New Stanford study observes that #AI -related job loss is heavily concentrated among young people 22-25 and is not impacting older Americans nearly as much. #Youth #JobLoss www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...?
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New Stanford study observes that #AI -related job loss is heavily concentrated among young people 22-25 and is not impacting older Americans nearly as much. #Youth #JobLoss www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...?
Error correction: It is 1 percent, not a 10th of percent. Dropped a decimal. Sorry!
Social Security whistleblower says #DOGE employees tried to export the entire SSA database to an insecure cloud server. www.commondreams.org/news/doge-so...
Despite all the public angst, only a tenth of a percent of SF high school freshman chose to opt out of the mandated #ethnicstudies course this fall. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...?
"In the past year, just 17 percent of Americans paid or donated to read the #news. The people who do pay for access to news are sharply delineated by class". #paywalls www.cjr.org/opinion/news...
#Meta, #OpenAI and Andreesen pledge serious money to keep Sacramento politicians from regulating artificial intelligence. #AI www.reuters.com/world/us/met...
Evanston Illinois rips #Flock Cameras off the streets of the city after auditing confirms that Customs and Border Patrol could have searched their #ALPR scans. evanstonroundtable.com/2025/08/26/e...
Parents sue #OpenAI after ChatGPT offered to help a 16 year old write his #suicide note. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...?
An ID-based age verification law has cut off Mississippi users from the social media app #BlueSky. #SCOTUS judge Kavanaugh said the law was "likely unconstitutional" but declined to stay it. www.mediapost.com/publications...
"Ms. Greco replied that it was “cultural” and repeatedly apologized: “Can we forget about this?” she said. “Please don’t do in the news nothing about me". #Adams #PotatoChipBag www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
"The company's AI-powered transcription service called #Otter Notebook by default does not ask meeting attendees for permission to record and fails to alert participants that recordings are shared with Otter" www.npr.org/2025/08/15/g...
"The supreme court has pulled the rug out from under the lower federal courts, and it has done so deliberately. The chief justice has no higher obligation than to protect the federal judiciary from attacks by this president, and in my view he has failed.” #SCOTUS www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"It's shocking to me that you've had this company on record sayingthey have not given this access and then to find out there was a yes button. In fact, they've given access to probably the federal agency that people would be the most concerned about" #Flock #ALPR www.9news.com/article/news...
"The AI listens to every conversation you have and uses that knowledge to tell you what to say If somebody says a complex word or asks you a question, like, ‘What’s 37 to the third power?’ or something like that, then it’ll pop up on the glasses,” #smartglasses techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/h...
About six dozen people are facing criminal charges stemming from LA #immigration protests. One woman facing 14 counts hung herself in jail. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/ice-...
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"The high-tech unit of #SFPD is funded almost entirely by two tech billionaires, and the #surveillance systems it operates will be housed in one of those billionaires’ offices. Does that not make anyone else nervous?" YES 48hills.org/2025/08/sfpd...
Man dies running from an ICE #HomeDepot immigration raid in Monrovia. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It appears that the #COVID pandemic was a major driver of for soaring adolescent #suicide rates. edsource.org/2025/califor...
"The Los Angeles Press Club, which sued the LAPD over its recent treatment of #journalists at #protests, has asked the court to hold the #LAPD in contempt for violating its order". freedom.press/issues/the-l...
#Stanford literally plundering its own financial reserves so it can continue offering privileged admission to alumni children. edsource.org/updates/stan...
"The #bots would come up with responses like “I want you, but I need to know you’re ready,” to a user identifying as a 14-year-old girl, before promising to “cherish your innocence” then engaging in a graphic sexual scenario". www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/16/m...
Denver cuts off the Loveland Police Department from its #Flock ALPR data after Channel9 reported that Loveland Police was sharing their info with an ATF agent and with Customs and Border Patrol. www.9news.com/article/news...
"Out of California’s 10 largest cities, #Fresno was the only one to claim its city council budget committee to be exempt from state #transparency laws." #BrownAct fresnoland.org/2025/08/08/f...
NEW: Records obtained by 9NEWS show Loveland Police have given the Border Patrol access to a network of license plate reading cameras in Colorado. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports. #copolitics
"Young people are far more likely to fall into a neo-Nazi far-right conspiracy world by watching YouTube video gamers than they are becoming revolutionaries by taking ethnic studies" #education 48hills.org/2025/08/behi...
"The Muktuk Telegram is sort of like an amplified shout: Someone calls into a #radio station with a message, and it gets broadcast on their airwaves so that anyone in range with a radio tuned to the right frequency will hear it" www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/how-...
"Commissioners criticized Jones Dickson’s attempt to try more #juveniles as adults as “draconian,” arguing it will lead children in adult incarceration to be assaulted, traumatized and more likely to die by suicide" #criminaljustice www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/08/14/j...?
#Killerrobots are not just science fiction. Meetings are happening between government and vendors. sfstandard.com/2025/08/13/h...
"If it’s meant to instill fear in the judges that they have to rule a certain way or put forward the agenda of DHS and remove more people even if it’s not consistent with the law, they are succeeding in instilling that fear,” #immigration www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
"There needs to be a complete 180 course correction on this damage being done to the #travel, #tourism, and #hospitality industry, that’s ground zero here in Las Vegas.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI, DEA and other law enforcement recorded in Georgetown walking around “There’s not much going on around here… maybe they’re practicing”
'The pummeling and detentions occurred despite a 2022 California #press freedom law, a federal court order against the police detaining or firing projectiles at #journalists last month, and orders from the LAPD top chief" www.inquirer.com/opinion/los-...?
"The pending bill would be a step toward #government solely by #teleconference, in which members of the public and press might never see meetings in person" #SB707 #zoom www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/08/e...
“You can’t just walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers". Trump DOJ says #SCOTUS, tell them we can. #racialprofiling www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...?
What we call "#darkpatterns". "Of 499 #databrokers registered with the state of California, The Markup and CalMatters found 35 instructing search engines to ignore pages with instructions on how consumers can remove their data' calmatters.org/economy/tech...
"The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office had the most previously fired officers at 33, followed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office at 31 each" #police www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...?
House Oversight Committee launches investigation of #Flock Safety automated license plate reader program. #ALPR krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-...
#IBM once provided the technical tools for a Holocaust. #Microsoft is following in their footsteps. "Sariel’s solution, according to an intelligence officer who served under him at the time, was to start “tracking everyone, all the time.” www.972mag.com/microsoft-82...
Right on the heels of studies demonstrating cognitive decline from the use of #AI programs for research and writing. www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/07/n...
Difference between 60 minutes and South Park. South Park makes money hand over fist. #SouthPark www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/m...
Crime is down and budget stress is up in #Oakland, but the Oakland Police Department wants 19 new #drones, 2 new #tanks and 75 more assault rifles. bayareacurrent.com/oakland-cops...
CA State Supreme Court orders the UC to reconsider policy forbidding the hire of undocumented students for on-campus jobs stating the policy is discriminatory. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...?
Did nobody ever read #Frankenstein? "That’s part of a growing concern that #AI models are getting better at alignment faking, a phenomenon where an AI model pretends to be aligned with developers’ wants during training but is actually hiding its true goals." www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
The Tucson city council unanimously rejected the Project Blue data center today. That comes after weeks of dogged organizing plus our little team @azluminaria.org going hard on helping Tucson understand who was behind this project and its impact on our community azluminaria.org/2025/08/06/t...
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office in #Texas claims they can search automated license plate databases for police departments in three California cities - El Cajon, Salinas and El Monte - in violation of California state law. #ALPR #CADOJ cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2...
Even the TRO is in place, Border Patrol agents came to the Westlake Home Depot this morning in a Penske rental truck
Big California Invasion of #Privacy Act (#CIPA) case ends with jury finding Meta guilty of collecting menstrual data from period tracking app #FLO and using it for marketing. Exhibit A for why we still need this law. techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/j...
We've joined 100+ other academics, organizations, and public figures in calling for #OpenAI to offer the world greater transparency concerning its upcoming restructuring. Read more here: www.openai-transparency.org.
"She never thought she’d see the #FCC “so willingly cede its independence to this administration and allow itself to be turned into an instrument of censorship and political retaliation.” Every morning before work, she checks her email to see if she’s been fired" www.cjr.org/analysis/ann...
#SFPD ran up $229,000 in #overtime patrolling just 3, mostly peaceful, anti-ICE protests in June in this very lean budget year. They also arrested more than 200 people and dropped charges against all of them. 48hills.org/2025/07/sf-c...
"A user might click “Share” to send their conversation to a close friend over WhatsApp or to save the URL It’s unclear whether those affected realize their conversations with the bot are now publicly accessible(Update: #OpenAI has since removed the feature.)" www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo...
"When I see felonies dismissed, that tells me either the federal officers have filed affidavits that are not truthful and that has been uncovered, or US attorneys reviewing the cases realize the evidence does not support the charges,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Vallejo City Council makes last ditch appeal to State Supreme Court to keep "badge-bending" investigative reports away from public disclosure after Appeals Court says they must be released. openvallejo.org/2025/07/28/v...
"The “Doge AI #Deregulation Decision Tool” will analyze 200,000 government regulations, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post, and select those which it deems to be no longer needed". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"One page describing the wish list of Border Patrol’s Law Enforcement Operations Division, says the agency needs “Advanced #AI to identify and track suspicious activity in urban environment [sic],” citing the “challenges” posed by “Dense residential areas.” theintercept.com/2025/07/23/c...
So Harvard Law is apparently teaching what we said for years: "The United States doesn’t give out licenses to be a journalist. Instead, the law protects the act of #journalism". newsletter.projectc.biz/p/journalism...
The Freedom of the Press Foundation is turning the tables on Brendan Carr, filing a complaint to investigate and potentially disbar the FCC chairman over his moves to punish Donald Trump's media critics. Details in Status: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Turn yourself into a walking microphone for Amazon for only 49.99 and 19/mo. #Bee techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/a...
“If you want the camera moved, my suggestion would be to get a court order.” Retired Arkansas law enforcement law officer is trying to do exactly that after his town of 821 people installed a license plate reader pointed directly at his house." #ALPR arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
"The Penn Wharton analysis found that a four-year policy in which 10% of the nation’s unauthorized #immigrants are removed per year would increase federal deficits by $350 billion, reduce GDP by 1% and dent the average worker’s wages". www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/b...
“They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.” Later the officers move on to the potential bonus they’ll be getting: “Just remember, you can smell that [inaudible] $30,000 bonus.” #ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"This involves an image of a person that was not captured in a public space but within the confines of their home, behind a fence taller than the average-sized person. The invasion of privacy ... is blatant. " #Google www.cbsnews.com/news/man-nak...
“The lobbyists for PG&E were telling people that I specifically was trying to push PG&E out of Oakland, that I would be responsible for a lack of charitable giving to #nonprofits in my district and in the city,” grist.org/energy/the-n...
We have now arrived at the place where *not* having #socialmedia accounts is a suspicious activity that could limit the availability of #visas. Completely nuts. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Sacramento City Council attempt to slip through multimillion dollar #Shotspotter renewal on the consent calendar failed on July 22nd. Item will be back on the 29th. www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
#LiveRamp to face California Invasion of Privacy class action lawsuit for data broker practices. #CIPA www.mediapost.com/publications...?
Melvin Bulauan died less than a month after being admitted to the #GeoGroup facility at 111 Taylor Street in San Francisco. missionlocal.org/2025/07/sf-d...
"This is a different presidential administration, and this is a different #ICE. Last year, we just had a handful of people who showed up. This year, we obviously have a large turnout because of public concern over the practices and tactics of ICE.” www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...?
Apparently the existence of women and indigenous people is now "partisan ideology". #MuirWoods www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...?
AG Bonta finally moves to put LA's #juvenile facilities under court appointed supervision. laist.com/news/crimina...
Pew finds that Google's #AI summaries are deterring users from using links to primary materials in vast numbers. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
"Every major US city has a private foundation supporting #police, with more than 250 nationwide. The foundations have been used to pay for #surveillance technologies in cities like Baltimore and Los Angeles without being subject to public scrutiny" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"“Nobody in the company has to explain in the company why she or he is using AI to do something — whether to prepare a presentation or analyze a document. You only have to explain if you didn’t use AI” #NoWorkAtWork www.thewrap.com/ai-newsroom-...
"The predominantly Black and Latino community was bulldozed by the county and the city of Hayward in the early 1960s, forcibly displacing more than 1,000 people". #reparations www.kqed.org/news/1204868...
"The monument is considered one of the most ecologically unique areas in the world, with 7,000 species of birds, turtles, marine mammals, fish and coral. It is also the largest protected area on Earth, covering nearly 600,000 sq miles of water". #SpaceX www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Halfway house operated by private prison giant Geo Group allowed to continue operating in the old Compton's Cafeteria site in the Tenderloin. #GeoGroup www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...?
"They gave Disneyland tickets to the people who worked in the wildfires,” one soldier said. “Nobody’s handing out Disneyland tickets now.” #NationalGuard #LosAngeles www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
"It is emblematic of the structural challenges Native people face when working with law enforcement and ongoing negligence in response to Missing and Murdered #Indigenous People (MMIP), whose cases are 7 times less likely to be solved than those of non-Native people" shastascout.org/in-northern-...
“I’m plainly convinced that my situation in this ICE jail is direct retaliation for my coverage,” Mario Guevara told @ajc.com in an exclusive interview from the Folkston, Georgia ICE detention center where he is currently detained, despite a judge's bail order. “I haven’t committed any crimes.”
"The steep drop is second only to the unemployment surge during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and greater than the immediate decline during the Great Recession in 2007 and 2008" #immigration #economy calmatters.org/economy/2025...
Criminal justice reform in California has significantly lowered the amount of unarmed people killed by#police. But such incidents are significantly increasing in red states. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
#OpenAI trying to get rid of the middle man between your #search data and #AI training needs. www.reuters.com/business/med...
"To some Japanese American organizers protesting against the raids, Ice presence on the island dredges up painful memories, as well as a sense that past injustices are repeating themselves". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"“I’ve never heard of someone in open court not being identified. Part of the court’s ethical obligation is #Transparency , including clear identification of the parties" theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...
According to the Intercept, the constitutional violation that is #PosseComitatus was not even effective. theintercept.com/2025/07/16/f...
"About 1/3 teens have used AI companions for social interaction, including role-playing, romance, emotional support, and friendshi and find conversations with AI companions to be as satisfying or more satisfying than those with real-life friends" #chatbots www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releas...
Who's that cop? What's that weapon? If you're at a protest and wondering these things, this slideshow can help. docs.google.com/presentation...
8th Circuit blocks #FTC click-to-cancel rule but Californians retain the protections due to a state law passed in 2024. apnews.com/article/ftc-...
“The mayor by increasing spending on arrests and incarceration is enacting a budget that harms the most vulnerable San Franciscans, while eliminating many of the mechanisms through which SFPD can be held accountable for its litany of misconduct over the years.” www.sfpublicpress.org/mayors-budge...
"California consistently fills juries with retirees or people who work in white-collar jobs or who have the money to go without pay. Equal justice is just an empty promise if a minimum wage worker earns eight times more than jurors make in a day" calmatters.org/commentary/2...
State Farm bounced an $836,000 check to an Eaton #Fire survivor. calmatters.org/economy/2025...
"A year shy of becoming a high school graduate in the United States, the teen’s life — and opportunities — completely changed in the span of five days". #ICE 19thnews.org/2025/07/ice-...
Hidden #camera found in the public bathroom in the maternal care ward at the Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo. openvallejo.org/2025/07/03/h...
Let’s keep the momentum going to protect our communities!✊🏾⚠️🧊 ☎️📧 Call and email @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social 📲 tinyurl.com/stopice25 Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Use AB 137 authority NOW – to declare closed CA prisons as “excess” and request legislative approval for their immediate disposal.
Last year, we published “Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing.” Since then, we’ve continued to research DHS’s DNA-collection program. Today, we’re sharing some updates. raidingthegenome.org
“It’s not enough that they’ve spent weeks violently ambushing people, now #ICE and CBP agents are allegedly entering school campuses, pulling down their pants and urinating on playgrounds". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oakland #homicide cop former Alameda DA Price tried to prosecute may result in 200+ cases being dismissed or reversed. www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...?
App that markets itself as allowing you to secretly spy on your family member's Android phones leaves the user names, passwords and email addresses of 62,000 of its users exposed. Which is probably a kind of karma. arstechnica.com/security/202...
Turning a show of excessive force into a parade of sad, tactical strip mall cowards is the way forward.