Dave Maass 🔦
@maassive.bsky.social
Investigations at EFF, researching border and police tech. Scholar in res. at UNR Reynolds School of Journalism. My graphic novel Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis (https://a.co/d/gHsJzAa) is out now from Berger Books/Dark Horse.
Check out the extended highlight reel for the Louisville Orchestra's production of the opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis, which draws inspiration from our graphic novel adaptation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f81...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Check out the extended highlight reel for the Louisville Orchestra's production of the opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis, which draws inspiration from our graphic novel adaptation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f81...
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"It is a visually rich yet ingeniously simple production that manages to both entertain audiences and convey the solemn backstory of its origins." Melissa Chan on "Death Strikes" and "Der Kaiser von Atlantis": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/comics-opera-death-strikes-kaiser-atlantis-dark-horse/
February 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
"It is a visually rich yet ingeniously simple production that manages to both entertain audiences and convey the solemn backstory of its origins." Melissa Chan on "Death Strikes" and "Der Kaiser von Atlantis": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/comics-opera-death-strikes-kaiser-atlantis-dark-horse/
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Empty out your couch cushions to EFF if you’re able, they’re fighting the good fight. 🛋️💸
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Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Don’t let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Empty out your couch cushions to EFF if you’re able, they’re fighting the good fight. 🛋️💸
supporters.eff.org/donate
supporters.eff.org/donate
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Federally-operated automated license plate readers installed on California’s state rights of way would be a “back door” around the state’s data sharing restriction, EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @inewsource.org. inewsource.org/2026/02/11/...
Hidden license plate readers in San Diego, Imperial counties
Hidden cameras disguised along roadways in San Diego and Imperial counties may be owned and operated by the federal government.
inewsource.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Federally-operated automated license plate readers installed on California’s state rights of way would be a “back door” around the state’s data sharing restriction, EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @inewsource.org. inewsource.org/2026/02/11/...
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EPIC joined @eff.org and more than 30 other organizations this week in urging California to revoke any permits allowing federal agencies such as U.S. Border Patrol to place and operate covert automatic license plate readers along state border highways.
EPIC Joins EFF, Others Urging California to Block Federal Agencies’ Covert ALPRs in New Letter
<p>Today, in a letter to California Governor Newsom, EPIC joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and over 30 other organizations to urge California to revoke any permits issued to U.S.…
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February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
EPIC joined @eff.org and more than 30 other organizations this week in urging California to revoke any permits allowing federal agencies such as U.S. Border Patrol to place and operate covert automatic license plate readers along state border highways.
Make sure you check out our map of covert ALPRs that the feds have installed near the border! www.eff.org/covertALPRmap
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Make sure you check out our map of covert ALPRs that the feds have installed near the border! www.eff.org/covertALPRmap
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California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as CBP and the DEA to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition of 38 groups led by EFF and the Imperial Valley Equity & Justice Coalition demanded today of @governor.ca.gov and the CA Dept of Transportation.
Coalition Urges California to Revoke Permits for Federal License Plate Reader Surveillance
SAN FRANCISCO – California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to put automated license plate readers al...
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February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as CBP and the DEA to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition of 38 groups led by EFF and the Imperial Valley Equity & Justice Coalition demanded today of @governor.ca.gov and the CA Dept of Transportation.
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Flock ignored multiple requests to take down their cameras after the City of Verona did not renew the contract. So this is where we are at. You can't trust Flock. Dane County needs to take their Flock cameras down.
January 25, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Flock ignored multiple requests to take down their cameras after the City of Verona did not renew the contract. So this is where we are at. You can't trust Flock. Dane County needs to take their Flock cameras down.
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“This is among one of the weakest bills I’ve seen when it comes to regulating license plate readers,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @AZMirror.com. “Lawmakers have a real opportunity to protect people, and they should be doing that aggressively.” azmirror.com/briefs/poli...
Police-backed GOP bill would shield license plate reader data from public review | Arizona Mirror
Arizona GOP bill on license plate readers would exempt data from public records, privacy advocates say it enables overreach
azmirror.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
“This is among one of the weakest bills I’ve seen when it comes to regulating license plate readers,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @AZMirror.com. “Lawmakers have a real opportunity to protect people, and they should be doing that aggressively.” azmirror.com/briefs/poli...
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Want to track homeland security contracting? We've expanded our dataset of companies that sell tech to DHS and published a step-by-step guide to leveraging government procurement databases to investigate border and immigration enforcement. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Homeland Security Spending Trail: How to Follow the Money Through
The U.S. government publishes volumes of detailed data on the money it spends, but searching through it and finding information can be challenging. This guide covers the key databases that store
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January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Want to track homeland security contracting? We've expanded our dataset of companies that sell tech to DHS and published a step-by-step guide to leveraging government procurement databases to investigate border and immigration enforcement. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Arizona Modern and Mars Gardens, and sometimes Shangri-La, are where I find peace and balance in troubling times.
If you got a VR headset for Xmas, do yourself a favor and buy Walkabout Minigolf and every DLC. If that were the only game available, the headset would still be worth it.
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Arizona Modern and Mars Gardens, and sometimes Shangri-La, are where I find peace and balance in troubling times.
If you got a VR headset for Xmas, do yourself a favor and buy Walkabout Minigolf and every DLC. If that were the only game available, the headset would still be worth it.
December 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
If you got a VR headset for Xmas, do yourself a favor and buy Walkabout Minigolf and every DLC. If that were the only game available, the headset would still be worth it.
Want to hear @plutarian2.bsky.social and me talk about our graphic novel with opera singers? Check out the latest VocalFri podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Death Strikes
Podcast Episode · VocalFri Podcast · 12/05/2025 · 53m
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December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Want to hear @plutarian2.bsky.social and me talk about our graphic novel with opera singers? Check out the latest VocalFri podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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CBP, DEA and local law enforcement agencies have created a massive surveillance dragnet targeting drivers on highways along the US-Mexico border. Here's how to spot automated license plate readers by the roadside. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate
www.eff.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
CBP, DEA and local law enforcement agencies have created a massive surveillance dragnet targeting drivers on highways along the US-Mexico border. Here's how to spot automated license plate readers by the roadside. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Axon is integrating face recognition with body-worn cameras, starting with a test run in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2019, Axon said it would not pursue this. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Edmonton police first in world to test Axon facial recognition body worn video cameras
EPS is the first in the world to test facial recognition body worn video cameras from Axon Enterprise Inc.
edmontonjournal.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Axon is integrating face recognition with body-worn cameras, starting with a test run in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2019, Axon said it would not pursue this. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Automated license plate readers at the US-Mexico border come in a variety of shapes, sizes and disguises. Here's our guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate
www.eff.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Automated license plate readers at the US-Mexico border come in a variety of shapes, sizes and disguises. Here's our guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
We've been collecting images of license plate readers in the US-MX borderlands for the last few years. In the wake of AP's report on how these are abused, we put together this visual guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate ...
www.eff.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We've been collecting images of license plate readers in the US-MX borderlands for the last few years. In the wake of AP's report on how these are abused, we put together this visual guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
@atherton.bsky.social New song for your drone playlist automatic-band.bandcamp.com/track/mq9
mq9, by Automatic
from the album Is It Now?
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December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@atherton.bsky.social New song for your drone playlist automatic-band.bandcamp.com/track/mq9
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This work has something for all of the listed groups and is a fresh and satisfying take on a fascinating piece of nearly-lost-art besides. The historical background alone is worth the price of admission, even apart from the sublime execution. You owe it to yourself to check it out!
My graphic novel “Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis” is the perfect present for every opera-loving, anti-war sf/fantasy fan in your life. Give the gift of dark comedy and creative resistance this holiday season. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730993...
Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass: 9781506737300 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This work has something for all of the listed groups and is a fresh and satisfying take on a fascinating piece of nearly-lost-art besides. The historical background alone is worth the price of admission, even apart from the sublime execution. You owe it to yourself to check it out!
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There is truly nothing quite like this book. If you enjoy musicals in any way, shape, or form, please buy this book (or at the very least borrow it from your local library).
My graphic novel “Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis” is the perfect present for every opera-loving, anti-war sf/fantasy fan in your life. Give the gift of dark comedy and creative resistance this holiday season. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730993...
Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass: 9781506737300 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There is truly nothing quite like this book. If you enjoy musicals in any way, shape, or form, please buy this book (or at the very least borrow it from your local library).
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Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
My graphic novel “Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis” is the perfect present for every opera-loving, anti-war sf/fantasy fan in your life. Give the gift of dark comedy and creative resistance this holiday season. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730993...
Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass: 9781506737300 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My graphic novel “Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis” is the perfect present for every opera-loving, anti-war sf/fantasy fan in your life. Give the gift of dark comedy and creative resistance this holiday season. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730993...
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We are thankful to students and faculty at the Reynolds School of Journalism who have helped us build Atlasofsurveillance.org, the biggest database of police surveillance in the United States.
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
www.atlasofsurveillance.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We are thankful to students and faculty at the Reynolds School of Journalism who have helped us build Atlasofsurveillance.org, the biggest database of police surveillance in the United States.
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Only two more days to get your applications sent in for Comics Camp. I'm happy to answer any questions!
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
2026 Comics Camp Application
Alaska Robotics Comics Camp
Convention & In-Town Events: May 7th - May 9th, 2026
Camp Dates: May 9th - May 13th, 2026
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Have you attended in the past? Feel free to skip any o...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Only two more days to get your applications sent in for Comics Camp. I'm happy to answer any questions!
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...