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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, thank you for this, as the president of my university recently compared AI to the printing press, and as an information scientist I am saying, "no, sir, that is neither helpful nor accurate."

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 3d

really nice piece on this btw from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer

The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself.  It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 2d

Here’s the true cost of Donald Trump’s “unconditional donation” of a $400 M luxury aircraft gifted to him by Qatar.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · 2d

www.anti-imperialists.com/blog/unity-o...

New essay by Profesor A. Aviña, Unity or Submission: The Great Yankee Risk, on the targeting of boats in Venezuela: "The Mexico-Palestine border is everywhere, including in the Caribbean."

Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective

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The DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 18d

Join us on Thursday, OCTOBER 16th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET over Zoom for a conversation about How to Survive Techno-Hellscapes 🔥💻🌐

This panel will feature four phenomenal disability culture workers, activists, writers, and scholars in conversation with DISCO's own @remiyergeau.bsky.social

Flier for "How to Survive Techno-Hellscapes: On Crip Wisdom and Critique" event at the University of Michigan with details, four speakers, and a QR code for registration. The background is a deep red close-up of wires and plugs, and there is a graphic of a charred hallway.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 3d

Ah yes, carving through the wilderness so someone can make an AI video of Darth Vader doing a TikTok dance. interc.pt/478DpZU

A photo of a serpentine river near Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska on Sept. 11, 2022, overlaid with the headline, "Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies," and the DEK, "Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”"

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 3d

A sheriff told the media that his team searched a license plate reader database because they were worried about a woman's safety. Records show it was an abortion investigation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a

New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and

www.eff.org

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · 4d

Critical tech colleagues, see Stand.Earth @stand.earth report on Microsoft AI's pollution footprint stand.earth/resources/gl...

Global Ramifications, Local Impact – Microsoft’s AI Pollution Footprint - Stand.earth

By using the best available data on Microsoft’s AI expenditures and growth trajectory, as well as by examining the company’s energy providers and current investments in energy procurement, this report...

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · 4d

Critical tech colleagues, see the worker rights supported by @chipscommunities.bsky.social Chips Communities United as well as environmental impacts of the semiconductor industry as reflected in a generation of advocacy by Center for Environmental Public Oversight. cpeo.org

Center For Public Environmental Oversight

The Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO) promotes and facilitates public participation in the oversight of environmental activities at federal facilities, private "Superfund" sites, and Brownfields.

cpeo.org

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 7d

I am once again asking why these data centers are all fucking SECRETS

"A controversial plan to build a 2.2-million-square-foot data center on farmland may still happen. A rural community... is looking to settle a lawsuit recently filed by a development firm working for an unidentified tech giant."

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Dr Karaitiana Taiuru MITP, MInstD @ktaiuru.bsky.social · 5d

Sovereign computers, software and servers for home and office. Come and join me for this live webinar with an Open Source expert, noon October 22, Nau mai, haere mai koutou!

sovereign-computers.eventbrite.co.nz

Sovereign computers, software and servers for home and office

I talk with Tangata Tiriti Rob Elshire about his journey over decades setting up sovereign computers and data storage facilities.

Sovereign-Computers.eventbrite.co.nz

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 10d

“Its elimination, critics argue, would not just cut courses but undercut the very values [Clara] Luper embodied: courage, resistance, and the fight for equality.”

theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

University of Oklahoma Eyes Closure of African American Studies

University of Oklahoma considers dissolving African American Studies, sparking backlash over erasure of Clara Luper’s legacy.

theblackwallsttimes.com

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dylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 12d

$Across the top of the image is a fractured black rectangle where the left half is labeled "Frame: F is happening!" and the right side is labeled "Negation: F is not true!" left side of the box: "AI*" is so useful, it's revolutionizing everything. *massive, generative commercial "AI" models. right side of the box: "AI" capabilities are overblown, it's mostly slop. Below the box is a large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "Frame F" fragment. In a box next to Kirby is the text: Kirby. K is happening. That's why they're saying F. In the pink box is the text: "AI" is functioning to fuel mass surveillance, exploitation of workers & the environment, and the consolidation of wealth and power on a massive scale.$

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WIRED @wired.com · 20d

The tech industry’s embrace of President Trump has left many of us asking the same question: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley? On Sept. 23 at 11 AM, our WIRED experts get into it. wrd.cm/4mslR0k

Have questions? Drop them below 👇🏼

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · 24d

www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-pol...

At the university where I work.

ASU police allegedly helped the feds detain a university employee

The ASU chapter of the National Lawyers Guild blasted the arrest of the unnamed employee, who was later released.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 27d

The destruction of third spaces by corporate and governmental interests and their replacement with highly engineered corpora digital spaces being the leading edge of our tip into fascism and social scale incoherence is really one of those obvious domino effects.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Aug 14

"A living visual archive on cybernetics in the expanded field. Browse and contribute images of all kinds: diagrams, schematics, photos, graphic elements, and other visual fragments."

Cybernetics Image Library

A living visual archive on cybernetics in the expanded field.

cyberneticsimagelibrary.dev

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.zdnet.com/article/this...

This infamous people search site is back after leaking 3 billion records - how to remove your data from it ASAP

National Public Data is back online. Protect your privacy from it now - and check if other people-search sites have your information.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 12

Meanwhile in DC:

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · Jul 24

Meanwhile en los EEUU mientras que el clientepresidente continua negociar con la Madame Maxwell allí estamos like...

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · Jul 24

www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-big-te...

How big tech is force-feeding us AI

Plus, OpenAI's absurd listening tour, top AI scientists say AI is evolving beyond our control, Facebook is putting data centers in tents, and the AI bubble question — answered?

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Anna Lenhart @annalenhart.bsky.social · Jul 22

GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...

Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University

The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.

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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2025/07/22/c...

CONVOCATORIA 6a ASAMBLEA NACIONAL POR EL AGUA, LA VIDA Y EL TERRITORIO

<p>Al Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN Al Congreso Nacional Indígena, CNI Al Concejo Indígena de Gobierno, CIG A la Europa Insumisa, Digna y Rebelde A quienes firmaron la Declaración po...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Jul 16

In a new Lawfare Research Paper, Sezaneh Seymour and Brandon Wales examine the risks and benefits of expanding private-sector participation in offensive cyber operations and provide a framework for policymakers to use when considering this type of involvement in cyber operations.

Partners or Provocateurs? Private-Sector Involvement in Offensive Cyber Operations

A structured framework to evaluate the risks and benefits of authorizing private companies to “hack back.”

www.lawfaremedia.org

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