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Massachusetts drivers are being tracked and their data is being shared nationwide — thanks to police using license plate readers (LPRs) made by Flock and other tech companies.
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
Email Your Municipal Leaders: Flock license plate readers threaten our privacy and safety
mobilize.aclum.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Massachusetts drivers are being tracked and their data is being shared nationwide — thanks to police using license plate readers (LPRs) made by Flock and other tech companies.
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
Does your local police department use LPRs? Take action to find out: mobilize.aclum.org/a/email-your...
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How does Artificial Intelligence impact our society?
Join Laura Bates, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity @nasser.wiki and moderator Alice Wroe XR Lead, Atlantic Institute to explore AI’s ethical, social and equity risks.
📅 Nov 17 2025
🕰️ 3pm GMT
💻 Zoom Live Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
Join Laura Bates, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity @nasser.wiki and moderator Alice Wroe XR Lead, Atlantic Institute to explore AI’s ethical, social and equity risks.
📅 Nov 17 2025
🕰️ 3pm GMT
💻 Zoom Live Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How does Artificial Intelligence impact our society?
Join Laura Bates, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity @nasser.wiki and moderator Alice Wroe XR Lead, Atlantic Institute to explore AI’s ethical, social and equity risks.
📅 Nov 17 2025
🕰️ 3pm GMT
💻 Zoom Live Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
Join Laura Bates, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity @nasser.wiki and moderator Alice Wroe XR Lead, Atlantic Institute to explore AI’s ethical, social and equity risks.
📅 Nov 17 2025
🕰️ 3pm GMT
💻 Zoom Live Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/being-huma...
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Saying there’s “no demand” for fake EBT clips ignores centuries of profitable anti-Black caricature. The audience isn’t duped… they’re served.
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Saying there’s “no demand” for fake EBT clips ignores centuries of profitable anti-Black caricature. The audience isn’t duped… they’re served.
Ran the Cambridge half marathon today with the red line!
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Ran the Cambridge half marathon today with the red line!
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
I don’t know if this is universally true but it is interesting that we say “Indian Americans” and also “British Indians.” Why is the order flipped?
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I don’t know if this is universally true but it is interesting that we say “Indian Americans” and also “British Indians.” Why is the order flipped?
On Sunday, a group of us biked around Boston in protest for Palestine. We also turned it into an effort to map Flock ALPR cameras. We found a few!
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
On Sunday, a group of us biked around Boston in protest for Palestine. We also turned it into an effort to map Flock ALPR cameras. We found a few!
Some of the best times I’ve had in Southeast Asia have been exploring malls — they really use space well. You’ll leave a store and in the walkway run into a booth selling vintage electronics or cool sandals.
The mall may be long dead in the United States. But travel enough in Asia, Africa and South America and you’ll find that the mall is often where it’s at
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Some of the best times I’ve had in Southeast Asia have been exploring malls — they really use space well. You’ll leave a store and in the walkway run into a booth selling vintage electronics or cool sandals.
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It was @sarahjeong.bsky.social and we’ve been pounding this drum for years - especially since all the promises of metadata to prove images are real have gone nowhere www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24...
October 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It was @sarahjeong.bsky.social and we’ve been pounding this drum for years - especially since all the promises of metadata to prove images are real have gone nowhere www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24...
Someone from the VA is trying to rid certain Wikipedia pages of “radical leftist” ideology…
…like calling an alt-right Fox-owned website what it is.
…like calling an alt-right Fox-owned website what it is.
OutKick Wikipedia article edited anonymously from U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs on Oct 08, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1315761243&oldid=None
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1315761243&oldid=None
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Someone from the VA is trying to rid certain Wikipedia pages of “radical leftist” ideology…
…like calling an alt-right Fox-owned website what it is.
…like calling an alt-right Fox-owned website what it is.
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Finally, the RFI invites prospective contractors to describe how they would use artificial intelligence. But as @nasser.wiki & I recently explained, AI is likely to create more problems than it solves in trying to flag people for what they say or do online. 12/ www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
“Continuous Vetting” of All Visa Holders Is Impossible, but the Threat Alone Chills Free Speech
Government claims of AI-powered surveillance create an illusion of total oversight that encourages self-censorship without actually improving security.
www.brennancenter.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Finally, the RFI invites prospective contractors to describe how they would use artificial intelligence. But as @nasser.wiki & I recently explained, AI is likely to create more problems than it solves in trying to flag people for what they say or do online. 12/ www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Great piece from @dell.bsky.social at @wired.com about ICE's newest foray into social media monitoring: the agency is putting out feelers for contractors who can do on-site, open source intel 24/7 for ICE's Targeting Operations Division (TOD). 1/ www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Great piece from @dell.bsky.social at @wired.com about ICE's newest foray into social media monitoring: the agency is putting out feelers for contractors who can do on-site, open source intel 24/7 for ICE's Targeting Operations Division (TOD). 1/ www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
Rewatched The Martian last night. It really feels like a product of a different time. I want to live in a society that can inspire future generations to build big things that propel us forward. It’s culture first. No wonder we feel so hopeless with tech, it’s profoundly+intentionally anti-democratic
September 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Rewatched The Martian last night. It really feels like a product of a different time. I want to live in a society that can inspire future generations to build big things that propel us forward. It’s culture first. No wonder we feel so hopeless with tech, it’s profoundly+intentionally anti-democratic
I want this on a t shirt
Another example of my favorite recent quote I saw somewhere: “the dumbest person you know is being told by AI they’re absolutely right”
September 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I want this on a t shirt
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Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
the entire media ecosystem is just not built or ready for events like this and far right billionaires like larry ellison buying news orgs will only make this worse
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
A new generation finding its own way to shape democracy — using Discord, no less.
After a sweeping social media ban, Nepal saw its bloodiest unrest in decades. What has happened in Nepal is a warning to other democracies to tread carefully with efforts to contain online expression, writes Samik Kharel.
Lessons from Nepal on the High Cost of Controlling Online Expression | TechPolicy.Press
The Nepalese government attempted to control the information ecosystem and lost control of the state itself, writes Samik Kharel.
www.techpolicy.press
September 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A new generation finding its own way to shape democracy — using Discord, no less.
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One of the most read pieces on Tech Policy Press over the last month, by @nasser.wiki:
Progress Shouldn’t Poison Black Communities | TechPolicy.Press
In South Memphis, Tennessee, a neighborhood called Boxtown is paying the price for the AI revolution with every breath, writes Nasser Eledroos.
www.techpolicy.press
August 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
One of the most read pieces on Tech Policy Press over the last month, by @nasser.wiki:
Me when my 3d printer completed a layer
August 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Me when my 3d printer completed a layer
I’m not entirely sure how an 8.7 magnitude earthquake is 6 times larger than an 8.0 magnitude quake and releases about 15 times more energy. Crazy.
Check out this USGS calculator: earthquake.usgs.gov/education/ca...
Check out this USGS calculator: earthquake.usgs.gov/education/ca...
"How Much Bigger…?" Calculator
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards
earthquake.usgs.gov
July 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I’m not entirely sure how an 8.7 magnitude earthquake is 6 times larger than an 8.0 magnitude quake and releases about 15 times more energy. Crazy.
Check out this USGS calculator: earthquake.usgs.gov/education/ca...
Check out this USGS calculator: earthquake.usgs.gov/education/ca...
Wooo RightsCon 2026 is heading to sub-saharan Africa! Join me in Zambia in May 2026? www.rightscon.org/rightscon26-...
Join us for RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia!
We're excited to share that RightsCon 2026 will take place in Lusaka, Zambia and online from May 5-8, 2026
www.rightscon.org
July 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wooo RightsCon 2026 is heading to sub-saharan Africa! Join me in Zambia in May 2026? www.rightscon.org/rightscon26-...
The best thing Zohran could do rn is to make a video about all of this lol
Uganda had a leader named Idi Amin, a war-mongering corrupt asshole who Eric Adams apparently finds fascinating, and he decided it would be real fun to kick every Asian out of Uganda. Including my stepdad and Zohran’s dad.
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The best thing Zohran could do rn is to make a video about all of this lol
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist