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AlisonAF

@alisonaf.bsky.social
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Longtime theater person, everyday climate person. Humans are born with rights, even in these United States.

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This op-ed really nails it. Universities going all in on generative AI are pulling us backwards on student mental health. Is that the university mission? Is that what a public good looks like? ncnewsline.com/2026/10/08/w...
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Commentary: Would your campus host credit card companies or Big Tobacco? Then why Big Tech? • NC Newsline
Like many other universities, NC State is introducing generative AI products into workspaces, classrooms, and learning management systems, but, to my knowledge, they are not informing students and par...
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David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 22h
"Democracy, Anti-Democracy, and the Canon" by @rickpildes.bsky.social is essential reading on the violent overthrow of the Reconstruction constitutions—and the Supreme Court's acquiescence. Equally important, Rick makes a powerful case for the value of majority rule for bringing about inclusion.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 17h
🚨NYPD ARREST protesters who are rallying against ICE in NYC. This is taking place outside the hospital where a man is being guarded by ICE agents after being SHOT by them in his car
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tj2vegas🎗🐘#FreeLucy🙏💪#TeamLucy @tj2vegas.bsky.social · 17h
The West Coast Pipeline is now pre-approved and can bypass critical enviro assessment & rush consultation w/ Indigenous communities. But it's not a done deal! Join thousands of people across the country in standing up and saying this is not in OUR interest. act.stand.earth/page/99924/p...
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Sign now: Stop the West Coast Pipeline!
The West Coast Pipeline has been designated a Project of National Interest. With the PONI tag, the Money Pit pipeline is pre-approved, bypassing or ignoring critical environmental assessment and rushi...
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 16h
Nearly 400 lawmakers from all 50 states have signed a letter to the HHS, RFK, and Trump admin over their plans to dismantle the federal Head Start program. A separate letter was signed by nearly 200 members of Congress. 🧵
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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 16h
Indeed, the fact that Marble Hill is a "geographical curiosity" that is considered to be part of either the Bronx or Manhattan is mentioned before the fact that a child was in the car.
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RESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 17h
BREAKING 🚨: Nazi ICE shot and hospitalized a man in Marble Hill, Manhattan. Witnesses say agents fired through his windshield. They heard four to seven rapid shots and no shouted commands. ICE agents later left; NYPD secured the scene. Watch. Share this everywhere—demand answers for the shooting.
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“At least 26 senators, more than a quarter of the chamber, hold data center-linked investments … Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island whose data center investments total between $2.1 million and $8.6 million, takes the number one spot.” 👀
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The 5 Senators—Including Maine's Susan Collins—With The Biggest Investments In Data Centers
Forbes examined financial disclosures for every sitting Senator. We found 26 Senators with at least $7 million in investments tied directly to the data center buildout, including Sheldon Whitehouse an...
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 19h
ICYMI: when township officials didn’t hold a hearing on Danko’s application within the normally required 60 days, the holding company took the position that its proposal was automatically approved under provisions of the Municipal Planning Code.
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Pa.'s Environmental Rights Amendment is the focus of a Lycoming County data center fight • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
when township officials didn’t hold a hearing on Danko’s application within the normally required 60 days, the holding company took the position that its proposal was automatically approved under provisions of the Municipal Planning Code.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 07/10/2026
@fisherdanar.bsky.social on the #BAAJA dirtier deal: "We are living through another moment where the Democrats are prepared to bind clean energy growth to the expansion of fossil fuels in the US."
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Why the Permitting Reform Bill is Bad for our Democracy and for the Climate
(In other words, here we go again…) Image Source: On Wednesday, a group of Senators introduced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA). The bill aims to reform the federal …
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 23h
The war in Sudan has created the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. From rampant sexual violence to the use of chemical weapons, it's time for all of us to stand up and stop this humanitarian catastrophe that's happening on our watch.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 08/10/2026
“Black women report higher levels of psychological stress than White women and carry a disproportionate burden of chronic conditions associated with psychological stress,” the authors wrote in the journal Women’s Health Reports
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 22h
update: this is bad www.axios.com/2026/10/08/h...
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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution
Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 22h
Slave ships?!?!?
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026
Body cam footage obtained by 404 Media reveals the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social scopp here: www.404media.co/watch-footag...
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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New AI listens to every prison call to identify speakers
LEO Technologies launched Verus Voice AI for prison calls. Its press release and its own product page tell two different stories.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Deport ICE from #Cascadia.
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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds 🌎 phys.org/news/2026-10...
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Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds
The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.
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Borntobe Free 🌎 ☸️ 🌏🏳️‍🌈 🌍 @vernal3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🌎 #Greenlandshark #oceanconservation #NOkill Longest living vertebrates ! Reproduce every 145 years ! NO kill !
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Athena Coalition @athenaforall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
...and don't forget the part where they penalize sellers for offering lower prices on other sites! So even if you don't shop on Amazon, you're paying higher prices because of them. It's a big part of the upcoming FTC case against the company.
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 08/10/2026
In Lochiel, Arizona, where people have been resisting the construction of the border wall, one brave activist locked down to construction machinery—and Border Patrol drove it away with them locked to it. "We're taking you to the middle of nowhere where no one can hear you scream."
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026
This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.
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Randy Watkins @bluetortoise3.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ephemeral streams—such as dry washes, ravines, and arroyos that only flow immediately after rainfall—make up roughly 81% of all waterways in the Southwest. Under the new proposal, these would be completely excluded from Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction. 🌎 thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
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OPINION: They want to change the definition of 'water.' That's catastrophic for Nevada. - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: They want to change the definition of ‘water.’ That's catastrophic for Nevada.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The negotiating committee of Monterey Mushrooms Morgan Hills signing their new UFW contract saying, "We had significant salary increases that will help us balance the cost of living we face in Santa Clara and San Benito counties. We are pleased with what we achieved." #WeFeedYou
Workers signing their contract
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Solar farms can help stop the spread of dust storms, new study finds #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
NEW: A 26-year-old man has become the de facto advocate of last resort for families who are homeless in Arizona’s most populous county. As ProPublica’s @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social reports, it’s a scene that’s “both heartening and disconcerting.”
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Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.
Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a...
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Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️‍🌈 @drkarenlcox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've enjoyed getting to know about Dr. William Montague Cobb, physician, physical anthropologist, civil rights leader. My latest newsletter about him is a banger, if I say so myself. 🗃️
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The "Confederate Disease"
In 1958, Dr. William Montague Cobb offered a great description for the Lost Cause. It's so good, y'all.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
stating that Israel is engaged in an ongoing genocide against Palestinian people is a basic fact. It's uncontroversial. It's true.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 07/10/2026
In 1999, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson brought a challenge to the Supreme Court, which ruled in their favor and agreed that people with disabilities have a right to live outside the walls of asylums, state hospitals and nursing homes. More than two decades later, that right is under threat.
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The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In 5 days I’m joining More Perfect University for a town hall in Miami. Bring your questions about the issues that matter most to YOU and I’ll answer them. You do NOT need to be an FIU student to come. RSVP at Angie4Us.com/SVB! #AngieForFlorida
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A US citizen gets pinned to the ground by federal agents. California gives him a way to sue. The regime’s top prosecutor in Los Angeles, Bill Essayli, answers: “you have to win a federal election.” He said that 27 days before one. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-has-...
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
you don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/10/2026
You too can recommend your bookstore (or library) order copies to help other people find me!
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎃October issue out now!🎃 📙On the cover: Close-up of seeds (Credit: Marina LaForgia) 🔬🌱 Read the full issue here👇️ buff.ly/QTWJKtj 🧪🌍️
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Charlotte Observer reported yesterday that Seck is set to be released after nearly two months in ICE detention. "Seck entered detention while dealing with a torn ACL and meniscus and missed a scheduled surgical procedure while in custody.”
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ICE is releasing HBCU basketball player Aminata Seck
HBCU basketball player Aminata Seck of Kentucky State University is set to be released from ICE custody after nearly two months of detention, according to her attorney Sadiqa Reynolds. Reynolds announ...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Not a lot of investment in using euphemisms for the eugenic fantasies anymore.
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Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman says the real AI arms race is about controlling your brain
Andrew Huberman says OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic will become biotech firms racing to read and alter the human brain.
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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The only way we're gonna stop people from using AI to reanimate the dead is someone makes a highly successful horror film franchise based around the premise that this will actually summon vengeful ghosts to kill you
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Morgan is a national treasure and if you don’t follow her whisper videos you should. She is like the narrator in my head.
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yet another dead killer whale — J31’s baby. J pod is part of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales that live in on the west coast. Increasingly busy, noisy, hot waters where it’s hard to hunt dwindling salmon. Choose orcas, not oil. www.kuow.org/climate/2026...
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Another grieving orca mom carries dead calf on her nose off Washington state
Whale researchers spotted the 30-year-old female orca carrying a tiny carcass through the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Saturday.
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Joey Clift @joeytainment.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Help me get on a bestseller list! We SOLD OUT our first printing of We’ve Been Here The Whole Time! A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America and we’re in range to maybe get on a big national bestseller list! The list closes on 10/10 and buying a copy before then would be a BIG help!
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Banana peels discarded after breakfast could help transform a city’s sewage into liquid fuel is a vivid demonstration of circular bioenergy, where the byproducts of one waste stream become the key that unlocks the value of another. #EnergySky bioengineer.org/banana-peels...
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Banana Peels Turn Into Catalysts That Boost Bio-Oil From Sewage Sludge
Qatar-based researchers found that potassium-rich biochar made from banana peels can raise sewage-sludge biocrude yields from about 26 to nearly 38 percent during hydrothermal liquefaction, with
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“When we think about big picture climate change and how much we’re really in for, it’s hard to see a future for forests in places we have forests now. And fire is oftentimes the thing that erases them often the quickest.”
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See how extreme wildfires are transforming forests
As wildfires surge through some of the most treasured landscapes in the nation, two new studies show that supercharged blazes make it harder for forests to recover.
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Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NYC friends this is happening next Tuesday! Join this discussion about survivors and resilience then and now @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social #skystorians #medievalsky #RAINN
CUNY graduate center 6-730 October 13 conversation about Justice for Jehanne the tale of a medieval survivor
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Especially when this bill not only defangs the public's right to challenge tech & energy infrastructure (including fossil fuels & data centers) while handing tech, energy industry new litigation weapons *designed* to challenge a future POTUS' climate & conservation agenda vis-a-vis Sec. 1402.
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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