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Lila Byock

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Writer of television, hater of Big Tech in schools

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The whole internet loves Claude, the official LLM of the Resistance! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you that Claude bombed an elementary school.

01.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 05:41 πŸ‘ 2284 πŸ” 947 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 394

These are criminal acts, and there is no way to find the other side of this without meaningful accountability for thisβ€”like β€œin the dock at The Hague” accountability.

28.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 594 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

Sorry if this is controversial, but it’s my opinion that Donald Trump sucks absolute shit.

28.02.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Get Big Tech Off Kids' Desks | Schools Beyond Screens | powered by Four Norms Four Norms makes collective action possible for parents β€” with the tools, language, and support to push back on tech's influence and rebuild what childhood should be.

Schools Beyond Screens demands an emergency audit of all tech contracts awarded during Superintendent Carvalho’s tenure at LAUSD. Please sign & share: www.fournorms.com/campaigns/ge...

27.02.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Get Big Tech Off Kids' Desks | Schools Beyond Screens | powered by Four Norms Four Norms makes collective action possible for parents β€” with the tools, language, and support to push back on tech's influence and rebuild what childhood should be.

Schools Beyond Screens demands an emergency audit of all tech contracts awarded during Superintendent Carvalho’s tenure at LAUSD. Please sign & share: www.fournorms.com/campaigns/ge...

27.02.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI sexualized a California 4th grader's book report. Can the state safeguard students? An incident with Adobe AI software is raising question about whether the California Department of Education can effectively patrol a new technology.

calmatters.org/economy/tech...

26.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The investigation allegedly began under the Biden DOJ, and dates back to Carvalho’s time in Miami. The timing of the raid may be politically motivated, but this man is no leftist martyr. He’s an enemy of the unions who’s been selling off our schools to his Big Tech buddies for years.

26.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two days ago, I was told that Superintendent Carvalho privately refers to me & my advocacy group as β€œthose Schools Beyond Screens bitches.” Yesterday, he learned that karma’s a bitch, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

26.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Two days ago, I was told that Superintendent Carvalho privately refers to me & my advocacy group as β€œthose Schools Beyond Screens bitches.” Yesterday, he learned that karma’s a bitch, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

26.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

AI CEOs are like, β€œWhat if we reoriented the entire global economy around a massive version of the Wu-Tang name generator.”

24.02.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Among the many nauseating aspects of this story, Google is using its philanthropic arm to foist its products into schools, with the intention of creating a β€œpipeline of future customers.”

23.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha ha ha

22.02.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He… loves it?

22.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently my husband couldn’t wait either!

22.02.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My spouse is introducing the 10yo to I Think You Should Leave. Please circle back in 5 years to find out how badly we’ve messed up our kid.

22.02.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 0
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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations β€œscrewed up” giving students access to so much technology: β€œI genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

Now THAT's a headline.

"The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"

fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

21.02.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 2636 πŸ” 1155 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 230

One of my most visceral childhood memories is seeing Jesse Jackson speak during his β€˜88 presidential run at a pow wow in Arlee, Montana. Not a lot of other presidential candidates showed up in Arlee.

17.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Man. Has anyone done a research on how so many of the people (intellectuals and otherwise) responsible for the sociotechnical project of AI were deeply entangled with Epstein? Cause it seems, um, not immaterial to kind of the whole thing?

17.02.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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YES. Also, did you see this, from the latest Epstein dump?

15.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine if a president had divided loyalties!

08.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hollywood: call me πŸ€™

08.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What if… the American Pope… runs for President…

08.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans. In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...

Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!

actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

04.02.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
Long email from Jeffrey Epstein to Bobby Kotick, dated May 3, 2013, in which he explicitly articulates a desire to replace teachers with computers, and to replace traditional education with video games. β€œWe have to keep the boobs and guns and profit. You see how much money video games are making these days? Fuck educational reform. We need educational subversion!”

Long email from Jeffrey Epstein to Bobby Kotick, dated May 3, 2013, in which he explicitly articulates a desire to replace teachers with computers, and to replace traditional education with video games. β€œWe have to keep the boobs and guns and profit. You see how much money video games are making these days? Fuck educational reform. We need educational subversion!”

Jeffrey Epstein was working to replace teachers with computers and subvert traditional education with video games. In case you needed further confirmation of the rot at the center of the EdTech industry.

03.02.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 39

β€œThe director Brett Ratner cozied up to the Trumps after spending years in movie-biz exile amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault.… For his comeback, he has summoned all the artistic ambition of a local Realtor who just got a drone.”

03.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The textbook industry has pivoted to embrace EdTech, so not actually that weird.

03.02.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?

03.02.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 2869 πŸ” 821 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 51

It’s amazing how quickly the entire discourse around AI has pivoted from β€œLook at this miraculous new technology!” to β€œLook, this is happening whether you want it or not.”

03.02.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Free product testing, and presumably a fresh source of free training data?

03.02.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0