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How AI-Powered Emotional Surveillance Can Threaten Personal Autonomy and Democracy | TechPolicy.Press If we do not regulate emotional AI surveillance now, we might soon have to fake how we feel to protect our privacy, writes Oznur Uguz.

The increasing use of AI to surveil people’s emotions endangers not only privacy but also personal autonomy—the bedrock of democracy, writes Oznur Uguz. Newly emerging AI laws fail to provide adequate safeguards, she says.

"While on the phone with 911, Rinderknecht allegedly typed a question into ChatGPT: 'Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes'"

A source shares some screenshots of the Lapsus ransomware gang celebrating the government shutdown as a disruption to the FBI investigations tracking them.

They also refer to Trump as "my king."

* TRUMP TO U.S. MILITARY LEADERS: WE'RE UNDER INVASION FROM WITHIN

@reuters.com

Well don't I feel stupid

NEW: Here's our report on the "SIM farm" the Secret Service discovered, which hopefully helps better explain what the hell is up with all this. @agreenberg.bsky.social, @lhn.bsky.social, & @mattburgess1.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/sim-fa...

Researchers suggest LLM-powered medical AI tools understate the severity of symptoms in female patients and show less "empathy" toward Black and Asian patients (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

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TJA urges caution in reporting on details of Charlie Kirk shooting investigation Various outlets have reported that authorities have found ammunition engraved with expressions of “transgender and antifascist ideology” alongside a weapon purportedly associated with the killing of C...

“News organizations should be as transparent as possible about how details… are being confirmed, both to increase accuracy in reporting and build trust with audiences in a breaking news environment.”

Our full statement:

www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

Old journalism rule: Don't publish everything you hear on the police scanner.

i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again

tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here

"This is the kind of signature that we would see that was made by something biological … it's kind of the equivalent of seeing leftover fossils … leftovers from a meal. And maybe that meal has been excreted by a microbe. And that's what we're seeing in this sample."

www.npr.org/2025/09/10/n...

legitimately depressing

the president likely raped and trafficked children, you pathetic fucks

For ex. one concern over solar inverters is catching on fire. So an adversary can mess with things *waves hands around vaguely* to do so but that's a concern anyway regardless lmao and there are mitigations that can avoid both issues AND you can still buy cheap shit from China.

I don't know what this means. Tampered to do what? It would be cool to know what can actually be done with that access. I doubt the actual alert said anything too different tbh as there is often a lot of rah rah without specifics. These are physical devices so there can be physical solutions.

Exclusive: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure U.S. officials say solar-powered highway infrastructure including chargers, roadside weather stations, and traffic cameras should be scanned for the presence of rogue devices – such as hidden radios – secreted inside batteries and inverters.

wat

"There is increasing concern from U.S. officials that the devices, along with the electronic systems that manage rechargeable batteries, could be seeded with rogue communications components that would allow them to be remotely tampered with on Beijing’s orders."

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

* detained bleh

I shouldn't have to preemptively ensure that I have access to imm lawyers in case I get profiled and detailed when traveling but here we are.

Progressives Urge U.S. Arms Embargo After Israel Bombs Qatar Qatar is the sixth country Israel bombed this year, interrupting ceasefire negotiations in a war progressives say U.S. support makes possible.

“My concern is that this is a never-ending war, where Israel is targeting more and more countries around the world with impunity,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.

Progressives Urge U.S. Arms Embargo After Israel Bombs Qatar
theintercept.com/2025/09/09/i...

Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer over testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel.

Oh, I see that neither @reuters.com nor @advocate.com credited Law Dork with breaking this story. Not cool.

My Spanish is improving so much, representing these folks kidnapped by I.C.E.

Still need to hire certified translators, though.

Venmo: @JohnathanPerk
Cashapp: $JohnathanPerk

Community is the only force that can defeat fascism. Thank you all. 🖤🖤

Headlines about cops drinking and driving and banks supporting Epstein and lgbtq lawyer targeted by Trump and irs immunizing rich people for tax shelters.

A few random headlines from the last 24 hours are a reminder that the system of “law enforcement” only attempts to enforce *some* laws against *some* people. Being “tough on crime” always means ignoring crimes of the powerful while ruthlessly crushing vulnerable people and political targets.

Please do not call the cops when someone is having a mental health crisis. They escalate the crisis and put people in more danger.

In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams.

Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.

Conservative Justices Declare Racial Profiling Just Fine If Mister Trump Asks For It Once again, the Court issues an unexplained shadow docket order that will inflict real-world harm on people whom Supreme Court justices never encounter or think about.

Being Latino and speaking Spanish is not probative of anything but being Latino and speaking Spanish

The only way the Court could conclude otherwise is if it thinks being Latino is incompatible with innocence

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/noem-...

A moderate impact level occurs when the loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability could be expected to have a serious adverse effect on organizational operations, organizational assets, or individuals. A serious adverse effect means that, for example, the loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability might: Cause a significant deterioration of mission capability, but CMS is still able to perform its primary functions Effectiveness of functions is noticeably reduced Result in significant damage to organizational assets Result in significant financial loss Result in significant harm to individuals that does not involve loss of life or serious life threatening injuries

It adds that ChatGPT has been granted an "Authority to Operate" at the FISMA Moderate level, referring to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act.

Here's what "moderate" means:

there is nothing scientific or transparent about generative ai's "answers"

matty realizes the leopards would in fact eat his face

Lawyer here, currently representing nearly 40 clients who themselves, or who have family that were kidnapped by I.C.E., weeks ago in Los Angeles.

@RonFilipkowski.bsky.social’s advice is fine—but please understand: “proof of citizenship” will NOT stop I.C.E. from kidnapping you or your loved ones.

Labels, Not Law, to Justify Lethal Force: Venezuela Boat Strike A new label does not transform a problem or grant the U.S. president or the U.S. military expanded legal authority to kill civilians.

"... there is a danger that with this rhetorical move, the Trump administration is attempting to open a new
“forever war” against an amorphous set of actors who are not in reality engaged in hostilities against the United States."
www.justsecurity.org/119985/label...