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UW-Seattle PhD candidate, studying online attention dynamics & creators/influencers @ HCDE/CIP, advised by @katestarbird.bsky.social . SETS Fellow @ Cornell Tech, working w/ @informor.bsky.social . UAW 4121 Steward. He/Him
Golden Age Superman stands head to thigh alone in a panel black at the top and red on the bottom where Superman stands pointing at the reader as he says, "Be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games--they are always on the look out for unsuspecting victims."
Afghanistan started at 92 percent approval. Iraq started at 71. Iran started at 27. The "whose side are you on" rhetoric is identical. The country underneath it isn't. I wrote about how the framework works, and who's deploying it. www.readtpa.com/p/with-us-or...
How to win in November
this should be the end of the Gavin Newsom 2028 discussion. the party has spoken, full stop
But the state attorney general was forced to admit in a legal filing last week that those funds might never come."
I hope other states and localities pay close attention...
There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.
Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very often—and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.
don’t get me wrong - shit can and does get unspeakably dark sometimes. But “we’re all doomed forever and there’s nothing we can do about it” has proven to be a pretty lousy prediction, historically
No one is surprised by this.
Anyway I feel like I haven't re-upped THE APPLE-TREE THRONE for a few months! A young soldier returned from war, not quite voluntarily filling the shoes of a man who's dead but Still Doin Ghosty Things (please stop)
www.amazon.com/dp/B07GCFY44D
One would think that this would merit an emergency convening of all Blue state governors, Attorneys generals and Congressional representatives. It's a declaration of war on one state which means they'll do it to others too.
i think we can just say it's a lie! that he's told literally dozens of times for the last several months!
Be pissed at the Mayor for underfunding the public libraries not for any statements made or not made about a snowball fight and NYPD's bitching. Disciplined focus.
film poster. black text on cream. black panther in the corner. poster reads: Power to the People Y'all. A tressie mcmillan cottom film.
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This is a mental war that we have to win. It's not about being a luddite, it's about destroying or retaining the ability to think. It's about how insidious this becomes in a situation where generative AI is adopted and then subverted intentionally.
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-new-whar...
As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.
Kalshi page for what Trump will say during SOTU
Kalshi page for what Trump will say during SOTU
I don't think it's a good thing for society that everything is now gambling
there's a discworld humble bundle to get 35 of the books with a $16 minimum contribution
New study on (declining) trust in U.S. elections shows a significant proportion of USians (44% of Democrats, 34% of Independents, & 30% of Republicans) think it's likely that ICE will be at polls, & more said this would make them less confident in results. yankelovichcenter.ucsd.edu/public-engag...
This is a challenge for election officials, organizers, and communicators... because fear of ICE at the polls can suppress votes (even without actual ICE at the polls). Here are some suggestions for how we might navigate this fear: katestarbird.substack.com/p/effective-...
Triumphs over fascism and a dissertation committee in the same year, you love to see it
This is so cute!! Are you going to be at ECCC on Saturday? (I only got a single day pass rather than the whole convention)
I say this, every time i say it (which is far too fucking often), to myself as much as anyone else.
Like Kaba says, hope is a discipline, a practice. That doesn't mean "don't be sad," but rather using what you can to turn sadness, anger, frustration, even despair into something that drives change.
Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.
Sowing fear of "ICE at the polls!" could do more to suppress votes than any actual ICE at the polls. Here's an explanation of the right's strategy on this, along with my recommendations for what to do instead of playing along.
katestarbird.substack.com/p/effective-...
AI doesn't replace jobs, it invisibilizes them.
I JUST taught about the 24th and some ancillary decisions that ruled other obstructions to voting (IQ tests, for example) illegal.
The footage and title card image shows me and some other @uaw4121.bsky.social members! Washington urgently needs to fix our regressive, upside-down tax code, and this could go a long way towards making sure we can build a Washington State in which we all can thrive www.king5.com/article/news...
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: support successful career paths for research staff
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: maintain pay structures that keep pace with inflation and the rising cost of living
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: invest in a more inclusive, accessible, equitable and diverse research community
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: foster a safe, fair, and productive work environment
Research Staff! Have you signed the initial bargaining demands (IBDs) yet?
Signing on means you support the goals outlined in the demands and want to work together to achieve those goals during bargaining.
Read the IBDs and sign on here: form.jotform.com/260154423245...
Perhaps today is the day we should all learn the term “agnotology” and think about the many mechanisms of ignorance and what/whom it serves.
