Matthew Wollenweber
@mjw.bsky.social
NOLA based security engineer, privacy advocate, and progressive organizer. BJJ brown belt. Rescuer of bulldogs. Opinions are my own https://insomniac.tech
AI companies ignored copyright law and stole the intellectual property of thousands of authors. Then they destroyed the books. AI data centers will he the same. They will destroy our communities. x.com/samkarlin/st...
Sam Karlin (@samkarlin) on X
This is one of the craziest stories i've read about AI https://t.co/p1gEJmzXUy
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The @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social Govt Affairs Committee is meeting NOW. NOPD drone policy is on the agenda www.youtube.com/live/258TTiy...
Budget - Audit - Board of Review/Governmental Affairs Committee Meeting
YouTube video by New Orleans City Council
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New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock
“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."
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The Sewerage and Water Board claims transparency. In practice they are very interested in keeping public information from the public. Since the beginning of the year I have tried to obtain information from their data systems, as I have over a dozen times since 2020. Now they refuse. (1/x)
“the city could blow through the remaining $39 million it has on hand as early as August 25”
NOLA.com@nolanews.bsky.social · 2d agoNew Orleans could run out of money soon. Here’s Mayor Helena Moreno’s plan to fix that. bit.ly/455oBdU
Come fight with me and tell big brother “Don’t Spy on Me”. THIS Saturday August 8th at 2pm. insomniac.tech/2026/08/03/d...
Don’t Spy on Me
Saturday, August 8 · 2:00 PM · The Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave · Free · No sign-up, no technical background required For years, I’ve pulled on a thread. NOPD kept telling the City Council o…
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Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...
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A living wage and universal healthcare are definitely less dangerous than a pedophile rapist who led an insurrection against America
NOLA.com@nolanews.bsky.social · 3d agoQuin Hillyer: Scalise, Carville don't agree much but they're right that leftist Dems are dangerous bit.ly/4fxAmjg
Jonathan Paz’s job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. After initially being enthusiastic about the company, he started to get disillusioned. He talks to @josephcox.bsky.social about the "propaganda" inside the company, and why he decided to leave. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYY...
Don’t Spy on Me! Fight surveillance in New Orleans on Saturday August 8th at the Healing Center
“law by Landry, would shield aerospace companies from liability and would block local governments and individuals from suing for damages related to physical or economic harm caused by launch operations”
NOLA.com@nolanews.bsky.social · 4d agoSpaceX planning spaceport in coastal southwest Louisiana bit.ly/4hJjC9Z
Police refused to release the arrest report, saying it could "could interfere with ongoing investigative efforts." www.404media.co/person-oppos...
Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting
Police refused to release the arrest report, saying it could "could interfere with ongoing investigative efforts."
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Jeff Landry’s intelligence chief is spying on New Orleans with Project NOLA insomniac.tech/2026/07/31/j...
Jeff Landry’s Intelligence Chief is Spying on New Orleans with Project NOLA
Public records show GOHSEP’s Director of Intelligence was personally provisioned Project NOLA credentials — including the ability to steer cameras. Nobody told the people being watched. On Ja…
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If Claude allowed coworkers to share tokens, it would be an epic black market
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
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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the great irony of LinkedIn being the world's #1 workslop platform now asking users to moderate the slop themselves www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.
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Join us with Security researcher @mjw.bsky.social as he walks through obtaining public records — how to file requests, what to ask for, and how to turn those documents into formal complaints that hold NOPD accountable for unlawful drone flights and facial recognition use.
Jeff Landry wants to bury radioactive nuclear waste under America’s greatest fishery and in the path of every hurricane that hits Louisiana
NOLA.com@nolanews.bsky.social · 7d agoLouisiana pitches plan to store radioactive nuclear waste underneath the Gulf bit.ly/4hDodKS
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After laying out his “plan” for the officials before him, he revealed that it was all satire in protest of Flock. “I would never do this to you,” he said to the council. “Could I? Probably. But I wouldn't because it's wrong.“ Read @samleecole.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/casa-grande-...
