Jason Schadewald (He/Him)
@jschadewald.bsky.social
I endeavor to create value for people and to destroy the wealth of billionaires. MCS in Big Data with focus on AI and Machine Learning.
Unfortunate thumbnail title, but a superb and nuanced essay. Dr. Fatima highlights how LLMs and data centers cause harm, and then she offers science-based methods to fight those harms effectively---notably without shaming the average user.
How to (Anti) AI Better
YouTube video by Dr. Fatima
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I'm no lawyer, but isn't this also falsification?
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · yesterdayNew: police are being explicitly told to hide the fact they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them. Basically, do not mention this in official police reports. If the tech is completely legal and acceptable, like law enforcement say, why hide it? www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
New: Microsoft has introduced new limits to how much its engineers can spend on AI tools at work and told employees that maximizing AI use internally is not the company’s goal, according to an internal Microsoft email obtained by 440 Media. www.404media.co/microsoft-te...
Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For’
Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it still wants to be an ‘AI-first’ company.
404media.co
You can't make someone learn something that their job depends on them not knowing. Establishment Dems are never going to suddenly realize that left-wing policies win elections, because they are capitalists who would rather lose than give up the class system they're addicted to
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
Fun Fact: The so-called "Flour Riot" of 1837 broke out after food prices rose 200%-300%. Working people got together and simply took what they rightly deserved, sometimes even leaving fair payment. These days, we have to knock out Flock cameras first (deflock.org) and wear black bloc.
lilith 🏳️🌈@lilipyre.bsky.social · yesterdayhey so the price of food is literally not sustainable. i plan every grocery purchase and week after week i buy LESS and pay the same if not more. wtf are we supposed to do 😭
THREAD. After years of litigating against New York prosecutors and judges, we just won a landmark First Amendment case in the federal appeals court. The case could expose the secretive world that protects prosecutors when they break the law. But something deeper is going on.
Automated license plate readers, cell site simulators, and more.
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver@lastweektonight.com · 2d agoThis week’s main story is about how police use surveillance tools like cameras, microphones, license plate readers, “cell site simulators,” and the practice of “predictive policing,” to create a world that has been lovingly described as “Big Brother on steroids.” Full segment at the link in our bio.
Seattle has its own vigilante group that will help you recover your stolen bike and I promise they were 100x more effective than the police and also sometimes the head lady tells you about her farm.
Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d agoIt’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.
This is such a good description of capitalism's effects. Start with something that's made for people. Then, introduce the profit motive. Result: Colonized and ruined.
aaron 🔪@mrvaporelite.bsky.social · 3d agoI love how scalpers act like they own pokemon cards now. like "this isn't a kid's game anymore" like yes it is. it's still a kids game that used to be easily accessible to kids until you ruined it. it's not and never was for you to hoard.
Maybe I’m nuts but blaming individual creators for the growing number of data centers feels like blaming global warming on people who use plastic straws
It's not about one US Senate seat. It's about all of us together. It's about a belief that we can take our government back from the very people who want to monetize us at every turn. The fomentors of inequality. The drivers of war and genocide and apartheid. We get to decide.
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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They're not gonna stop the data centres though. Unless people make them
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 5d agoThe U.S. government proposes deep cuts to water supply for Arizona, California and Nevada during dry years in a new plan to operate the drought-stricken Colorado River.
I read the article to be sure: The Steiners won. The company and executives paid. Unfortunately, $56 Million is about as consequential as a mosquito bite for a company worth $48,000 Million.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d agoA couple that was stalked and harassed by eBay for years has settled with the company, and three former executives including the former CEO, for $56 Million. David and Ina Steiner were harassed by eBay security because eBay executives were furious about Ms. Steiner's reporting on the company.
there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”
BREAKING: New York just sued Kalshi — alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation. New York AG Letitia James alleges Kalshi failed to obtain a state gambling license and pay taxes. Her office is seeking an order enjoining Kalshi’s operations, plus fines, restitution and forfeiture of profits.
New York sues prediction market Kalshi alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation | CNN Politics
The New York attorney general’s office is suing Kalshi, one of the largest prediction markets, alleging it’s running an illegal gambling operation in the state.
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Influence operations are deploying coordinated AI bot account networks to promote propaganda, and their efforts are (currently) detectable. Related: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
More dead internet theory
YouTube video by Etymology Nerd
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Use deflock.org to find the Flock cameras near you.
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 6d agoEFF’s @maassive.bsky.social spoke with @cnn.com about the anti-ALPR sentiment sweeping the nation. “Once people start learning about the massive scale of the data that’s being collected and who it’s being accessed by, it starts to freak them out.”
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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I have a special love of research that studies "Hey, what if people lie on surveys?" For one, it tends to be good science that I wish more survey writers and survey readers would familiarize themselves with. For another, it makes me like people more because they're having fun and being subversive.
Carceral Abolition@carceralabolition.bsky.social · 6d agoA study shows fewer people sincerely believe wild conspiracy theories than surveys suggest, as many who endorse bizarre or contradictory claims answer insincerely www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
Mike Royko took a hard right turn late in his career, but “Boss” remains a peerless account of Richard M. Daley‘s rule.
Maine Just Told ICE to Get Out Hundreds of the state’s police departments, school districts, and libraries are now required to refuse cooperation with the agency. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Maine just told ICE to get out
Hundreds of the state's police departments, school districts, and libraries are now required to refuse cooperation with the agency.
motherjones.com
If you care about natural ecosystems and the climate, then you should oppose the rapid, unregulated expansion of generative AI.
Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints
AI’s rapid growth drives huge energy, water, and land use, raising environmental and equity challenges across its global infrastructure.
unu.edu
ICE arrests at airports are up in recent months as details emerge about an agreement with TSA to share travelers’ personal data.
TSA Is Helping ICE Ramp Up Arrests At Airports
ICE arrests at airports are up in recent months as details emerge about an agreement with TSA to share travelers’ personal data.
forbes.com
Deporting asylum seekers to dangerous places without giving them a chance to make their cases is cruel and immoral.
Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation court under new rule
The Trump administration rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to immigration judges, who could dismiss the asylum petitions.
washingtonpost.com
An Economist/YouGov poll found 49% of Americans want the US to arrest Netanyahu & only 27% oppose. (23% unsure). Arresting Netanyahu is both right AND popular. Mayor Mamdani gets that. 2/2
"We wouldn't be at war if Kamala were president." You sure about that, bud? Here are the top recipients of Defense lobby campaign contributions. Source: www.opensecrets.org/industries/i... NB: This is not a defense of Trump.
