Ren Evenson

I'm taking a class on Brothers Grimm and that is all I will be talking about for this semester. You have been warned.

[camoufly 🌟 @camouflybeats]

wait wait ... so bootlegs and soundcloud remixes are still illegal but this is a thing now? lol

[Priya Satia @PriyaSatia]

“The AI is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you…”

[Arill 🌟 @arill_b_r]

Good excuse to share this wonderful site https://t.co/UMKbXjvkID

[Pocket @islandthembo]

We’re really living in resident evil omg…

[Blake ™ @NeilNevins]

i know we're already way beyond the pale, but in any normal society, this should be pitchforks and torches type stuff

[💙THE PARGE POOBAH💙 @Cheesymanfredo]

The fact we haven’t seen a 4G level conspiracy theory with these data centers is evidence the government was always in control of conspiracy theorists

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

🚨 Flock has a hidden weakness many don’t know: public records requests.

Activists have successfully forced at least 8 cities to shut down Flock programs, either by exposing unauthorized data access or showing the footage was publicly accessible.

One of the most effective ways to take down Flock cameras? FOIA/PRA requests.

Here’s a template to file one in your city:

To the Custodian of Records:

Pursuant to the (your state here) Public Records Act (your state's public records act code.), I request access to and copies of the following public records relating to the (your local police) Police Department’s surveillance camera network reportedly consisting of more than 2,600 cameras deployed throughout the city.

Please provide records covering the period January 1, 2020 through present unless otherwise specified.
1. Policies and Legal Authority

All policies, procedures, memoranda, directives, or legal analyses governing:

-The deployment and operation of surveillance cameras within __________

-Any legal justification for the program under federal or state constitutional law

-Policies governing Fourth Amendment considerations or privacy protections

-Any City Council ordinances or resolutions authorizing the camera network

2. Contracts and Vendors

All contracts, agreements, memoranda of understanding, purchase orders, or amendments with vendors or service providers related to:

-Surveillance cameras

-Automated license plate readers

-Real-time crime centers

-Video analytics, facial recognition, or artificial intelligence

-Data storage or cloud services used for camera footage

Please include vendor proposals, RFP responses, and bid documents.

3. Camera Locations

Records identifying:

-The number and location of cameras deployed

-Maps, GIS datasets, or inventories of surveillance devices

-Any classification of cameras as public, private-partner, or third-party integrated cameras

(If precise coordinates are withheld, provide generalized location records or district-level inventories.)

4. Data Retention and Access

All records describing:

-Video retention schedules

-Policies for deletion or archiving of footage

-Which agencies or departments have access to the camera network

-Any data sharing agreements with other agencies including but not limited to:

-(your state) Highway Patrol -Federal agencies (FBI, DHS, ICE, etc.) -Regional task forces

5. Private Camera Integration Programs

All records relating to programs that integrate privately owned cameras into the police network, including:

-Agreements with homeowners, businesses, or HOAs

-Terms of participation

-Data access rights granted to the police department

6. Surveillance Technology Capabilities

Records describing whether the system includes or supports:

-Facial recognition

-License plate recognition

-Behavioral analytics

-Crowd detection

-Real-time monitoring centers

7. Crime Reduction Claims

All records, reports, studies, or internal analyses supporting claims that the surveillance network caused reductions in crime, including:

-Statistical reports

-Internal evaluations

-Communications discussing the effectiveness of the system

8. Communications

Emails, memoranda, and internal communications between (your city) Police Department personnel, City officials, or vendors referencing:

-Expansion of the camera network

-Privacy concerns

-Public opposition or legal review

Search terms should include: “camera network”, “surveillance cameras”, “real time crime center”, "Aerodome", "Raven", “ALPR”, “Flock”, “facial recognition”, and “camera integration”.

Format

Please provide records in electronic format via email or download link.

If any records are withheld, please provide the specific statutory exemption relied upon and produce all reasonably segregable portions of responsive documents.

Fee Waiver

This request concerns matters of significant public interest involving government surveillance and constitutional rights, and any fees should be waived or minimized.

I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.

[meowtown @hieywieyneue]

i’m sure that this definitely won’t falsely flag people with disabilities as being intoxicated

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” -George Orwell, 1984.

[Lara Friedman @LaraFriedmanDC]

“And it’s being done to try, in vain, to protect the reputation of Israel.”

[Roman 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @Rx410]

A little more than a year between these two pictures

[ً @BALUCIAGA]

that’s not what she’s implying at all. she’s saying we need to assign “economic value” to natural resources like clean air, water and soil and include them on corporate and financial balance sheets. the goal is to stop businesses and economies from treating these essentials as completely free, unlimited and invisible. so that the real costs of depleting or polluting them become visible and influence decisions, rather than being ignored until systems collapse.

[Humboldtian Hater @fionaapplescock]

This is what Jesus woulda done btw not that evangelical going to hell bullshit

[jordan @notbubbawallace]

reminder that trans women were allowed in the olympics for more than two decades.

only one qualified and she finished last.

[pagliacci the hated 🌝 @Slatzism]

so they decided to make a character who is canonically extremely unpleasant to be around, unhygienic, poor, and literally obsessed to the point of violent rage with a white woman he wanted to fuck, black.

fascinating.

[Hind Rajab 🇵🇸 ♥️ @LungeloN_Zulu]

What a headline 🤌🏾

[Kristi Yamaguccimane @TheWapplehouse]

The time honored capitalistic trend of gradually making your product shittier and shittier until you can debut the original as a new product

[victoria ♀️ @fatfabfeminist]

in a good timeline we stop making remake slop, harry potter has lost all relevance, jk rowling is broke and powerless, and transphobia ceases to exist 🫶

this is at least what my world looks like‼️

[Juancho @Kitsunenruana]

Te quiero, Wikipedia, nada me hará odiarte. Gracias por tus referencias, hacer poner de cabeza a académicos necios, conducir a rabitholes y a artículos muy graciosos.

[c^den @moreybnett]

i don’t recall a single trans athlete participating in recent games, but i do recall steven van de velde being allowed to compete in the 2024 paris games a few years back AFTER being convicted of raping a 12 year old girl in 2016