Lana Parsons

Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.

“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”

Preorder today. “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance.” #books

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Thank you for your poetic blurb. And as you wait to buy my book in March you should all read “Police and the Empire City.”

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

Spooky pup!

@profferguson.bsky.social’s work in this area is so important.

Excited to “Generative Suspicion and the Risks of AI-Assisted Police Reports” in print. This is the first deep dive law review article into this novel AI use case for policing. #law #policing

scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol120/...

North Carolina has a law that makes it a criminal offense for people with felony convictions to vote before their rights have been restored, even if they were unaware or there was a mistake.

The 4th circuit just struck that down: www.courthousenews.com/fourth-circu...

Always should’ve been ❤️

Washington Post headline: No clear answers on whether Trump signed the Epstein birthday book The president denies it is his writing, and experts say they can't be sure. The White House welcomed a forensic analysis of the loopy D and long tail.

lol fuck off

So I'll wait for you, love
And I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return?
Oh, will I ever learn?
Oh-oh, lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

It makes me feel better to tell myself that it’s all an elaborate plot to promote your new book

My Sydney Sweeney take is that it doesn't make any sense to use boobs to sell jeans

If you know any entering law students, send them this. It explains why they belong in law school even if they worry they do not belong. “Letter to a 1L on the First Day of Law School. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Yikes

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.

Stores test AI-powered shoplifting prediction software Stores across North America and Europe are using software that employs artificial intelligence to identify potential shoplifters

Don’t act suspicious or AI will flag you. san.com/cc/stores-te...

Love to see it!!

Unrelated, but nice new headshot!

University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted

“The University of Michigan is using private, undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestinian campus groups, including trailing them on and off campus, furtively recording them and eavesdropping on their conversations…”

Just a huge win for Taylor and artists everywhere! 💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤

And written by the best law prof ever!

What if video analytics systems violated the Fourth Amendment? digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Please pray or send positive vibes for the best boy in the world!
#labs #dogs #yellowlab #prayer

she’s always got me 💕

Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility.

Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!

You’re the expert!