jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This invocation from Walter Benjamin ❤️🔥 @astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social 000
Reposted by jennifer katesEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 13969415
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026May I see - and help bring about - the day when this city better values learning, discovery, and its history 130
Reposted by jennifer katesAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Great piece from @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social on the Redemption-Era evils the Roberts Court has resurrected www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comJim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past. 8628207
Reposted by jennifer katesAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 24/09/2026Oh no we told the computer to do a hack and it did it is it god 68314
Reposted by jennifer katesLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970182264
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026*Additional amenities: possible hyperscale data center next door 000
Reposted by jennifer katesdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 23/09/2026it's not enough that they stole all the web's content, they're also stealing all the web's traffic so that they can serve ads on what they stole and profit from it 228390
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Imagine if your city fixed broken sidewalks 010
Reposted by jennifer katesDan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It is, in fact, pathetic. 162
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My husband. “I think it’s pathetic,” said Daniel Urevick Ackelsburg. “We need institutions to stand up for core American values, and unfortunately this is just another example of one failing to do so.” www.pennlive.com/news/2026/09...pennlive.comUPMC settles fight with Trump Administration over gender care for minorsThe hospital system had already suspended most gender care services for patients under 19; today's announcement ends the administration's legal pursuit. 4274
Reposted by jennifer katesMatt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 17/09/202680% of AI news at this point consists of a company announcing “we wrote a computer virus” then there’s something about the apocalypse or regulation, then the next news story is like “we wrote another computer virus.” 161193241
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How many falling apart schools could we have modernized? 1264
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 14/09/2026They want to pave the way for mass data center expansion, and big tech dominance over our lives But the future is not inevitable - join us today. 03915
Reposted by jennifer katesPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Public opinion is dynamic. It exists to BE SHAPED. And it is ONLY a resource. It does nothing on its own. 236861
Reposted by jennifer katesCitations Needed @citationspod.bsky.social · 12/08/2026In Ep 241, "The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 1: Data Centers and LLM as 'The Future'," we breakdown the "inevitability" line AI companies use to bulldoze over democracy and how "inevitability" arguments have been used to sell everything from Manifest Destiny to "free trade deals".soundcloud.comEp 241: The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 1: Data Centers and LLM as 'The Future'In this episode we breakdown the popular "inevitability" argument "AI" companies are using to bulldoze over democracy and how the "inevitability" line has been used to sell everything from Manifest De 24115
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It’s our air, our lives, and our city — we should decide 🦅 Two potential data center sites have already been identified in Philly—but the city has no rules to protect communities. We're rallying on 9/14 to demand City Council press PAUSE on data center development. Join us at philly.my/sep14rally 19536
Reposted by jennifer katesWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How is ICE making record arrests? I found the answer in Pa. coal country, where cops lured by a promise of federal $$$ have embraced ICE's 287(g) and are throwing up checkpoints, raiding job sites, arresting 100s, and terrorizing their communities My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...inquirer.comIn Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear | Will BunchPa.'s Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump's mass deportation, as local cops lured by federal cash bust scores of migrants. 6517961048
Reposted by jennifer katesRobyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“Don’t people work hard enough and suffer too much not to deserve, in their short lives, to encounter beautiful and well made things?” 0187
Reposted by jennifer katesCarly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026the erosion of formal rights, boldly but never solely targeting noncitizens, has been 30 years in the making 0135
Reposted by jennifer katesP is for Pirate 🌈✨️⚔️ @p4pirate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This essay is beautiful and worthwhile. I'm glad I took time out of my morning to read it. 193
Reposted by jennifer katesMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/09/2026Technology being everywhere doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere. The tech industry wants us to believe that AI in early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We don't see it that way. This week, we announced a moratorium on generative AI for public school students in 2-K to 8th grade. 9361611087
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026🌘youtu.beHarvest MoonYouTube video by Cassandra Wilson - Topic 000
Reposted by jennifer katesPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For years, people have asked @tanuja.bsky.social and me how we built and sustained Understory, our spiritual and emotional support group for activists. So we made a toolkit to help others build spaces of their own.organizingmythoughts.orgThe Understory ToolkitCreating spaces of reflection, belonging, and collective care 513168
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 02/09/2026cc Philly www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...nytimes.comA.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools (Gift Article)A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium. 1124
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Appreciating this so far podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...podcasts.apple.comDolly Parton's AmericaMusic History Podcast · Series · In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, hist... 000
Reposted by jennifer katesGil Durán @gilduran.com · 01/09/2026I joined @chrislhayes.bsky.social on "Why Is This Happening?" for a conversation about the strange roots of tech fascism. My book, "The Nerd Reich," tells the bizarre but true story of how these ideas migrated from the internet fringe to the Trump White House. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.com’The Nerd Reich’ with Gil DuránPodcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · September 1 · 53m 410235
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A Wendell Berry piece that seared itself into me and opened up my thinking. harpers.org/archive/2008...harpers.orgFaustian Economics, by Wendell BerryHell hath no limits 074
Reposted by jennifer katesMark Andrew Price @pricelaborecon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Did the billionaires circulate a memo over the weekend about beatings to continue unless moral improves on AI? 021
Reposted by jennifer katesSarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 30/08/2026“Anti-fascism and anti-capitalism are not terrorism. Protesting is not terrorism. And everyone has the right to speak out and to struggle for humanity.”crimethinc.comUS Government Designates Host of NoBlogs.org a "Global Terrorist"The US government has classified the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," citing the collective's "far-left" politics. 03719
Reposted by jennifer katesEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Would you like to be more informed about so-called "AI"? Got an icky feeling about it, but not quite sure why? Curious for more in-depth history, delivered with some sly humor? This movie is for you! 424883
Reposted by jennifer katesMediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Meet the special guests who will be speaking at #FightingTechnoFascism in Chicago on 9/19 💥 @naomiaklein.bsky.social 💥 @astra.bsky.social 💥 @safiyanoble.bsky.social 💥 @gilduran.com 💥 Delia Ramirez 💥 Caren Tepp Register to join them & 100s of organizers in Chicago: bit.ly/fighttechnofascism 23414
Reposted by jennifer katesBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The Obama-era White House put Puerto Rico's finances under the authority of a federally appointed board of technocrats. By 2025, it had already run up a bill of over $2 billion, including vast fees paid out to consulting firm like McKinsey. Yarimar Bonilla on Puerto Rico’s water crisis:bostonreview.netCarrying WaterAs enormous sums flow to creditors and investors in Puerto Rico, the state continues to recede. 03321
Reposted by jennifer katesKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf 222203686
Reposted by jennifer katesBradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It’s pretty telling that the one person who unites all of us isn’t being lauded for the number of records they sold or how good they were at business, but for their acceptance of all, generosity of heart, and joy of spirit. 211628
Reposted by jennifer katesFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 99268126332
Reposted by jennifer katesJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894611287
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Sometimes (often?) it seems like the Prospect is the only one really trying to explain anything 13411
Reposted by jennifer katesAram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 21/08/2026The thing about big tech attaching everything to AI is that now AI is associated with everything anyone hates. 27516
Reposted by jennifer katesAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280938613
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 24/08/2026nytimes.comHow Big Tech Captured American Schools (Gift Article)Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain. 010
Reposted by jennifer katesRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It's here w/ extended footnote: "From long before the time of Homer until the recent past—and in the present in some traditional societies—turning an amorphous mass of wool into thread via spinning and then weaving that into fabric was both an important skill and a source of powerful metaphor...."lithub.comRebecca Solnit: Penelope Weaves Her Destiny“The Liquid Birds” Pēnelopē (Πηνελόπη) is usually understood to combine the Greek word pēnē (πήνη), “weft,” and ōps (ὤψ), “face,” which is considered the most appropriate fo… 16412
jennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Reader, I ordered Tillie’s book. Looks epic. bookshop.org/p/books/char... 000
Reposted by jennifer katesRebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 12/08/2026I started writing about the Summer of Ludd and ended up writing about all the ways tech has grabbed power and all the ways we can take it back. (The secret is: politics). There's a good chance I cited your work in this piece – there are links for days. rebeccawilliams.info/unwinding-th...rebeccawilliams.infoUnwinding the Great Tech Power GrabMovements to reclaim power over technology are springing up, from Neo-Luddism to Permacomputing to Rewilding the Internet. Alongside these approaches, we must discuss how tech has atrophied the exact ... 29441
Reposted by jennifer katesTheodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 12/08/2026From Kate Wagner's (@katewagner.wehwalt.net) powerful critique of Chicago's new Obama Center via The Nation. (@thenation.com). www.thenation.com/article/cult... 6840971