dell cameron
@dell.bsky.social
sr. reporter @wired.com
beats: ICE, FISA, ADINT, surveillance (various)
signal: dell.3030
beats: ICE, FISA, ADINT, surveillance (various)
signal: dell.3030
Pinned
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
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Here’s the latest episode of Better Offline. I’m joined by Steve Burke of @gamersnexus.bsky.social to talk about Valve’s new console-like Steam Machine and Vision Pro-like Steam Frame, and what this means for the future of gaming.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Is Valve Taking On Microsoft? With Steve Burke
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 12/03/2025 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here’s the latest episode of Better Offline. I’m joined by Steve Burke of @gamersnexus.bsky.social to talk about Valve’s new console-like Steam Machine and Vision Pro-like Steam Frame, and what this means for the future of gaming.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
you can’t use the matt bors mister gotcha meme to explain why you still have an x account
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
you can’t use the matt bors mister gotcha meme to explain why you still have an x account
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A new NY state law requires retailers to disclose when a "price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." What personal data?? Why a particular price?? There's a lot of unanswered questions, but the disclosure is attached to eggs and toilet paper: www.wired.com/story/algori...
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A new NY state law requires retailers to disclose when a "price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." What personal data?? Why a particular price?? There's a lot of unanswered questions, but the disclosure is attached to eggs and toilet paper: www.wired.com/story/algori...
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The Trump regime has been busy dismantling American democracy, but we've been busy fighting back! We've been furiously exposing Trump and his co-conspirators. This Giving Tuesday, fight back with us by helping Property of the People continue our critical mission! propertyofthepeople.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Trump regime has been busy dismantling American democracy, but we've been busy fighting back! We've been furiously exposing Trump and his co-conspirators. This Giving Tuesday, fight back with us by helping Property of the People continue our critical mission! propertyofthepeople.org/donate/
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Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino responds in earnest to someone sarcastically calling the babies of undocumented immigrants “criminals”
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino responds in earnest to someone sarcastically calling the babies of undocumented immigrants “criminals”
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me vs. the "cyber monday" emails
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
me vs. the "cyber monday" emails
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BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
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ICYMI: This weekend, we published the @wired.com guide to digital opsec for teens (tho it applies to pretty much everyone!) We hope you and the kids in your life will read it and stay safe out there. No paywall! @lhn.bsky.social and JP Aumasson report: www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
ICYMI: This weekend, we published the @wired.com guide to digital opsec for teens (tho it applies to pretty much everyone!) We hope you and the kids in your life will read it and stay safe out there. No paywall! @lhn.bsky.social and JP Aumasson report: www.wired.com/story/digita...
i’m trying to read like 9000 documents. chat should i drink this?
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
i’m trying to read like 9000 documents. chat should i drink this?
no i'm sorry this sucks. these shows suck in particular. but also lots of journalists suck and are pieces of shit. and we are totally fair game.
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
no i'm sorry this sucks. these shows suck in particular. but also lots of journalists suck and are pieces of shit. and we are totally fair game.
should i write that section 702 explainer now or wait until after the new year
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
should i write that section 702 explainer now or wait until after the new year
the good thing about crashing off my diet for thanksgiving is sneaking in this bourdain burger because “same week doesn’t count”
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
the good thing about crashing off my diet for thanksgiving is sneaking in this bourdain burger because “same week doesn’t count”
i feel like they should just go ahead and hire this guy to review all sci-fi movie scripts pre-production. like, as an official censor who can kill film projects off unilaterally.
Media Zealot
Media Zealot casts judgement on all things entertainment related. Prepare thyself for lashings of over-analysis, questionable criticisms, and uncomfortably long tangents, all held together by a relent...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i feel like they should just go ahead and hire this guy to review all sci-fi movie scripts pre-production. like, as an official censor who can kill film projects off unilaterally.
This sounds intuitively like the equivalent of executing prisoners.
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This sounds intuitively like the equivalent of executing prisoners.
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nerds did a study on why kissing is good lmao
Animals have been kissing for over 17 million years, a new study suggests.
Kissing has long perplexed evolutionary biologists, given it has no obvious benefit to reproducing or finding food, while carrying the risk of disease transmission.
Kissing has long perplexed evolutionary biologists, given it has no obvious benefit to reproducing or finding food, while carrying the risk of disease transmission.
When was the first kiss? Over 17 million years ago, a study suggests.
Evolutionary biologists don’t know why we kiss — but new research suggests kissing evolved long before humans existed.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
nerds did a study on why kissing is good lmao
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
you can hear the air quotes
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
you can hear the air quotes
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$2.6 million for an AI surveillance system that can't tell the difference between a gun and Doritos, and the Inspector General response is: staff need more training on how to use AI.
“The IG’s [inspector general] report found that it wasn’t the bag of chips that was the perceived threat, but rather the student’s hand movement.” 🙄
State investigators: AI tool wasn't biased when it flagged student’s chips as gun
Maryland’s Office of the Inspector General for Education recommended more training for school staff and police in use of its AI-powered Omnilert weapon detection technology.
www.thebanner.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
$2.6 million for an AI surveillance system that can't tell the difference between a gun and Doritos, and the Inspector General response is: staff need more training on how to use AI.
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Oh you like Stranger Things? Name 3 upside downs.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Oh you like Stranger Things? Name 3 upside downs.
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Counterpoint, you don't owe your family anything. If they suck, screw 'em. There are plenty of tables that aren't surrounded by humanity's buttholes. Life is too short to believe people are owed your time because of "blood" or whatever.
Guest essayist, your TV-addled meemaw who will be serving Thanksgiving dinner on a commemorative Riley Gaines plate to a lot of empty chairs
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Counterpoint, you don't owe your family anything. If they suck, screw 'em. There are plenty of tables that aren't surrounded by humanity's buttholes. Life is too short to believe people are owed your time because of "blood" or whatever.
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NEW: Myanmar has made a big show of destroying the notorious KK Park scam compound—even publishing a video of a steamroller driving over thousands of phones
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’
Myanmar’s military has been blowing up parts of the KK Park scam compound. Experts say the actions are likely for show.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Myanmar has made a big show of destroying the notorious KK Park scam compound—even publishing a video of a steamroller driving over thousands of phones
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
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Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
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Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...