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Rep. Kelly Morrison @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🩺 OBGYN here -- Estrogen patches help millions of women manage menopause symptoms. These patches are life changing for many women. A shortage with no plan from FDA is unacceptable, RFK Jr. needs to give us answers.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 15/09/2026

#OtD 15 Sep 2023 a campaign of strikes began at GM, Ford and Stellantis in the US. After 6 weeks, @UAW workers won a 25% wage increase, more jobs, abolition of a 2-tier pay system at GM, and union recognition at GM subsidiaries including EV plants stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1139...

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DC Jobs With Justice @dcjwj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

are y'all on the Starbucks boycott with @sbworkersunited.org ?? take the pledge: www.boycottstarbucks.net

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 08/09/2026

Claire Valdez’s candidacy made a unique proposition in marrying the socialist left and organized labor, two traditions that are sometimes in tension. bit.ly/4d1nMac

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The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores

The union’s endorsements of insurgent candidates led to big wins this summer. It’s all part of a strategy to remake American politics for the working class.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If I can't be abundantly clear, I am ethically and morally opposed to using gen-AI, and I do not use it for any research, drafting, writing, editing, revising, or illustrating. I've spent my entire education and career building these skills, and I will not outsource my brain to a clanker.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Data center critics don't want their communities to end up with increasingly higher utility rates, water scarcity, noise and environmental pollution for the sole purpose of fueling gen-AI to steal, plagiarize, and destroy works of writing and art.

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

JD Vance doesn’t want you to pay any attention to the sound, water and air pollution that they create, and the theft of our land by eminent domain. That they hold massive industrial theft of our data, music, arts and books or that our own government is using that data to track us.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You will be surprised to learn that I do not believe there is a “moral imperative“ to teach educators about AI.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Congratulations to our 50501 Rising Star Will Lawrence (@wewill2026.bsky.social) for winning the MI-7 Primary! Another Win for We the People!

50501 Rising Star - No Kings!

BREAKING NEWS
MICHIGAN'S 7TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
WILL LAWRENCE (D)
50501 RISING STAR WINS THE PRIMARY!

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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In our Viewpoint (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...) we synthesize the gametic definition (outlined by Janicke et al below) and other definitions of sex (e.g., multivariate definition). We contend that is NO consensus on “biological sex” (maybe a consensus isn’t actually necessary…)

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There is No Consensus on Biological Sex

At this critical moment when misinformation about sex is being applied to policy globally, scientific clarification on the definition of biological sex is valuable. Here, we evaluate the primary appr...

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

She's saying workers want AI on the shop floor 👎

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Haley Stevens is seriously so bad at this debate, absolute shill for corporate interests #VoteForAbdul

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Being a Luddite is good, it means taking control over the dignity and autonomy of your work. Luddites objected to how new tech degraded their working conditions and threatened their jobs

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We saw one at Magee Marsh today too!

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UAW @uaw.org · 23/05/2026

ICYMI: UAW Local 2093 members at American Axle in Three Rivers, MI, filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) federal charges against the company for illegally threatening and intimidating union members organizing for a fair contract ahead of the expiration on May 31. 📰 ow.ly/T9Rt50Z2TMh

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UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

The labor union representing workers in auto, aircraft and agricultural implement manufacturing and other industries in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

New lifer warbler this weekend, Canada warbler! 🥳

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

There is a sick Ironworkers union collection in the Mackinaw bridge museum above one of those pizza shops (not the cop one).

A collection of hard hats and tools from iron workers from every state in the US

Silk bomber union jackets from Michigan ironworkers

A union card book from an ironworker dated 1953

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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This should be a huge wake up call for the scientific community.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

You forgot, reference-hallucinating plagiarism machine!

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Meet the sideshow FREAKS who REFUSE to use the work-stealing, planet-burning, minority-choking, teen-killing, water-guzzling, brain melter that gets most things wrong and makes the user decide whether they give a shit enough to do their job correctly or if they've given up completely on themselves.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Happy #GlobalBigDay! My most seen species today were tree swallows. 32 species spotted total on Belle Isle this morning #eBird

A tree swallow perched on a bare tree branch, taking a break from swooping in the air

A screenshot of a partial eBird checklist, featuring resident and migrating songbirds that pass through southeast Michigan. Several species of warblers, including Nashville, Yellow, Palm, Common yellowthroat, and northern yellow were spotted

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The Biggest Week in American Birding @biggestweekbirding.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We hope you're as excited about the Biggest Week as we are! Don’t miss a post from us on Bluesky! 🔔 You can now turn on notifications just for our updates. Visit our profile, tap the notification bell, and stay in the loop every time we share something new.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

joining the regional rare bird alert discord was a mistake. I want to leave work to find a Kentucky Warbler 🥺

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

laying in bed thinking about the 100k+ little birds migrating overhead 🥲 gonna be a great month for birding

A screenshot from the Cornell Lab showing a heat map of the United States. Brighter regions show very high levels of migrating birds east of the Mississippi River moving up towards the Great Lakes.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

They sounded lovely when the chanting stopped!

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Haley Stevens is being booed out of the Detroit May Day rally 😂

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Miss Mary Mac @nightcheese.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

NIH wants to end our union to strip us of our collective bargaining rights and the protections our contract provides. Join NIH Fellows United UAW2750 to protect our contract and learn how our union is the voice of fellows at NIH #NIHFellowsUnited #UAW2750 #UAW #MayDay #NIHworksbecausewedo

Flyer for the NIH Fellows United May Day Informational Picket. NIH Fellows United UAW2750 demands that NIH respects our contract and ends their bid to dismantle our union. Join us 8-10 AM Friday May 1st at Medical Center Metro Station

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Idk about least favorite, but the most traumatic was certainly Where the Red Fern Grows.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Honored to have even been in the same room as the absolute legend that is Dolores Huerta. Solidarity on Dolores Huerta Day!

A group of union University of California UAW academic workers and UAW Region 6 leaders standing around Dolores Huerta and raising one fist in solidarity

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A major issue with the delegate system is that members aren't directly electing their top leadership (few unions have 1 member 1 vote for top leaders). Exec board members are shielded from rank and file members by a layer of delegates, and aren't directly accountable. labornotes.org/2024/01/dire...

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Direct Elections for Labor Leaders Make for More Militant Unions

The labor movement is rightfully celebrating recent contract victories by the United Auto Workers, Teamsters, SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, which together cover nearly 650,000 workers. A...

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm not sure if there are any challengers. My convention knowledge is mostly limited to the UAW, but I imagine AFT is similar. Delegates are members elected to represent locals at conventions. In a delegate system of elections, delegates nominate and vote for executive board candidates at convention

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The painted piece of wood also didn't use an additional gallon of water every time a child used the bathroom

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Looks like AFT is receiving $23 million from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to push AI onto educators via "trainings" apnews.com/article/arti... news.microsoft.com/source/2025/...

From AP News: "Microsoft is contributing $12.5 million to AFT over five years. OpenAI is providing $8 million in funding and $2 million in technical resources, and Anthropic has offered $500,000."

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

south u has got to be nuts right now. kind of miss living in Ann Arbor 😅

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If you're not using your position as the leader of a teacher's union to fight back against the AI takeover of the education system and degradation of teaching jobs, get out of the way and let someone else lead

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is so utterly disappointing on so many levels. No one leading a teacher's union should be promoting technology that makes their jobs harder to do, or takes them entirely. Students aren't learning anything useful from the AI plagiarism machine. It's up to us to collectively push back

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Movements to shut down or ban data centers are amassing power and notching victories. Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content in articles. Publishers and entertainment studios are being pushed to reject AI-produced content outright. In other words: It's open season for refusing AI.

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It's open season for refusing AI

There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

“the real change in treatment came as more women entered medicine and scientific research; the fact that they had their own experiences of menopause helped spur a meaningful re-evaluation of the science.”🧪

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

"hyperscale data centers could withdraw up to 150.4 billion gallons across the country over the next five years." what the fuck are we even doing here. Fight back against your local data center before all of our water is guzzled by machines www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/crains-...

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AI’s expanding footprint comes with a big thirst for water

Hyperscale data centers have policy experts, residents and environmentalists concerned about water usage and extreme energy consumption in the Great Lakes region.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The more these AI tech losers keep forcing AI into everything, the more I despise it. I would rather use paper and pen to maintain my contacts at this point than use the gallon-of-water per prompt machine.

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Like it's not even remotely up to date either. I haven't been a doctoral candidate in 5 years.

A screenshot from me.sh of a horribly AI generated out of date summary of my professional background with a blurry old photo of myself

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Ally C., PhD 🧠🔬 @acara333.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Why is this site generating AI slop accounts for people without their permission? I didn't sign up for this or make an account, yet they AI-generated an account for me

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