Andy (River) Peterson

Andy (River) Peterson @kansasalps

(CAPITALISM WILL TRY TO TRICK YOU ON THIS ONE, WATCH OUT!) — PolitiTweet.org

Andy (River) Peterson @kansasalps

Happy May Day, everyone! YOU ARE MORE THAN YOUR WORK! — PolitiTweet.org

Andy (River) Peterson @kansasalps

I avoided listening to @zigzagpod for too long because it felt too raw to listen to something about fixing the broken for-profit media ecosystem while recovering from being consumed by it, but I'm binging now and it is *marvelous* — PolitiTweet.org

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@amandapalmer I think this is the year I finally openly flaunt having leg hair with shorts the entire summer, and it will be *glorious* — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @weareoversight: We sued to find out more about the use of DNA testing to reunite families separated at the border and about HHS's plans… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OhNoSheTwitnt: Not sure why men are so afraid of being falsely accused of sexually assaulting women when men who actually sexually assa… — PolitiTweet.org

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also, if you are my friend and thinking "oh god, I'm worried she's talking about me" maybe re-evaluate your actions and ask yourself why you are worried about that — PolitiTweet.org

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very seriously, do I tell them? Because I'm not even sure they realize it. Do I tell everyone else? — PolitiTweet.org

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honestly, because I am in tech circles, this has happened to me a gazillion times and each time is effing agonizing — PolitiTweet.org

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What do you do when you realize you're friends with a missing stair? — PolitiTweet.org

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What do you do when you realize you're friends a missing stair? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JakeLaperruque: What @POGOBlog Task Force on Facial Recognition Surveillance said about ongoing misidentification problems and what @dr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Haleaziz: SCOOP: A 16-year-old unaccompanied immigrant boy died in US government custody in Texas on Tuesday, officials said. Story: h… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @binarybits: Why do wealthy morons hold so much power over the journalism profession? It's not like you need a lot of capital to set up… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HalleyJBrown: Pentagon officials are leaving public service to work for contractors they once oversaw. We need to tighten our ethics la… — PolitiTweet.org

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The disclosure that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos *owns the paper* is still buried in the 15th paragraph of the story — PolitiTweet.org

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So @washingtonpost swapped the headline of the Rekognition story from "Amazon’s facial-recognition technology is supercharging local police" to "Oregon became a testing ground for Amazon’s facial-recognition policing. But what if Rekognition gets it wrong?" after I called it out — PolitiTweet.org

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THIS IS NOT A THING TO BRAG ABOUT. HE SHOULD HAVE READ IT ALL. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @moorehn: The change starts at home because the patriarchy starts at home. Patriarchal instruction about who gets to speak+lead is desig… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @moorehn: And it's also productive to examine the internalized misogyny that the left casually imposes on women, teaching them that men… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is *VERY SERIOUSLY* a dystopian policy outcome I was speculating about recently, and now it seems like they are already putting the infrastructure in place. It will be used against the most vulnerable first, then the rest of us. Fight to stop it while we still can. — PolitiTweet.org

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DHS is going to start a pilot DNA testing system at the border, theoretically to establish family relationships. How long until that information is cross-reference against commercial providers to deport undocumented family members? https://t.co/9rSZOqIYhM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JakeLaperruque: This is even more alarming as we continue to get reports that DHS is trying to identify and build a database of immigra… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @faye_lipson: So everyone, @facebook doesn't like it if you look at 'Why am I seeing this advert' on too many sponsored posts in your fe… — PolitiTweet.org

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As a reminder: Amazon has been *ACTIVELY PITCHING THIS SYSTEM TO ICE,* as @JakeLaperruque and I first revealed last year in a @POGOBlog investigation co-published with @thedailybeast: https://t.co/UuHybOWwDc — PolitiTweet.org

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But it doesn't mention Amazon changed its guidelines after an ACLU study running Members of Congress against a mugshot database showed the tool was much more likely to falsely identify PoC as matches with the mugshot database. More from @JakeLaperruque: https://t.co/bkddpfPVyb — PolitiTweet.org

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The Post story also let's Amazon off the hook for its shifting story about its own accuracy problems: To its credit, it mentions there's no enforcement for Amazon's guidelines that recommend a 99% confidence for public safety-related searches, such as those by police. — PolitiTweet.org

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At least they remembered to put in the "Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Post" disclosure... 15 PARAGRAPHS IN — PolitiTweet.org

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At least they remember to put in the "Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Post" disclosure ...... 15 PARAGRAPHS IN — PolitiTweet.org

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In practice, systems like Amazon's Rekognition could lead to wrongful arrests and false imprisonments that disproportionately affect communities of color who are already unjustly targeted by law enforcement — PolitiTweet.org