Peter Haas 🤠
@peterhaas.bsky.social
Posts on #humanrights #authoritarianism #civilliberties #robots #AI #designforextremeaffordability #poverty #internationaldevelopment #climatechange #cyber Old stuff Team MA HCRI & AIDG.org TED/Echoing Green Fellow.
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Peter Haas 🤠
@peterhaas.bsky.social
· Sep 19
My problem with the civil disobedience demonstration in New York where 11 Democratic officials let themselves be arrested by DHS and ICE is that they very passively cooperated with the system and let themselves be arrested with no crowd presenting no obstruction. They made it easy on DHS employees.
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I started working on using multi-agent RL to improve self driving in 2021. I started thinking about it in 2018. We're finally seeing this stuff run on cars in 2025. Research is a pretty long-haul thing.
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I started working on using multi-agent RL to improve self driving in 2021. I started thinking about it in 2018. We're finally seeing this stuff run on cars in 2025. Research is a pretty long-haul thing.
Stand Tall.
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Stand Tall.
Um @reed.senate.gov and @whitehouse.senate.gov when does the line get crossed? Is putting a foreign military base on US soils enough?
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Um @reed.senate.gov and @whitehouse.senate.gov when does the line get crossed? Is putting a foreign military base on US soils enough?
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wha . . . . what?
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
wha . . . . what?
If ever there was a more blatant admission of being an enemy of the constitution. @reed.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If ever there was a more blatant admission of being an enemy of the constitution. @reed.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov
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That's fucking sedition. @reed.senate.gov
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
That's fucking sedition. @reed.senate.gov
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Oh hell yes.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just took back control of the national guard.
She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.
She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Oh hell yes.
I have the solution: Make Tofu Great Again. Maybe if you got more Texans eating tofu we wouldn't have a problem. We could do a campaign around how Tofu is patriotic. Focus on Ben Franklin's obsession with the stuff . . .
Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I have the solution: Make Tofu Great Again. Maybe if you got more Texans eating tofu we wouldn't have a problem. We could do a campaign around how Tofu is patriotic. Focus on Ben Franklin's obsession with the stuff . . .
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If UBI existed and was enough to live on I'd release all my work for free. I'd work for free too, if the work was interesting and broadly beneficial. Corporations know that nobody would entertain their bad ideas if they weren't holding the ability to live over ppls heads
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If UBI existed and was enough to live on I'd release all my work for free. I'd work for free too, if the work was interesting and broadly beneficial. Corporations know that nobody would entertain their bad ideas if they weren't holding the ability to live over ppls heads
The government. CYA since the establishment of the states secrets doctrine in U.S. v Reynolds! Whole lot of norms around presuming folks in agencies ain't just lying through their teeth.
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The government. CYA since the establishment of the states secrets doctrine in U.S. v Reynolds! Whole lot of norms around presuming folks in agencies ain't just lying through their teeth.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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“He’s an idea machine,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn said of @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy in @NYTimes.com. “He’s the source of more ideas about how technology and people should interact than any single person.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
Can Cory Doctorow’s Book ‘Enshittification’ Change the Tech Debate?
Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“He’s an idea machine,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn said of @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy in @NYTimes.com. “He’s the source of more ideas about how technology and people should interact than any single person.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
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Zip ties on children is a bit of a stretch for the party of family values.
October 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Zip ties on children is a bit of a stretch for the party of family values.
First saw this design open source on thingaverse a few years ago. Just an example of how open source impacts defense.
@financialtimes.com
UA is shifting to mass-produced interceptor drones to counter RF Shahed and Gerbera drones.
“The Sting” — A bullet-shaped, $2,100 “drone killer” by Wild Hornets, capable of speeds over 315 km/h. Claimed to have downed 600 Russian drones so far.
www.ft.com/content/a513...
UA is shifting to mass-produced interceptor drones to counter RF Shahed and Gerbera drones.
“The Sting” — A bullet-shaped, $2,100 “drone killer” by Wild Hornets, capable of speeds over 315 km/h. Claimed to have downed 600 Russian drones so far.
www.ft.com/content/a513...
October 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
First saw this design open source on thingaverse a few years ago. Just an example of how open source impacts defense.
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
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Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
October 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
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The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation
October 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation
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The solution to homelessness is not forced institutionalizations.
It’s social supports. Healthcare. Housing. Education. Harm reduction. A universal basic income.
Anyone can become homeless at any time. It’s not a personal failing.
We must fix it together.
It’s social supports. Healthcare. Housing. Education. Harm reduction. A universal basic income.
Anyone can become homeless at any time. It’s not a personal failing.
We must fix it together.
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The solution to homelessness is not forced institutionalizations.
It’s social supports. Healthcare. Housing. Education. Harm reduction. A universal basic income.
Anyone can become homeless at any time. It’s not a personal failing.
We must fix it together.
It’s social supports. Healthcare. Housing. Education. Harm reduction. A universal basic income.
Anyone can become homeless at any time. It’s not a personal failing.
We must fix it together.
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There's no reason to treat this president, validly elected or not, as legitimate. Not when he's having states whose politics he likes invade states with politics he doesn't.
October 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There's no reason to treat this president, validly elected or not, as legitimate. Not when he's having states whose politics he likes invade states with politics he doesn't.
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We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.
Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.
It’s illegal and un-American.
Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.
It’s illegal and un-American.
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.
Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.
It’s illegal and un-American.
Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.
It’s illegal and un-American.
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Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
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I was well over 30 when I wrote and published my first novel, and fully agree with you!
When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I was well over 30 when I wrote and published my first novel, and fully agree with you!