Pluralistic: 02 Dec 2021

Today's links

Massive Predpol leak confirms that it drives racist policing: As with McKinsey consultants, buying Predpol is a way to buy outside validation for the indefensible.
This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Mashapedia: A third-party glossary of the technical concepts from Attack Surface.
The City We Became: Jemisin relitigates Jacobs v Moses, with Lovecraft refereeing.
Crowdsourcing a list of bad cops: Who's on the Brady List?
Censorship, Parler and antitrust: Just because it doesn't violate the First Amendment…
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020

Competition is Killing Us: Consumer harm considered harmful.
Predatory lender seeks national bank charter: Oportun led America in suing latinx borrowers during the pandemic.
Militarizing cops was a failure: Water still wet.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Break 'Em Up: Zephyr Teachout's trustbusting program for the 21st century.
Unauthorized Meat: Mellow Sous Vide journeys to the Internet of Shit.
Let's force Big Tech to interoperate: Here's why…and how.
No consequences for police violence at BLM actions: Propublica followed up on viral videos showing gross misconduct and found…crickets.
The Internet Archive defends online libraries: First filings from the Hachette lawsuit.
Bitcoin is not a socialist's ally: Yanis Varoufakis responds to Ben Arc.
Where "software" comes from: "In October, 1953, I coined the word 'software.'"
This day in history: 2005, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Everybody Knows: Charles Hugh Smith has prepared the rap sheet.
"Longshot" NYPD surveillance transparency law passes: NYC has finally passed the POST Act.
Juneteenth in the Internet Archive: Living history, in your browser.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

John Oliver's comprehensive explanation of the rot in US policing: It's in every bone and organ.
Cox violates the Geneva Conventions: The throttling will continue until morale improves.
Paramount's Unproduced Screenplays: A core sample of 1,000 ideas from the vault.
Police budgets are out of control: "More than the city spends on health, homelessness, youth development and workforce development combined."
Auditing Omniballot, a terrible e-voting system: Paper ballots, marked with pencils, accept no imitations.
Who are Dark Basin?: Outing the cybermercenaries who attacked Net Neutrality and anti-Exxon activists.
NYPD's structural racism: Bulk of NYPD human rights complaints come from Black and Latinx youth.
IBM kills facial recognition program: But the problem with facial recognition isn't just "bias."
Nutrition labels for IoT: Only works if there's competition.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Podcast: part 5 of "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town": The lair of the crustypunk.
Cops are legally entitled to reject "high IQ" candidates: You must be this stupid to ride.
How the CARES Act bails out the super-rich: $1200 for thee, not me.
Private equity's coming for your pension: In a pinch, apex predators eat anything.
Big mail providers block indie mailing lists: The enclosure of email.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

White House street renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza": But when will Mayor Bowser rein in the violent white supremacists in Metro PD?
Little Green Men: Who are the secretive, armed men patrolling DC?
Kim Stanley Robinson on the Jobs Guarantee: Forced labor or dignified labor?
There's a bright side: Massive waves of voter registration, support for defunding the police.
Toxic familial surveillance: Tech supercharges intimate surveillance.
Consumer Reports joins the revolution: Which side are you on?
This day in history: 2005, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Image Scrubber: An in-browser image sanitizer that doesn't require you to trust a random website.
Trump's bailout guy is making millions for his family: Justin Muzinich isn't a flamboyant villain like Mnuchin. He's a quiet villain.
Fix the police: What evidence says about police reform.
After Jim Crow, broken windows: Kelling and Zimbardo have a lot to answer for.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading