#sound thinking

[craigtowens]

This is, indeed, the supreme absurdity of the modern world, that it imagines that it can introduce anarchy into the intellect without introducing anarchy into the commonwealth. It imagines that it can make its thoughts go crooked and its motor-cars will still go straight.

G.K. Chesterton

[planetofsnarfs]

Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

The locations of microphones used to detect gunshots have been kept hidden from police and the public. A WIRED analysis of leaked coordinate

An analysis of sensor distribution in US cities in the leaked data set found that, in aggregate, nearly 70 percent of people who live in a neighborhood with at least one SoundThinking sensor identified in the ACS data as either Black or Latine. Nearly three-quarters of these neighborhoods are majority nonwhite, and the average household earns a little more than $50,000 a year.

Looking at individual jurisdictions, the pattern appeared the same. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for example, is approximately 43 percent white, but only 13 percent of the residents who live in areas that have at least one ShotSpotter device installed identify as white, according to ACS estimates. In Fort Myers, Florida, roughly 19 percent of the population is Black; in block groups with at least one sensor, however, approximately 41 percent of the population is Black.

In an interview, Tom Chittum, senior vice president of forensic services at SoundThinking, tells WIRED that he is “willing to accept that our findings are true” and confirmed that the document is likely authentic. A former associate deputy director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Chittum argues that SoundThinking sensors provide police departments with a commonsense resource to help combat gun violence. He claims that SoundThinking places the sensors in areas that are likely disproportionately impacted by gun violence, which helps police quickly get to the scene, especially when no emergency call is made to 911.

[osonoro]

Ficciones breves de un posible ¿OTRO? Mundo. Una suerte de diario audiovisual  de experimentos colaborativos que se hacen a la brevedad del sentir y reflexionar el tiempo-espacio: cuarenta/distanciamiento/cautiverio empujado por este factor invisible que frenó a raya ESTE mundo. ¿de la naturaleza en revancha a una “naturaleza” humana?, ¿por qué nos separamos de ella?.

Experimento 2 “Colonia vegetal”

Idea: Denise Neira y OsonorO

Performer: Denise Neira

Sonido: OsonorO

[thatjazzrunner]

Sunday flair!