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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org
Screenshot of the Luddite Lab website. The word Luddite Lab is in the top left corner. The tables in the top read: Case Studies, Primers, Resource Library, Contact Us, and About. The text below reads: “The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library.” Below, there are five cards: Case Studies (Stories from worker organizers resisting AI), Primers (Applied research insights into AI, automation, and the future of work), Resource Library (Additional resources from partners), Contact Us (Ways to connect with the Luddite Lab team), and About (About the Luddite Lab project and team)
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Filipa @filipa-calado.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Using a “protect the children” argument to legislate more biometric data gathering. “If we don’t trust tech companies with our private information now, we shouldn't pass a law that mandates we give them even more of it.” www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Act Now to Stop California’s Paternalistic and Privacy-Destroying Social Media Ban
California lawmakers are fast-tracking A.B. 1709—a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user, regardless of age, to verify their identity before accessi...
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The Privacy Center @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In response to Georgetown University’s recent decision to give students, faculty, and staff licenses for the Google chatbot, our Executive Director Emily Tucker wrote an open letter urging students to resist the co-optation of their education by the tech industry.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/04/2026
brilliant -- Morning Joe put together clips of Pete Hegseth reciting a fake Bible quote from Pulp Fiction, along with the Samuel L. Jackson scene from the movie
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
NYC friends what are you doing on Thursday April 30? How about joining me and @alexhanna.bsky.social for our first ever live taping of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000? www.eventbrite.com/e/mystery-ai...
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 LIVE!
The Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 pod is coming to New York for our first LIVE show! We’ll be at Starr Bar in Brooklyn on April 30.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/04/2025
Trump: "I took my cognitive exam as part of my physical exam, and I got the highest mark, and one of the doctors said, 'Sir, I've never seen anybody get that kind of -- that was the highest mark.'"
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Filipa @filipa-calado.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
@datarescueproject.org This is such a great project. Do you have any guidelines about determining if some data should or shouldn't be collected? Thinking about how some kinds of data collection can make certain orgs & groups vulnerable, becoming a target for surveillance or losing funding.
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