"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
For. Fuck. Sakes.
And yet again, I will remind everyone that lawful access has *twice* been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada, and that the Liberals fought against it for fifteen years before Carney came in and suddenly they were in favour of it.
I think this post has been in my drafts folder for about three years, and finally – FINALLY – I've finished it. Joni Mitchell, Jello Biafra, and Peter Thiel all feature. Warning - it's REALLY LONG.
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What does punk rock have to do with social justice and resistance? Quite a lot, actually. Punk has always been more than music—it’s been a challenge to power. Join us for our “Third Thursday” event on March 19th at 7:00pm Eastern on Zoom for a conversation with Dr. David Kauzlarich, about how the rebellious energy of punk culture can help us rethink resistance and social justice. If you’re curious about the intersection of music, activism, and challenging systems of power, come join the conversation. No mosh pit required.
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“(A) short term experience.” Like an exchange program?
No thank you.
It's time to talk about hockey media in Canada. Actually, it has been time for awhile. My thoughts on comments from Insiders, hockey media approaches, using language correctly, and accountability - or the lack of it.
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“I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven’t lived in blood and bone. That doesn’t mean I want my people bombed, killed, their homes in ruins.” - Sahar Delijani
Ding dong hallelujah
The Sirens are right there!
I’m genuinely wondering what trade unions angle would be on this. What would you like us to do or say?
New York City nurses get a deal, end strike, ratify contract. “The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdouts in the 41-day labor action overwhelmingly voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work, officials said." abcnews.com/US/largest-n...
this is an absolutely astonishing feat of independent journalism, top to bottom, and proves that the only way to truly fight billionaires is not being funded by them. just…read the whole thing.
Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization
It's Greens Vs Reform.
This Thursday we can stop Reform and have a new Green MP in Parliament.
Hannah, the local plumber, who works really hard and will be a brilliant representative for Gorton & Denton.
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She wrote a letter to Trudeau demanding more immigration to Alberta! This is trumpian level incoherence.
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The theme song sounds like a parody of MacGruber.
MN Unions Vow Largest Rent Strike in 100 Years Amid ICE-Fueled Eviction Crisis | Truthout truthout.org/articles/mn-...
The question of our time is how do you artistically rebel — and win — against a totally flat cultural landscape? And before my readers, who I assume are all approximately 36 years old and very tired, say, “so what, who cares?” This does matter. I mean, just look around right now lol. You know things are bad when even OpenAI President Greg Brockman is posting stuff, like “Taste is a new core skill.” If people had taste, your company wouldn’t exist, Greg. But if everything is just attention now, and attention is completely commodified by algorithmic tech platforms, how can you push back against that? Well, I am slowly coming around to a theory on the new cool: You have to essentially pre-deplatform yourself. Culture right now is determined not by human teams of editors and producers picking and choosing what youth culture gets the spotlight, but, instead, by the unthinking algorithms that power YouTube and TikTok. Which means the only things that have the level of scarcity and danger required to be seen as cool by young people will, slowly, but surely, be whatever is unacceptable on those platforms.
A post so smart I'm almost afraid to share it.
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I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽
Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson.
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Wow.
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES. IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.
the Black Panthers were right
I am so goddamn proud of her.
I find it disturbing when men use having daughters as a way into explaining why women and girls are fully human. Can you not see how this continues the cycle of dehumanization that leads to violence? You have a huge platform. Reflect. Change.
The best eight seconds of footage in sport. Is this a match or the trailer for Heated Rivalry with lesbian curlers?!
This skeet is perfection.
in which i discuss the reuben, a glorious sandwich and the pride of omaha
and the patriarch reuben, disowned by his father for being a slut
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UNITE HERE Local 1 seeks an Organizing Apprentice to be based in Madison, WI. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @unitehere.org
