Reposted by SimNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026@shahanafrombk.bsky.social is the first elected official here in NYC to propose legislation following to our @wired.com investigation into Madison Square Garden's intrusive surveillance operations. 535290
Reposted by SimIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 10/03/2026A little offended Grammarly didn't make a sloppelganger of me 311651207
Sim @ratemypraxis.com · 24/02/20262026 resolution was to resume set recording after a two year break and I have been lucky to see a lot of nice sets lately - take a look if you would like to: archive.org/search?query... 142
Reposted by SimGregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP. 10052411659
Reposted by Simzk @zanekanevsky.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Big up to @ratemypraxis.com for this video of my set in NYC earlier this month.archive.orgZane Kanevsky @ Living Gallery [01.11.2026] : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveZane Kanevsky performing in Brooklyn, NY at the Living Gallery on January 11th, 2026 alongside Varroa, Karol Konstancia, and $5000. 121
Reposted by SimTabs Out Cassette Podcast @tabsout.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Bandcamp banning AI music is a great start. They should take on ambient noise next 67111
Sim @ratemypraxis.com · 28/12/2025Thoroughly enjoyed assisting Yeli with this course and attempting to put it all into words together ❤ hope you take a moment to transfer your scroll to the link below ~ 010
Reposted by SimPrison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 28/11/2025The national incarceration rate of Native Americans is more than 2x that of white Americans. For Native youth, the confinement rate is approximately 3x that of white youth. This is the legacy of centuries of oppression & theft from Native people. 02315
Reposted by SimRyan Randall @www.ryanpatrickrandall.com · 18/11/2025This storyline has been old for decades, yet it seems like every day there's another new installment. 221752
Reposted by SimKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/05/2025"10a labs", a 'security research' firm employed by the big AI companies has begun collecting information and attacking organised opposition to data centres, framing them as "NIMBYS" and wildly exaggerating claims. www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/grou... 414979
Sim @ratemypraxis.com · 17/11/2025"If I can say no I should say no because it gives other people the option" ‼️ A solid tool we have to fight against the normalization of inappropriate and secretive uses of our data is to accept friction and opt-out when we can, when we know we can. 0225
Reposted by SimNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Now this is a journalist who deserves respect. 2946271733
Reposted by SimHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/08/2025In answer to your question, yes he is. 823169
Reposted by SimSchool for Poetic Computation @sfpc.study · 07/08/2025Last day to apply to our Fall classes eligible for extended application! 042
Reposted by SimParis Marx @parismarx.com · 07/08/2025The prospect of Google Zero — when referral traffic falls to zero — would have massive implications for news media, but also for so many people who run websites. It was great to chat with @mattdpearce.com again to get his insights on what it all means. 716245
Reposted by SimCritical Internet Studies Institute @criticalinternet.bsky.social · 19/03/2025📢 NEW: Our introductory tip sheet on digital security for journalists & civil servants working under pressure. 📢 Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/researchcriticalinternet.orgResearch — The Critical Internet Studies Institute 33127
Reposted by SimJ. Emory Parker 🏳️🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 07/08/2025“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said. 42764733
Reposted by SimJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 07/08/2025SCOOP: A CBP agent wore Meta's AI smart glasses to an immigration raid in Los Angeles. CBP has no deal with Meta so it's possibly his own personal device www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-...404media.coA CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los AngelesVideo obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency t... 3132995
Reposted by SimAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Discovered today that not everyone considers this nine year old viral tweet a seminal text in the field of social media studies but I do 62120591995
Reposted by SimRhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Amazon union organizer Chris Smalls has been severely beaten and faces ongoing mistreatment in Israeli detention. He is the only Black person who was on the Gaza freedom flotilla. Graphics: Gazafreedomflotilla ig 4261121
Sim @ratemypraxis.com · 28/07/2025I'm v excited to support this online course that explores affordances, risks, and other ideas in the computational art realm :+) apply by Sunday 08/03 if you'd like to join! Full and partial scholarships available ❤ 030
Reposted by SimDWeb @getdweb.net · 02/07/2025⚡ Use the Internet Archive like a Hacker-Librarian! 🔮 A hands-on workshop to demystify the CLI and use it as a superpower for archiving, accessing, and uploading content to @archive.org. Hosted by @zkavclub.bsky.social and @tommi.space 🗓️ Jul 3, 16:00 UTC (9 PDT, 18 CEST) ℹ️ Info + registration 217350
Reposted by SimITP/IMA NYU @itp-ima-nyu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025🌎🍃 ITP Resident Mary Mark (aka Dr Markhvida) took us to the NYU Climate Initiative Conference, where she presented her research with ITP Prof. Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, visualizing climate disasters before they happen so that communities can feel prepared and empowered. 211
Reposted by SimChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Palantir used to have affinity groups and DEI as late as 2022, and I had the logos saved on my phone because they pissed me off so much and of course they buried those pages. But I never forgot. 23986176
Reposted by SimThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 17/06/2025A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?” www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...thecity.nycBrad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration CourtThe arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there. 231055487
Reposted by SimAlternativeTo @alternativeto.net · 22/05/2025Signal has introduced a new screenshot security setting on Windows 11, protecting your chats from Windows Recall, a privacy-invasive feature that takes periodic screenshots of your open apps. This setting is enabled by default on Signal desktop on Windows 11. buff.ly/xAwBlvv 093
Reposted by Simdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 31/03/2025NEW: Senate Democrats are pushing to reform major aspects of the Privacy Act, including the long-panned "routine use" exemption. The law was passed 50 years ago amid rampant government abuses and rising public fears that mirror many of those rattling Americans today. www.wired.com/story/democr... 7389135
Reposted by Simjonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025new database of 200+ social media research tools (via Coalition for Independent Technology Research) airtable.com/apphRmVsFpqb... #digitalmethods #internetstudies #opensource @digitalmethods.netairtable.comAirtable | Everyone's app platformAirtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free. 2258
Reposted by Sim404 Media @404media.co · 19/03/2025Facial recognition company Clearview attempted to buy Social Security numbers and mugshots for its database. 🔗 www.404media.co/facial-recog...404media.coFacial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its DatabaseClearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states, court records reveal. 22535346
Reposted by SimCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025For educators interested in teaching about gang databases and other forms of surveillance, I want to (re)share three youth-produced, short documentaries from the Young People's Race, Power, and Technology Project. The first film, "Targeted," examines the Chicago Police Department's gang database.vimeo.comPolicing Surveillance: Films by Young People's Race, Power, and TechnologyIn partnership with the TREE lab in Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy, the Block Museum presents a special online screening of three documentaries… 01814
Reposted by SimHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/03/2025End stage of technology and carceral logics.futurism.comWhat Are the Ethics of Strapping VR Headsets on Inmates in Solitary Confinement?Stuck in cramped cells for days and weeks at a time, incarcerated people are being whisked away to beautiful worlds through the magic of VR. 1210022
Reposted by Simmax @notplants.net · 12/03/2025contributing towards software worlds that are practical and enjoyable to run on cheap refurbished hardware is a really practical utility 111
Reposted by SimJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12/03/2025New: we've obtained a leaked list of the more than 200 sites, services, apps an ICE surveillance contractor monitors. Bluesky, OnlyFans, many more. Used to track targets. Highly relevant with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE. We've published the full list here: www.404media.co/the-200-site...404media.coThe 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an... 12742292852
Reposted by SimHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/03/2025Seattle Times and the AP partnered to investigate school surveillance, & reporters “inadvertently received access to almost 3,500 sensitive, unredacted student documents through a records request. The documents were stored without a password or firewall, and anyone with the link could read them.”whec.comTakeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillanceThousands of American schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology for 24/7 monitoring of student accounts and school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. 516674
Reposted by SimDavid Carroll @davidcarroll.org · 12/03/2025Office of @raskin.house.gov provided a letter template to officially request your federal personal data from DOGE in accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(d)(1) and this could be interesting jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...jamieraskin.comDOGE Privacy Act RequestsU.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (... 781750911
Sim @ratemypraxis.com · 11/03/2025The fact that they specifically highlight the ability to identify people through public mugshots as a useful benefit is so additionally twisted to me. 120
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Sim @ratemypraxis.com · 28/02/2025Giga book store in Detroit, MI. Four stories packed to the absolute brim yet pretty easy to navigate. I'm an dumb e-reader accelerationist but enjoy it for the historical appeal I guess. 010
Reposted by Simbat ghoulson 🎃 @mathewolson.com · 26/02/2025wow–the Museum of All Things by @may.as is an incredibly cool project, works exactly how you'd hope a 3D museum built out of Wikipedia articles would not that it stopped me from doing, uh, this 173
Sim @ratemypraxis.com · 25/02/2025Sharing a course on creative research practice and communications focused on addressing state surveillance! This April in NYC. Please consider sharing or registering :+) More info or registration: www.abronsartscenter.org/education/gr... 112
Reposted by SimRhys @rhyskentish.bsky.social · 24/02/2025i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass 112638
Reposted by SimSharon Lee De La Cruz @sharonleedelacruz.com · 19/02/2025THE @mta.info IS VIOLATING THE PRIVACY OF ITS CITIZENS, our students! #surveillancestate #mta #nyc #privacy 011
![Data Center Watch has published a report claiming that $64 billion worth of American data center projects were ‘threatened’ because of grassroots opposition.
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A map produced by Data Center Watch tracking opposition to data centers in America
– Data Center Watch
The organization is backed by 10a Labs, an intelligence company specializing in AI security. Led by Robert McKenzie, a former adjunct professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, it provides “intelligence collection, investigative research, and analysis for AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and US tech leaders.”
The report claimed that $18bn worth of projects were ‘blocked’ and a further $46bn more were ‘delayed’ in the two years prior to March 2025.
It primarily attributed this opposition to local concern, identifying several “common themes” of opposition, such as “higher utility bills, water consumption, noise, impact on property value, and green space preservation.”
However, the report’s claims should be read with close attention to its definitions. For instance, ‘blocked’ projects include cases where a “company submits a new proposal with similar characteristics in a different but nearby location after withdrawing a previous project.”
Two examples, which amount to $14.5bn out of the total $18bn, fit this criterion.
The first is attributable to Tract, a company specializing in ‘master-planned’ data center parks, which withdrew a $14bn, 1,000-acre project located in Maricopa County, Arizona, in May 2024. Tract then announced in August of the same year that they had acquired a land parcel - double the size of the original project - within the same county for a data center park.
Whether Tract had already intended to develop a second facility prior to the withdrawal of the first is unclear. Grant von Rooyen, Tract’s CEO, previously told DCD that the company “very rarely [goes] into a market with only one solution… [Tract] will ultimately have multiple s…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/bafkreihtwegmocoffjawkkb5v5gtnkxsca76piog2t6mexzippglpwjnza)
