Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119112992802
Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 28/09/2026His platform was never really radical, despite all the fear-mongering. He pointed out issues that were fixable and he’s fixing them! He also happens to be good at the videos. 082
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on. 03913
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Jodi Carreon @jcarreo22.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hear, hear! “We have now reached a critical mass of parents that have seen the promises of internet liberation that suffused our youth curdle into the technofascism that has defined our early middle age. We want better for our kids.” - @andyliddell.bsky.social 0126
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026On the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix talks with reporters Chris Mills Rodrigo and Laura Karpas about how US school districts are setting classroom AI policy—from cautious "AI literacy" guardrails to New York and LA's one-year moratoriums.techpolicy.pressAcross the US, School Districts Wrestle With Classroom AI PolicyA conversation with Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo and audio reporter Laura Karpas. 023
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Breaking News: UFT & AFT making an announcement about AI safety for kids with Microsoft is like the sheep making an announcement about sheep safety with a pack of wolves. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 @comixaction.com @schoolsbeyond.bsky.social @gregpak.net @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social 1227
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 05/09/2026we have strayed so far from god's light 152746378
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For the night crowd: the wins you’re seeing in NYC and LA this week did not fall from the sky. They are the result of literally thousands of hours of organizing by parents, teachers, advocates in both communities. These wins belong to them - and the millions of kids in both cities who will benefit. 011928
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Cursed thought: Succession pinball machine 12685
Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I hope this inspires more advocacy around the country. We made noise, we presented the data, we spoke at city hall, we testified before the PEP. We were heard! It’s not perfect but it’s a big step in the right direction. Thank you for listening @mayor.nyc.gov 338672
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hi fam...so we have a new AI policy in New York City! It's a testament to ALLL of the work that organizers like you have done in the past year. It's not perfect--but it's a start! 🔥❤️🔥 Flip through to see our response! xoxo @gregpak.net @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social @comixaction.com 110142
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"'The fact that this policy exists at all is due to the enormous work of parents across the city who spoke out against the overreach of A.I. into their kids’ classroom,” @kellyclancy.bsky.social said."nytimes.comA.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle SchoolsA new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium. 114446
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Politico @politico.com · 02/09/2026NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school studentsdlvr.itNYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school studentsThe Department of Education is unveiling new guidelines following backlash. 202170559
Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I guess wandering Green-Wood Cemetery with my son was the right place to learn about Dolly’s death 020
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 23/08/2026the average well-off DSA organizer is basically organizing to pay higher taxes the rest of their life and in a society where that level of selflessness is pretty rare I don't think anyone should be giving them shit for it 171771163
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... 131226461
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026They're not AI artists. They're slop jockeys. 1549
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Post Season Betsy 💙 @baseballfrank.bsky.social · 10/08/2026My mom has had two open heart surgeries due to Congenital Rubella Syndrome and then had a hemorrhagic stroke due to issues with blood thinners and is now unable to live alone. All because she was unlucky enough to be born before MMR was available. 0184
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We need to be saying this loudly and clearly: These people have lost their fucking minds. 1013306834
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 07/08/2026Hey, I made a video for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! Please, @mayor.nyc.gov, don't let the billionaires get their hands on our kids! Give us a full 2 year "A.i." moratorium for the schools - for students and teachers, 2K-12! (PLEASE share - and tell the mayor what YOU think at HeyMamdani.fyi !) 101049391
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 05/08/2026fuck benji madden, fuck good charlotte. they should be run out of the industry for this 5344
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 01/08/2026Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do! Time to join the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to enact a moratorium on "A.i." in the schools! Please share - and please tell the mayor you want a moratorium! www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic... 6409142
Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Love the energy of the advocates and especially love the extremely NYC vibe of this photo of @dianaforqueens.com and her pizza baby 🤌 1314
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We officially hit 700 artists on our petition to @nycmayor with the great Dave Eggers, who agreed to sign on in this handwritten letter. He wrote back to a NYC parent who wants to see a moratorium on AI in NYC schools. See the full list of signers and become artist 701! 39724
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 27/07/2026Big reminder, NYC! This Wednesday at 5:30 pm in Chelsea, we're rallying with the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and @comixaction.com against "A.i." in the public schools! Come join!!! actionnetwork.org/events/ai-ou...actionnetwork.orgAI Out of Schools PEP RallyJoin the AIM Coalition for a brief rally outside and testimony inside at the July PEP (Panel for Educational Policy) meeting to demand a FULL moratorium on AI in NYC Schools. 18539
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)cass city @heavenlygrandpa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026this came to me in a dream last night 1111
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)PBS News @pbsnews.org · 18/07/2026Child safety advocates are sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence features now being used by millions of students in classrooms that rely on education tools made by Google. to.pbs.org/4yn3vVtpbs.orgGoogle's AI search features pose 'unacceptable risk' to children, new report findsCommon Sense Media found that across more than 2,600 test interactions, Google’s two built-in AI search functions routinely failed to recognize risky and harmful behavior. 312767
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The tell with all of this is your kids can be taught by sex bots dressed up like John Oliver, but the tech barons send their kids to schools where they don't allow phones and there is an art AND music teacher. 16818238
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 16/07/2026As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵nysfocus.comRural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot TeacherPlans to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant at Salamanca High School have sparked debate over the role of technology in schools. 41905514
Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 12/07/2026He’s sitting in a hospital bed, propped up with pillows, wearing JEANS. Dungarees! Hard pants! Cmon now. 221
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 12/07/2026 2172
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026ICE has increased operations in NYC, with an uptick in reported sightings across Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Most recent sightings were in Coney Island (BK), Corona (QNS), Jackson Heights (QNS), and Bushwick (BK). The ICE hotline is back online after being down for a month: 229-304-8720 1221210
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Aftermath @aftermath.site · 08/07/2026How AI is ruining education, in one handy chart aftermath.site/ai-education-i... 629392
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Omelet Style @omeletstyle.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Couldn’t have seen this coming 011
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 02/07/2026marked safe from having any idea of what people are talking about 181416182
Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I said… BRR! It’s cold in here! There must be a rent freeze in the atmosphere! 020
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/06/2026Proud to stand with the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and @comixaction.com against "A.i." in schools. I said that "A.i." in education is a form of child abuse. Shame on anyone that tells a kid that they are less than by suggesting they generate slop instead of writing and drawing on their own. 8505127
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 25/06/2026www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2026...cityandstateny.comOpinion: Dems and GOP agree, we need an AI moratoriumThe school year ends this week. Let’s start the next year without it. 0133
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 24/06/2026static.klipy.comZohran MamdaniAlt: Zohran Mamdani looking all cute saying “welcome to the transition” 229128
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Omelet Style @omeletstyle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE! 011
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)VoteHub @votehub.com · 24/06/2026Claire Valdez is winning Hispanic precincts in NY-07 by 30 points. Hispanic voters in the district are backing the DSA and Mamdani backed candidate strongly. 116929
Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 23/06/2026We can do this here, too! AI is not inevitable and it does not belong in our schools. 022
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I know I sound like a crazy person because we all worship cars now but I actually don’t think it should be legal to drive a vehicle with a hood taller than most women and all children in a heavily pedestrian citynytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 1530645
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026 417458
Reposted by Shan (help I’m alive)Claire Valdez @claireforny.bsky.social · 19/06/2026If you're going to start taking big real estate money, at least be honest about it. 47331