Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Thank you for sharing this. One of my colleagues teaches about the Black Action Society's sit-in at the Pitt Computer Center and I was wondering about the techno-social aspects! I have this fabulous graphic from the steering committee on my desk right now: 021
Reposted by Sam ShoreyCASTAC @castac.bsky.social · 28/04/2026📣 Join us for #CASPR2026 — CASTAC in the Spring! "Labor and Technoscientific Worlds: Historical Encounters and New Directions in the Field" — a roundtable with Kalpana Shankar, David Nemer & Lilly Irani honoring David Hakken. 📅 May 29 | 10:30AM–12:30PM CT 🎟️ Register: caspr2026.eventbrite.com 0167
Reposted by Sam ShoreySharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026New from NPWF: While women make up 47%of all workers, they account for 83% of those employed in AI-vulnerable occupations. The report has more on what AI means for women at work and what policymakers need to do. nationalpartnership.org/report/ai-em...nationalpartnership.orgAI and Emerging Risks for Women Workers | National Partnership for Women & FamiliesNew data on how women workers are overrepresented in occupations where they may be particularly affected by AI in the workplace. 194
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 17/04/2026👏🏻 "They’ve stolen all the works of humanity, the books, the art, everything we’ve ever put on Reddit. They’ve turned around, tried to monetize and sell it back to us and defund education, libraries, public health institutions. People are not stupid." Safiya Noble www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...rollingstone.comThe 'Techlash' Against AI Is Here. Have We Hit a Tipping Point?As backlash against AI increases, it has also turned violent, unveiling a deep mistrust of a system that would benefit from guardrails, say experts. 000
Reposted by Sam ShoreyHannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Applications OPEN for the Graduate Humanities Internship at the Roosevelt Institute! We teach current humanities grad students how to think and work in public policy spaces. Real-world alt-ac training. Paid, remote, part-time over two-semesters. See more here! rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-so...rooseveltinstitute.orgPrograms - Roosevelt InstituteIdeas alone will not move the needle—people are key to innovation and success. The Roosevelt Society’s mission is to expand the network of those working toward a new vision for our economy and democra... 02119
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026A really cool example of investigative reporting from @businessinsider.com, mapping (the often undisclosed) locations of US data centers by tracking permits for the diesel back-up generators they use: www.businessinsider.com/data-center-...businessinsider.comAre you living near a data center? Our interactive map shows where construction is skyrocketing.Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta are rapidly building data centers amid the AI boom. Our interactive map shows where they are. 064
Reposted by Sam ShoreyGrace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization 105138092484
Reposted by Sam ShoreyLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Yeah, there's a lot of slippage between "you must pay attention to these technologies" and "you must submit to the current political economy of these technologies," and those are not the same thing at all 06118
Reposted by Sam ShoreyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”futurism.comIt Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the PhilippinesDuring a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers. 620221346714
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 06/02/2026great news from this semester's monologue assignment: the Fight Club cohort went full-on 1984! The revolution is near. 000
Reposted by Sam ShoreyMichelle Miller @michelleimiller.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The real appeal of AI is that it’s a way to make it even harder for people to use basic services that might cost a company some money. None of the people promoting this will ever have to go through an AI agent for anything, especially not healthcare. 012
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 18/12/2025the Executive Order overriding AI regulations from the states will make Americans vulnerable to technological harm. On Austin's @kvue.bsky.social this week: www.kvue.com/article/tech... 054
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 10/11/2025love Jenny Holzer forever! But, Robert Montgomery created "the people you love become ghosts inside you" news.artnet.com/partner-cont...news.artnet.comScottish Artist Robert Montgomery Brings His Concrete Poetry Back to the Canvas In His New ShowRobert Montgomery looks to the birth of the Modernist experiment in his latest artistic experiment. 010
Reposted by Sam ShoreyKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact 332706480
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 03/11/202525% of U.S. data workers at AI companies (valued at 5 trillion+ dollars) are paid so little they have to rely on public assistance programs like SNAP. #AICorporateWelfare via the new report from @techequity.bsky.social and CWA: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...techequity.usGhost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech's Exploitation - TechEquity CollaborativeAlphabet Workers Union-CWA and TechEquity interviewed U.S. data workers to shed light on the working conditions of the people powering AI. 010
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 22/10/2025man, it's not looking good for the billionaires. All the public speaking students who used to recite the Wolf of Wall Street monologue are now picking Fight Club. 100
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 30/09/2025the conversation between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, two friends who fundamentally disagree, is a remarkable read. Ta-Nehisi's clarity has been carrying me after weeks of feeling defeated by the techno-political moment. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o... 000
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 25/08/2025first day of the semester and in the words of Kerri Colby: I'm here to wake it up! 010
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 25/08/2025thank you so much, Arturo! It's wonderful that it resonated with someone with such a keen eye for change in the creative industries. 010
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 20/08/2025*presses play on Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight* 010
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 08/08/2025"How to live? Be soft, get by, go slow, open up, find others, try to be kind, funny if you have it in you. Get things done, think justly, create, learn your corner as best you can." Lisa Henderson, Every Queer Thing We Know 000
Reposted by Sam ShoreyRoosevelt Forward @rooseveltforward.org · 07/08/2025Headlines say AI is replacing workers, but beneath the headlines is a more sinister truth—they're being reorganized, outsourced, and devalued to make automation possible. @samshorey.bsky.social lays it all out in the latest #FiresideStacks 🔥 www.firesidestacks.com/p/patchwork-... 033
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Journalists are doing such important work to inform and educate the public about innovation. My co-author (a journalism undergrad at UT!) created "Don't Be A Drone," a 1-sheet that turns our findings into actionable tips for reporting: www.bit.ly/ReportingOnAI 020
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 04/08/2025why does this matter? because execs are predictably pro-tech while on-the-ground workers are the people with the most direct experience with AI technology and its limitations! Without the voice of workers, news stories become another source of technology hype. 110
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Out now in the AI Hype special issue in Digital Journalism, "Automating Essential Work:" 📰 10 years of news stories 📈 tech company execs become sources when the industry shifts from traditional automation to robots 👷🏻♀️ 0 quotes from on-the-ground workers doi.org/10.1080/2167... 131
Reposted by Sam ShoreyMeredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/... 15496583141
Reposted by Sam ShoreyRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 15/07/2025NEW 📰: AI automation is making government jobs more stressful & error-prone, hurting workers & constituents. @samshorey.bsky.social offers a scan of the existing landscape of AI implementation from across the country & the true impact on workers & efficiency. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications... 054
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I was reminded this week that (alongside the agonies of the OBBB) the almost unanimous decision to remove the preemptive ban on AI regulation was the result of real mobilization — and is a clear sign to lawmakers that the American public doesn't want to give a blank check to big tech. 000
Reposted by Sam ShoreyChuck A @candersonjax.bsky.social · 28/06/2025This hands unchecked power to tech firms aligned with Trump, silencing local oversight and boosting political manipulation. This will impact our elections and explode the amount of misinformation reaching Americans. 001
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 28/06/2025This could include common-sense protections like: ❌ the recently-passed Texas law that forbids the use of AI as the sole decision-maker in healthcare determinations. ❌ the proposed California law that requires the state to clearly identify when AI is being used to interact with constituents. 100
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 28/06/2025The state-level has been the most important place for prototyping laws that aim to ensure that AI is actually used to make the lives of Americans better—not just make tech companies richer. 100
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Why does this matter? Because, even though there have been multiple executive orders on AI from the last three presidential administrations, there is no comprehensive federal law governing how AI can be used on Americans. 100
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 28/06/2025The current version of the One Big Beautiful Bill still includes a provision that prohibits any state from regulating AI for the next ten years if they want access to the $500 million allocated for AI infrastructure. 200
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 12/05/2025this interview with Ocean Vuong pulled and pulled at my heart-strings. And the comments section too (a rarity) sharing in the loneliness and grief of class mobility. whew. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/m... 000
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 12/05/2025same! "In some ways, I have over shot my mark in life in spades." 010
Reposted by Sam ShoreyWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 08/05/2025Sen. Schatz (D-Hawaii) is the first senator to go hard on AI training data and intellectual property, saying what we're really talking about is training AIs on all of human achievement up to now — spitting out "what appears to be knowledge" without compensation for the humans who generated it. 19018
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 08/05/2025My students taking the final exam after enduring a semester of in-class critical engagement activities:theonion.comStudents Thankful Standardized Curriculum Sparing Them From Free-Spirited Teacher’s AnticsHAVERHILL, MA—Conveying their eagerness to dodge the possibility of any classroom role-playing exercises or featured guest speakers, 10th-grade students at East High School told reporters Thursday the... 000
Reposted by Sam ShoreyTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Imagine if projector salespeople told you projectors were great in the classroom not because they let everybody see an image better but rather because now every course could be about projectors, because projectors are the future and the time to opt out of talking about projectors all day has passed. 1037097
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 06/05/2025me too! I was surprised by the way this question revealed (and spoke directly to) the students' most pressing concerns. 010
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I do this every year and their answers are great (and really different than what they write on teaching evals). Here is an example PDF: bit.ly/AdviceFromStudentsWhoTookThisClass My fav this semester said "Prepare to have some of your assumptions challenged by new viewpoints backed up with studies." 000
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 06/05/2025📑 teaching tip: On the final exam, include a question that asks "What is one piece of advice you would give a future student about how to succeed in this class?" (All answers get full credit, unless they're rude). Then compile the most actionable responses into a doc for students next semester. 220
Reposted by Sam ShoreyRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 02/05/2025The future of AI shouldn’t be left in the hands of tech billionaires and corporations. Workers must have a real voice in how AI is deployed. Explore more on why we need a pro-worker agenda for AI that includes real safeguards and worker-centered policies. #restoringdemocracy 0145
Reposted by Sam ShoreyJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459... 23291242809
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025As Kevin G. from Mean Girls once said "don't let the haters stop you from doing your thing." 010
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025AI technologies like these only gain financial investment through the belief that the human labor they rely upon is a temporary part the system. We discuss the myth of "stop gap labor" in our new article, awarded 🏆 Best Paper at the conference on Human-Robot Interaction! dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/... 010
Sam Shorey @samshorey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025No matter how cool the videos look, the important thing about this robot "poised to move into our homes so it can help with the daily chores" is actually 10+ paragraphs into the article: It is controlled by a Norwegian guy in the basement!nytimes.comInvasion of the Home Humanoid Robots 111
Reposted by Sam ShoreyDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 04/04/2025I spend so much time trying to get people riled up about terrible "AI" so we can work on different, non-terrible ways to build "AI," & also be informed enough about "AI" to be able to call our reps or stand up in town halls & council meetings & talk about why shitty "AI" shouldn't be woven into govt 19413
Reposted by Sam ShoreyAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 13/03/2025The labor movement will not stand by and let Elon Musk and DOGE gut the essential services that working people rely on without a fight. Join AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social, labor leaders, and allies TONIGHT for a webinar on how we stop their power grab: actionnetwork.org/events/mar13... 15815
Reposted by Sam ShoreyArvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Years of constant AI hype + deliberate use of the umbrella term AI to refer to wholly unrelated applications such as text generation and values-based decision making (the main point of "AI Snake Oil") has confused the public enough that replacing civil servants with AI seems at least plausible. 1/2 14515