In anticipation of the new administration, I scraped hundreds of documents from government websites, including executive orders, FTC complaints, spreadsheets and blogposts, using Playwright, wget and waybackpy.

I analyzed public records from the FAA to see which Massachusetts government agencies were using drones, finding that many of these models were prone to crashes. I also updated the dashboard to have more functionality.

I conducted the largest analysis of Boston's ShotSpotter system to date, receiving significant press attention and spurring a letter from Senator Markey, Senator Warren and Representative Pressley to the DHS Office of the Inspector General, urging an investigation under the Civil Rights Act.

I wrote an explainer on how location data can be de-anonymized from just a few data points, referencing peer-reviewed academic research on privacy bounds.

I analyzed eviction rates to support a proposed bill in the Massachusetts state legislature that sought to expand access to counsel in housing cases.

Evernote killed its free tier, and I missed a coworker's birthday drinks trying to salvage my notes. Based on that experience, I wrote an essay on the fragility of our digital lives in the modern age.

I researched ways in which out-of-state heathcare seekers could be surveilled through different forms of transportation and accommodation choices, writing this report with a large team of collaborators.

I wrote an op-ed on why ChatGPT shouldn't be used for therapy. This piece was drafted through the Public Voices Fellowship on Technology in the Public Interest, an initiative of The OpEd Project

After Mayor Eric Adams purchased a robot police dog with $750,000 in asset forfeiture funds, I wrote this op-ed as a deeper dive into asset forfeiture and how police are using these funds to buy surveillance techologies absent usual procurement processes.