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Pat O'Connell
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Flipping tables and dropping unicode everywhere
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
Demonstrating why I always roll my eyes when I see or hear someone say “Imagine if they said that about Black people?” because they do, all the time, and you do not care.
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
A good rule to follow for people who don't keep up on this kind of thing: unless Ron Wyden is a cosponsor of any bill involving the internet, treat that bill as nefarious until proven otherwise
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
pdoconnell.com
There at least used to be a browser extension for that.
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM