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Jolynn Dellinger

@mindingprivacy.bsky.social

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Privacy Law & Policy, Repro rights, Tech Ethics at Duke Law & Duke Science and Society. Focus: privacy and surveillance after Dobbs. Co-founder Data Privacy Day.

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · Nov 9

In “Bodies of Evidence: the Criminalization of Abortion and Surveillance of Women in a Post-Dobbs World,” Stephanie Pell and I discuss the way medication abortion complicates antiabortion strategies and the effect it may have on criminalization. djclpp.law.duke.edu/article/bodi...

Bodies of Evidence: The Criminalization of Abortion and Surveillance of Women in a Post-Dobbs World | Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

Abstract In the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, state laws criminalizing abortion raise concerns about the investigation and prosecution of women seeking reproductive health...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

Ring founder: “I’m focused on: How can I get the highest density of camera coverage in a neighborhood matched with AI to make neighborhoods safer?…It’s not just hard crime.”

Just put this guy and the Flock guy on a deserted island together so they can surveill each other until the end times.

Ring founder 'backs the blue,' says AI is helping Amazon-owned doorbell unit fight crime

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to the company he founded in April to lead the business, which is part of Amazon's devices division.

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 5h

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““Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” Dr. Kornbluth wrote.”
Love the leadership by MIT here
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly what will it take for people to quit buying into this Amazon surveillance nightmare?
Hard pass - ditch the ring
And of course people whose jobs require them to go to people’s homes will have no choice. Oh right…. Amazon employees.

techstory.in/amazons-subs...

Amazon’s Subsidiary Ring Plans to Scan Every Face at the Door - TechStory

Amazon’s subsidiary, Ring, is reportedly developing and testing an advanced system designed to perform facial recognition and identification

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 9d

“By law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must approve an application if it demonstrates that the generic drug is identical to the brand-name drug”
Well, these days, good to see a law actually being followed….
And good news for accessibility.

Pam Belluck @pambelluck.bsky.social · 9d

NEWS: The F.D.A. approved a new generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

F.D.A. Approves Generic Abortion Pill as Opponents Push Trump for New Restrictions

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 20d

“Pupils of a glitchy new methodology may not admit it, but no method of constitutional interpretation entirely eliminates judicial discretion. Originalism’s sales pitch gaslights.” priceless.
“Institutional competence” - Goals.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 21d

I am pleased to report that Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins has dropped another total evisceration of the Supreme Court.

He says originalism is a fraud—and the Republican justices are shamelessly making up facts and history to impose radical Christian nationalism: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Justice Eddins went even further in a concurrence joined by two other justices. He flamed the U.S. Supreme Court for choosing to
"steamroll" the First Amendment's separation of church and state by mandating government support of religion. He wrote:
The federal wall cracks. The Supreme Court's recent religious clause cases wreck the relationship between free exercise and non-establishment.... The Roberts Court casually dismisses the lessons of American and world history, the warnings of prominent early Americans, and the judiciary's storied legal minds. Bad things happen unless government and religion are completely separated.
Justice Eddins also wrote about something you and I have been talking about for a long time, which is the conservative supermajority making up facts. He called out Kennedy v.
Bremerton, the notorious "praying coach" case, writing: "As it often does, the Court repackaged and whitewashed facts to achieve a desired outcome." This is the same point that Sherrilyn Ifill has made on the show about how the record in that case, and so many others, is ignored.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20d

Many Americans lack basic knowledge about fertility. @olgakhazan.bsky.social spoke with doctors and other experts about the information they think should be included in sex ed for middle and high schoolers:

What Women Wish They’d Known Before Trying to Get Pregnant

Many Americans lack basic fertility knowledge. More robust sex ed could help.

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 20d

“The images shared do not violate our policies” - maybe meta policies need an update and co. should rethink using pics of adolescent girls to promote threads to grown men www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 24d

A growing crowd - Acronyms of cowardice.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Sep 12

Meanwhile apnews.com/article/plan...

Appeals court allows Trump's administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood

A U.S. appeals court panel has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid fund to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue.

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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · Sep 10

Mifepristone, one of the drugs used in medication abortion, has an EXEMPLARY safety record. But a bunch of extremist politicians are trying to cast doubt on its safety and efficacy, as part of their attempt to take away access to abortion care. Don't be fooled—here are the facts:

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Sep 10

Two models of Amazon smart glasses—one for hip consumers who can order products on the go, and one for wage workers, whose efficiency and whereabouts will be tracked continuously. One is a luxury item, one will be mandatory. Both ensure nonstop surveillance. Both are extractive. Both are handcuffs.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 10

According to reports, “Amazon is simultaneously working on two models: one for its own drivers to assist with deliveries, and a sleeker version with color display for customers to order.”

Anyway, today in luxury surveillance.

Amazon Looks Like It's Making Its Own Display-Enabled Smart Glasses

A reported pair of glasses could be coming in 2026 or 2027 to compete with Meta and Google, and Amazon's drivers could be wearing them too.

www.cnet.com

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wow

Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · Sep 8

Fascinating new results on Gen Z from the
@nbcnews.com Decision Desk poll -- views on family and marriage

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · Sep 10

Maria Rojas, a midwife in TX, was arrested in June for allegedly providing illegal abortions. But the indictment only has details about 1 case, which shows that Rojas was providing miscarriage care ‼️ The witness says Rojas prescribed misoprostol b/c she thought the pregnancy was not viable.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U. PEDRO
VASQUEZ PERDOMO, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 8, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. The July 11, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the Central District of California, case No. 2:25-cv-5605, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In early June, the Government launched immigration enforcement raids across Los Angeles and its surrounding counties. During the raids, teams of armed and masked agents pulled up to car washes, tow yards, farms, and parks and began seizing individuals on sight, often before asking a single question.
A Federal District Court found that these raids were part of a pattern of conduct by the Government that likely violated the Fourth Amendment. Based on the evidence before it, the court held that the Government was stopping individuals based solely on four factors: (1) their apparent race or ethnicity; (2) whether they spoke Spanish or English with an accent; (3) the type of location at which they were found (such as a car wash or bus stop); and (4) the type of job they appeared to work. Concluding that stops based on these four factors alone, even when taken together, could not satisfy the Fourth Amendment's requirement of reasonable suspicion, the District Court temporarily enjoined the Government from continuing its pattern of unlawful mass arrests while it considered whether longer-term relief was appropriate.

Instead of allowing the District Court to consider these troubling allegations in the normal course, a majority of
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SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting
this Court decides to take the once-extraordinary step of staying the District Court's order. That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket. We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.

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The Fourth Amendment protects every individual's constitutional right to be "free from arbitrary interference by law officers." Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S., at 878. After to-day, that may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way, and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little. Because this is unconscionably irreconcilable with our Nation's constitutional guarantees, I dissent.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · Sep 4

BREAKING: The Texas Legislature just officially passed HB7, the new “bounty hunter” ban on abortion medication. #txlege

State Sen. Molly Cook said, “It is my honor to fight for the rest of my life to repeal these bills.”

thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/01/t...

Texas Is Already Dangerous for Pregnancies. This New ‘Bounty Hunter’ Law Will Make It Even Worse.

Doctors fear how many more pregnant Texans and their children will die as a result of new restrictions.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 3

Local man embraces fascism.

AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America

With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops’ go-to surveillance tools. Now CEO Garrett Langley has both police tech giant Axon and Chinese drone maker...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 29

BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.

Here is the text of his email shared with me:

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California Privacy Protection Agency @calprivacy.bsky.social · Aug 29

CPPA is seeking a part-time Student Assistant to support our Enforcement Division. You’ll help track consumer complaints, manage emails, compile reports, & support investigations. Great opportunity for students interested in public service. Apply secure10.saashr.com/ta/6158859.c...

Image of student holding books. Join our team apply by 9/17 Student Assistant Enforcement Division

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Guttmacher @guttmacher.org · Aug 27

Mifepristone is one of two drugs used in the most common medication abortion regimen. It's safe, effective & widely accepted.

Guttmacher scientists are proud to sign onto a letter by @ansirh.bsky.social & @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social calling on the FDA to protect access to #MedicationAbortion.

UCLA Law Center on Repro Health, Law, & Policy @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today we and our colleagues at @‪ansirh.bsky.social‬ submitted a letter to the FDA for over 260 researchers affirming the 25-year safety record of mifepristone and urging the FDA not to restrict abortion pill access based on junk science. Read the letter here: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 23

Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · Aug 24

These people cannot begin to fix infant mortality while they insist on criminalizing reproductive care. Rising infant and maternal mortality are not a surprise. They could absolutely improve the situation with more humane laws.

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · Aug 21

"”The more we push this research forward, the more transparent our brains become," [Nita] Farahany says, adding that measures to protect people's mental privacy are lagging behind technology that decodes signals in the brain.”

NPR @npr.org · Aug 21

Brain-implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also decode words they imagine, but don't intend to share.

These brain implants speak your mind — even when you don't want to

Brain-implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also decode words they imagine, but don't intend to share.

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Rachel @raychili2.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you, Rumeysa Ozturk for writing your experience in an ICE prison and thank you Vanity Fair for publishing it.

This is pure cruelty.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison

Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

www.vanityfair.com

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