Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt
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Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt
But lest I should be a total downer, the awesome students of the UCSD Labor Center were out in force today presenting on eminent domain to get land for housing, surveillance zines as organizing tools, and global libertarian think tanks. So proud to be in the world with them.
Greg Stoker says that Hegseth isn't only preaching the end of handwringing about collateral damage, but that he's evacuating the parts of the military organization that calculate, track, and work to mitigate collateral damage. The signs, socio-technical and otherwise, are all pointing the wrong way
I can't believe we are watching world war 3 unfolding before our eyes, us troops are getting deployed, Iranian Lebanese Bahrainis shipping workers gazans west bank Palestinians Sudanese and other regular people are being murdered right and left and the local news is just whatever about it.
Acc to Greg stoker, Israel is the side plot and us fighting Iran to isolate China the main plot, ensuring profits for US financiers and corporations. Iran supports China with oil, China supports Iran with investment. This would just be Chinese boats getting a pass from their ally Iran in the strait.
Flock hires Cleveland council member who leaves before end of term. Next? CLE passes an emergency ordinance passed in to 🥁 ...
do a no competitive bid Flock contract for CLE
This company things state capture is about doing acqui-hires
www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/...
India once sought technological autonomy. A new book argues its strategy has instead entrenched reliance on global tech firms https://restofworld.org/2026/dwaipayan-banerjee-india-technology-book/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1773067863
Pentagon bombs Iranians w/Palantir, Anthropic for rapid AI target selection and "speeding the pace of the campaign."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Were the Minab schoolgirls murdered because of an AI? Hegseth and Trump should be held responsible when AI is put on the job.
Jewish faculty, students, staff at UCLA petition DoJ, calling out lack of actual concern with anti-semitism. The letter is illuminating, calling out the ways actual anti-Semitism against students against genocide has not been punished or even investigated
sites.google.com/view/ucla-je...
The war on Iran do not benefit US workers. As much as I wish the theocratic regime dissolved, the restoration of democracy against Shahs and mullahs will not come through carpet bombing my family in Tehran. Nor will it come by selling arms/ letting Israel take over S Lebanon+ west bank of Palestine.
AFL-CIO AMERICA'S UNIONS MARCH 6, 2026 As the attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran expand and escalate conflict across the region, the AFL-CIO calls for: • An end to the conflict, de-escalation by all parties and a commitment to peace, the safety for workers and our service men and women currently on the frontlines of the conflict; • Strict respect for international law, the United Nations Charter and the US Constitution that call for the people's voice through Congress in any war authorization, including through the War Powers Resolution; • A renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament and global dialogue to ensure sustained security and economic stability in the region and around the world; and • Full respect for freedom of association, freedom of expression and democratic rights for all workers across the region, including US federal workers.
The attacks on Iran have resulted in a conflict affecting people's lives across the region. War puts civilians, troops and union members in immediate danger and harms global economic security.
These examples matter to show my students that fighting bad tech can win. Community organizers fought hard to bring down the Chicago system.
Michael Williams, 65, was kept in jail for a year based on Chicago's now-defunct gunshot detection system Shotspotter. Prosecutors dropped the charges rather than defend doctored Shotspotter data. Now he will receive a mere $500,000 for the year he lost in jail: news.wttw.com/2026/03/04/c...
I lived a few streets down from the site where the Philadelphia Police Department firebombed an entire city block in 1985, and when I mention it in lecture most of my students seem absolutely incredulous
Truly dystopic.
"we are witnessing the fullest expression of the most inhumane weapons of the century: Autonomous bombs and missiles. Their “autonomy” refers to fact that humans need not be in the loop in any meaningful way when deciding where to target or whether to launch such weapons."
For a while, Anthropic was the Lyft to OpenAI's Uber -- a company with a better reputation but ultimately doing the same thing.
Now the line dividing the two leading AI firms glows bright red.
My @opinion.bloomberg.com column this morning (🎁) : www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
🚨 STOP. This is not just a post. Odai is a real child running out of time. He lives in constant pain and doctors warned his surgery cannot wait
Every delay steals his chance to walk again
We still don’t have the funds
Please don’t scroll away
Even $10 or a share could save him.
tinyurl.com/odai-care
You remember how her energy could light up a room then 💔 it's good to hear your voice in my mind, reading your message @ejalbert.bsky.social life is short and you were such a a good and important force in my life too!
All condolences belong with her close friends and family, but I just miss her wanted to record my memories of her wonderfulness.
My roommate from after college, Caroline (Clabaugh) Sekar,
passed away in the CA avalanche.
I knew Caroline as brilliantly generous, energetic, kind, funny and thoughtful, and obsessed with the mountains. I feel so lucky to have known her some.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
"leaks have revealed everything from ICE’s instruction that officers can enter homes without a warrant signed by a judge" "to its taking a page [from] Canary Mission’s to label people exercising the...right to protest...as 'domestic terrorists.'"
theintercept.com/2026/02/13/r...
Unfortunately, her voting record on these issues includes voting for massive exemptions to the TRTST ordinance as well, including exempting intelligence management systems like Palantir. Please let me know if you do run for office!
No, thank you!
Flock cameras destroyed in La Mesa amidst surveillance backlash
Luddites smashing machines that alienate them or threaten their way of life
sdslackers.com/2026/02/16/f...
Cc @bcmerchant.bsky.social
A new CA science foundation is a good step forward. Here's hoping that if it becomes reality, it really evaluates the "potential benefit to the health and well-being of the population, natural resources, and environment of the state" including in how it deals with intellectual property.
SD Slackers does the roll up of so many of the problems with Flock ALPR, and any cloud for profit surveillance solution in the AI age.
sdslackers.com/who-really-c...
Dunno who they are, but nice reminder that pro-Flock City Council majority is constantly gaslighting us.
Food delivery robots and Waymos are not our friends.
www.404media.co/serve-food-d...
"A Democrat [Cait Conley] running to pick up one of the party's top target House seats works for two defense contractors."
"Both companies partner with [..] Peter Thiel's surveillance tech firm Palantir."
#NewYork #USA #Voting #Surveillance #Military #Technology #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Police lie. All the time. In paperwork. To prosecutors. To the media. On the stand while testifying under oath. And even when in the very rare case their lies are exposed, they get to keep lying with few if any consequences. This pattern isn’t just limited to ICE.
As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.