CV
@redmeanshelp.bsky.social
Easily-distracted researcher and sometime maker/artist/tinkerer.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Non-obvious dazzle makeup:
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
Novel AI Camera Camouflage: Face Cloaking Without Full Disguise
This study demonstrates a novel approach to facial camouflage that combines targeted cosmetic perturbations and alpha transparency layer manipulation to evade modern facial recognition systems. Unlike...
arxiv.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Non-obvious dazzle makeup:
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
ICE and AI both: "effective disruption of facial recognition can be achieved without triggering the visibility issues inherent to overt disguises."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
Subtle makeup tweaks can outsmart facial recognition
You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy
www.theregister.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:26 AM
ICE and AI both: "effective disruption of facial recognition can be achieved without triggering the visibility issues inherent to overt disguises."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
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Yeah folks should be wearing that face recognition disruptive makeup.
Held: Many of the ICE agents that drive by have their phones up to the window..I don’t know why, but part of the lawsuit you alluded to earlier alleges that ICE is using an app that can take a picture of a face, identify it, and store it for 15 years.
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Yeah folks should be wearing that face recognition disruptive makeup.
"NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING"
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
minneapolisunions.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM
"NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING"
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
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I love my local representative *so* much.
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I love my local representative *so* much.
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
" In the majority of the shootings, officers have fired into cars — a tactic that law enforcement authorities and policing experts have been trying for decades to curtail."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump's DHS has shot 11 people during immigration enforcement operations since September
The ICE and Border Patrol shootings show a pattern that policing experts say is alarming: officers firing into cars and injuring and killing drivers.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
" In the majority of the shootings, officers have fired into cars — a tactic that law enforcement authorities and policing experts have been trying for decades to curtail."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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So, who has "President shuts down all communications with MN by invoking the Insurrection Act, followed by 47 USC 606(d)" on their 2026 bingo card? Or even "President takes over all wireless carriers under 606(a)?"
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
So, who has "President shuts down all communications with MN by invoking the Insurrection Act, followed by 47 USC 606(d)" on their 2026 bingo card? Or even "President takes over all wireless carriers under 606(a)?"
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
I watched this morning as my trash company emptied the recycling into the same giant bin as the garbage, making real something that’s been reported for years.
January 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I watched this morning as my trash company emptied the recycling into the same giant bin as the garbage, making real something that’s been reported for years.
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
“valid legal arguments I sketched out above, [but] laced with vituperative, condescending, and self-righteous rhetoric of precisely the sort with which it is never, ever appropriate to address a federal judge.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: A Temper Tantrum in a Legal Brief
Even when the Justice Department is right, it manages to behave with wild impropriety.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
“valid legal arguments I sketched out above, [but] laced with vituperative, condescending, and self-righteous rhetoric of precisely the sort with which it is never, ever appropriate to address a federal judge.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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"For MAGA, ICE’s eagerness to put women in their place might be a feature, not a bug."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
Opinion | The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
"For MAGA, ICE’s eagerness to put women in their place might be a feature, not a bug."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
“Plato: rule for himself rather than the common good, maintained under a system of fear and violence, and characterized by repression of the citizenry — particularly those who are educated and ethical — while relying on lackeys to carry out the tyrant’s wishes and whims.”
Trump is something worse than a fascist
We've been using the wrong word to describe the president and his approach to ruling
www.salon.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“Plato: rule for himself rather than the common good, maintained under a system of fear and violence, and characterized by repression of the citizenry — particularly those who are educated and ethical — while relying on lackeys to carry out the tyrant’s wishes and whims.”
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Woman dragged from car by ICE yells ‘I’m disabled’ in chaotic scene in Minneapolis
Woman dragged from car by ICE yells ‘I’m disabled’ in chaotic scene in Minneapolis
Woman dragged from car by ICE yells ‘I’m disabled’ in chaotic scene in Minneapolis
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Woman dragged from car by ICE yells ‘I’m disabled’ in chaotic scene in Minneapolis
Several years ago, there was an app that would send phone video direct to a civil-rights organization in case your phone was seized or stomped.
Clearly there is renewed need for this. Has anyone heard of something similar?
Clearly there is renewed need for this. Has anyone heard of something similar?
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Several years ago, there was an app that would send phone video direct to a civil-rights organization in case your phone was seized or stomped.
Clearly there is renewed need for this. Has anyone heard of something similar?
Clearly there is renewed need for this. Has anyone heard of something similar?
Faraday bag. Turning it off doesn’t work.
“track phones without a warrant and follow owners home or to their employer.”
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“track phones without a warrant and follow owners home or to their employer.”
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Faraday bag. Turning it off doesn’t work.
“track phones without a warrant and follow owners home or to their employer.”
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“track phones without a warrant and follow owners home or to their employer.”
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Update from a FOAF in MN:
"Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But that’s not the only thing that’s going on:
- ICE agents are cruising areas with immigrant-owned businesses, and kidnapping patrons and employees alike.
Rest of the post in the ALT text, two images.
"Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But that’s not the only thing that’s going on:
- ICE agents are cruising areas with immigrant-owned businesses, and kidnapping patrons and employees alike.
Rest of the post in the ALT text, two images.
January 12, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Update from a FOAF in MN:
"Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But that’s not the only thing that’s going on:
- ICE agents are cruising areas with immigrant-owned businesses, and kidnapping patrons and employees alike.
Rest of the post in the ALT text, two images.
"Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But that’s not the only thing that’s going on:
- ICE agents are cruising areas with immigrant-owned businesses, and kidnapping patrons and employees alike.
Rest of the post in the ALT text, two images.
Off to an evening ICE protest.
Remember to welcome new protesters, not ask what took them so long.
Remember to welcome new protesters, not ask what took them so long.
January 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Off to an evening ICE protest.
Remember to welcome new protesters, not ask what took them so long.
Remember to welcome new protesters, not ask what took them so long.
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I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
Alas: store was out of Mint-flavored Thin Oreos, so I bought the regular mint Oreos and they are terrible.
Much less mint flavoring per volume of frosting/filling. Impression: minty lard.
Actual lard would be more flavorful than the palm & soy oil on the label.
(Didn't have Mystic Mints either.)
Much less mint flavoring per volume of frosting/filling. Impression: minty lard.
Actual lard would be more flavorful than the palm & soy oil on the label.
(Didn't have Mystic Mints either.)
January 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Alas: store was out of Mint-flavored Thin Oreos, so I bought the regular mint Oreos and they are terrible.
Much less mint flavoring per volume of frosting/filling. Impression: minty lard.
Actual lard would be more flavorful than the palm & soy oil on the label.
(Didn't have Mystic Mints either.)
Much less mint flavoring per volume of frosting/filling. Impression: minty lard.
Actual lard would be more flavorful than the palm & soy oil on the label.
(Didn't have Mystic Mints either.)
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Despite all the John Roberts claims that the courts are in good shape and accusations of partisanship are unfair, the reality is that the public intuition that the courts have become more politicized under Trump are correct.
January 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Despite all the John Roberts claims that the courts are in good shape and accusations of partisanship are unfair, the reality is that the public intuition that the courts have become more politicized under Trump are correct.