https://pinboard.in/u:jm/public/ recent bookmarks from jm 2019-10-03T10:12:45+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/magazine/ice-surveillance-deportation.html#click=https://t.co/106daANqmy jmTracking immigrants in this country is an increasingly trivial exercise because it’s an increasingly trivial exercise to track any of us. [...] Over the course of more than a year, I tried to reverse-engineer individual ICE officers’ use of America’s vast post-Sept. 11 domestic-surveillance apparatus, retracing their hunt for targets down to the very searches they entered into their computers. The scale of domestic surveillance of the general population in the US is huge. We need more friction: 'What may be most unusual about Washington State is not what it collects and not what it has shared but the degree to which it has been forced to become transparent about the vast quantity of personal data that courses through its bureaucracy. For decades, the overriding objective of American business and government has been to remove friction from the tracking system, by linking networks, by speeding connections, by eliminating barriers. But friction is the only thing that has ever made privacy, let alone obscurity, possible. If there’s no friction, if we can all be profiled instantly and intimately, then there’s nothing to stop any of our neighbors from being targeted — nothing, that is, except our priorities.']]> ice privacy data-protection data-privacy immigration us-politics trump surveillance palantir great-oak tracking https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:b5462c83960f/ 2019-07-29T11:33:23+00:00 https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/research-highlight-loss-arctics-reflective-sea-ice-will-advance-global-warming-25-years jm“Losing the reflective power of Arctic sea ice will lead to warming equivalent to one trillion tons of CO2 and advance the 2ºC threshold by 25 years. Any rational policy would make preventing this a top climate priority for world leaders,” said Ramanathan, a professor of atmospheric and climate sciences at Scripps. [....] Computer forecast models are actually underestimating the extent of this trend.  “We analyzed 40 climate models from modeling centers around the world,” said Eisenman, a professor of climate, atmospheric science, and physical oceanography at Scripps. “Not a single one of the models simulated as much Arctic sea ice retreat per degree of global warming as has been observed during recent decades.” ]]> arctic climate-change climate global-warming fear ice earth https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:2cf381505420/ 2018-06-26T22:39:40+00:00 https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-immigration-court/ jmTo conform to Trump’s policies, Reuters has learned, ICE modified a tool officers have been using since 2013 when deciding whether an immigrant should be detained or released on bond. The computer-based Risk Classification Assessment uses statistics to determine an immigrant’s flight risk and danger to society. Previously, the tool automatically recommended either “detain” or “release.” Last year, ICE spokesman Bourke said, the agency removed the “release” recommendation. More: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evk3kw/ice-modified-its-risk-assessment-software-so-it-automatically-recommends-detention ]]> immigration statistics machine-learning rubber-stamping fake-algorithms whitewashing ice us-politics https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:52d02fbdf434/ 2017-11-20T16:25:48+00:00 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ibm-immigration/ibm-urged-to-avoid-working-on-extreme-vetting-of-u-s-immigrants-idUSKBN1DG1VT jmICE wants to use machine learning technology and social media monitoring to determine whether an individual is a “positively contributing member of society,” according to documents published on federal contracting websites. More than 50 civil society groups and more than 50 technical experts sent separate letters on Thursday to the Department of Homeland Security saying the vetting program as described was “tailor-made for discrimination” and contending artificial intelligence was unable to provide the information ICE desired. ]]> civil-rights politics usa trump ice ibm civil-liberties immigration discrimination racism social-media https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:35662dbd651d/ 2017-03-03T10:53:33+00:00 https://theintercept.com/2017/03/02/palantir-provides-the-engine-for-donald-trumps-deportation-machine/ jm palantir immigration peter-thiel deportation ice us-politics https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:0398a079d7ce/ 2011-11-14T11:39:29+00:00 http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=60783 jm weather ice cycling commute snow bikes https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:cad27f51c776/ 2011-11-02T23:02:33+00:00 http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp jm ice winter tires tyres cycling shopping commute https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:0a10d7344603/ 2011-02-16T15:14:12+00:00 http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-shuts-down-84000-websites-by-mistake-110216/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Torrentfreak+(Torrentfreak)&utm_content=Google+Reader jm dhs ice censorship internet domains dns seizure false-positives child-porn https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:0baa32826275/ 2010-12-29T15:27:02+00:00 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101222/02112912376/more-bigger-mistakes-discovered-homeland-securitys-domain-seizures.shtml jm mp3 music piracy law ice dhs filesharing copyright copyfight techdirt via:fanf seizure mp3blogs https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:c19a7cadfeb0/ 2010-12-16T22:42:18+00:00 http://www.dutchbikeco.com/_blog/Dutch_Bike_Co_Weblog/post/A_More_Professional_Solution/ jm bikes cycling ice tires sneachta snow schwalbe winter https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:33f85321dc34/ 2010-01-12T11:40:04+00:00 http://www.sct.ie/store/product/31695/Zamberlan-Snow-Chains/ jm chains ice snow shoes boots footwear weather crampons https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:5c343882ac86/