Jennifer Rooke
@jenrooke.bsky.social
Former US Air Force intelligence officer. Surveillance practitioner turned critic. #AffirmativeEthics #AntiMilitarism #AntiRacism #BanWeaponizedAI #QuestionSuperiority
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Jennifer Rooke
@jenrooke.bsky.social
· May 19
“This book lays bare a chilling paradox: Autonomous Weapon Systems are products of the same technical rationality proposed for their control.” Tero Karppi, University of Toronto
Publishing #OpenAccess:
Publishing #OpenAccess:
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Available now! A great collection of scholars, artists...and me. Grateful to the editors, Thomas Bächle and Jascha Bareis, for the invite to contribute as a former practitioner.
"I use haunting here as more than a convenient metaphor for race’s often underwritten presence within this technology. Race is an elusive, ghostly category, neither fact nor mere fiction, that nonetheless relentlessly haunts certain bodies and not others."
I have an image in the latest issue of Limn, a still from Human Movie, here illustrating an excellent article by Wendy Sung on "Digital misrecognition and the making of the 'Asian face.'" limn.press/article/iden...
Identification Error - Limn
Digital misrecognition and the making of the "Asian face"
limn.press
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"I use haunting here as more than a convenient metaphor for race’s often underwritten presence within this technology. Race is an elusive, ghostly category, neither fact nor mere fiction, that nonetheless relentlessly haunts certain bodies and not others."
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Further shocking but completely unsurprising revelations of how the Biden administration disregarded US law to continue virtually unconditional arms transfers to Israel for the slaughter in Gaza.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Further shocking but completely unsurprising revelations of how the Biden administration disregarded US law to continue virtually unconditional arms transfers to Israel for the slaughter in Gaza.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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🧵NEW: Airwars has published an interactive tool tracking all publicly declared U.S. strikes targeting small boats in the Caribbean & Pacific.
This resource aims to aid public understanding & enhance transparency surrounding those killed in the campaign.
airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
This resource aims to aid public understanding & enhance transparency surrounding those killed in the campaign.
airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🧵NEW: Airwars has published an interactive tool tracking all publicly declared U.S. strikes targeting small boats in the Caribbean & Pacific.
This resource aims to aid public understanding & enhance transparency surrounding those killed in the campaign.
airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
This resource aims to aid public understanding & enhance transparency surrounding those killed in the campaign.
airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
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NEW: TRUMP’S YEMEN STRIKE KILLED 61 IMMIGRANTS AND NO COMBATANTS
The attack on Sa’ada detention center violated humanitarian law and should be investigated as a war crime, says Amnesty International.
theintercept.com/2025/10/28/t...
The attack on Sa’ada detention center violated humanitarian law and should be investigated as a war crime, says Amnesty International.
theintercept.com/2025/10/28/t...
Trump’s Yemen Strike Killed 61 Immigrants and No Combatants
The attack on Sa’ada detention center violated humanitarian law and should be investigated as a war crime, says Amnesty International.
theintercept.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NEW: TRUMP’S YEMEN STRIKE KILLED 61 IMMIGRANTS AND NO COMBATANTS
The attack on Sa’ada detention center violated humanitarian law and should be investigated as a war crime, says Amnesty International.
theintercept.com/2025/10/28/t...
The attack on Sa’ada detention center violated humanitarian law and should be investigated as a war crime, says Amnesty International.
theintercept.com/2025/10/28/t...
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"So to deal with the threat, officials created a secret warning system: the companies must send signals hidden in payments to the Israeli government, tipping it off when it has disclosed Israeli data to foreign courts or investigators."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"So to deal with the threat, officials created a secret warning system: the companies must send signals hidden in payments to the Israeli government, tipping it off when it has disclosed Israeli data to foreign courts or investigators."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Narco-terrorist” isn’t a thing. This is just lawless killing.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Narco-terrorist” isn’t a thing. This is just lawless killing.
"The Trump admin is not the 1st to use an OLC opinion to clear away concerns that a controversial new form of warfare might violate the law. The Bush & Obama admins did likewise. Nonetheless, the OLC opinion on the boat strikes is—beyond its still-undisclosed substance—significant for 2 reasons..."
In case you missed it yesterday — Jack Goldsmith writes on the significance of the classified OLC opinion for the Trump administration's boat strikes in the Caribbean: execfunctions.org/p/the-venezu...
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"The Trump admin is not the 1st to use an OLC opinion to clear away concerns that a controversial new form of warfare might violate the law. The Bush & Obama admins did likewise. Nonetheless, the OLC opinion on the boat strikes is—beyond its still-undisclosed substance—significant for 2 reasons..."
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Travel data has historically been a correlative proxy. Early 2000s data mining used one way flights (*purchased third party) in terror algorithms. These apparent “errors” by HMRC illuminate machine learning logics: 1/ combine gov cloud data
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data
UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routes
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Travel data has historically been a correlative proxy. Early 2000s data mining used one way flights (*purchased third party) in terror algorithms. These apparent “errors” by HMRC illuminate machine learning logics: 1/ combine gov cloud data
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Fantastic article in which actual experts on AI and higher education cut through the nonsense surrounding the infinite garbage engines and expose a system captured by the techbro sales pitch. "A general ban is necessary, but nobody dares to say so."
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Fantastic article in which actual experts on AI and higher education cut through the nonsense surrounding the infinite garbage engines and expose a system captured by the techbro sales pitch. "A general ban is necessary, but nobody dares to say so."
USAF soliciting private land lease proposals for AI data centers on 5 of its bases in Tennesse, Arizona, California, New Jersey, and Georgia. To be competetive, "a project must require more than 100 megawatts of new load and be worth at least $500 million ...".
US Air Force to lease base land for private AI data centers - https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/10/23/us-air-force-to-lease-base-land-for-private-ai-data-centers/
US Air Force to lease base land for private AI data centers
Thousands of acres — mostly at Edwards Air Force Base in California — could be leased to private firms to build data centers for AI.
www.defensenews.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
USAF soliciting private land lease proposals for AI data centers on 5 of its bases in Tennesse, Arizona, California, New Jersey, and Georgia. To be competetive, "a project must require more than 100 megawatts of new load and be worth at least $500 million ...".
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Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
Former advisor in disbanded Civilian Protection Center of Excellence: “I can only guess, and frankly hope, that his resignation was in protest”... [over] a “blatant violation of not only international law but the Constitution...Time will reveal that, but I find his silence so far even more telling.”
Admiral’s Mystery Retirement Amid Secret War Leaves Key Command in Turmoil
The sudden departure of Adm. Alvin Holsey has caused dismay in the U.S. Southern Command.
theintercept.com/2025/10/23/m...
The sudden departure of Adm. Alvin Holsey has caused dismay in the U.S. Southern Command.
theintercept.com/2025/10/23/m...
Admiral’s Mystery Retirement Amid Secret War Leaves Key Command in Turmoil
The sudden departure of Adm. Alvin Holsey has caused dismay in the U.S. Southern Command.
theintercept.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Former advisor in disbanded Civilian Protection Center of Excellence: “I can only guess, and frankly hope, that his resignation was in protest”... [over] a “blatant violation of not only international law but the Constitution...Time will reveal that, but I find his silence so far even more telling.”
ShieldAI exec Armor Harris' hype on their not yet field tested X-BAT: the world's "first autonomous fighter jet...has the ability to organically close its own kill chains w/o reliance on third party assets..."
responsiblestatecraft.org/autonomous-f...
responsiblestatecraft.org/autonomous-f...
Defense startup announces world’s ‘first autonomous fighter jet’
The still untested aircraft raises questions about the use of AI in deciding who lives and dies on the battlefield
responsiblestatecraft.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
ShieldAI exec Armor Harris' hype on their not yet field tested X-BAT: the world's "first autonomous fighter jet...has the ability to organically close its own kill chains w/o reliance on third party assets..."
responsiblestatecraft.org/autonomous-f...
responsiblestatecraft.org/autonomous-f...
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"it is deeply concerning that military legal advisors at every level of the chain of command may have provided the proverbial green light for this attack, and perhaps even more concerning if they were cut out of the decision-making process" www.thecipherbrief.com/a-dangerous-...
A Dangerous Precedent: What Happens If Military Lawyers Go Silent
The recent military attack on a drug-carrying boat raises serious concerns about the rule of law and the ethical obligations of military lawyers. Are we sacrificing legal principles for the sake of ex...
www.thecipherbrief.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"it is deeply concerning that military legal advisors at every level of the chain of command may have provided the proverbial green light for this attack, and perhaps even more concerning if they were cut out of the decision-making process" www.thecipherbrief.com/a-dangerous-...
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US Caribbean boat bombing campaign keeps getting worse.
Colombia says US killed Colombian fishermen in Colombian waters. Add international incident to illegal, unethical, and bad strategy.
This isn’t national security, it’s murder.
Who’s selecting these targets? Is this why Adm. Holsey resigned?
Colombia says US killed Colombian fishermen in Colombian waters. Add international incident to illegal, unethical, and bad strategy.
This isn’t national security, it’s murder.
Who’s selecting these targets? Is this why Adm. Holsey resigned?
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Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
US Caribbean boat bombing campaign keeps getting worse.
Colombia says US killed Colombian fishermen in Colombian waters. Add international incident to illegal, unethical, and bad strategy.
This isn’t national security, it’s murder.
Who’s selecting these targets? Is this why Adm. Holsey resigned?
Colombia says US killed Colombian fishermen in Colombian waters. Add international incident to illegal, unethical, and bad strategy.
This isn’t national security, it’s murder.
Who’s selecting these targets? Is this why Adm. Holsey resigned?
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The viral "Definition of AGI" paper tells you to read fake references which do not exist!
Proof: different articles present at the specified journal/volume/page number, and their titles exist nowhere on any searchable repository.
Take this as a warning to not use LMs to generate your references!
Proof: different articles present at the specified journal/volume/page number, and their titles exist nowhere on any searchable repository.
Take this as a warning to not use LMs to generate your references!
October 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The viral "Definition of AGI" paper tells you to read fake references which do not exist!
Proof: different articles present at the specified journal/volume/page number, and their titles exist nowhere on any searchable repository.
Take this as a warning to not use LMs to generate your references!
Proof: different articles present at the specified journal/volume/page number, and their titles exist nowhere on any searchable repository.
Take this as a warning to not use LMs to generate your references!
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One target at a time: The logic that helped Israeli liberals commit genocide
www.972mag.com/israelis-log...
www.972mag.com/israelis-log...
The logic that helped Israeli liberals commit genocide
By attaching a military goal to each act of killing, Israelis of all stripes could partake in the slaughter without questioning the morality of their actions.
www.972mag.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
One target at a time: The logic that helped Israeli liberals commit genocide
www.972mag.com/israelis-log...
www.972mag.com/israelis-log...
"[M]eaningful control...requires moving outside of the frame that sustains warfighting’s self-justifying logics, enabling greater investments in diplomacy & new forms of accountability to democratic processes, in which those in whose names war is perpetuated have the governing voice."
💡 What if “meaningful human control” meant refusing to go to war?
Anthropologist Lucy Suchman argues we must expand the debate beyond weapon tech to democratic governance & accountability.
🔗 https://stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/illegal-war
#StopKillerRobots #EthicalAI #Demilitarisation
Anthropologist Lucy Suchman argues we must expand the debate beyond weapon tech to democratic governance & accountability.
🔗 https://stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/illegal-war
#StopKillerRobots #EthicalAI #Demilitarisation
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
"[M]eaningful control...requires moving outside of the frame that sustains warfighting’s self-justifying logics, enabling greater investments in diplomacy & new forms of accountability to democratic processes, in which those in whose names war is perpetuated have the governing voice."
Amoore and colleagues always worth reading to understand better the politics of governance by gen AI: "The prompt frames, delimits and condenses what can be known of the problem (‘what do we know about?’) and aligns that problem ever closer to the task that best fits the model’s view of the world."
Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n
Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI
This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...
www.tandfonline.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Amoore and colleagues always worth reading to understand better the politics of governance by gen AI: "The prompt frames, delimits and condenses what can be known of the problem (‘what do we know about?’) and aligns that problem ever closer to the task that best fits the model’s view of the world."
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
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1/ Since March 2025 Airwars has documented a number of alleged civilian harm incidents in Gaza in which a previously unknown munition was used by Israeli forces. Dozens of civilian casualties were reported.
We have so far published three of these cases:
bsky.app/profile/muni...
We have so far published three of these cases:
bsky.app/profile/muni...
1/ In recent months, we began documenting remnants of an unknown Israeli munition being used in Gaza. Its use has allegedly resulted in civilian casualties. To date, Israel has not publicly declared the munition’s existence.
Here’s what we know so far:🧵
Here’s what we know so far:🧵
October 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
1/ Since March 2025 Airwars has documented a number of alleged civilian harm incidents in Gaza in which a previously unknown munition was used by Israeli forces. Dozens of civilian casualties were reported.
We have so far published three of these cases:
bsky.app/profile/muni...
We have so far published three of these cases:
bsky.app/profile/muni...
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Having followed the AI industry for over a decade, which began as the extropian cult, I am so grateful to @edzitron.com for his brilliant break down of the AI bubble: "sold by career charlatans with their reputations laundered by a tech and business media."
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Having followed the AI industry for over a decade, which began as the extropian cult, I am so grateful to @edzitron.com for his brilliant break down of the AI bubble: "sold by career charlatans with their reputations laundered by a tech and business media."
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
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The ethical duty to refuse an unlawful order will become really important it seems ...
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The ethical duty to refuse an unlawful order will become really important it seems ...
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Spain prohibits transit of US military aircraft and vessels carrying arms, ammunition, or equipment destined for Israel through its bases at Rota (Cadiz) and Moron de la Frontera (Seville), sources familiar with the functioning of the US-Spain Joint Committee confirmed.
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sp...
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sp...
Spain bans transit of US arms shipments to Israel via Rota, Moron bases
'Rota and Moron are not a backdoor,' sources familiar with functioning of US-Spain Joint Committee confirm - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Spain prohibits transit of US military aircraft and vessels carrying arms, ammunition, or equipment destined for Israel through its bases at Rota (Cadiz) and Moron de la Frontera (Seville), sources familiar with the functioning of the US-Spain Joint Committee confirmed.
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sp...
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sp...