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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Welcome to the anti-surveillance era. In this week's issue of The Revival Letter, Dr. Reagan Nicole discusses recent news and ongoing fights against not just surveillance tools but the logics animating their use! www.therevivallab.org/welcome-to-t...

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Welcome to the Anti-Surveillance Era

By Dr. Reagan Nicole

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This week's issue of The Revival Letter is out! Yotam Marom, author of "For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness" speaks to our Project Director about how movements on the left can reevaluate their approach to gaining and wielding power. www.therevivallab.org/playing-for-...

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Playing for the Big Leagues

A conversation with Yotam Marom

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Check out the last issue of the Revival Letter, where our Research Director reflects on the themes surfaced at the @historyscience.bsky.social annual meeting! www.therevivallab.org/precedented-...

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Precedented Discoveries & Crisis in Context

Reflections from the History of Science Society Meeting

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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Come check out the forthcoming documentary (work in progress) on the remarkable story of how Puerto Rican activists created the first Latino bilingual public-affairs show on TV (PBS). I am the film's exe producer & will join its director (Christina DiPasquale) & producer for a discussion afterwards.

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's important to find joy, even in the hardest days. On the anniversary of her passing, we remembered Revival Lab founder Brandi Collins-Dexter with a hype mix of her work on sports, culture, populism, patriotism, and more. Rest in power, Brandi. www.therevivallab.org/the-power-of...

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The Power of Hype: Celebrating Brandi Collins-Dexter

By David Dexter This special issue of The Revival Letter is dedicated to founder Brandi Collins-Dexter, marking six months since the launch of The Revival Lab, her project and vision. As people acros...

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

There's a national uprising happening as everyday people stand up against Big Tech and destructive AI data centers. Hannah from @peoplestechproject.bsky.social penned this week's Revival Letter to shares some pleasant surprises from this growing movement. www.therevivallab.org/three-joyful...

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Three (Joyful) Surprises About the Fight Against Data Centers

By Hannah Jane Sassaman If you’re reading this, you’re likely someone who has been a part of a struggle against the ways in which Big Tech and consolidated media have changed our lives and our democr...

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"The Overseer Class" by @thrasherxy.bsky.social is officially one of the top selling books out right now. Check out our sweeping interview with him on what inspired this critical dive into power and privilege in our workplaces and beyond. www.therevivallab.org/the-overseer...

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The Overseer Class: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher

By Eesha Ramanujam For this week's issue, we had the chance to speak to Dr. Steven Thrasher — activist, professor, self-described "itinerant preacher," and best-selling author of The Viral Underclass...

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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

“Anti-technology extremists” 🤔 The Trump regime is now using the federal intelligence apparatus against the growing opposition to AI and data centers, publicly referring to “anti-technology extremism” as a counterterrorism priority according to @wired.com. @ruddock.bsky.social explains:

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As we near the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, the brilliant Kelechi Ubozoh looks at how the commodification of mental health narrows our concept of it, and how we can best take care of ourselves by taking care of each other. www.therevivallab.org/beyond-menta...

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Beyond Mental Health Month: We Are Not Solo Projects

By Kelechi Ubozoh Don’t forget to drink water! You really should be walking 10,000 steps a day. Are you eating fruits and vegetables? Don’t eat too much red meat. How is your mental health? *Recor...

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"There's also a soul-level alienation that happens for the overseers... They often feel conflict within themselves, bc their project is to keep others from feeling like whole people...“ @revivallab.bsky.social www.therevivallab.org/part-2-the-o...

"There's also a soul-level alienation that happens for the overseers... They often feel conflict within themselves, because their project is to keep others from feeling like whole people... I think class is a helpful analysis for understanding that intra- and inter-alienation."

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The Overseer Class: A Manifesto is out today! We spoke with @thrasherxy.bsky.social about the genesis of the book and the nature of power and privilege in policing, the military, academia, and more. www.therevivallab.org/the-overseer...

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The Overseer Class: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher

By Eesha Ramanujam For this week's issue, we had the chance to speak to Dr. Steven Thrasher — activist, professor, self-described

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Part 2 of our conversation with @thrasherxy.bsky.social is out now. It's an unpacking of the power dynamics on campus and beyond. At the end Dr. Thrasher helps us kick off a new section memorializing Revival Lab founder Brandi Collins-Dexter and her work. www.therevivallab.org/part-2-the-o...

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[Part 2] The Overseer Class: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher

By Eesha Ramanujam This is the second part of our conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher — activist, professor, self-described "itinerant preacher," and best-selling author of The Viral Underclass: Th...

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Monica Heilman 석지혜 @writingmonicker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"a lot of the people who are put in these “diverse” positions are not meant to expand imagination. They are meant to rein in our imagination, and they're meant to set the boundaries of what we are allowed to think about and do." Whew.

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"I often say that people who have been groomed to be overseers have power. To me that's part of what differentiates them from a token. They are in positions of power, and they could just say no." @thrasherxy.bsky.social . The Overseer Class is out Tuesday. www.therevivallab.org/the-overseer...

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The Overseer Class: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🎥🧵Some news! Thrilled that the good people of BAM are allowing me to take over the Rose Cinemas for a week (again?!?!) to present “Black Cops, Spies and Overseers” www.bam.org/film/2026/bl...

Black Cops, Spies and Overseers
JUN 5—11, 2026
Part of BAM Film 2026
Programmed by Steven W. Thrasher

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ACRE Campaigns @acrecampaigns.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Trump wants $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon because, “We have to take care of one thing: military protection.” Not housing, not healthcare, not food benefits. He’s made it clear – now what are we going to do? Join us for a discussion on “Care, Not Warfare” on May 7: bit.ly/carenotwarfare

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Care, Not Warfare

Join us for a webinar on May 7 at 7:30pm et to learn more about how to shift our economy from warfare to care! More details on speakers forthcoming.

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Type Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 05/05/2026

Introducing Courts of Contempt—Hell Gate @hellgatenyc.com and Type Investigations' new interactive investigation into the machinations of New York's broken judicial system. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

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Courts of Contempt

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This is terrible. Why should readers or philanthropy ever support an outlet that treats its workers like this?

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Incoming Post-Gazette ownership slashes staff, purges former strikers | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In this week's Revival Letter, take a trip to the Prelinger Library in San Francisco and learn how its novel approach to record-keeping is important at a time when cultural institutions are under attack. www.therevivallab.org/the-inconven...

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The Inconvenient, the Useful, and the Ephemeral: A Visit to the Prelinger Library

By Eesha Ramanujam A few weeks ago, I was on a research trip to the Bay Area when I realized that the Prelinger Library, which I’d recently learned about in my classes, was close by and available for...

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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

NEW: More Perfect Union is opening up our newsroom, connecting with students everywhere, and equipping them with the tools needed to unrig our broken economic system. Join! actionnetwork.org/forms/mpuniv...

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Athena Coalition @athenaforall.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Disgusting, but not surprising. Amazon routinely pushes people til their bodies give out, then denies that its productivity quotas play any role in the fact that its warehouse injury rates are DOUBLE the industry average.

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.

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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility

A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

More than 1,000 entertainment industry leaders from Don Cheadle to Kristen Stewart released an open letter opposing the merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers — and we're grateful to them for speaking out. blockthemerger.com/openletter A 🧵...

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Open Letter: 1,000+ Industry Leaders Oppose the Paramount–WBD Merger

Glenn Close, Ben Stiller, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more than 1,000 filmmakers and industry professionals call on regulators to block the deal.

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

You never know how much subscriptions dominate your life until you need to cancel a dozen at once. Read about how in life's hardest moments, chatbots are no substitute for a human helping you. www.therevivallab.org/on-balloons-...

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On Balloons and Bots

By David Dexter My most vivid early memory is of an orange balloon. It was June, 1986. I was three years old. My parents had taken me and my baby sister to the grand opening of the DC Metro’s East ...

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The widespread use of AI chatbots, combined with "subscription traps," can make the hardest moments of our lives even harder. Sometimes, all we need is a human to help us. The newest Revival Letter is out today. www.therevivallab.org/on-balloons-...

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On Balloons and Bots

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

AI hype is everywhere. Today’s guests on the Tech Policy Press podcast are studying this phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, building out a line of inquiry they call "Hype Studies." They want to understand the social and political dimensions of tech hype, and what it portends.

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How to Study the Phenomenon of Tech Hype

A group of researchers and journalists is developing a line of inquiry they call "Hype Studies" to look at the social and political impact of tech hype.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 27/03/2026

Featured story: "It didn’t take long before Tammy Fogle, the leader of our local Moms for Liberty group, issued 27 book challenges. She had no children attending our schools, but SB 13 had opened the door for her."

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How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty

I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The dangers of militarized AI are no longer theoretical—they’re already here. To effectively resist the harms and contain the technology’s human cost, we must look beyond Anthropic’s immediate dispute with the DoD and enforce clear humanitarian obligations, argues Tech Justice Law’s Madeline Batt.

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The Problem with AI in War is Much Bigger Than Anthropic’s Fight with the DoD

Madeline Batt argues militarized AI is enabling mass target approval without meaningful review and risking violations of international humanitarian law.

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Urban renewal and its aftermath in Oakland were neither natural nor inevitable but purposeful intensifications of precarity in Black life — a de facto murder of place. Today, a specter of Blackness haunts the city, lingering in cultural & material landscapes shaped by generations of Oaklanders.

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Oakland and the Ghosts of Urbicide

A specter of Blackness haunts Oakland, California, lingering palpably in cultural and material landscapes that have been shaped by generations of Black Oaklanders.

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Opening Day for the Los Angeles Dodgers is tomorrow. But their owner profits off of the tech and enforcement that terrorizes the team's most loyal fans. @stevenrenderos.bsky.social looks at what it truly means to love Los Doyers in our latest Revival Letter www.therevivallab.org/los-doyers-b...

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Los Doyers Broke My Heart

With Opening Day upon us, I’m fighting to take back Dodgers baseball.

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Not a big fan of the Dodgers — or billionaires in general. But big, big @stevenrenderos.bsky.social fan. You should his @revivallab.bsky.social essay on fandom and what the billionaires can’t take away.

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Los Doyers Broke My Heart

With Opening Day upon us, I’m fighting to take back Dodgers baseball.

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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, lets us in on how the Dodgers' complicated history became more than a team — but a beacon of pride for Latine LA. And yet, the team's owner partners with the same Big Tech corporations that surveil & harm the communities that make up the team's soul. Read below:

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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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Los Doyers Broke My Heart

With Opening Day upon us, I’m fighting to take back Dodgers baseball.

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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Free Press, @cwaunion.bsky.social, @uccmediajustice.org, @publicknowledge.bsky.social, represented by @democracyforward.org, have filed an appeal of the FCC’s rushed approval of a Nexstar and Tegna merger. Let’s be very clear: This deal is unlawful. And we’re not going to let it stand. 🧵 >

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

NEW: Like many of you, I found the revelations about César Chávez’s sexual abuse of Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia, and Debra Rojas absolutely devastating. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about the importance of grappling with Chávez’s true legacy—both as as a civil rights leader and a rapist.

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César Chávez’s shadow

Revelations that César Chávez sexually abused young girls and women has set off a bomb in Latino communities and movement spaces

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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The tenth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live! This issue features 18 stories that offer our readers insights into a wide range of prescient political and cultural topics, from the community resistance in Minnesota and Ohio to the enduring legacy of D'Angelo and more. Read here: hammerandhope.org

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I was on @democracynow.org this morning to talk fake news, hoaxes and TREASON! Or rather the upsurge in government censorship and coercion as Trump, Hegseth and FCC Chairman Carr try to strongarm the media into silence about war failures and their own incompetence.

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“Warmongers Come for the Media”: Trump Threatens Media with “Treason” Charges over Iran War Coverage

The Trump administration is escalating threats against news organizations, with President Trump suggesting outlets should face “treason” charges for disseminating false information. Brendan Carr, the ...

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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I guess @mediajustice.bsky.social didn’t need to publish our Media Capture report, since Donald Trump seems fine just telling us.

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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Media capture is not just about who owns a newsroom. It’s also about who controls what stories get told and how they're framed. Join us TOMORROW at 6PM ET | 3PM PT for the LIVE launch of our NEW report: Media Capture: Who Controls the Story Controls the Future. bit.ly/mediacapturelaunch

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UCC Media Justice Ministry @uccmediajustice.org · 11/03/2026

In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re honoring our favorite trailblazers in media justice! Brandi Collins-Dexter was recognized posthumously with the 2025 Parker Award for a lifetime of work dedicated to pursuing justice and the public interest in media.

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