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2026-08-04 11:23 UTC
And they are working in Gaza, to document the genocide so that someday, the truth can be acknowledged and the perpetrators brought to justice:
https://hrdag.org/pressroom/nyt-gaza-toll/
I've known Patrick Ball, the statistician and programmer who founded HRDAG, for more than 20 years, and every time we meet, I learn something from him.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-08-04 11:23
He's the person who comes to mind whenever people tell me that AI is useless and that programmers who claim otherwise are deluded. Patrick is one of the best programmers I know, he is the very best statistician I know, and he's found many, many ways to use coding assistants to help him perform massive data-analysis projects that are vital to human rights struggles. He's a "centaur" if ever there was one: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington 16/