Maga Miranda

How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it How surveillance pay practices work, where they are increasingly deployed in the U.S. economy, and policy recommendations to ensure pay fairness and transparency.

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I wrote something about the situation in LA. Please give it a read.

Contest the Space of Politics – Spectre Journal Kolya Ludwig reflects on Abolish Rent, contending that its undertheorized concept of hegemony leads it to neglect important potential cross class alliances.

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Hey y'all! We have a special Friday article: Kolya Ludwig adds to our Abolish Rent ( @city.bsky.social , @haymarketbooks.org ) dossier.

My main issue with the "hardworking immigrant" narrative isn't just that it eclipses all of the other wonderful ways that we might know immigrants i.e. as kin. It's that as framing device, it really useless. Essential immigrant farmworkers picking our produce are being rounded up right now.

Int’l Human Rights Body Rules on US Case of Migrant That Was Tortured, Killed The findings could set a precedent for other cases before the commission involving US police-perpetrated killings.

Nearly 15 years after Anastasio Hernández Rojas’ wife began pushing for justice in her husband’s killing, an international human rights commission found that U.S. border officials were responsible for his death — and that they tortured him before he died.

Happening today and tomorrow

My condolences

Free Jesus Domingo Ros – Detained By Border Patrol for Seeking Work at the Pomona Home Depot On April 22, 2025, Jesus Domingo Ros—a day laborer and beloved member of the Pomona community—was unjustly detained by Border Patrol agents while standing outside a Home Depot, simply looking for work...

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Sign the petition and make a call. Let’s get Jesus Domingo Ros out of detention center.

Automation Risks for CA Latinos In this report, we provide a first-of-its-kind profile of California Latino workers vulnerable to routine automation.

A little late to this but this report from January looks interesting: ON THE FRONTLINES: AUTOMATION RISKS FOR LATINO WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA
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Check out my new, co-authored piece out now in New Media and Society. This new article is based on collaborative research with folks at Carnegie Mellon’s HCI Institute. It explores technologies of surveillance in the domestic work industry and was truly a labor of love.

"There's only two kinds of power in this world: the power of money and the power of the people.
They’re mobilizing their power right now, but we're mobilizing the people."
-anonymous domestic worker on a call earlier today

Whenever I feel like despairing, I listen to the compas.

Nooo

We Keep Each Other Safe and Housed – Spectre Journal Maga Miranda interviews the Rent Brigade's Chelsea Kirk about tenant fightback against rent gouging in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires.

Read my new interview with Chelsea Kirk of the Rent Brigade, the group behind "The Spreadsheet." We discuss the tenant movement fighting back against price gouging in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires.

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AI and the Future for Workers: Labor Union Responses to Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is being adopted across sectors, with profound implications for workers. Join us for a conversation with researchers and organizers from the Cornell School of Industrial Labor ...

Upcoming webinar for my fellow future of work researchers and activists
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Next week, join me and my co-panelist as we discuss "the combustible combination of capitalist development, climate change, and neoliberal policies [...] that has laid waste to whole sections of LA." @journalspectre.bsky.social
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Farm workers laboring in Ventura County harvesting strawberries under an orange hazy smoke-filled sky.

Lupe shared this photo from yesterday when workers were harvesting strawberries in heavy smoke from the Hughes Fire in Ventura County. The AQI exceeded 150 in some areas. The AQI is lower today, but winds are expected to pick up this afternoon. #WeFeedYou

FIRE AID BENEFIT CONCERT JANUARY 30, 2025 KU FORUM • INTUIT DOME FIREAIDLA.ORG BILLIE EILISH & FINNEAS DAVE MATTHEWS & JOHN MAYER EARTH, WIND & FIRE GRACIE ABRAMS GREEN DAY GWEN STEFANI JELLY ROLL JONI MITCHELL KATY PERRY LADY GAGA LIL BABY PINK RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ROD STEWART STEPHEN STILLS STEVIE NICKS STING TATE MCRAE

Tweet from pcc “The money raised from this "benefit concert" will be distributed by the Annenberg Foundation, one of the biggest & longtime donors to LAPD Wallis Annenberg, the foundation's Pres, also sits on the LAPD foundation board. Another AF advisor is also on the 2028 Olympic committee.” Screenshots showing Annenberg foundations role in raising money for the concert & their past roles in LAPD funding.

THREAD: Tell your friends & family- DON’T GIVE MONEY to this FireAidLA “benefit concert.” The $ raised will be distributed by LAPD funders & Olympics boosters

Remember these names- Wallis Annenberg (LAPD Board), Steve Ballmer(stake in Olympics, directly funded LAPD), Steve Soboroff, Casey Wasserman

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I get why one would do it, but I don’t have the stomach for it! You’re braver than me.

Never could get into the toxic culture of Twitter. Is Bluesky any different?