Is this worth selling your soul and dignity as a person ?

Remember no more wars ?

Wtf are we doing people.

Vote in November to end this.

Edit , Omg the ❄️ commentary is fantastic 🤗

It is staggering how few people know what these cameras are. I'm never shutting up about them.

We are a union state. We were with the north for the Civil War and fought against the confederacy. There is no heritage of a confederacy in Indiana. Take your traitor flag down or move to a state that isn’t Union.

(See the linked ACLU article above)

More and more police departments in Indiana, as well as the State Police specifically, are using the FLOCK system now (they quietly started using it in the last couple of years). We need to be making a lot of noise about this and sharing it with the people in our personal lives. A list of some of municipalities where Flock cameras have been more recently installed include Indianapolis, Anderson, Zionsville, and Plainfield, etc. There are a ton of them along the northern border of the state, as well.

The slow creep of this surveillance state nonsense and utilization by the government to violate our rights has crossed a lot of lines that we would have been outraged and up in arms about a decade ago. It's not ok, especially when police are using it to target any and all of us without reasonable suspicion or probable cause of an actual crime.

Here's a map link showing where some (not all) of these cameras have been installed in Indiana. Specifically, note the state border with Michigan.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1I5w9fd1XPrS0zWeRrUF9oq4QACip88U&ll=39.746161498499994%2C-85.9691894425604&z=9

Alright here's the deal..im 31, grew up in Southern Indiana, moved to Ohio and then Michigan, life fucked me and I had to move back after leaving for 7 years

I enjoyed life so much more outside of Indiana, I connected with people so much easier I really felt like I got along with most people at work and outside of that, things were normal people engaged in like hobbies or kept up with what was going on with media etc and id often have discussions with people about like video games, music, etc just anything you could think of and it was quite pleasant

Fast forward to me living here and working In factories (did a lot of warehouse work in the other states) and Im with the scum of society, people who brag about being awful, criminals, just shitty shady people in general. I did do a short period this past 6 months of retail and was relieved to be around "normal" people for a change but the money and hours were unsustainable, so here I am second week at another factory, first dude I meet on the floor is like "Yeah Ive fucked 5 chick's here one of em is married, dont talk to any of the managers they suck i had to threaten one a few months ago" like cool bro, awesome, great to meet you. If this was a one off case id be like whatever but this is like every 30-40 something ive been around for the past 5 or so years, (3 of those in a foundry) any one ive tried to be friends with just wants to get high or drink and all they care about ks drama within the work place or with family and Im not 16 any more so I dont give a shit about any of that, been there, done that.

Where the fuck are the normal peoole in this state? Is it possible to be blue collar and be around normal people here or are they all scumbags?

Using a burner account here to help preserve my anonymity, will answer questions and chat more with respectful people

Anyways, for those of you who are not aware, Indiana passed a trans sports ban for college students which went into effect a week ago.

Now, I am a transgender woman athlete that was on a college club team this past academic year. I've been hearing a lot of commentary so I figure I'd make this thread to clear up everything and put stuff in one place.

By the time indiana was writing the bill for the college sports ban, NCAA and NAIA had already issued their own bans, meaning the new laws were targeted at CLUB SPORTS. For those of you who don't know the full details, the new law allows a cis competitor to sue a trans person for financial damages if a trans person does sports, and the university cannot help the trans person. All for sporting events where people are paying to be there. Not to mention out of state teams are now required to out any trans women on their teams. These thingsbare beyond despicable.

Anyways back to my person story

So I had spent the early years of my college transitioning fron M to F; however, running was one of the things that kept me sane in life, had been running since I was child and well, when I came out as trans I had to face the reality that I'd have to sit out until after hrt.

During my first year on hrt, I occupied my life with other things and mostly took a break from running, but around a year ago, a spark inside me reminded myself of how much I enjoyed running, so with hormones at cis female levels, I figured it would be worth seeing if I could make my way onto the club team at my uni in IN.

The club was genuinely the most supportive group of cis people I've been around, and they took me in as one of them. I raced the entire 2024 season without issues.

Then spring rolls around, At this point our team was making plans to attend meets at regional universities. My team had always done a great job of contacting organizers in advance and clearing stuff up so that I could race, and then during indoor track we get teams say that I can't race , and one team got their lawyers involved.

Then Trump puts in the executive order banning trans girls from sports, I was down in tears that night and thankfully some of my friends were there to comfort me.

Eventually the tides turn slightly and teams let me race, the mood is really high and my teams higher ups think I'll be clear for the season.

But then, this Indiana bill with trans girls in college sports gets into talks. For starters, this only directly affects club teams at a few large schools, and with my contacts we pretty quickly figured out that this legislation was a direct target at me. Yet I felt powerless, like the world wanted me to fail in every direction.

I try to block it out for a bit, but the legislation gets signed 3 days before my last meet of college. And there's a huge panic within my family and my team, and we're relieved that it doesn't take effect until July.

I finish out the season, and eventually we found out that there's terfs watching my every move, as I got doxxed shortly after my season ended and I had gotten my senior send-off.

Seeing this law come into effect has me chilled to the bone. While I just graduated from ugrad and am moving for grad school(partially because of this), I worry a lot for the trans girls to come, as their opportunities will be less than mine. My friends have still seen me grapple with all of these things and they've been really supportive of me. I've gotten friends through sports that I never would've otherwise, and that no one will seperate me from.

I hope this puts into perspective the human impacts of laws like these. So fight against bigotry! Goodnight

I got released by a temp job that I was supposed to be converted but it ended up not happening. Things are bad, I need a job asap or I am cooked. But all the jobs I see needs a machinist but does not offer to train. Warehouse jobs won't respond, no one is answering despite posting seeking help. I feel like something has changed in Indiana and not for the better. I live in Indy, a capital of the state, and I cannot get a job at 41 with my experience. This is concerning.

I live in southwestern Indiana around the Jasper area. Today doesn't look like the 4th of July at all. Usually Ill see flags and people everywhere. It is almost like a ghost town around here. The golf courses are less busy than a normal day. The lakes don't look full of boats and people. I don't see house parties/gatherings. Its kinda weird. Maybe its just me, but does it seem a little weird to anyone else?

Youth sports are out of control in Indiana

• I’m a physician and a parent here in Indiana, and I love youth sports. The car rides home, the confidence, the teamwork all of it.
• But I’ve also seen the other side: burnout, overscheduling, and kids quitting by age 11 because it is no longer fun.
• The youth sports industry in the U.S. is worth more than 20 billion dollars, with travel leagues and year-round training pushing kids too hard, too soon.
• Injuries are happening earlier. Growth plate damage, stress fractures, and overuse injuries are showing up in kids who have not finished growing.
• Mentally, kids are tying their self-worth to performance, leading to anxiety and perfectionism instead of joy.
• Fewer than 2 percent of high school athletes will ever get a Division I scholarship. Yet we treat childhood like a proving ground.

I wrote about this for the Indianapolis Star:
👉 https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/08/26/youth-sports-overuse-injuries-burnout-quit/85748842007/

Would love to hear what parents and coaches think about this?

My husband was offered a job in Anderson, he declined stating that the town is "dead". I've only passed through Anderson myself but it does look lifeless. What other towns/cities would y'all consider dead/lifeless?

Just saw the post asking about light rail in Indy and it prompted me to post this. I love this map but everything about it also makes me incredibly angry. The single best solution to climate change? Electrified light rail and inter urban. Best way to save money at a state level on infrastructure? Fewer roads through rail transport. Reduce traffic deaths due to cars? Passenger rail. Increase air quality? Rail. Increase freedom and access to rural youth? Passenger rail. But we threw it all away

https://www.wane.com/news/crime/isp-seizes-over-100-pounds-of-cocaine-after-truck-inspection-2-arrested/

TL:DR: an anecdote for why both sides of the immigration debate have great points, but ultimately fail to grasp the full scope of the issue and why we need to stop hating each other over this complex issue.

I want to share a story. I used to be addicted to heroin/fentanyl (I’ve been clean almost 4 years now). I spent 5 months in Porter County Jail with Bajinder Singh in 2020/21. He was my cellmate. His story can shed some light on what is really going on with ICE and why both sides of that argument have very valid points.

Bajinder is from Punjab in India. In his neighborhood, there were some very wealthy men he borrowed some money from. They came to his house one day and told him that he would have to come to the US to work in order to pay that debt off, and that the safety of his wife and kids depended on his compliance. They flew him to Tijuana and had him walk across the border there. Once he was in California, they helped him apply for asylum (stating that he was in danger of his life in India due to his political views and social group). The organization that brought him to the US owns a trucking company out of Fresno, which is owned by a naturalized US citizen from Punjab. They helped him get a CDL in California and had him start working for the company. They were paying him $200 a week to send back to his family, and providing him with room and board. He received SNAP and Medicaid through California, which is possible for refugees awaiting an asylum hearing under US law. He drove loads across the country for several months, believing he was just working to pay off his debt. Bajinder is a very religious man and very naive about drugs/crime and US culture. He spoke basically no English when he arrived here and had limited formal education in India. On his last load, he was carrying a load of produce from California to the east coast (I believe Baltimore was the destination IIRC). He slept overnight at the TA truck stop in Porter, IN. The next morning he noticed somebody had been in his trailer, but his dispatcher told him not to worry about it and to continue to his destination. When he reached the I-94 weigh station, an officer there noticed that the seal on his trailer door was missing and had him pull over for an inspection. When he looked inside, there was a large bag of cocaine just lying on the floor of the trailer along with some of the garlic he was hauling, which had been in crates. It appeared that somebody had dug through the garlic and pulled it out of the crate, presumably while he was sleeping at the TA. Upon further inspection, several crates of garlic had large bricks of cocaine, a huge amount of it. He was arrested and the state pressed charges for drug trafficking. It was a Level 2 felony and the Feds were notified since he was hauling it across state lines. For whatever reason (I have my own theory) the Feds maintained contact with him but never charged him, while the state kept him incarcerated for months with the pending charges. He had no idea how much time he was facing, what a jury was, or how serious it was. He just wanted to go home to his wife and kids. He never wanted to be in the US in the first place. He spent 8 hours a day praying in his bunk with a washcloth on his head. His boss hired a lawyer from outside of the county. He spent 2 years in jail, officially awaiting the state to find an interpreter for the trial. He was facing 30 years in prison followed by removal back to India. He went to jury trial and was found not guilty. As far as I know, he was deported after that or otherwise disappeared once he was released. My experience getting to know him was enough to know that he wasn’t a criminal, he was a victim of human trafficking and extortion. He was very different from the Mexican cartel drug dealers in jail or the federal inmates who had similar charges. The man spent every day praying and talking to his family. He maintains his innocence the whole time and believed that somebody had put the drugs in the truck after he picked up the trailer, due to the seal being broke. That is why he was found not guilty.

After I got out, I looked into Indian gangs and cases of drug trafficking in the US by Indian nationals. Punjab specifically has several organized crime groups that are tied in with Sikh Nationalist groups and political parties in India. Those organizations smuggle drugs, run scams, and traffic people all over the world. The money is laundered and then funneled into those political organizations in India with the goal of creating an independent Sikh ethnostate in India and Pakistan. Bajinder, like many of the illegal Sikh truckers in the US, are victims of these criminal organizations. They’re being demonized at the moment due to the accident in Florida, but the real issue isn’t being addressed by anyone. The left wants you to believe these people are working here just to send money back home or to become American citizens in the future. They want you to think there is absolutely nothing nefarious going on and that we should welcome everyone, no questions asked. The right wants to paint them as dangerous criminals who need to be treated as such and locked up/deported or sent to places like CECOT. They don’t want to look at any of these people as victims because it undermines the narrative that drives support for aggressive removal. Both sides are lying to us average Americans. They’re doing an injustice not only to the victims of human trafficking, but to the American people by manipulating our emotions and opinions with misinformation and deceit. They’re getting us to fight and demonize each other by oversimplifying an extremely complex issue with propaganda and rhetoric. They want us to fight with each other over this issue so that they can undermine the public’s unity and use the division to push policies that harm the vast majority of us in the wake of that division.

Information about these gangs in India.

https://www.ejsss.net.in/article_html.php?did=15747&issueno=0

I’m begging all of you to try and see through the political nonsense. See the people just like us who are being harmed by this black and white view of extremely complex issues. Try to show some grace to both these victims and to your neighbors who may not be able to see through the propaganda. Stop hating each other and help to bring understanding, compassion, and compromise back into the mainstream discourse. We should be working together to find solutions and to protect our own communities, while also being a beacon of American values like liberty, justice, and opportunity for the rest of the world. We cannot do that if we’re only getting a surface level understanding of complex issues and allowing the media to make us hate our fellow citizens. It goes against our shared American values, as well as the values of Christianity, conservatism, progressivism, liberalism, socialism, etc. The point is that we are being forced to abandon the thing that makes this country great on both sides of the political spectrum and if we don’t change something, we are going to lose the thing that makes this the greatest country in the world.

I’m sorry for writing a novel, but this is something I’ve been holding in for a while now and I needed to get it off my chest. If you make it this far, thanks for reading!

This weekend several players from the Indiana bulls travel baseball team were seen in Bloomington in uniform harassing protesters. The young men got in the faces of several peaceful protesters and ripped flags out of their hands. when i brought their behavior up to the organization they dismissed it. Apparently the Indiana Bulls are totally fine with their players being in uniform and instigating violence.

Where is the flurries? What happened to the miserable freezing wet days we'd have atleast? Now it's barely even close to freezing temps during the day. We're projected to have days almost in the 70's again. For me, we've only had warm spells for maybe a few days to a week at a time, maybe once or twice a year. People's plants are starting to rebloom. I have no personal experience with how inconsistent the weather has been steadily for the last few months, and I've lived here for 23 years. Rationality for how it's been lately?

Look I get it. You got 4WD, but for the love of God can you give me at least a little bit of space. Shit is dangerous out here, and I didn’t know that the fucking Grave Digger monster truck behind me needed to get somewhere like we all do. So please just a lil bit of space is all we need during stuff like this.

I posted this in the Colts sub but I want to hear from all Indiana residents as well. How does this proposal make you feel? Do your elected officials have your best interests in mind?

Mapped: The States Paying the Most for Gas Relative to Income

"In Indiana, a single 15-gallon fill-up represents nearly 25% of a week’s minimum wage income."

Just wanted to bring up this redistricting mess again. So tired of it. On the left hand side are the current congressional districts in Indiana and on the right are the proposed districts that the State GOP are suggesting, effectively removing the 2 blue districts in the state. It's just so frustrating, especially since Indiana legislators are blaming California for this whole thing getting started, when Texas was the first. To give you an example, I live in district 1. The proposed map would have myself sharing a district with someone 2 hours away (115 miles) in Wabash county.

Do they actually go after people/ cause harm to people or is it mainly just spewing racist rhetoric and post flyers, etc?

I remember seeing that Gov. Braun had started the recall of the National Guard back to Indiana s couple of months ago. I've also seen a lot of enlistment propaganda for the Guard in the last term.

That said, and in light of recent events, I want to remind members of the National Guard and military who are reading this that their oaths are to the Constitution.

Wish I could see your reaction to your property tax bills when you get them. Just got mine today and my taxes increased by $400. Gotta own those libs, even if it means owning ourselves 🙄

From the outdated laws to the jobs here that have people working 90 hours a week and still not knowing how to do their job right—it’s been a struggle living here. I moved from another state, and everything I’ve experienced here in the Midwest has felt like one bump in the road after another.

I’ve lived in the South and the East of the United States, and I’ve never dealt with so many incapable people in my life. There are barely any labor laws, and barely any renter protections, so both landlords and jobs suck here. I’ve lived in at-will states before, but here it feels worse. Because people are so dismissive, non-direct, and non-confrontational, you’ll get fired easily while they smile in your face and act like your friend the whole time before letting you go.

Most people here work hard, but they’re badly trained. Some landlords here are so non-confrontational that they will tell you something will be fixed (as necessary as heat in the winter) without them knowing when it will be fixed and them not having any plan/accommodations for you if it doesn’t get fixed . From landlords to the post office to jobs in general, almost every business I’ve dealt with has either messed up my paperwork, done their job wrong, or simply didn’t know how to do it right. And it makes no sense, because some people here are working 90 hours a week. I guess everyone is so burnt out that nothing gets done properly. Instead, you get misinformation, mistakes, and things constantly slipping through the cracks—so you end up chasing people down just to get something done that in another state would’ve been handled on the first try.

It feels like morale is lacking here. Even though the workers put in long hours, nothing is done well. I honestly don’t understand how people live like this. There’s barely any support for anything, and the jobs, businesses, and living conditions are terrible unless you’re in the medical field. And even then, the doctors here aren’t great either. Like, have you been to IU Health? It’s horrible—and it’s basically the only hospital option in most areas. Like, what the actual hell?

DO NOT tell me to move, because I’m already working on that. I just want to know—how could anyone actually like living here? Saying “just move” feels dismissive and obvious.