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Supreme Court will weigh banning homeless people from sleeping outside (apnews.com)
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[–] anachronist@midwest.social 17 points 7 months ago

This is probably the most prescient episode of Star Trek ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_Tense_(Star_Trek%3A_Deep_Space_Nine)

Basically Sisko and friends go back in time to America in 2024, where it's illegal to be homeless and they get put in an open air prison.