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   Tracy Rosenberg (twrling@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 04:08:45 JST Tracy Rosenberg

   How Freakanomics author developed a panopticon for Chicago residents on #electronicmonitoring. "Just as police can’t rummage through your home without a warrant, “they can’t monitor people 24/7 for purposes of criminal investigation. That is unconstitutional.” https://chicagoreader.com/news/electronic-monitoring-steven-levitt-freakonomics/

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     Scout (scruffyjunco@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 04:54:00 JST Scout

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     <One chapter considers whether Black people are rejected from jobs at higher rates than white people because of racism or because their names might signal “a disadvantaged background to an employer who believes that workers from such backgrounds are undependable.”>

     Soooo… racism.