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A researcher who writes about #FOIA, policing and technology. I help run @lucyparsonslabs.com & give advice to @ddosecrets.com & @MuckRock.com

A magazine style front cover that says summer issue 2026 and LPL in Lower case letters.
A flyer for the LPL summer party that states the location of the party as near the 43rd street pedestrian bridge on the lake front. LPL will bring Non alcoholic drinks and picnic style snacks. Bring a friend.
A flyer for the LPL summer party that states the location of the party as near the 43rd street pedestrian bridge on the lake front. LPL will bring Non alcoholic drinks and picnic style snacks. Bring a friend.
Images of the pink panther with a magnifying glass with a QR code to the LPL fellowship application. http://short.lucyparsonslabs.com/summer2026
Election day results showing 244 votes FOR additional license plate readers technology and 255 AGAINST.
Apply now to join LPL as a 2026 summer fellow. Full link https://lucyparsonslabs.slack.com/archives/C0ALFSMBA3F/p1773445849626319
People Magazine headling that reads "DHS Officer seen on video kicking memorial candle for Renee Nicole Good, Woman Killed by ICE: "Don't Give a Fuck."
A paragraph that reads: “We often use the term “code of silence,” but it’s really a matter of narrative control. From the moment Laquan McDonald lay bleeding out on the ground, a narrative was forming about what happened, and within hours the city put out an account that was completely false about an aggressive, erratic young man who threatened the police. In order to sustain that false narrative, it proved necessary to intimidate witnesses, destroy evidence, falsify police reports, withhold public information from the public, stonewall the press, and, ultimately, pay out a $5 million settlement to the family in an effort to keep the video from coming out. Yet in the end, the official narrative utterly and completely cratered, and with it the political power of various actors—the mayor, the state’s attorney, the superintendent of police—creating a whole new political landscape in Chicago”
A theatre of people watching a movie with 3D glasses on from the movie “society of the spectacle”
Border patrol agents have many names for these stops “whisper” “intel” or “wall stops”. Those stops are meant to conceal—or wall off— the true reason for the stop being a federal agent sitting miles away, watching Data feeds who’s traveling on American roads and reduction who is suspicious according to documents and people interviewed by the AP.
From the article, “the border patrol has for years hidden details from its license plate reader program, trying to keep any mention of the program out of court documents and police reports. Even going so far as to propose dropping charges rather than risk revealing any details about the use of cover license plate readers”.
Headline: “IRS accessed massive database of American on flights with a warrant”
TITLE: Emergent Security Advice against ICE’s Kidnapping Spree Subtitle: A Practical, Timely, Semi-Local Guide to State Resistance Text: The current Trump administration is engaged in a monstrous campaign of snatch-and-grabs, warrantless raids, and the arbitrary detention of brown and Black people in Chicago. For months, ICE, Border Patrol, and many other masked, unknown federal agents have forcibly shoved our neighbors into vans and out of Chicago at breakneck speeds. In some cases, federal agents intentionally crash into cars and attack the people inside of them. But Chicagoans are notoriously tough people and we’ve seen numerous organic, spontaneous mobilizations emerge to shatter ICE. That being said, our collective security culture needs to respond to the harsh reality that these governmental actors simply don’t care about our rights, humanity, or dignity. Our responses must, in turn, adapt to the new authoritarian tactics, techniques and procedures. After all, we reject the detentions of all humans, with or without warrants, and what we are seeing on the ground can only be described as an aggressive application of State power.
An agenda document for the Berwyn City Council for November 12th, with the resolution highlighted. The resolution says "directing city staff to immediately deactivate the use of Flock License Plate Cameras"
the words "10 years of LPL" above a still from the hit Japanese show "Old Enough!" where toddlers wander Japan at the ages of 2 and 3 and run errands for adults.
A sign that says “Rahm Emanuel is garbage” from the 2016 World Series win of the Chicago cubs
A black cat inside of a wicker laundry basket. The laundry basket is on top of a green door mat decorated with a picture of a cheeta in yellow and orange.
The Brazil mentioned men from “k-on!” With the character holding a hot dog, bottle of mallet and a Chicago white Sox hat on
A sign of an Amtrak train that says “the future of rail advertising trains going up to 150mph”
Headline that reads: "The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said."
Text that reads, “As I approached the top of this arc, it was as if time stood still, and I was flooded with both emotion and awareness. But as Iooked down at the Earth - this stunning, fragile oasis, this island that has been given to us, and that has protected all life from the harshness of space - a sadness came over me, and I was hit in the gut with an undeniable, sobering contradiction. In spite of the overwhelming beauty of this scene, serious inequity exists on the apparent paradise we have been given. I couldn't help thinking of the nearly one billion people who don't have clean water to drink, the countless number who go to bed hungry every night, the social injustice, conflicts, and poverty that remain pervasive across the planet”
Benny the bull hjolding a sign that says "shh" and text that says "resisting grand juries, come learn how we will challenge trump's secretive terrorism investigations against organizers". May 3rd with the hyperlink tiny.cc/gjresist
Benny the bull holding a sign that says “shh” with text that reads “learn how to challenge Trump’s secretive terrorism investigations against organizers. May 3rd!
Text that reads: “Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya Sue Trump Administration for Attempted Illegal Firings” Defying 90 years of Supreme Court precedent, the Trump administration this month attempted to fire Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya, without cause, before their Senate-confirmed terms were up.
An anime girl, Yui Hirasawa from K! ON, celebrating from the “Brazil mentioned” meme. The image is captioned “Casio f-91w” mentioned because of the type of watch
Purple and yellow poster with the title "LexipolLeaks." The top reads "New Data Drop" and there's also text stating "including data from around 8,500 law enforcement agencies!". The center of the text reads "68.00 GB," "leech and seed at ddosecrets.com" and "data_source == puppygirl hacker polycule." The main body of the text reads "With support from LPL, DDoSecrets just published #LexipolLeaks, a massive trove of previously secret police training and policy manuals from Lexipol. Lexipol is a private company inluencing how american cities control their populations and justify carceral violence, like racial profiling, harassment of migrants, and police killings. For the first time, there is transparency into their documents. Download and share today!"
A depressed Ben Wyatt from parks and recs showing off a mechanical keyboard superimposed on his hand
A dump in New Jersey filled with old tires, pollution, and metal in front of the NYC skyline displaying the twin towers
Hilary Clinton surprised to see the inside of a Harlem apartment (meme from 2016)
A black Chilean dog, with a bandana around his name, jumping a turnstile with the words evade written on the turnstile
10,000 video cameras visualized compared to 35,000
A series of photos of a Black man riding a horse, one of the earliest movies ever produced.
from the paper: " Echoing other comments heard throughout the workshop, Ludwig said that a major issue is the lack of evaluation of predictive technologies and their implementation; he noted that there are measures of success beyond simply reductions in crime. Weisburd added that currently, policing programs often get implemented based on single studies or conversations and agreed with the need for a rigorous evaluation of programs prior to widespread implementation. Predictive technologies also have the potential to impact individuals and communities, noted Joh, yet there is no evaluation process to determine the costs and benefits of deployment. Ludwig and Headley echoed the suggestion for an FDA-type agency to evaluate the impact of these technologies."
Max headroom broadcast interrupting a show and saying “my files”
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