dell cameron (@dell.bsky.social)

@dell.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 12:09 PM Pinned

NEW: "...The code WIRED collected holds Flock’s user interface and shows both the network calls it makes and the answers it expects in return... Two notification systems are aimed at human beings."

@dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest

www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Screenshot of a mock-up web interface labeled FlockOS. A red-bordered banner at the top reads: "This is a mock-up rebuilt from Flock Safety's own published code. It holds no police data—every plate, camera, and record in it is invented. What officers see in a live system may differ."

Below the banner is a navigation bar with "Search" (selected) and "Alerts," then a row of tabs: Search, Lookup, FreeForm (selected), Convoy, Multi-Geo, Visual.

The panel is titled "Flock FreeForm." Under it, two radio buttons labeled Vehicle and People, with People selected.

A yellow advisory box headed "People Search Advisory" states that only video cameras compatible with People Search will appear in the device selector, and that LPR cameras are not supported for this feature.

Under the heading "Run FreeForm Search" is an empty text field with placeholder text "Enter body, make, color, etc." Beneath it, a green example line reads: Good: "person wearing scrubs".

A bordered box instructs the user to "Use short, literal descriptions of the vehicle or person," with two bulleted examples in green: Good: "blue BMW M3 with red stripe on roof" and Good: "person wearing scrubs".

At the bottom is a green button labeled "Run FreeForm Search," followed by gray text: "Freeform searches can only be run on increments of 30 days or less. Please refine your search."

@couts.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:40 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

NEW: We made a continuously updating tracker to help everyone make sense of Elon Musk’s America PAC spending on the midterms. Tool built by @dell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, & @regret.bsky.social; reporting by @hugolowell.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

wired.comElon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It DailyTo follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.

@couts.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:36 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

NEW: The US military is trying to court “nontraditional” companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, including using video pitches that are 5 minutes or less for AI tools that could be used in the “kill chain.” @regret.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/the-pe...

wired.comThe Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute VideosThe US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

@telliotter.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:58 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

SCOOP: Last week the National Design Studio announced a new AI website, America.gov. Turns out some NDS workers are on loan to the government and are actually employed by a newly formed nonprofit, founded by the general counsel of SpaceXAI who is himself a DOGE alum.

www.wired.com/story/myster...

wired.comA Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government WorkersThe National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.

@leahfeiger.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:50 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time.

amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:

wired.comElon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It DailyTo follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.

@mollytaft.com Oct 4, 2026, 1:39 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

NEW: starting jan 1, a new federal tax windfall could kick in for rural data centers around the country

new research from @searchlightinst.bsky.social shows dozens of projects potentially eligible for the break — as hyperscalers battle backlash against dcs

wired.comRural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax BreakUnder the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.

@mattburgess1.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:47 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

New analysis from @benmshultz.net has found 50 MEPs—46 of them women—are included on deepfake sexual abuse websites.

"This translates to roughly one in six women MEPs," the findings say, expanding on the 150 national MPs found on the sites last month

Findings: agoradigital.de/wp-content/u...

Matt Burgess (WIRED)@mattburgess1.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 12:28 PM

NEW: More than 100 politicians in Europe have been depicted on deepfake sexual abuse websites—nearly all of them are women

wired.comSexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in EuropeAn analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women.

agoradigital.de

@dell.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 10:49 PM

youtu.beThe Doomsday Cult Inside OpenAIYouTube video by Patrick Boyle

@dell.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 9:41 PM

please be true

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:19 AM

Joe Rogansphere is taking the new Elephant Graveyard video so badly that Kurt Metzger is trying to expose him as Canadian rapper Buck 65

Kurt says nooooo come back! Is this BC I made a silly Billy joke about you being a state funded Canadian rapper? C'mon buddy we're just having fun!Buddy? Buddy! Nooooo we may have lost buddy!

Multiple posts of Kurt Metzger melting down and claiming Buck 65 is Elephant Graveyard and that he's state funded. Even getting nearly ratioed by his own fans embarrassed for him and saying he's compromised

@dell.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 11:33 PM

youtube.comLivin' ProofYouTube video by Group Home - Topic

@atrupar.com Sep 10, 2026, 10:15 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

somebody at the RNC yells death threats toward Abdul El-Sayed and Talarico as Cruz attacks them

@dell.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 10:05 PM

tight

elephant graveyard video with WIRED story about Dialog: "Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel's Secretive 'Dialog' Soceity

@dell.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 9:33 PM

oh shit lol

youtube.comHow Comedy Drowned in a Radioactive Cesspool of Corruption and DepravityYouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard

@dell.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 10:13 PM

youtube.comDid OpenAI actually build AGI? GPT-6 Astra first lookYouTube video by Fireship

@couts.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 11:18 AMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

NEW: You’ve probably heard of police officers accused of abusing Flock searches to stalk exes and romantic interests. We got the code for Flock’s latest search tool, figured out how it works, and recreated it for all to see. @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social w/ the scoop:

wired.comThis Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for CopsWIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description.

@dell.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 12:09 PM PinnedReposted by @dell.bsky.social

NEW: "...The code WIRED collected holds Flock’s user interface and shows both the network calls it makes and the answers it expects in return... Two notification systems are aimed at human beings."

@dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest

www.wired.com/story/flock-...

@davidgilbert.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 7:53 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

NEW

ICE wants to build a nationwide database of voters, their voting history and, potentially, their party affiliations too.

....and it's willing to pay someone up to $5M to do it

www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...

wired.comICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting DatabaseAs part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.

@fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 3:18 AMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

Canada has recruited dozens of researchers away from US universities. 48 out of 64 chair recipients in a government program worth $500+ million are coming from US institutions like Harvard and MIT. 🧵

@silenttakedown.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 5:53 PMReposted by @dell.bsky.social

yeah sure whatever, let lara croft cook potato stew on her phone for 2m0s of damage resistance who gives a shit anymore

a screenshot from the upcoming remake of Tomb Raider 1. lara croft is looking at her phone in the middle of an ancient ruin, and it's showing her a generic crafting menu, and a png of saucepan of stew that apparently her phone lets her cook for "Damage resistance" if she has 6 potatoes

@dell.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 12:24 PM

Police can search a little cultural expression, as a treat

www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Screenshot titled "What Police See When a Search Is Flagged." Subhead: Flock's code scores a search against eight categories and returns allow, warn, or block. Seven categories have block wording, three have warning wording. Religion and nationality have both.

Two columns. Left, on tan, headed "WARNED." Right, on pink, headed "BLOCKED."

Warning messages, by category:

Political, social and cultural expression: the search may relate to political affiliation or social/cultural expression, which have constitutional protections. If the officer proceeds, the search appears in the audit log and their admin gets an email.

Religion: it appears the officer might be searching religion-related terms, which have constitutional protections. Same audit-log and admin-email consequence.

Nationality: the search may contain nationality terms, which have constitutional protections. Same consequence.

A dashed box below notes the other five categories produce a generic warning instead: the search may have included sensitive terms, the admin will be notified as part of "our policy" (a link), and the search will appear in the audit log.

Block messages, by category:

Person (harmless) and sex or gender: blocked because it appears to include person-related terms, such as gender, clothing, or behavior, while using vehicle search.

Religion: stopped because it may have contained protected searches for religion.

Race or ethnicity: stopped because it may have contained protected categories including race or ethnicity.

Nationality: stopped because it may have contained nationality terms, which have constitutional protections.

Subjective: stopped because it may have contained subjective or biased terms which have constitutional protections.

Offensive content: stopped because it may have contained terms related to sexual content or innuendo, offensive words, phrases, or slurs.

@dell.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 12:17 PM

Flock tells cops sometimes its software can't tell its elbow from a doorknob, and if you use it, you're on your own.

www.wired.com/story/flock-...