Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden.
This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years.
But he’s the one who is actually doing it.
I feel like I’ve fallen out of love with cybersecurity.
It used to be, to me, about protecting people. Now it’s just become an endless grind of people trying to protect budgets through GenAI fear. So much of cybersecurity now is just total nonsense.
Xavier Becerra constantly fought to kill efforts to increase police accountability and his campaigns were funded by police unions. He threatened me with criminal charges after I obtained a list of CA’s dirtiest cops. Horrible choice for gov.
A five-year-old class action lawsuit forced OPD to become more transparent. But now the city is violating a court-enforced agreement, according to a lawyer representing journalists.
Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers.
The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits."
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Great to see momentum building to treat the network of license plate readers as the fourth amendment violation of our rights that they are.
That is quite the OPSEC! 🙄
New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
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Palantir Goes Mask-Off For Fascism. It Won’t End Well.
Earlier this month, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that "Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment. Just ask our enemies!!!" — notably including the stock ticker, because why not just…
Happy this paper at Journal of Urban Affairs is finally out :)
Planey AM, Taylor NL, Kumar AD, Cross RI, Neally S, Lewis JA, Luben TJ, Martin CL. "Linkages between historical redlining and contemporary indicators of structural racism and discrimination across 5 North Carolina metropolitan areas"
TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST 4:00PM
Ale from LPL will be joining some excellent scholars of surveillance, automation, labor, and public records for a panel on so-called AI! It’s open to the public and happening on Northwestern’s campus
No RSVP needed but space may be limited! Hope to chat with you there :)
Explosive & really outrageous revelations in here about a billionaire's private surveillance network completely run amok.
If we can't stop Dolan from spying on us at MSG, let's at least cancel his sweetheart tax break. (1/2)
A couple points on this manifesto, apart from the racial superiority subtext others noted.
Palantir is a company built on public contracts, they bill the state billions to surveil and target the state's population. The manifesto exists to justify their demand for even more.
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Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed.
We must get rid of Palantir altogether.
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I will absolutrly criticize people for attending. It’s a grotesque spectacle nobody who cares about press freedom should dignify with their presence.
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Plante on Surveillance Laundering and the Fourth Amendment
Nicole Plante (Yale University — Law School) has posted Surveillance Laundering: How Location Data Brokers Violate the Fourth Amendment, forthcoming in 33 Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (Fall 2026), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In…
"But the Flock spokesperson acknowledged that, despite previous statements that it did not have any federal contracts, including with ICE, the company did not sufficiently disclose to its customers last year that it had given CBP and HSI access to its national camera network."
"Industry Standard"
From the proposed resolution for the April 20, 2026, meeting: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby approves the transfer of credit card convenience fees to consumers for all credit card transactions for City services, whether made on-site or remotely, effective April 20, 2026; and
San Pablo (CA) is considering shifting credit card fees to its residents at its meeting on April 20, 2026. Great idea if you want people to use cash and checks more (not a bad thing)!
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O.4.a Potential Moratorium on Data Centers DIRECT the city manager and city attorney to work with Planning staff to develop and bring forward a proposed moratorium on data centers – City Manager’s Office/Community Development Department/City Attorney’s Office (Shasa Curl 510-620-6512/Lina Velasco 510-620-6841/Shannon Moore 510-620-6509).
Richmond (CA) considering a moratorium on data centers at its meeting on Tues., April 21.
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A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A. Flock Safety Agreement Renewal Action Proposed: Authorize the City Manager to renew an agreement with Flock Safety for the provision of license plate reading cameras to the City for a period of three years at a cost not to exceed $315,000. Contact: Paul Keith, Chief of Police, Police Department
El Cerrito Police to spend $315,000 to extend license plate reader contract for mass surveillance for another three years.
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Agenda: elcerritoca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/932/fi...
News article clip that reads : Sarah Philips, one of the group's organizers, said Flock Safety is not wanted in the city, and she said fears continue to rise for people's safety and privacy, particularly those in immigrant and marginalized communities. "We do not want Flock in our communities," Philips said. "We don't want Flock in Atlanta. We don't want Flock in Georgia. We don't want Flock in the United States, and it's frankly disgusting that this company is making money off of our movements and existence."
We led an action today & brought the fight against fascist surveillance straight to Flock’s headquarters in Atlanta -the community showed up to give Flock a powerful message: www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Alameda Co. Sheriff to spend another $303,600 to expand use of Flock surveillance gear (license plate readers, drones, surveillance cameras). Item 55 on April 21 agenda.
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Alameda Co. Sheriff to spend an additional $723,000 on Peregrine, which integrates case records, calls for service, custody records, body camera video, CAD/RMS, license plate readers and surveillance video into police panopticon.
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Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience
This just failed.
No, publishing some limited data about license plate readers does NOT provide "clear insight" or "details on how the surveillance technology is used." It is "transparency" in name only and not in reality.
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Our phones, computers, and social media accounts reveal deeply personal information about us. That's why it's so vital that police warrants for these devices be targeted, specific, and time-bound.
As technology advances, we must make sure our Fourth Amendment protections do too.
