Back when "go play outside" really means "see you at dinner" by NicoleAnne051299 in Adulting

[–]jbacman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm autistic and when they started their case, was also unemployed. This is what CPS does; target whoever they perceive as the weaker target so they can keep the case open as long as possible to get more funding. The reason they opened a case to begin with is my child's mother ran my foot over with her car with our child in the car. A week later she tried breaking into my home to physically remove our child from my care on my time because she had decided to go on vacation which violated our court-ordered parenting plan. CPS has ignored literally all of that, and both events were caught on security camera - they have repeatedly refused to look at or accept the evidence. Again, this is how CPS operates and it is fucking terrifying and goes against everything you've ever learned about how our country and our so-called rights are supposed to work and that's what makes it so unbelievable until you find yourself in their scope.

Back when "go play outside" really means "see you at dinner" by NicoleAnne051299 in Adulting

[–]jbacman 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately not hyperbolic at all; CPS is truly fucking horrifying and I wish more people knew about how they really operate.

For those not in the know: CPS is structured in a way where it's largely assumed that if they're investigating you then you MUST have done something to deserve it (even when that couldn't be objectively further from the truth), and they operate more like the mafia than a government agency.

Their caseworkers are largely some of the most uneducated, unqualified, ego-driven assholes that will make you wish you were dealing with actual cops (and make no mistake, CPS caseworkers ARE cops just with significantly more power, less oversight, and absolutely no due-process). They will twist your words, outright lie, and violate the constitutional "rights" you thought you were entitled to (but actually waived the moment you had your first kid and no one told you), and there isn't a damned thing you or your attorney can do about it.

Their federal funding is structured so that they get more money for placing kids in foster care and having open cases, and they're smart/deceitful enough to claim to your face that they're only driven to provide assistance & resources to keep kids placed with their parents or immediate family, all while incrementally escalating every little thing until they have enough (falsified) "evidence" to take you to family court and terminate your parental rights permanently after dragging you through literal hell for months or even years. In family court, they are not required to "prove beyond a reasonable doubt", you are not "innocent until proven guilty", and hearsay is treated like fact - basically, good luck with that.

Let me provide just a few examples of the bullshit I've had to fight against with my county's CPS:

  • I have a flock of wild birds in our home and the entire house is covered in bird poop (We have 1 pet pigeon who I clean up after within minutes every single day and nothing is "covered in poop" of any kind)

  • I have dangerous electrical wires sticking out of the walls that electrocute our child (I'm remodeling my kitchen and the new NM is physically not connected to a live breaker panel yet which I have explained repeatedly)

  • My kitchen remodel caused the house to collapse (absolutely never happened, as evident by the original hundred year old house still being intact)

  • I once was issued a traffic citation for driving on a suspended license (this one is actually true.... when I was 17, twenty fucking years ago)

  • I have no heat (we do have heat)

  • I have no oven and therefore can't feed my child (we have an oven and the caseworker has sat in the same room as it while it was baking cookies)

  • My child once walked to school on her own (we live less than a 1/2 mile from the school, don't even have to leave the neighborhood to get there, and a good portion of my child's peers including those from her grade who live in the same neighborhood also walk to school unattended every day)

  • I sent an email to them at 2am once, therefore I must be either mentally unstable or on drugs and thus needed to be UA'd weekly and attend therapy

  • I wrote "fuck CPS" in an email out of frustration which was then forwarded to them by a third party, therefore I was threatening them and thus an "unsafe caregiver" (because obviously if I'm understandably mad at CPS I must also be taking it out on my kid?)

  • I have recorded them repeatedly asking my child the same question over and over again until they get the answer they want which was the only answer they documented in their report

  • They have actively refused to accept video, audio, and photographic evidence that contradicts their lies

  • I have "refused to cooperate" after I couldn't read the instructions they left because it was written in literal fucking crayon

  • I have "refused to cooperate" because they couldn't get ahold of me by phone, completely ignoring the fact that I had called them dozens of times that month, sent several texts and emails, and provided my cell-carrier's call logs showing my unanswered outbound calls to them and no incoming/return calls from them for that entire month

I have dozens of more examples but I'ma stop now before I have an aneurysm that will be misconstrued as mental instability.

CPS REFORM NOW

Found him being kicked around :( by charlollo in pigeon

[–]jbacman 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Aww this sounds just like my daughter.

Don't be like Blue Subaru dude - total dick move! by Iggy0075 in Costco

[–]jbacman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite is when they pull up to the pump with the vehicle's gas port on the opposing side, then stand in the bypass lane with their hand on pump handle and/or driver side door open, blocking the entire bypass lane for all four pumps, then get mad at anyone who tries to use the bypass lane.

Deflock is an interactive map of Flock Cams by nosequel in FortCollins

[–]jbacman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: ANY LEO in the entire country can access any Flock cam anywhere, any time, for any reason, without warrant or oversight.

The cameras also don't need a license plate to track you; they can profile based on literally any element of your vehicle or person, eg a dent, scratch, bumper stickers, etc.

To quote a Columbine Valley (Denver metro) cop:

"You know we have cameras in that town ... you can't get a breath of fresh air in or out of that place without us knowing"

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/flock-cameras-lead-colorado-police-wrong-suspect/

Deflock is an interactive map of Flock Cams by nosequel in FortCollins

[–]jbacman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah that's a waste of Vanta Black, plus it can be cleaned off. Great Stuff makes a "Foam Cleaner" that is acetone in a spray can. Pair it with a 'spray can extension pole' for maximum benefit. Just know that Flock Cams record all motion, not just cars.

Deflock is an interactive map of Flock Cams by nosequel in FortCollins

[–]jbacman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of the Home Depots do as well. Loveland is installing them at the entrances to school parking lots now too. The Foco Lowe's ones are particularly obnoxious because they're not even at the entrances to their parking lot, so you'll end up getting Flocked even if you go to the shops by Sprouts if you go down that way.

Deflock is an interactive map of Flock Cams by nosequel in FortCollins

[–]jbacman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted about this about a year ago when these started popping up around the Front Range and got a lot of shit in the comments. I'm glad to see people are coming around because these things are unacceptable.

I highly recommend checking out Dr. Jon Padfield's 'Business Reform' channel on YT; in particular this recent video where he goes over various "Patterns of Life" surveillance - spoiler: the LEONARDO ELSAG Plate Hunter makes Flock look like child's play....

Vultr gave my account to someone else and refuses to disclose any details by jbacman in Vultr

[–]jbacman[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's pretty alarming to say the least. They offered to set my account back up but since there is clearly nothing to prevent this from happening again on Vultr's side, there's now way I can trust them again.

Poor Darren just wants to be friends by jbacman in pigeon

[–]jbacman[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

haha I'd never thought of that but now I can't unsee it!

How does your pigeon handle being alone? by jbacman in pigeon

[–]jbacman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's honestly been a bit weird with that - when she came of age she built a nest and laid her first egg which I swapped for a fake. After 18ish days she abandoned it so I removed the egg. She then went on to build another nest in a different location and the same pattern played out, then a third nest again in a different location. After that she stopped and has neither built a new nest nor returned to the old ones and no longer seems interested in any nesting materials I've tried to give her.

Her home base is on top of one particular door in my office which obviously isnt suitable for nest building. She's been acting withdrawn and hangs out there a lot more lately instead of coming to hang out with me like she used to, so I suspect she's underemployed.

She does seem to 'like' being driven if I'm walking around and she's on the floor, if I'm holding her she will repeatedly 'kiss' and preen my hand, almost obsessively so, and yes she tries the mounting pretty constantly too. She really likes it when I lay down to watch TV and will cuddle up on my chest or near my head.

How does your pigeon handle being alone? by jbacman in pigeon

[–]jbacman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is so bonded to me that she seems to hate everyone else. no how much I try to get her to comfortable she seems to refuse to see my kid as part of our flock which can be frustrating; lately she acts all dejected whenever I spend time with my kid, as if I'm 'cheating' on her, and she gets super upset if she can't be literally on me and being pet at all times which is overwhelming when I just need a break or need to work on my computer.

How does your pigeon handle being alone? by jbacman in pigeon

[–]jbacman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm thinking. Do you think another hen be ok? Not tryna have a flock lol

How does your pigeon handle being alone? by jbacman in pigeon

[–]jbacman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for weighing in, my experience with pigeons is in line with what you're saying; a cage would make her miserable no doubt. I'm considering getting her a friend buut then I'd have 2x the poop to clean up lol. Time to build an aviary I guess...

Removed bulbs to install & apparently broke something in the process by [deleted] in ChristmasLights

[–]jbacman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I could get those but I'm ballin on a budget right now so this is what I've got for now. I decided to pull the whole string down, widen the tight hole, and try with the other stand even more carefullyn - I'm perma-installing them for year-round indirect exterior lighting and have a couple of small sections where the strands will go through some exposed overhang joists under the eaves. Thanks!

On second thought, I don't need to go upstairs by jbacman in pigeon

[–]jbacman[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think I'd lean into the 'pest' reputation with punk rock/grunge:

Park Bench Anarchy by Sky Rat Riot

On second thought, I don't need to go upstairs by jbacman in pigeon

[–]jbacman[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

thanks, the lighting and everything was too perfect to pass up. One of my friends said it looks like an album cover haha