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special k with the dried strawberries enthusiast
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The Bay Area has five companies that have contracts with ICE and CBP.
They're selling everything from flight restraints for deportees to car wraps to digital infrastructure, all to the tune of millions of dollars.
Here's the scoop:
(Free story, share widely) sf.gazetteer.co/these-sf-bay...
They're selling everything from flight restraints for deportees to car wraps to digital infrastructure, all to the tune of millions of dollars.
Here's the scoop:
(Free story, share widely) sf.gazetteer.co/these-sf-bay...
These SF Bay Area companies have ICE and CBP contracts
ICE relies on a massive network of third-party contractors to conduct its operations, including companies that specialize in mass surveillance and others that make the clothing worn by agents. Amid ...
sf.gazetteer.co
January 27, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The Bay Area has five companies that have contracts with ICE and CBP.
They're selling everything from flight restraints for deportees to car wraps to digital infrastructure, all to the tune of millions of dollars.
Here's the scoop:
(Free story, share widely) sf.gazetteer.co/these-sf-bay...
They're selling everything from flight restraints for deportees to car wraps to digital infrastructure, all to the tune of millions of dollars.
Here's the scoop:
(Free story, share widely) sf.gazetteer.co/these-sf-bay...
editing my own writing makes me feel like lil wayne... talking to myself because i am my own consultant
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 AM
editing my own writing makes me feel like lil wayne... talking to myself because i am my own consultant
when white ppl are like "growing up i didn't see anyone who looked like me on the screen" and they are dead serious about how no one on screen had their exact physiognomy
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
when white ppl are like "growing up i didn't see anyone who looked like me on the screen" and they are dead serious about how no one on screen had their exact physiognomy
my favorite purchase this year was my privacy screen protector (from spigen)... why tf does anyone need to see what's on my phone.
January 21, 2026 at 5:59 PM
my favorite purchase this year was my privacy screen protector (from spigen)... why tf does anyone need to see what's on my phone.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Marnie is the Skyler White of Girls
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Marnie is the Skyler White of Girls
jesblog #2: soothed by the unknown
open.substack.com/pub/jesworld...
open.substack.com/pub/jesworld...
jesblog #2: soothed by the unknown
writing about books on my to-be-read list instead of actually reading them <3
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
jesblog #2: soothed by the unknown
open.substack.com/pub/jesworld...
open.substack.com/pub/jesworld...
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it occurs to me that the waymo failure in the SF blackout is precisely the kind of failure we were trying to help with: when traffic lights go out navigating intersections resolves to social negotiation, which requires theory of mind, which AVs ain't got
They have made enormous headway. The central issue is that driving isn't _really_ a rule-based process; the rules are codifications of social mores but fundamentally driving around other people is about theory of mind and social negotiation, which ML is largely hopeless at; here's a thing I wrote.
Driving is a social process
Photo by Sangga Rima Roman Selia on Unsplash There is something very strange about automobiles. They are much faster and more dangerous than our brains are...
buttondown.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
it occurs to me that the waymo failure in the SF blackout is precisely the kind of failure we were trying to help with: when traffic lights go out navigating intersections resolves to social negotiation, which requires theory of mind, which AVs ain't got
i'm only now getting into st vincent... indie cred REVOKED
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
i'm only now getting into st vincent... indie cred REVOKED
i hate how everything is a jpeg nowadays -_- give me the info in text format so i can copy and paste it. just give me a link to click on instead of only putting a qr codes on an image that i'm already looking at on my phone/computer
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
i hate how everything is a jpeg nowadays -_- give me the info in text format so i can copy and paste it. just give me a link to click on instead of only putting a qr codes on an image that i'm already looking at on my phone/computer
a year since I left my old job and it’s crazy how much more time and energy I have now… in the last month I’ve started doing Spanish audio lessons, finished the Neapolitan Novels, started selling my old clothes on depop, and wrote my first substack post 🫣
October 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
a year since I left my old job and it’s crazy how much more time and energy I have now… in the last month I’ve started doing Spanish audio lessons, finished the Neapolitan Novels, started selling my old clothes on depop, and wrote my first substack post 🫣
flew to LAX for the first time this weekend (i usually fly to Long Beach). there are airlines at LAX I have never heard of before. what the hell is BREEZE?!
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
flew to LAX for the first time this weekend (i usually fly to Long Beach). there are airlines at LAX I have never heard of before. what the hell is BREEZE?!
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Congrats to the BDS.
FREE PALESTINE.
FREE PALESTINE.
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Congrats to the BDS.
FREE PALESTINE.
FREE PALESTINE.
my music taste at 14 is still the same as my music taste now... pavement pixies and garbage still fuck. and i still dgaf about dinosaur jr
August 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
my music taste at 14 is still the same as my music taste now... pavement pixies and garbage still fuck. and i still dgaf about dinosaur jr
Burmese restaurants that appeal to the palates of people who are used to eating at Thai restaurants that then appeal to the palates of people who are used to eating at Chinese restaurants that appeal to an American palate…
August 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Burmese restaurants that appeal to the palates of people who are used to eating at Thai restaurants that then appeal to the palates of people who are used to eating at Chinese restaurants that appeal to an American palate…
Sorry to Malcolm Harris but Stanford is a goated music venue
August 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Sorry to Malcolm Harris but Stanford is a goated music venue
don draper is always like I need to get some pussy about this
August 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
don draper is always like I need to get some pussy about this
i never say “no pun intended.” who cares
August 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
i never say “no pun intended.” who cares
Ok seatedddd boxd.it/fzk1a
Asialatina
Películas/cortos sobre: La comunidad asiática en Latinoamérica. Directores latinos de ascendencia asiática. Directores nativos, asiáticos, que hayan rodado en Latinoamérica. NO ESTA EN LETTERBOXD: HAL...
boxd.it
July 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Ok seatedddd boxd.it/fzk1a
reading a book im not fucking with for book club 😐 the price i pay for community
July 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
reading a book im not fucking with for book club 😐 the price i pay for community
bored. gonna confuse a behavior that is simply annoying with a behavior that is antisocial at best and morally depraved at worst
July 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
bored. gonna confuse a behavior that is simply annoying with a behavior that is antisocial at best and morally depraved at worst
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I am very excited to chase down your questions -- send us on some fun reporting rabbit holes please!
Bay Area friends! have you ever seen something funky and thought, "What's the deal with that?!" at COYOTE, we live to serve. and that means we want to answer those questions! send us your curiosities, your nosy questions, your burning inquiries for us to chase >:3 airtable.com/app0YLCupdLE...
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I am very excited to chase down your questions -- send us on some fun reporting rabbit holes please!
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New writing from me! For @unwinnable.com, I wrote about our obsession with using taste/media consumption to completely define ourselves and others, and how taste in art doesn't give us a full picture of a person no matter how much we want it to unwinnable.com/2025/07/17/d...
Does Taste Matter? - Unwinnable
Living human beings, unlike works of art, don’t have easily definable endings to encapsulate what they represent.
unwinnable.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
New writing from me! For @unwinnable.com, I wrote about our obsession with using taste/media consumption to completely define ourselves and others, and how taste in art doesn't give us a full picture of a person no matter how much we want it to unwinnable.com/2025/07/17/d...
may my essence never be as fundamentally misunderstood as LA and SF are
July 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
may my essence never be as fundamentally misunderstood as LA and SF are
going to a ”writer’s cafe” today
a man is smiling and looking at the camera while another man is standing behind him .
ALT: a man is smiling and looking at the camera while another man is standing behind him .
media.tenor.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
going to a ”writer’s cafe” today