Lucy Parsons Labs

Chicago!! Let’s stop shotspotter once and for all (again) vote NO this election on the shotspotter question find the toolkit: tiny.cc/sssballot

More than 55 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations sent a letter to the Cook County Board of Commissioners calling on them freeze law enforcement spending to protect social services. Learn more & read the letter: endmoneybond.org/55-organizat...

Beginning Friday (9/11), I will begin a sabbatical from @lucyparsonslabs.com until ~January. The org will, of course, continue to operate without me. However, I will be reading, resting, cooking and doing whatever I want.

NEW: Clearview AI built an AI tool designed to turn a face search into an automated investigation of a person’s life online — and tested it with a model from xAI, maker of Grok. The prototype could hunt for associates, social accounts, employers, addresses, and more. www.wired.com/story/clearv...

Flock is on a (corruption) campaign to purchase influence among elected officials by bankrolling them. theintercept.com/2026/09/04/f...

TODAY: We often get requests for how to get involved in the work LPL is doing. We are finally re-opening our volunteers process up. Let's meet-up on Discord on Sept 8th and talk.

Flock so toxic even the Trib Editorial Board is veering away. Ironic considering our Dem governor, legislature, and AG continue to funnel millions into more ALPRs every year.

Gitmo 🤝 ICE

"Despite what some city officials have claimed, functionally #Axon offers the same vertically integrated, widely-shared, AI-powered database as #Flock. A dragnet of this magnitude gives users incredible power that is, as is well-documented now, easily abuseable." #deflock #surveillance #fusus

We often get requests for how to get involved in the work LPL is doing. We are finally re-opening our volunteers process up. Let's meet-up on Discord on Sept 8th and talk.

NEW: Illinoisans in solitary confinement will no longer have access to outside communication, legal materials and educational programming through tablets. news.wttw.com/2026/08/31/i...

I talk a lot about how much I hate Flock (for good reason) but did you know you can help @lucyparsonslabs.com continue to investigate these companies? We are a engine of change and you can help pour gas into our tank to take these companies on. donorbox.org/lpl-alpr-fund

don’t believe the hype. license plate readers do more harm than good #noalprs #banalprs #endalprs

"i think the police are more concerned with filling out insurance papers and playing candy crush than finding my bike" -- freddy

slideeee rsvp: tiny.cc/alproutchi

Thanks to @WBEZ for having us on to talk about all issues surveillance. Lots of callers were very distrustful of Big Tech and we talked about (some) ways Flock has been caught breaking the law. www.wbez.org/say-more-wit...

As long as nothing serious happens in the world (a big IF), we’ll be on WBEZ tomorrow morning talking about all about surveillance and talking to listeners. Dial in with questions!

The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.

Everyone is talking about Flock but I've been reading the same article for 15 years about different technologies so I rage wrote about it for @19thnews.org 19thnews.org/2026/08/floc...

Hey y’all our talk *should* be on the CS stage 4 in w3. Recommend getting there early because there is a lot of interest in this talk. #DEFCON34

Thanks for being a part of the community that is working to #deflock our communities.

I still have one human badge to give away for #DEFCON34. Come grab it from me and then join us tomorrow at our talk about Flock where I'll just be showing 404 media headlines and getting increasingly pissed off. www.404media.co/flock-pitche...

Any LPL supporters want a #DEFCON34 badge? DM or @ us.

Update: Our talk about the National Movement Against ALPRs at #DEFCON34 will be on SATURDAY @5pm on crypto & privacy community stage. #deflock #defcon

Our good friends from @eff.org are going to join us at #DEFCON34 to talk about ALPRs. We will go into excruciating details about how all the governance and policies around ALPRs are designed to fail. bsky.app/profile/evac...

i’ll be at #defcon34 with @trevortimm.bsky.social this week Lessons from a decade of building whistleblower tech When: Friday, August 7th at 2:00pm Where: LVCC - L1 - Exhibit Hall West 3 - 906 (Main Track 3) defcon.org/html/defcon-...

Hey, so I’ll be at #DEFCON34 talking about the national fight against ALPRs with my @eff.org friends. (Friday 4pm @ Crypto / Privacy Village) But like, I need @404media.co to slow down its reporting, I’m trying to finalize our slide deck. bsky.app/profile/jaso...

Surveillance companies are run by antisocial freaks who are happy to let cops stalk women because there is a dollar in it for them. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Have you read the LPL 2026 Summer newsletter. It’s here and features events, updates about our fellowship cohort, and even a film and album recommendation! Please take a look canva.link/mf4dxd6q164i...

City Bureau @citybureau.bsky.social has a new rounds of fellowships open for people interested expanding access to information, particularly on the South and West side. Details here -> www.citybureau.org/fellowship-a...

THIS SUNDAY: Join LPL @ Life on Marz with the Illinois Luddite Society to talk about the resurgence in Ludditism and the growing riff between labor, culture and society against "technical disruptions" which only bring negative impacts on the world. 1950 N Western on August 2nd at 5pm.

Come hang out with us! LPL is having a summer meetup and chill session on the lake on Sunday July 26th. We’ll be on 43rd and the Lake with picnic style snacks and drinks. Bring yourselves, sunscreen, and a friend who might enjoy learning more about LPL!

If you're anything like me, it might not have registered in your brain that this event is *this* Sunday. See you there!

Come hang out with us! LPL is having a summer meetup and chill session on the lake on Sunday July 26th. We’ll be on 43rd and the Lake with picnic style snacks and drinks. Bring yourselves, sunscreen, and a friend who might enjoy learning more about LPL!

Today's episode of Democracy Now takes a look at the popular backlash against Flock and ALPRs. #deflock #alpr #surveillance www.democracynow.org/shows/2026/7...

Want to see a public collection of all the times cops have been busted abusing Flock systems to stalk exes, spy on protests, or deport migrants? You can check it out here 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 HT @deflock library.kansas.watch

The CEO of Fwock is weally, weally sowwy for calling anti Fwock activists “tewworists” www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Media.

COMPUTER COPS: Inside the big business of selling AI to the police

Blue Island, a suburb of Chicago with a huge Mexican population, is one police agency sharing immigration data with ICE. Via @eff.org www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...