For my weekenders: I profiled Ken “Goldfinger” Connell, an acid courier, hash smuggler, escape artist, folk hero in the Dead’s orbit—and a catastrophe to his own family. Decades later, his son and niece went looking for who he truly was.
I really enjoyed doing this interview with Frances Haugen about how leaking to journalists works and why sources get caught, why Meta continues to he a disaster, and what it’s like to see yourself dramatized in a movie: youtu.be/oB3IxwCfP7M?...
For NJans and NYers, the NY/NJ HIDTA (the bizarro pseudo-federal agency discussed in the article) is also the owner/controller of the main facial recognition system used by law enforcement across our region. A terrifying surveillance apparatus being built outside traditional public accountability.
this is how cal used to talk about defense, extremely wondering if the orioles even attempt to do this anymore / if this is like, a foreign concept to jackson holliday
Following our investigation into the White House's secretive ALPR database, Sen. Wyden is demanding a privacy review / more details:
go Bookie Metts
can’t wait to catch all my uhhhh favorite dodgers players in the playoffs
this is the funniest thing i've seen in a looooong time.
city passes new rule allowing prayer before city council meetings. satanist prays. city council then debates proper time to "undo the curse that was just put on our city"
for those wondering, this cost us about $500 + a full day of someone's time to get, even though it was entered into evidence in a court case months ago. Still crazy to me that we have to pay for court records and in many cases you have to physically go there to get them
Body cam footage obtained by 404 Media reveals the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers.
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social scopp here: www.404media.co/watch-footag...
The video shows the cop was using Flock on his laptop while driving 60mph before even pulling her over
excerpts of the video here. full videos in the article. shout out to a 404 Media reader who went to the courthouse to get this for us
New: We got body camera footage of the Flock search and traffic stop a judge ruled unconstitutional and "indiscriminate mass surveillance"
austin hays is the anti bryan baker
doesn’t even come close to Jeffrey Maier btw
byeeeeeeeeeeeee
rays padres World Series would be fun
omg it really is
because i'm a journalist and people want us to write about them
it's true
