Matthew Guariglia
@mguariglia.bsky.social
Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Sometimes teach at Emory. Book on race and the origins of modern policing out now! My views are not my employers.
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Hello new followers! I wrote a book--Police and the Empire City--which explores how the New York City police department's encounters with race, immigration, and empire shaped how modern police use technology, recruit, do violence, and operate generally.
www.dukeupress.edu/police-and-t...
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One of my very first tenure track job interviews was for one of these departments. I have a lot of mixed and unresolved feelings about not being on the tenure track, and seeing stories like this make them even more mixed.
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One of my very first tenure track job interviews was for one of these departments. I have a lot of mixed and unresolved feelings about not being on the tenure track, and seeing stories like this make them even more mixed.
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On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
If only there was a way to convince the DOD that “tanglewood” and “The Public theater” are “software companies that maximize the lethality of the military and law enforcement” so we can lock in some federal funding for the arts.
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If only there was a way to convince the DOD that “tanglewood” and “The Public theater” are “software companies that maximize the lethality of the military and law enforcement” so we can lock in some federal funding for the arts.
This is still one of my favorite artifacts that emerged from the darkest days of COVID lockdown. Alot of these lines I find myself muttering outloud.
Massive Lasagne- Wembley Stadium
YouTube video by Billy Mclean
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December 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is still one of my favorite artifacts that emerged from the darkest days of COVID lockdown. Alot of these lines I find myself muttering outloud.
Nothing says fighting mass incarceration and standing up for the working class like having the LAPD use Palantir for racist predictve policing....and getting massive corporations to fund it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Nothing says fighting mass incarceration and standing up for the working class like having the LAPD use Palantir for racist predictve policing....and getting massive corporations to fund it.
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Social Security numbers. Driver's licenses. Party affiliation. The wolves are back in the hen house and feeling reinvigorated.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Social Security numbers. Driver's licenses. Party affiliation. The wolves are back in the hen house and feeling reinvigorated.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
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Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
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NEW: The office of State Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced that it will not pursue criminal charges against two NYPD officers who last year shot and killed a 19-year-old who was experiencing a mental health crisis in his Queens home.
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No Criminal Charges For NYPD Officers Who Killed Win Rozario
The office of State Attorney General Letitia James says it will not prosecute the officers who shot the Queens teen as he experienced a mental health episode.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NEW: The office of State Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced that it will not pursue criminal charges against two NYPD officers who last year shot and killed a 19-year-old who was experiencing a mental health crisis in his Queens home.
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It was a full fishing expedition. No wonder it took them this many years to comb through and cross reference the data.
The Criminal Complaint against the suspected January 6 pipe bomber refers to:
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It was a full fishing expedition. No wonder it took them this many years to comb through and cross reference the data.
I have seen emails from companies selling AI to police providing supervisors with a list of officers not using the provided software and asking them why not.
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I have seen emails from companies selling AI to police providing supervisors with a list of officers not using the provided software and asking them why not.
"NUCLEAR BOMB APPROACHING...just kidding, watch House of Dynamite on Netflix now....blink twice to close this add covering your vision in your smart glasses."
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"NUCLEAR BOMB APPROACHING...just kidding, watch House of Dynamite on Netflix now....blink twice to close this add covering your vision in your smart glasses."
Traffic fatalities are outpacing homicides in the most surveilled city in the US. Goes to show that a narrow view of "public safety" is dangerous. $361 million police budget and unknown more private funding through the Police Foundation and traffic accidents are the biggest public safety risk.
Report: Traffic fatalities outpace homicides in metro Atlanta
Analysis draws comparison between the two, pointing out that roadway deaths should be more preventable than violence, with proven safety upgrades that can prevent them.
www.ajc.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Traffic fatalities are outpacing homicides in the most surveilled city in the US. Goes to show that a narrow view of "public safety" is dangerous. $361 million police budget and unknown more private funding through the Police Foundation and traffic accidents are the biggest public safety risk.
Talking to an undergraduate seminar today about Police and the Empire City--it feels so good to know that even after a few years people are still engaging with a book I really gave my all. Offer stands as always, I love zooming in to your classes to discuss chat and take questions!
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Talking to an undergraduate seminar today about Police and the Empire City--it feels so good to know that even after a few years people are still engaging with a book I really gave my all. Offer stands as always, I love zooming in to your classes to discuss chat and take questions!
Authoritarianism is profitable for tech companies therefore any system that values growth above all else cannot be democratic. To maximize profit, these multi-billion surveillance companies will go all in on the system that pays them the best.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Authoritarianism is profitable for tech companies therefore any system that values growth above all else cannot be democratic. To maximize profit, these multi-billion surveillance companies will go all in on the system that pays them the best.
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h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
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“Palantir’s software is helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement track undocumented immigrants and deport them faster... The software, Immigration OS, plays a key role in supporting the administration’s mass deportation campaign"
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data management company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Palantir’s software is helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement track undocumented immigrants and deport them faster... The software, Immigration OS, plays a key role in supporting the administration’s mass deportation campaign"
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
It was widely reported the first Trump admin destroyed documents before leaving office. I FOIA'ed the FBI for any documentation concerning an investigation and got a rejection that "above referenced subject is not searchable in our indices"--as if that's not an indexed "investigatory interest."
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It was widely reported the first Trump admin destroyed documents before leaving office. I FOIA'ed the FBI for any documentation concerning an investigation and got a rejection that "above referenced subject is not searchable in our indices"--as if that's not an indexed "investigatory interest."
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“It is clear that Congress must exert its will and devise procedures that will enable it to play its full constitutional role in making policy decisions concerning intelligence activities. Failure to do so would permit further erosion of constitutional government.”
That was written in 1975.
That was written in 1975.
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“It is clear that Congress must exert its will and devise procedures that will enable it to play its full constitutional role in making policy decisions concerning intelligence activities. Failure to do so would permit further erosion of constitutional government.”
That was written in 1975.
That was written in 1975.
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DAIR launched four years ago today, on the one year anniversary of my firing from Google.
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
Projects
An overview of projects at DAIR.
www.dair-institute.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
DAIR launched four years ago today, on the one year anniversary of my firing from Google.
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
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NEW BOOK JUST DROPPED so my librarian ass gotta help out UwU
“It is clear that Congress must exert its will and devise procedures that will enable it to play its full constitutional role in making policy decisions concerning intelligence activities. Failure to do so would permit further erosion of constitutional government.”
That was written in 1975.
That was written in 1975.
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
NEW BOOK JUST DROPPED so my librarian ass gotta help out UwU
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It’s time …..👇🏼
“It is clear that Congress must exert its will and devise procedures that will enable it to play its full constitutional role in making policy decisions concerning intelligence activities. Failure to do so would permit further erosion of constitutional government.”
That was written in 1975.
That was written in 1975.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’s time …..👇🏼
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I want this book cover as a poster.
“It is clear that Congress must exert its will and devise procedures that will enable it to play its full constitutional role in making policy decisions concerning intelligence activities. Failure to do so would permit further erosion of constitutional government.”
That was written in 1975.
That was written in 1975.
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I want this book cover as a poster.