Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬

@robertboscacci.com

Seattle's only Data Engineer πŸš²πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»πŸš’ Author of a book about computer vision: https://robertboscacci.com/book

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Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

Another person has died in ICE custody β€” this is the 28th known death this year. The cruelty of this rogue agency is beyond unconscionable. Abolish ICE.

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

Β«AlgorithmΒ» is named after the 9th-century Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi who Β«helped introduce algorithmic methods for solving mathematical problems, popularized the use of Hindu-Arabic numerals (including the concept of zero) in the West, and laid the groundwork for algebraΒ».

npr.orgHow 'algorithm' got its name from a 9th-century Persian mathematicianIn the 9th century, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Kharizmi helped solidify the concept of algorithms in mathematics and popularized algebra and the use of the zero.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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dell cameron@dell.bsky.social

NEW: SFPD exposed its live police drone feeds to the open internet. Color + thermal, 5,000 GPS points over 44 miles + pilots’ names and emails. No authentication. Found by a routine scrape of the manufacturer’s domain.

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

The four humans who have traveled the furthest from Earth. (Via NASA.)

Thinking about putting a marine radio antenna on my Seattle balcony overlooking Elliott Bay, transcribing the traffic automatically, and building a map where you can click on boats and hear what they were saying. Worth ~$200 in hardware or is this a solved problem? πŸš’πŸ“‘ (Is there enough chatter?)

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

The SAVE Act is an election power grab that could block millions of eligible voters. Let’s be clear: we’ve already seen U.S. citizens detained by ICE despite having proof of citizenship. Now we’re supposed to trust this same government to police paperwork at the ballot box? tinyurl.com/yhwj7b77

brennancenter.orgNew SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From VotingThe β€œshow your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.

NINE HUNDRED

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

A reminder to the news media: β€œconflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

The numbers I am seeing, and the breadth of people and places with basically no arrests and so forth, seem to me an unqualified political loss for them. It is a show of strength rather than the fight itself, but you can’t downplay it.

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

NEW: A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild the region. Some of these companies say they had absolutely no idea they were mentioned.

wired.comA Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not InvolvedA presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

Rob Boscacci πŸ’ΎπŸ•οΈπŸŽ¬ reposted

Mark is one of the US’s leading scholars on the history of antifascism and a professor at Rutgers University. He was harassed by the fascist group TPUSA, and began receiving death threats. As he and his family attempted to flee the country, this happened:

Mark Bray@mark-bray.bsky.social

β€œSomeone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second. We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation β€˜disappeared.’

Y'all we can't let this slide

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Police in Chicago have open a criminal investigation into a malicious assault carried out by Trump's secret police on a CBS News camera crew. This is one of more than a dozen incidents of assaults by ICE officers against journalists in the last week. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...