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Denver Against Machines

@againstmachines.bsky.social
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From algorithm to rhythm. A movement to protect people & democracy from AI surveillance, exploitation, & destruction. Free Palestine. Abolish ICE. againstmachines.org

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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Everyone in Denver needs to know to make sure her replacement is up to par. Stay strong Sarah, you've got this. #Denver #Colorado www.denverpost.com/2026/06/01/s...
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Denver Councilwoman Sarah Parady announces she will resign over health concerns
Sarah Parady, who was elected in 2023, serves as one of the council’s at-large members, meaning she represents the entire city rather than a specific district.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Axon cameras in Denver have begun installation and are slated to go live on May 11th, barring any complications caused by the recent weather. We will provide a map of all camera locations once that information is public. #Axon #ALPR #Surveillance #Denver #Colorado #Flock
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
H.R. 8470: Surveillance Accountability Act “The Bill of Rights is not a suggestion, and Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless searches conducted by the government are not optional,” - Rep. Thomas Massie, KY 💯 massie.house.gov/news/documen...
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Government can no longer buy personal data on citizens if this bill passes
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Denver: This is some of what your city council was saying on the 31st when they voted 7-6 to accept a contract for Axon mass AI surveillance in Denver. Find their names and contact info in the comments. #Denver #Colorado #Axon #Flock #Palantir #AI #Surveillance
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Denver City Council has passed its contract with Axon for AI mass surveillance 7-6. The fight continues. #Surveillance #Axon #Flock #Palantir #Denver #Colorado
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Denver City Council will vote on implementing mass AI surveillance in #Denver, #Colorado this Tuesday at 5PM! Sign up to speak to council here, in person or via Zoom/Telephone: fs12.formsite.com/qD2eXl/0ryji... #Axon #Flock #AI #surveillance
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
#Longmont, #Colorado: Your city council approved an #Axon contract for their AI surveillance cameras without reading it, giving their police the ability to draft the contract with Axon without any outside input. reddit.com/r/Longmont/comments/1s3cgh0/city_council_voted_to_go_forward_with_axon_for/
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Denver is on the verge of replacing Flock with Axon, who basically does the same thing. Pack the house at city council tonight! 1437 Bannock Street, 5:00. #AI #Surveillance #Flock #Axon #Denver #Colorado
 1437 Bannock Street, 5:00.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
No mass surveillance by the Epstein class! #Palantir #Flock #Axon #Discord #AgeVerification
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
youtu.be/1_XgpkpOVpY&... Mayor Mike Johnston is trading #Flock for Axon AI surveillance of Denver. Surely the people who fought tooth and nail to keep Flock up against the whole city's wishes can be trusted to pick the second one! #Denver #Colorado #Axon #Surveillance
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
#Palantir filed with the SEC that their new headquarters will be at 19505 Biscayne Blvd, Adventura, Florida. #Miami where you at?!
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
BYEEEE Good job, everybody. denverite.com/2026/02/17/p...
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Tech giant Palantir moves headquarters from Denver to Miami after months of protests
The company has been instrumental in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Make your voice heard as Colorado prepares to make HISTORY on #AI legislation. Join for a conversation with Brianna Titone and Julie Gonzales. Includes educational workshop on AI and human rights. #Denver #Colorado #Flock #Palantir
TOWN HALL, OLLIN CAFETZIN, 7-9PM SUNDAY FEB 15

WHY WE NEED AI REGULATION. A DISCUSSION ON PALANTIR, FLOCK, AND ICE & HOW TO WIN OUR RIGHTS BACK. DYSTOPIAN TIMES, DENVER AGAINST MACHINES
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Join #Denver Against Machines and former Colorado state rep and local organizer Tim Hernandez for a town hall on AI legislation and what people in Denver can do to confront the #surveillance threat of #ICE, #Palantir, #Flock, and data centers in #Colorado.
Emergency Town Hall. ICE, Palantir, Flock, and the data center invasion. How to resist AI surveillance, targeting, and incarceration through policy, direct action, and community. Ross Cherry Creek Library Basement. 2PM Feb 1.

Denver Against Machines, Indivisible Colorado Lakewood, No Concentration Camps in Colorado, ND2B.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Thanks to everyone who came out! Stay tuned for updates on our next meetings and actions.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We're back this Wednesday 1/28 6-8pm at Comrade Brewing to kick off a month packed with direct action, creative resistance, and community building against AI surveillance. Learn about how YOU can make a difference and fight for Colorado and against #Palantir, #Flock, and #ICE. #GeneralStrike
TIME TO STOP THE TECH TAKEOVER. WEDNESDAY 1/28 6-8PM COMRADE BREWING
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Hey, everyone! We've been quiet for a while, but we're meeting again for the first time on Wednesday the 28th at Comrade Brewing Co! We'll be talking about our plans for action regarding Flock, ICE, Palantir, and more. See you there! #ICE #AbolishICE #Palantir #NoPalantir #Flock #Denver #Colorado
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Happy holidays! Join us for our final Against Machines of the year in Cheesman Park for music, zines, and workshops resisting Big Tech and surveillance. Featured teach-ins include "How to Organize a General Strike" and "Countering Atomization with Community Building" #FreePalestine #AbolishICE
Embrace Humanity, Escape the Machine. December 26th, 5PM at Cheesman Park pavilion.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Newly released documents show Governor #Polis @colorado.gov inviting #Palantir to #Colorado in 2020, citing low wages in the state as a benefit to move here. His presentation: www.muckrock.com/foi/colorado... Come to the Palantir Noise Disruption on December 21st, 12:00PM at 205 N Detroit St.
Palantir Out!

Noise Disruption. No more AI for genocide!

What to bring: Drums, instruments, pots, pans, megaphones, and your voices!

When: December 21st, 12:00.

Where: Cherry Creek Financial House. 205 N Detroit Street, Denver, CO.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This December we escape the machine with mutual aid, music, direct action, and workshops in support of our community. Table, host a workshop, share zines, or perform poetry and music: againstmachines.org/contribute Pictured: Arapaho woman with child, c.1850 New York Public Library Collections (1/2)
Free Palestine, abolish ICE, end AI terror. This December: Escape the machine, big tech, and imperialism. 5 PM Cheesman Park Pavillion, Fridays.
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BloatedBagOfProtoplasm @booster303.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Passing on the PULSE drive for winter coats, hats, boots, gloves and tents. DENVER please help if you can!
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Join us for the final November installment of Against Machines, where we have been focused on self-sufficiency and support for our community. #FreePalestine. #AbolishICE. 5 PM next to Cheesman Park Pavillion #Denver #Colorado (1/2)
FREE MARKET 11/28

Fight the wrath of consumerism this Black Friday November 28th. Knitting and mutual aid workshops. 5 PM Cheesman Park Pavillion
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/11/2025
So-called "smart" devices are pushed heavily for the holidays, but be mindful of what you're opting that gift recipient into. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Join us this Friday for a community mutual aid drive and workshop by PULSE. (1/2)
WE KEEP US HEALTHY

Our community steps up.
5 PM Friday 11/21
Mutual aid drive
Workshops by Pulse
Cheesman Park pavillion

DENVER AGAINST MACHINES
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Flock cameras' cybersecurity is an absolute joke and are a threat not only to our privacy and 4th amendment rights, but to our national security as well. Get the whole scoop on that and how you can fight back here. #Flock #Denver #Colorado
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The artist’s job today is to entice people to come together to question our world and build a better one. Seeking contributors for our weekly music and community education showcase at Cheesman Park. Sign up: www.againstmachines.org/contribute #Denver #Colorado #Palantir #Flock #AlexKarpIsANazi
SAY NO TO TECH FASCISM

An open call for contributors

Workshops, poetry, zines, dance, music, art, DIY

againstmachines.org/contribute

Every Friday 5 PM
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
(1/2) Join us this Friday for our Denver Against Machines Warmth Drive! 5-8PM Cheesman Park Pavillion Build community. Take Action. #FreePalestine #AbolishICE #Denver #Colorado #BigTech
WE KEEP US SAFE.

Our community steps up 5 PM Friday 11/14

Warmth Drive, workshops, digital & community safety.

Cheesman Park pavillion
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/11/2025
Ring’s new facial recognition feature provides regulators a clear opportunity to step up to investigate, protect people’s privacy, and test the strength of their laws. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The Legal Case Against Ring’s Face Recognition Feature
Many biometric privacy laws across the country are clear: Companies need your affirmative consent before running face recognition on you.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
10/31 at Cheesman: Pumpkin Painting (Bring your own Pumpkin) Building an Ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos ICE Surveillance Teach In Zines and flyering for events and direct action After 1 month of Denver Against Machines action — take a look at what we've accomplished with organizations around Denver
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/10/2025
The more device-makers cram more AI features into their devices, the more necessary it is for us to have clear and simple controls over how these features work on our devices. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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When AI and Secure Chat Meet, Users Deserve Strong Controls Over How
Both Google and Apple are cramming new AI features into their phones and other devices, and neither company has offered clear ways to control which apps those AI systems can access. Recent issues
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Come out and see us again tomorrow night! It will be a great time. #Flock #ice #abolishice
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Join us Monday night from 6-8pm at GEO in Aurora! Bring glow sticks, old Christmas lights, headlamps, bright signs!!! We may be in the dark for the vigil but we will shine a light on this concentration camp and our neighbors who have been unjustly imprisoned.
Images from South Park of Mr Mackey and Kristi Noem in front of the GEO Detention Center with possums wearing glow rings and glasses.

Free Jeanette, Free them All
No ICE Expansion
Shut Down GEO
Money for People - Not Wars, Not ICE
Humane Treatment in ICE Facilities

Monday, 10/27/2025 6 PM
GEO Detention Center
3130 North Oakland Street
Aurora, CO 80010Accessibility Information
No on-site bathrooms, use surrounding neighborhood.
There are curb cuts to enter public sidewalk where vigil is held.
Public Parking (Do not park on street in front of GEO or in the adjacent lot) parking on Nome Street, RTD Lot, Newark and 33rd, the other side of Peoria.
Adjacent grass areas are uneven
Amplified sound in use.
Security cameras present. Masks recommended. Assume we are being surveiled.
Bring a headlight, or something to make yourself visible like glowsticks or flashlights.
Security team present. Ask a marshal or organizer for support.
Bring weather appropriat egear, water, or snack.
We'll do our best to provide, but keep your bases covered!
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The AI #surveillance destroying Gaza is now coming to Colorado via #Flock drone surveillance and #Palantir. #Denver Against Machines is now joining the fight to oppose Mayor Johnston's undemocratic contract expansion with Flock for #AI police drones — despite a unanimous NO vote from city council.
Community town hall 10/22, 6 PM at 2650 E 40th Ave

Join us for a town hall to demand Mayor Mike Johnston TURN Community town hall 10/22, 6 PM at 2650 E 40th Ave

Join us for a town hall to demand Mayor Mike Johnston TURN Community town hall 10/22, 6 PM at 2650 E 40th Ave

Join us for a town hall to demand Mayor Mike Johnston TURN FLOCK CAMERAS OFF! Denver says no to mass surveillance.LOCK CAMERAS OFF! Denver says no to mass surveillance.FLOCK CAMERAS OFF! Denver says no to mass surveillance.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
For the rest of the month on Friday we will be collecting signatures for a petition to End AI Surveillance in Colorado at our weekly gathering, and host workshops on drone technology, direct action, and creative resistance to tech fascism. COSTUMES ENCOURAGED #Flock #Palantir #ICE
A black and white image of a terrified young boy being attacked by a big black bird.

Place: Cheesman Park
Date: October 24 and 31
Time: 5 PM

Denver Against Machines

Creative resistance
Community Building
Direct Action

End AI surveillance in Colorado
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/10/2025
Alongside armored vehicles, local police are getting surveillance technology with help from the federal government. Learn what tech law enforcement have in your area with EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, where we’ve documented thousands of examples: atlasofsurveillance.org/
atlasofsurveillance.org
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Hope to see you tonight at Cheesman at 5! We'll have Big Papi Carter on the mic. If you're a rapper, show up! It's an open mic. #beats #music #denver #palestine #abolishice #colorado #palantir #nopalantir #bigtech #bigpapicarter #hiphop #rap
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Against Machines is bringing together artists, organizers, and neighbors with a weekly community event to share music, skills, and opportunities to stand together in support of Palestine and against authoritarianism. Want to learn more about how our events work? Check out our Community Guide! (1/5)
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Start your weekend by building community with artists and organizers refusing to stay silent in the face of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Join us at Cheesman Pavilion from 5-8 PM — artists, educators, zine-makers, and musicians, email denveragainstmachines@proton.me to perform or host a workshop.
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Denver Against Machines @againstmachines.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Calling on Colorado artists who want to put their creativity to work in support of democracy and human rights. We are seeking contributors for our weekly community gathering in support of freedom of expression in a time of escalating tech authoritarianism. Email denveragainstmachines@proton.me.
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