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Brook Hansen

@brookh.bsky.social
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Data Worker | Organizer | School Board Trustee | Activist | Turkopticon | Knitter | Gardener | Canner | Michigander | She/Her 🇨🇦🇺🇸 *All views and opinions expressed are my own* www.linkedin.com/in/brooklhansen

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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As MTurk closes today, the work isn’t disappearing. Some requesters are moving to other platforms, while others have created their own sites. Here’s one to check out: Piper - www.piperpays.com You may remember them as PickFU on Mturk
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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Workers, key points on Mturk closing per their FAQ: You will have access to your tranaction history until Jan 28th, 2027 Hits/Bonuses have until Oct 30th, 2026 to pay You will recieve your last payout based on your pay settings after the last payout to your individual account www.mturk.com/help
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Amazon Mechanical Turk
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
False
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I wish people would stop quoting that study. It had an extremely small sample size and only covered one type of task that was not representative of the majority of the work on the platform.
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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
While we all process this, Turkopticon would like to remind everyone, we are still here and we will go where our workers go. Stay tuned as we figure out where some of our favorite requesters are heading.
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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Workers on Mturk, how do you feel about this announcement? Remember Turkopticon helps all data workers, even if they sundown Mturk, we'll still be here fighting for you, wherever you go.
Orange banner that reads "Amazon mechanical Turk is no longer accepting new customers. We recommend existing customers migrate to a third party solution. More information is available here"
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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
For our workers on Prolifc, if you are unaware, Prolific has a question and answer thread each week on Reddit. Head over if you have any questions you want answered by Prolific www.reddit.com/r/ProlificAc...
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From the ProlificAc community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the ProlificAc community
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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#Mturk workers, suspensions of accounts working on Vacation Rentals are being reported. We've reached out to our Amazon contact and urge you to email mturk-account-appeals@amazon.com and fill out our suspension form: blog.turkopticon.net?page_id=653
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Mturk Account Suspension Form - Turkopticon
Account Suspension Form for Mturk by Turkopticon. If you have had your Mturk account suspended, and you believe it was in error
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 03/07/2026
Circuit Breakers, the conference for tech worker organizing, by and for fellow workers, is coming back to NYC on October 17-18, and submissions are still open. Whet your appetite and get hype with the plenary keynotes from last year. www.youtube.com/@techworkers...
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
😆🤣😆🤣
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A big misconception about AI labor is that data workers are only in the Global South. That framing erases workers in the US and elsewhere who are also doing precarious, invisible platform labor. Data work is global. Exploitation is global. Solidarity should be global too. #InvisibleLabor
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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Dataworkers, keep your security and worth in mind when choosing hits to work on. We have noticed an increase in jobs asking for sensitive data from workers. Read more here:
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A Reminder to Protect Your Personal Identifying Information - Turkopticon
With the new year, if you’re a worker in the United States, it also means it’s time to start preparing your tax returns. While you may be scrambling to get your W‑2 and other tax information together for this coming year, you might have previous tax returns lying around. On Prolific, Turkopticon has seen a … <p class="link-more"><a href="https://blog.turkopticon.net/?page_id=4077" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "A Reminder to Protect Your Personal Identifying Information"</span></a></p>
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Based on our research (although this not mentioned cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...) and featuring data workers you should follow here including @kristap.bsky.social & @brookh.bsky.social!!
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Ghost Workers in the AI Machine:
U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I got to chat on the Kim Komando Show @kimkomando.bsky.social last week! My segment starts around the 19-minute mark. Didn’t get to dive as deep into the AI supply chain as I wanted, but it was a fun convo. #AI #InvisibleWorkers #TechLabor #datawork
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AI side hustles: what you need to know
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Just got done recording an interview for a nationally syndicated tech radio show! Details to follow 😁
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
AWS outage is “a striking example of how infrastructure consolidation makes the modern internet vulnerable to a failure by a single major provider” futurism.com/future-socie...
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Amazon's AWS Goes Down, Takes Out "Half of the Internet"
Apps and platforms relying on AWS were in a jam after an hours-long outage took down a sizable chunk of the world's internet.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Represented @turkopticon.bsky.social with @kristap.bsky.social & @autobotcoop.bsky.social at #CircuitBreakers2025, talking about the real-world challenges of worker-run organizing & how much we’ve learned (sometimes the hard way). Organizing is tough, but community and honesty make it possible.
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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Despite making critical contributions to the booming AI industry, data workers often report that they aren’t treated like the skilled, valuable workers that they are. So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.
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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Two decades later, the label of AI still hides a world of interconnected workers in the U.S. and abroad who keep the magic going. That's why ee collaborated with @alphabetworkersunion.org to investigate what conditions they’re working under. This is what we found: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The future of AI is being built on the backs of underpaid workers with no protections. I shared my story in this new report because silence keeps us invisible. #HumansMakeAI #DataWorkersUnite #InvisibleLabor
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The oppressed should never be expected to mourn their oppressors.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I love a good rainbow spread. #HobonichiCousin #plannerspread #planner #washi #stickers
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Progress Michigan @progressmich.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Michigan Republicans just passed a bill showing they are more concerned about what school bathroom children are using than whether or not their school has enough money to keep the bathroom lights on. #mileg
An image of MI House Speaker Matt Hall sitting in a bathroom stall with a large plate of cash. Text reads, "Michigan deserves progress, not Hall's Stall."
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
True collaboration feels radical when you’ve only known control. #RadicalCollaboration #WorkerPower #NoMoreDictators #Solidarity
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit and tie says nope. don 't like that
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says nope. don 't like that
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
See you there
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
It's crazy how some people will lie and pretend to be something they’re not just to get ahead. Fake it till you make it is one thing, but doing it at the expense of others is a whole other level. #KeepItReal #IntegrityMatters #BeYourself
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We welcome proposals on all subjects related to labor organizing in the tech industry, but we are particularly interested in the following tracks: - Labor Organizing Against Imperialism - Workers Taking on Technology - Bold Strategy 🧨
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Circuit Breakers 2025 is now accepting submissions (by July 31st) for workshops, panels, talks, and everything in between! Learn more at bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025 💥 #labororganizing #techworkers
Retro computer style message with loading progress bar: “Save the date: Circuit Breakers October 18 to 19 2025 in New York” https://bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Covert narcissist coworkers are wild. One minute they're sweetly offering to “support you,” The next, they’re spinning your work as their own and making you look “difficult.” Quiet sabotage is still sabotage. #gaslighting #subtleabuse #manipulation
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Distracting myself from all the crap in the world with the cutest item I received in my stationary subscription box this past month — a book to collect stickers from fruit! 🥑🍐🍏🍎🍌🍋🍊
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This time last year I was in Chicago at #TakeBackTech with @kristap.bsky.social. It was such a great experience!
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Turkopticon @turkopticon.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
One of our organizers having a conversation with Angeline Corvaglia from Digital Dominoes about the work that goes into your AI
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
A piece I worked on with @efwebb.bsky.social and @businessinsider.com about some of the work I do as a #dataworker -- www.businessinsider.com/data-worker-...
businessinsider.com
I have a side hustle training AI and reviewing online ads. Some tasks are random, but as a mom, I love the flexibility.
Mom Brook Hansen told BI she's worked on tasks such as chatbot training, ad reviews and voice recordings as a freelance data worker.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The best revenge is continuing on with grace and succeeding.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Excited to be reunited with @kristap.bsky.social giving a presentation on the often overlooked aspects of AI. #mackinacisland
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Dr. Pamela Pugh @pamelapughmi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to rescind $42M in approved COVID relief is a stunning betrayal of Michigan’s students. This move abandons vulnerable communities and undermines trust in federal commitments.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Great webinar!
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I see people saying that the distribution of IDEA and Title I funds will just shift to another department and not to worry. I am worried! Funds allocated this year will be distributed but that is no guarantee these funds will continue to exist in the future.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Does anyone know a good resource for obtaining old booking photos (mugshots) in Michigan, when the original booking location no longer has the photo?
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Pic stolen from my brother. This is Freyja. She is SLEEPING!
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Eli Savit @esavit.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The Department of Education is (was?) responsible for: ✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students; ✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; & ✅Civil rights enforcement Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Once in a lifetime!
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today, a miracle happened - I finished a bottle of shampoo at the same time as a bottle of conditioner.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Swatching in my #HobonichiWeeks. #Mildliner #Tombow
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Journaling more this year has helped me come to terms with some hard truths: You can’t be friends with a narcissist. And if you didn’t realize they were one, that’s not your fault—narcissists are often charming and manipulative at first, making it hard to see their true nature until it’s too late.
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Buldak spicy is no joke! 🔥🥵🔥
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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Another thing to consider -- workers' accounts have been disabled with no warning. It's devastating to lose an income you have come to depend on with no feedback as to why you no longer have access to work.
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