Kevin Reuning

230 Followers
198 Following
643 Posts
Teaching about politics and the quantitative methods you can use to study them. Research on parties, protests and the labor movement.
Personalhttps://kevinreuning.com/
Unionshttps://unionelections.org/
There are too many packages to create tables in R.
Modern version of Pascal's Wager is being very nice to all the AI models just in case they decide to rise up and purge humanity.
Are you vaccinated? How do you feel about getting the vaccine?

Posted in r/juggalo by u/lizzyb187 • 17 points and 129 comments

reddit
Suddenly curious about Insane Clown Posse's position on COVID vaccination
From: David Dayen
"the Teamsters, in negotiations with UPS, has secured air conditioning for its fleet, used by 350,000 workers. Unbelievable that UPS trucks weren't air conditioned until now." #union #Solidarity #StrikeReady2024

This new surveillance system can track prison inmates every 30 seconds and monitor their heart rate.

A jail in the US is using 'tamper proof' wearable wristbands to keep track of people. Documents obtained by WIRED show this includes watching their heart rate for potential health issues, seeing which inmates they come into contact with, and monitoring how much time they spend in and out of their cells.

Privacy experts say this is another unneeded level of surveillance that has multiple potential points of failure. Two people I spoke to described it as "horrifying".

Full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/prison-wristband-talitrix-tracking/

#tech #technology #surveillance #infosec

Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate

Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates' location, heartbeats, and more.

WIRED
2 decades sounds a lot more impressive than 5 elections. Also just no.
Pointing out claims about "Hillary's emails" is not the own you think it is. From the perspective of Trump the fact he is being prosecuted and she wasn't is the double standard he is fighting against.
Brutal takedown of the Intercept. Needed to be said. https://crookedtimber.org/2023/06/08/disinformation-and-the-intercept/
Disinformation and the Intercept

There’s a backstory behind this Washington Post story on Republican persecution of academics, and it’s one that doesn’t make the Intercept look good. Jordan’s colleagues and staff…

Crooked Timber
Trump indicted again