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“Free” Surveillance Tech Still Comes At A High And Dangerous Cost

18 hours 53 minutes ago
Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement “free” access to surveillance equipment that bypasses local oversight. The result is predictable: serious accountability gaps and data pipelines to other entities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that expose millions of people to harm. The cost of “free” surveillance tools — […]
Beryl Lipton and Sarah Hamid

Anatomy of an avalanche

19 hours 7 minutes ago
One of the deadliest avalanches in modern California history occurred in the Castle Peak backcountry area north of Lake Tahoe, after more than three feet of snow and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour created unstable, drifting snow.
Haley Fitzpatrick