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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 17/06/2025

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And the person who turned up to support him with no notice is the Muslim dude who have cross endorsed each other and who the msm has been going into overtime to cast him as antisemitic

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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

'We will need to build an unruly open-hearted movement of the Earth-loving faithful: faithful to this planet, its people, its creatures and to the possibility of a livable future for us all.' Faithful to here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

MERL Tech Initiative @merltech.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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📣 New guide for those thinking about using GenAI in research on violence against women. We partnered with @thesvri.bsky.social to lay out big picture, structural, and ethics questions that researchers should ask before using GenAI for violence against women research. merltech.org/new-guide-ke...

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New guide: key questions to ask before using GenAI for research on violence against women - MERL Tech

SVRI and The MERL Tech Initiative have developed a guide to support researchers with critical literacy to make decisions about GenAI tools in research on violence against women.

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We're running 2 events on online gender-based violence this month in NYC. Join us if you are around, or coming to the CSW! This one is from 4-6pm on March 17. mailchi.mp/technologysa...

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Please RSVP: How Can Media Tell Effective, Real Stories About Online Violence Against Women and Girls?

Join us for a Tech Salon Media Showcase Event with CNN

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Do you have any numbers on how it will affect Indiana businesses? Esp small businesses? That might be useful. His biggest issue with govt is all the "needless bureaucracy" that small biz has to go through to operate -- the fees, paperwork, compliance, the hoops/circles. (He's not entirely wrong)

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I'm not sure what services he depends on, but good idea. He def uses highways! IDK about medicaid. I think it's going to take things really crumbling for people to see what's happening. There's lots of "they must be lazy if they need govt services" without understanding where federal $ actually goes

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A hometown friend works with the local VA hospital, helping older and disabled vets adapt to living at home as their health declines. She got the 5-things email. She says it's a total waste of time, and everyone is pissed about it. Maybe the heartland will wake up soon, as this is coming for them.

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At the same time he's calling me every 2 days to ask how I'm doing, what's happening with my own income, and saying he wishes he could do something to help. But he means help *me* find a new job/a new field of work, not help stop the whole dismantling of the government from happening.

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He was shocked by the morning paper saying that his state gets 42% of its funding from the federal government. But I can't even tell how he is processing that info. Is he thinking "well, that's 42% 'waste' to cut," or is he thinking "hm, federal funding must be important to our state's well being."

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How do you even have conversations with people you love about this stuff when the foundations on which to build dialogue are parallel universes and our media and information sources project alternate realities and values?

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My dad: "If the 5-things-you-did-this-week email finds even 5,000 ghost employees, it'll have been worth it." [I love my dad, but JFC] Me: "What are you even talking about?' Dad: "Do you have a better idea for identifying ghost employees?" Me: "...So, is the cold front hitting you out there?"

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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

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We're not done yet | 18F

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MERL Tech Initiative @merltech.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Earlier this month our NLP-CoP hosted @madianou.bsky.social (Professor and Co-Director of the Migrant Futures Institute at Goldsmiths, University of London) to discuss her new book “Technocolonialism: When Technology for Good is Harmful.” Here are some of the key takeaways from the event (1/5)🧵

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Yea, Trusk is burning everything down and approvals are super low. Power loves a vacuum. Who is going to step in? Would be nice if there were an intentional choice. Opposition is def fractured now, but it has been for aaaages. Hope Dems wake up soon or - even better - an alternative emerges.

meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Super interesting stats on current approval rates of different political figures (assuming we trust the numbers) Where are the charismatic leaders who can leverage the weaknesses all around us and create representatives we could actually get behind? www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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The president is increasingly hated, but so is an opposition party that fails to oppose.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/02/2025

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Newsletter: Generative AI is a marketing con perpetuated by Sam Altman and Dario Amodei through a mixture of lies and half-truths carried by a tech media that fails to ask the right questions. Outside of ChatGPT, generative AI companies barely get any traffic at all. www.wheresyoured.at/longcon/

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The Generative AI Con

It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen Large Language Models (LLMs) blossom from a novel concept into one of the most craven cons of the 21st ...

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

"Anatomy of an AI Coup" from Tech Policy Press 1) This is a very good read on the situation in the US. 2) Is there a way to block this photo? I honestly never want to see it again. www.techpolicy.press/anatomy-of-a...

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Anatomy of an AI Coup | TechPolicy.Press

DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Feb 11, @madianou.bsky.social will talk with the NLP-CoP about her book Technocolonialism. This will be a good space for a convo about tech, humanitarianism, and colonialism. We planned it last year + it's so relevant now. Personally, I'd love some nuance on the topic. merltech.org/humanitarian...

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Join us for a special NLP-CoP members-only event with: Mirca Madianou, author of Technocolonialism - MERL Tech

Join the Humanitarian AI+MERL Working Group and Mirca Madianou to discuss her new book on "Technocolonialism."

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

seeing takes about the aid institutions and their role in imperialism. correct. If someone said "investor-owned hospitals exploit the vulnerable to benefit shareholders" I'd nod. If their followup was "and that's why I'm turning off your mom's dialysis machine" I'd...have some followup questions

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

TFW you get a Teams alert that the weekly meeting you've been part of for the past 4 years is starting... but you got a stop work order on Sunday so you're no longer allowed to join :(

meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Is part of the point of the freeze to trigger the lawsuits that will end up with SCOTUS who can then deliver a verdict in favor of 47 and co?

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

FYI the National Council of Nonprofits is collecting stories via this form about how the executive orders are harming nonprofit organizations nationwide. If you just got screwed today, tell them about it here. They're also asking who is comfortable sharing their stories with reporters.

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Effects of Executive Actions on Nonprofits

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

“We have identified several actions within USAID that appear to be designed to circumvent the president’s executive orders and the mandate from the American people." What forms will dissent in the coming years? www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

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Top USAID career staff placed on immediate leave

“This is like taking out all the generals,” said a former Trump administration official informed of the decision.

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Going through Bayard Rustin's works once again and I appreciate his view that it is impossible to predict which political actions will be truly disruptive but that such actions are an emergent property of frequent, organized resistance. Finding a weak point in a wall requires knocking on it a lot.

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meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

If you're in NYC, join us (in person only) for our next Tech Salon where we'll discuss the influence of Big Tech on the 2025 administration. RSVP here: mailchi.mp/technologysa...

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Please RSVP Now: How will Big Tech Influence the 2025 Administration?

Join your Tech Salon peers to explore how the incoming Trump administration will reshape the Federal government

meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Let's say I wanted to convene an in person, off-the-record Salon in mid December in NYC about the influence of big tech on the new administration and what to expect in 2025, who would I invite as the lead discussants? Ideas welcome here or by DM. Feel free to suggest yourself.

David Nemer @davidnemer.com · 25/11/2024

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Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Anthropologist of Tech: What does the cup represent in this society, and how does its design and use reflect power dynamics, cultural values, and access to resources?

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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

“Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-trans bigotry & violence… It is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, & that we continue to fight for justice.”- TDOR founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith Tell the trans people in your life you love them today.🏳️‍⚧️

TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE — NOVEMBER 20

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20/11/2024

“AI is meant to fill treatment gaps, whether their causes are financial, geographic, or societal. But the very people who fall into these gaps are the ones who tend to need more complex care, which AI cannot provide.”

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The Therapist in the Machine | Jess McAllen

The latest mental health care disruptors seek to sideline humans altogether. Enter: the AI therapy bot.

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Ah, I left the bad place a LONG time ago, soon after its new owner barged in. Have not regretted that, but do miss my tweeps.

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Spending the weekend w family in a red state is wilder than usual right now.

You caught me meaning exactly! I wish I could easily recreate my follow list from Twitter. But maybe it's also time to take on the mantra of 'build back better.' Hope all's good with you :) and would love to know more about your experience leaving the US.

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