DoorDash claims to support DC’s autonomy… while actively undermining it. If you’ve already deleted your account and the app from your phone, then I hope you’ll join Free DC on August 7 and call on DoorDash to withdraw support from H.R. 9720. Oppose federal attacks on the people of DC.
Can't talk about it yet, but my Billy-Elliot-In-Space story has finally found a home ✨️⚡️🪰
D.C.'s official 311 app broke, so an enterprising resident decided to build his own. City officials are less than entertained by the renegade app, while civic hackers say D.C. could learn a little something from them: www.notus.org/metro/washin...
D.C.’s Broken 311 App Has Sparked a Debate Over Government, Tech and AI
A new generation of technologists and hackers say they can build better apps than the District can.
notus.org
The Supreme Court decision is a devastating setback for our immigrant neighbors who have built their lives, careers, and communities here in Washington, DC, home to over 3,000 TPS holders.
"The opacity around the Palantir contract is typical for business deals involving that company. “No matter what we do on policies around open government, features including more transparency on contracts in the Department of Defence and law enforcement have not come to fruition,” Brandusescu said.
NDP’s Lewis slams secret federal contract with Palantir
Company calls Lewis’ comments ‘inaccurate and baseless’
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NEWS: The D.C. Board of Elections has run the tabulation rounds under ranked-choice voting, and it looks like Oye Owolewa and @aparnafordc.bsky.social have jumped across the 50% threshold in their races. The animation can be viewed here: electionresults.dcboe.org/election_res...
At last, we have them! Aparna Raj wins in Ward 1, as expected, and Oye Owolewa takes it in the at-large race in the eighth round of tabulation. Here’s a look at the results:
Alex Koma@alexkoma.bsky.social · last mo.If you’re anything like me, spending your Sunday anxiously awaiting ranked choice election results, the word from the Board of Elections is to hang on a bit longer: they’re hopeful to have them sometime in the late afternoon, determining the winners in the Ward 1/at large races.
At the very end of this, I promote a report Cynthia Conti-Cook and I published last week for the Surveillance Resistance Lab. It covers: - What is digital ID? (more and more things) - Who is shaping these systems? (cops and corporations) - Handy demands for advocates thecrcr.org/wp-content/u...
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I wrote about digital ID's shadow: classification, deservedness, and gatekeeping: rebeccawilliams.info/classificati...
Classification, Deservedness, & Gatekeeping
If the shadow of every ID check is permission, then the shadow of digital ID systems is the ability to deny permissions in more places, more often, and with less friction.
rebeccawilliams.info
I'm very excited to share this story with the world. Published today in The Gullet, "A Lemon Doesn't Greet You" is the story of my lemon tree, it's alien (and stubborn!) ways, and how it helps me live. Beautiful art by @laurieperng.bsky.social. thegullet.substack.com/p/a-lemon-do...
A Lemon Doesn't Greet You
By Matt Bailey
thegullet.substack.com
I spoke with @fastcompany.com about the World Cup security apparatus and its longer term ramifications. I appreciate the able job they did breaking down such a complex and important issue. www.fastcompany.com/91558863/the...
The World Cup security buildout won’t end when the games do
More than $1 billion is going toward security for the 2026 tournament. The bigger question is what happens to the surveillance infrastructure after the crowds go home.
fastcompany.com
It's alive! Neon Civics is a new home for my work that pushes the hardest at the boundaries of the future and what we can do with it. I'd love to cook up schemes with you all related to elections, cybersecurity, privacy - and the arts! Now's the time to imagine new civic futures. neoncivics.org
Such a beautiful story by Liz Levin! The ghosts in the history of our art, the women elided and flattened by the masterpieces.
Gavagai@gavagai.com · 2mo agoIn today's Surreal Sunday featured Editor Pick: A woman lingers at the edges of a famous painting in this atmospheric story of memory and reinvention. It's Blue Period, Rest by Liz Levin. read it for free at gavagai.com
OK I reposted this earlier (too early, the 6AM flight out of Knoxville is punishing) but to reiterate: using good UX to create informed consent interfaces is now shown to be at least non-inferior to traditional informed consent done in conversation. And maybe superior.
Michelle Meyer@michellemeyer.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚨New paper! eConsent can promote cost-effectiveness & equity in research, but how does it compare to traditional consent w/r/t informedness? In this RCT, we tested the Sage Bionetworks eConsent developed by @megdoerr.bsky.social & @wilbanks.bsky.social, used by, eg NIH All of Us & Apple ResearchKit.
I did this last year and it was so useful, so heartwarming, and such an incredible boon to my writing process and community!
Speculative Literature Foundation@speclit.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe SLF is excited to announce that we will be extending the deadline of our Writing SFF Workshop until April 22nd! This is your LAST CHANCE to join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a week of writing, eating, chatting, and making new friends.
.@janeese4dc.bsky.social just dropped her plan for universal childcare in the city. In short, she wants to beef up the childcare subsidy (but stops short of wanting it free for all) and expand the pay equity fund. Details here: janeesefordc.com/wp-content/u...
USDS/DOGE’s tools will never dismantle USDS/DOGE’s house. DOGE could *only exist* via the unaccountable pathways forged by USDS. Those gaps need to be filled & corrected. We don’t need a different Project 2025 (tech edition), we need a functioning democracy.
Former USDS Leaders Launch Tech Reform Project to Fix What DOGE Broke
The plan, which is still in its early stages, is spearheaded by former USDS administrator Mikey Dickerson.
wired.com
SOME RCV NEWS: The D.C. Board of Elections has issued emergency rules spelling out how ranked-choice voting will work when it's first used for the June 16 election. There's details on what happens if there's an overvote, an undervote, if a voter skips a ranking, and more.
Solid turnout and energy at @janeese4dc.bsky.social’s official mayoral campaign launch at the Howard Theatre tonight.
It’s important to point out this is a global phenomena where getting food is now a surveillance hot spot. Also, I’ll go out on the limb here and say the impact assessment won’t stop this and it should be stopped.
Foodstuffs releases privacy assessment for FRT trial in NZ grocery stores | Biometric Update
The New Zealand grocery retailer has published a Privacy Impact Assessment for its trial of in-store facial recognition technology.
biometricupdate.com
NEWS: In a report detailing an October public hearing on MPD's cooperation with ICE, @brianneknadeau.bsky.social says that @mayorbowser.dc.gov should rescind the mayoral order that allows local police to work with federal agencies and the D.C. Council should strengthen the sanctuary-city law.
Our moment is now! Come celebrate our campaign launch and party with us for a DC that works for everyone. janeesefordc.eventbrite.com
DC has the fastest-growing rat population among 15 major cities, according to recent research. Rodents are more than a nuisance—they carry diseases that can spread to humans and pose serious public health risks to our residents. I’m introducing the RAT Amendment Act to fight back. 🧵
Our flash fiction contest is BACK, and our Patrons have selected the perfect theme to start the year! 🎆🥂 January's theme is INTERRUPTED RITES. 🌬️🕯️ Time to break cycles, blow out candles, sweep up salt circles and reclaim traditions. You have until the 31st to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/januar...
a pixel art of a mountain and trees with a stop time and continue walking sign
Alt: Pixel art of a lonely road through a purple forest at night. A text box in the center asks "Stop time and continue walking?" with -Yes and -No options. The cursor is highlighting the Yes option.
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Kipling apparently wrote a poem about #undersea #telegraph cables. He's the actual worst, but this is pretty good and super weird! www.poetryverse.com/rudyard-kipl...
The Deep Sea Cables - poem by Rudyard Kipling | PoetryVerse
Read Rudyard Kipling's The Deep-sea Cables, a classic poem about the mysteries of deep-sea communication.
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