Jon P

Im a historian of vaccination.
Every semester/year since 2015, I teach the histories of smallpox vaccination.
And every semester/year, I have had anti-vaxxers/vaccine hesitant people in my classes.
If I want to change their minds, telling them how evil or stupid they are isn't going to cut it.

So many horrors to go around, but the routine transfer of detainees to 5th circuit jurisdiction is something I feel like has not landed with most people yet, and it‘s one of the things I find most terrifying.

I think so. The language in that section seems like the same as the previous striker, but it would be great to doublecheck. Also IANAL so please don’t take this as authoritative!

That didn't take long. Sure enough, there's a new, much weaker, striker. Not Rep. Salahuddin's fault of course (or yours obviously!) but really really disappointed in the D caucus on this

lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...

(oops, replied from the wrong account, I also do the posting for @wa-privacy.net, sorry for any confusion!)

Thanks! In a later post I talked about how it's potentially a heavy-handed negotiating ploy, and I also think that's quite possibly what's going on here. From what I hear, the D caucus is, um, not completely unified on this bill (first time that's ever happened). Time will tell!

I’m [NAME] of [CITY], one of your constituents, and I'm very concerned that SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act is much too weak to protect immigrants, rapid response groups, and other vulnerable Washington residents. There are thousands of Flock surveillance cameras are all over the state -- and cities like Redmond, Everett, and Olympia which have turned their Flock cameras off are likely to turn them back on once SB 6002 passes.  So the guardrails in this bill need to be strengthened significantly. Reduce retention time to three minutes or less unless license plates are already on a hotlist. This significantly reduces risk of data getting to ICE and CBP -- or being used by police officers to stalk people. Ensure that human rights organizations, local organizers, and journalists can provide oversight by eliminating the public records act exemption. This is very important legislation and its guardrails need to be strong enough to protect us.

#waleg update: tomorrow is the last day for the House to vote on SB 6002 , the Driver Privacy Act, regulating Flock and other ALPRs.

So *now* is the time to contact your state reps. They're getting so much email that phone calls are a lot more effective at this point. Here's a script. 1/N

I know that @fractalecho.bsky.social and @lizjackson.bsky.social wrote a great piece on a related topic: how disability tech and technologies of war and violence are entangled for @thenewrepublic.bsky.social
It’s a must read to understand disability and AI discourse

newrepublic.com/article/1793...

A quick note on that new "AI declaration", which is mostly just a bit clueless but which also assembled some of the most vile people on the planet for a bunch of scientists and activists to put there name next to.

https://tante.cc/2026/03/05/nothing-to-declare/

Contact Your Representative and tell them you Support SB 5974! Law Enforcement Leadership Bill: SB 5974 Read more

Using link in profile, use 2-4 options below in email to reps: SB 5974 is a simple, common sense bill. Today about 95% of all law enforcement personnel are fully within the scope of the existing system in Washington State. This legislation simply requires that all police sheriffs, marshals, and volunteers comply with existing legislation for background checks, training, and certification. This legislation will make it clear that the law covers sheriffs, police chiefs, and town marshals and brings reserve officers and volunteers into the same system. This law will increase public trust in law enforcement, improve police accountability, and improve public safety.

Anyone can run for sheriff. This law will simply ensure that a sheriff would have to pass a background check and go through academy training within 12 months of taking office. Sheriffs would still be allowed to use volunteers for search and rescue, events, and natural disasters. This legislation would require that any volunteers using police authority must be certified.

Law Enforcement Leadership Bill: SB 5974 Action Items: see PeoplePowerWA profile for links!

Contact your representatives to voice support for SB 5974. See profile Linktree for actions. Thank you! #WAstateleg #wastatelegislature #PeoplePowerWA #socialaction #socialactionwa

“ Comms and moderation don’t matter as hard sciences “

*tosses Bernays at people like the Super Bowl is in the line*

Republican speaker just quoted one of my posts. Thanks for taking the time to read! #waleg

Blazing new trails in decentralized moderation (complementary)
Blazing new trails in decentralized moderation (derogatory)

Wow what a bunch of bullshit. Good detective work on your part but still ...

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

The data from your Meta Ray Bans is used to train Meta's AI, which most people don't understand means that humans are looking at the most intimate details of their lives. www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

Ian Coldwater makes a statement before the Minneapolis City Council. They wear a black knit hat and a vintage KubeCon EU 2019 (Barcelona!) t-shirt - a shirt which some of you also probably have in a drawer. The lower third from this livestream says: March 03, 2026 Committee of the Whole Temporary pre-eviction notice extension ordinance lims.minneapolismn.gov

Powerful statement earlier today from @lookitup.baby in support of a pause in evictions for Minneapolis families in this time of crisis.

www.youtube.com/live/vpRmCJE...

Out: Vote Blue No Matter Who

In: PRIMARY THAT FUCKER OR YOU'RE A SUCKER

Yep. @onekade.bsky.social, unsurprisingly @acluwa.bsky.social is pushing back hard on this exemption (as well as multiple DeFlocks, Indivisibles, and a lot of coalition groups) - we're all really concerned that this could undercut local organizing as well as oversight.

Yes, of course. Because LLMs are being built by people who made social networks before, which were algorithms designed to amplify content that would reflect back your priors in another person’s voice. It’s ex-Facebook product managers making ChatGPT! Except more emotionally addictive this time.

the single most consistent thing about bluesky since i’ve been on here is it that it will target and seek to punish an accomplished black person for the crime of being uppity

I'm tired of listening to thought processes from people who repeatedly dismiss others' thought processes as less important. I need relational consent, not a triage about what the world needs according to one person's metrics.

Congrats to everybody involved, amazing work -- and a huge milestone for the ATmosphere as well!

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From the redmond community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the redmond community

The Reddit post for the two upcoming council meetings relating to the #Flock cameras and other police tech.

▪️ Council #ALPR statement: March 3 (comments)
▪️ Police Technology Update: March 10 (no comments)

#deflock #redmond #surveillance #alpr

Worth mentioning (1/N) ...

If you're interested in pushing back against these mass surveillance system, here's a feed that's mostly about Flock and ALPRs from @thenexusofprivacy.net bsky.app/profile/did:...

Let’s Talk About the Flock Study That Says It Solves Crime A Flock study claims it is “instrumental in solving 10% of reported crime in U.S.” A researcher who oversaw the study is now questioning how it was done.

Also: Flock lies about this. ASICVAB: all surveillance-industrial-complex vendors are bullshitters

www.404media.co/researcher-w...

Yeah really. But other than the Economist and Gavin Slimeball, does anybody even think this?

Surveillance company Flock generates controversy — and a roster of L.A. clients Other cities have ended their relationships with Flock Safety over its ties to the federal government and concerns about cybersecurity and privacy. But connections in the L.A. area endure.

“There’s very little evidence on the actual impact of these technologies on violent crime rates at all…”

Yeah, a state legislator in one of the hearings claimed that crime in her city has gone down since Flock cameras have been installed ... even if it's true, correlation isn't causation -- and surveillance isn't safety.

“I would not be ready to declare Ring harmless because the company has called off a potential partnership with Flock Safety,” Dr. Matthew Guariglia, Senior Policy Analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), told WIRED. “People need to realize that all these police devices and data streams are incredibly interoperable. Axon, the maker of a huge percentage of police body-worn cameras and a popular operating system for fusing all police surveillance, is making a tool to let police request Ring footage, so the fight continues, despite some feeble PR maneuvering.”

Canceling a potential partnership with Flock Safety was not the end of the fight with Amazon Ring....it was a shallow face-saving measure after it's Super Bowl commercial blunder.

www.wired.com/story/how-to...