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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 16h

MAGA PSA

CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 20h

5th Annual Chili Fest - Saturday Oct. 18, from 4-7 pm at Willington Hill Fire Department, 24 Old Farms Road, put on by the Willington Connecticut Democratic Town Committee. Come and vote for Willington's Best Chili! Tickets at the door - Adults $10, Children $5
www.WillingtonDemocrats.org

CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 1d

Bodhisattvas are woke by definition no?

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 1d

"The conservative shop owner displaced by automation has more in common with the liberal professor replaced by AI tutors than either has with the billionaire who erased them. When the educated middle class lose faith in gradual reform, they engineer it." thehill.com/opinion/tech...

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 1d

Sanders is advocating for a 32-hour workweek, worker ownership, profit-sharing and co-management, a “robot tax” on companies that replace workers with machines, passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, union rights, and paid family and medical leave. www.commondreams.org/news/ai-jobs

As Big Tech Oligarchs Wage War on Workers, Sanders Warns AI Could Kill Nearly 100 Million US Jobs | Common Dreams

Sen. Bernie Sanders argued at Fox News that artificial intelligence "must benefit everyone, not just a handful of billionaires," and released a report warning that AI puts up to 97 million US jobs at ...

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 1d

...the tens of thousands of New York DSAers pounding the city’s sidewalks between now and November 4th are not only Zohran Mamdani’s socialists; they’re Michael Harrington’s socialists, too. prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

The Rift in American Socialism

Today on TAP: Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 1d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Willimantic” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Willimantic · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together. The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us. _A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events._

https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/843988/?referring_vol=3893510&rname=James&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky×lot=5523125

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 1d

Komeito, a socially liberal party affiliated with a lay Buddhist organisation, had criticised Takaichi's tough language on foreigners and visits to the Yasakuni Shrine - seen by neighbours as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.

CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 1d

A pleasant surprise: The Buddhist new religion-associated party Komeito has ended its long alliance with the conservative Japanese LDP over their sharp turn to far right nationalism under their new leader Takaichi. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 3d

Matteo and I had a lovely conversation about technoprogressivism as a new flavor of social democracy on his new podcast Bread and Robots. breadandrobots.substack.com/p/technoprog...

Technoprogressivism and Social Democratic Futures – With James Hughes

What technoprogressivism is, why it matters, and how it can power a democratic, egalitarian future

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 4d

Effectively, all the growth in remote-work policies can be attributed to private colleges. Before Covid-19, around one out of every 10 private-college employees could work remotely. Last week, BLS estimated that rate now sits at one in five employees. www.chronicle.com/article/desp...

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 5d

Cory Doctorow: “It might look like he’s all over the place because he does so many things, but they are all part of a coherent plan — his push to make a more humane and democratic, user-friendly, non-capitalist, non-exploitative internet,” said Kim Stanley Robinson www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 5d

To understand how wealth at the billionaire level works, Collins breaks it down into four parts: getting the wealth, defending the wealth, political capture and hyper-extraction. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality

As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 6d

Low-income voters appear to be shifting sharply away from Trump, largely driven by economic pressures and rising uncertainty.
www.newsweek.com/trumps-appro...

Trump’s approval rating plunges with low income voters

Low-income voters appear to be shifting sharply away from Trump, largely driven by economic pressures and rising uncertainty.

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 10d

Socialism’s headway within the Democratic Party also means it gains headway within America’s two-party system for the first time. Rather than aspire to be an independent third party... by coming in the back door through one of the two existing parties. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 10d

Welcome to October, my current spooky season watch rec is: Khemjira!!

It’s a gothic-vibes romance series set largely in rural Ubon Ratchathani, starring Keng Harit Buayoi as the stoic master shaman Pharan and Namping Napatsakorn Pingmuang as our cursed ingenue protagonist Khem

Publicity poster for Khemjira; Pharan is hugging Khem protectively to his chest, a hand cupping his head, looking very seriously into the distance. A woman ghost is in the background above them

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 13d

“Negotiating the Algorithm”: algorithmic management, the use of AI programs to oversee workers on the job. 79% of European job sites and 90% in the US already use at least one algorithmic management tool to govern the rank and file.
futurism.com/future-socie...

Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord

Far from a dystopian fantasy, algorithmic management tech is rapidly expanding across the US and European Union.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 13d

Every progressive head of state would like to urge American resistance to fascism, but they are too afraid. Petro said "I ask all the soldiers of the United States' army, don't point your rifles against humanity" and "disobey the orders of Trump."
www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-rev...

U.S. revokes visa for president of Colombia after he urges American soldiers to disobey Trump

The State Department announced it was revoking a visa for Colombia President Gustavo Petro after he participated in a New York protest where he called on American soldiers to disobey President Trump's...

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 13d

Tue:
17 CSOs inc @pvamplify.bsky.social launch report, “Our Shared Responsibility”: How Civil Society is Strengthening Local Resilience for a Federal Democratic Myanmar"
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@seajunction.bsky.social #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Update w/ @debbiestot.bsky.social & @liasciortino.bsky.social
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On 30 September 2025, 17 civil society organizations will hold an online press conference to launch a new report, “Our Shared Responsibility”: How Civil Society is Strengthening Local Resilience for a Federal Democratic Burma/Myanmar.

The report explores how Myanmar civil society groups are bridging the human rights and humanitarian crisis of today with Myanmar’s federal democratic future through diverse initiatives that strengthen local community resilience. It highlights how civil society groups deliver humanitarian aid in areas under junta attack and inaccessible to international agencies, promote sustainable community initiatives that foster self-reliance and social cohesion, protect human rights, and advance inclusive, bottom-up federalism.

During this online event, panelists will share key findings from the report, including Myanmar civil society groups’ innovative approaches to saving lives, implementing sustainable community-led solutions, and supporting local democratic governance. The panelists will also discuss the challenges Myanmar civil society groups must navigate to implement their missions and meet the needs of Myanmar’s most vulnerable populations on the ground.

Panelists:

- Naw Cherry, Karen Peace Support Network
- Naw Poe Dah, Burmese Women’s Union
- Rose, Progressive Voice

The panel will be moderated by Khin Ohmar, Chairperson of Progressive Voice.

54th Monthly Whats Happening In Myanmar update
30th Sept
4pm Thailand Time
With Debbie Stothard & Rosalia Sciortino

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 13d

Tue:
Join @altsean.bsky.social & RAW Asia Pacific for a ACSC/APF 2025 session "Economics by the people, for the people"
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@seajunction.bsky.social hold Panel "Bridging the Gap: Global Just Transition Pathways for the Global South
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ECONOMICS BY THE PEOPLE,
FOR THE PEOPLE!
How people-centered economic policies can transform ASEAN
With panelists
Mrs. Smile, Activist for rights of Persons with Disabilities
Val, Peacebuilder & Social Justice Advocate
Nabila Tauhida, Youth Participatn & Meaningful Engagemt Specialist
Constanza Pauchulo, Inti Human Rights, Economics & Devt Specialist
Debbie Stothard, ALTSEAN-Burma (Moderator)
TUES 30th SEP 2025
09:30 Yangon / 10:00 BKK / 11:00 KL

SEA Junction, in collaboration with the Institute for Global Decarbonization Progress, IE University, and the Just Transition Observatory, invites you to join a discussion on global transition gaps and solutions.

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 13d

New week is here #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the upcoming events🧵

We saw Hong Kongers keep their 2014 promise in 2019, we also saw another 2019 "㷛底見" we believe it will also be kept.

Friends in Myanmar say ကမ္ဘာမကြေဘူး
We dream similar dreams of a free future.
Never give up, persist

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Don't give up
Let's meet at the “bottom of the pot” (nickname of the LegCo demonstration area)
without our masks
Date: unknown
Time: unknown
Details awaiting letter of no objection
But, to live we must believe

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 13d

I think there's a transhumanist solution to the baby bust crisis.

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 15d

Apparently only antifascism is a terrorist threat www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman

John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests

www.theguardian.com

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