgrade cops to the latest fascism kernel asap. But, like, the whole idea that there are guys on the streets worse than cops is a big wake up sign.