We know where you’ve been: Ars acquires 4.6M license plate scans from the cops

We know where you’ve been: Ars acquires 4.6M license plate scans from the cops

We know where you’ve been: Ars acquires 4.6M license plate scans from the cops

One citizen demands: “Do you know why Oakland is spying on me and my wife?”

Source: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/we-know-where-youve-been-ars-acquires-4-6m-license-plate-scans-from-the-cops/

Theory: Playboy Model Who Got $1.6 Million Had Affair With Trump, Not Broidy

Theory: Playboy Model Who Got $1.6 Million Had Affair With Trump, Not Broidy

Theory: Playboy Model Who Got $1.6 Million Had Affair With Trump, Not Broidy

Michael Cohen arranged a $1.6 million payout to a model allegedly impregnated by GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy. But was Broidy covering for Trump?

Source: nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/theory-playboy-model-had-affair-with-trump-not-broidy.html

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less — and cheaper — training. Should that make students rethink the four-year degree?

Source: www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university

Technology turns our cities into spies for ICE, whether we like it or not

Technology turns our cities into spies for ICE, whether we like it or not

Technology turns our cities into spies for ICE, whether we like it or not

Just as consumer electronics continually get faster, cheaper, smaller, and more sophisticated, so too do the tools law enforcement uses to spy on us.

Source: www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-farivar-surveillance-tech-20180502-story.html

In Honor of Kanye: Historian Kevin Kruse Explains the History of Political Parties and Civil Rights

In Honor of Kanye: Historian Kevin Kruse Explains the History of Political Parties and Civil Rights

In Honor of Kanye: Historian Kevin Kruse Explains the History of Political Parties and Civil Rights

Princeton University history professor Kevin M. Kruse is a Twitter Ninja Warrior. He can slice and dice and bring the facts with a devastating wit. In this Twitter thread he educates and illuminates a topic which has been muddied by Christian nationalist history writers such as Dinesh D’Souza and David Barton: The history of political parties …

Source: www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2018/05/01/in-honor-of-kanye-historian-kevin-kruse-explains-the-history-of-political-parties-and-civil-rights/

How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica — ProPublica

How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica — ProPublica

How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica — ProPublica

It can be done but it’s not easy.

Source: www.propublica.org/article/how-to-wrestle-your-data-from-data-brokers-silicon-valley-and-cambridge-analytica

Billions from gas tax and vehicle fees will go to transit projects, California officials announce

Billions from gas tax and vehicle fees will go to transit projects, California officials announce

Billions from gas tax and vehicle fees will go to transit projects, California officials announce

The money is part of $5.4 billion expected to be raised annually for road and bridge repairs and mass transit improvements through increases in the gas tax and vehicle fees approved last year by the Legislature and Brown.

Source: www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gas-tax-money-20180426-story.html