Free Radicals

An activist collective dedicated to creating a more socially just, equitable, and accountable science. Chapters in LA, East Coast, & remote (anywhere)!

[Free Radicals @freeradsorg]

ANNOUNCING: Our #DefundSurveillance campaign w/ @stoplapdspying has been working to dissect & defund LAPD’s $3.1 billion budget. Today, we’re launching our demands focused on the extreme harm of LAPD’s spending on surveillance, tech, & community policing: https://t.co/K3ys4LS9P1

[Deb Raji @rajiinio]

This investigation is wild - in the one city they could get the data for, it turns out PredPol was correct only ~1% (!!) of the time.

It literally enrages me how rampant this kind of dysfunctional "AI" technology is. What a dangerous waste of money.

https://t.co/GjyNww9KB5

[Free Radicals @freeradsorg]

Thanks for reading and sharing! Stay curious, stay critical, build power!

[Free Radicals @freeradsorg]

Oh, so you wanna catch up on the impacts of selfie-related facial recognition, AI model training, and data stealing/sharing/selling? But you want it fully illustrated and in rhyming verse and as a Dr. Seuss parody? HAVE WE GOT THE THING FOR YOU (🧵)

[Free Radicals @freeradsorg]

Pp. 54-61
Pg 54 – LASER dismantled
https://t.co/Yjf2Lvbaz1
Profile on @stoplapdspying's fight against predictive policing & how they dismantled LAPD’s Operation LASER.
Pg 57 – Scissor cutting ties
https://t.co/u0eAGUHr1V
Article on Amazon employees fighting to cut ties with ICE.

[Stop LAPD Spying Coalition @stoplapdspying]

Solidarity with @uaw2865 student workers! ✊🏿

This building is the site of a disgusting piece of "art" celebrating UCLA's role in the racist and discredited PredPol "predictive policing" program, developed with LAPD and tested on our communities.

[BlockCorporateSalmon @blockcorpsalmon]

"My people are known as the Salmon People. To sustain our wild salmon is to sustain our culture and our way of life," says Rachel Heaton, Muckleshoot Tribal Member and co-founder of @MazaskaTalks 10/

[BlockCorporateSalmon @blockcorpsalmon]

Different communities have different traditions, but for Salmon People collectively, wild salmon are a sacred gift from the Creator, to be honored & protected. For many, genetically engineered salmon is a threat to their heritage, sustenance, livelihood, and sovereignty 9/