Martha Lincoln
@heavyredaction.bsky.social
Medical anthropologist, Assoc. Prof. at SFSU. EIC at @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social. Studying online health influencers. “In the dark times/Will there also be singing?”—Bertolt Brecht
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The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires.
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
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My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
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Critical Perspectives on “AI” in Education – a free, one-hour, Zoom interview series starting Monday Feb 17, 12 noon PT / 3pm ET / 8pm GMT, continuing Tuesdays from Feb 23.
Come and chat with us! 🧵
🧪💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #education #politics #AcademicSky #technology #AI
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Come and chat with us! 🧵
🧪💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #education #politics #AcademicSky #technology #AI
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Critical Perspectives on "AI" in Education
French Postcard, ca. 1901, "In the Year 2000," Wikimedia
sites.google.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Critical Perspectives on “AI” in Education – a free, one-hour, Zoom interview series starting Monday Feb 17, 12 noon PT / 3pm ET / 8pm GMT, continuing Tuesdays from Feb 23.
Come and chat with us! 🧵
🧪💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #education #politics #AcademicSky #technology #AI
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Come and chat with us! 🧵
🧪💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #education #politics #AcademicSky #technology #AI
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Thank you Ben! In solidarity!!
February 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Thank you Ben! In solidarity!!
Our petition asking the CSU chancellor to “Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans” is very close to 2,000 signatures—many irate faculty, students, alums.
We‘ll be sending signatures and comments to the administration on *Monday.* Last call, & anyone can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
We‘ll be sending signatures and comments to the administration on *Monday.* Last call, & anyone can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Our petition asking the CSU chancellor to “Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans” is very close to 2,000 signatures—many irate faculty, students, alums.
We‘ll be sending signatures and comments to the administration on *Monday.* Last call, & anyone can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
We‘ll be sending signatures and comments to the administration on *Monday.* Last call, & anyone can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
actionnetwork.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
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“You need only know this: Whatever is happening with your data, it is important enough to the most egregiously lawless administration in American history that it be collected and consolidated.” Always read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)
Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
“You need only know this: Whatever is happening with your data, it is important enough to the most egregiously lawless administration in American history that it be collected and consolidated.” Always read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)
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Loren Taylor & his white big business friends formed a fake group that KTVU immediately started partnering with weeks after it was founded and visibly had no membership. Still doing it too. The Fox takeover of that station was the death knell of independent journalism in Oakland
February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Loren Taylor & his white big business friends formed a fake group that KTVU immediately started partnering with weeks after it was founded and visibly had no membership. Still doing it too. The Fox takeover of that station was the death knell of independent journalism in Oakland
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Alex Pretti & Renee Good were killed by members of DHS tactical teams. I went long on ICE/CBP's 'Special Response Team' & BORTAC, Homeland Security's paramilitary units that are now using SOCOM-style tactics & firepower for civil immigration enforcement & protest suppression
NEW: @awinston.bsky.social breaks down why ICE and CBP's special response teams and BORTAC units are very different from the basic "cops" the Trump administration often characterizes US immigration enforcement agents to be. www.wired.com/story/ice-cb...
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Alex Pretti & Renee Good were killed by members of DHS tactical teams. I went long on ICE/CBP's 'Special Response Team' & BORTAC, Homeland Security's paramilitary units that are now using SOCOM-style tactics & firepower for civil immigration enforcement & protest suppression
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
The International AI Safety Report is clear-eyed: threats from AI are growing--to rights, autonomy, health, cybersecurity, and planetary well-being. The evidence is stronger than ever. Commitments from industry and government to the safe, trustworthy, and responsible use of AI are urgently needed.
Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵
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February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The International AI Safety Report is clear-eyed: threats from AI are growing--to rights, autonomy, health, cybersecurity, and planetary well-being. The evidence is stronger than ever. Commitments from industry and government to the safe, trustworthy, and responsible use of AI are urgently needed.
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
The "violent criminal illegal alien" that agents were pursuing when they killed Alex Pretti has been in the U.S. for two decades. He had a single misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct (domestic assault) eight years ago that was expunged from his record. He did not have a deportation order.
Agents were pursuing an immigrant when they killed Alex Pretti. Now, he shares his story.
"I was there. I saw everything," Jose Huerta Chuma, who remains in hiding, told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The "violent criminal illegal alien" that agents were pursuing when they killed Alex Pretti has been in the U.S. for two decades. He had a single misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct (domestic assault) eight years ago that was expunged from his record. He did not have a deportation order.
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
7 Reasons Teens Say No to AI
Some young people only turn to artificial-intelligence chatbots as a last resort, citing concerns about relationships, creativity, the environment and more.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
More of a thread here is below FYI. Thank you for reading and signing or sharing, if your time allows.
Also noting that I have long appreciated your work and enjoy teaching it to my SFSU undergrads. Best wishes and many thanks!
bsky.app/profile/heav...
Also noting that I have long appreciated your work and enjoy teaching it to my SFSU undergrads. Best wishes and many thanks!
bsky.app/profile/heav...
The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires.
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
February 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
More of a thread here is below FYI. Thank you for reading and signing or sharing, if your time allows.
Also noting that I have long appreciated your work and enjoy teaching it to my SFSU undergrads. Best wishes and many thanks!
bsky.app/profile/heav...
Also noting that I have long appreciated your work and enjoy teaching it to my SFSU undergrads. Best wishes and many thanks!
bsky.app/profile/heav...
Thank you for this timely and beautiful piece!
Here sharing a petition of possible interest you as an SFSU alum. Last year, Cal State University contracted w/ OpenAI to provide ChatGPT to all students. We’re asking the CSU not to renew this unfortunate contract:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Here sharing a petition of possible interest you as an SFSU alum. Last year, Cal State University contracted w/ OpenAI to provide ChatGPT to all students. We’re asking the CSU not to renew this unfortunate contract:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
actionnetwork.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Thank you for this timely and beautiful piece!
Here sharing a petition of possible interest you as an SFSU alum. Last year, Cal State University contracted w/ OpenAI to provide ChatGPT to all students. We’re asking the CSU not to renew this unfortunate contract:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Here sharing a petition of possible interest you as an SFSU alum. Last year, Cal State University contracted w/ OpenAI to provide ChatGPT to all students. We’re asking the CSU not to renew this unfortunate contract:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Let’s do it!!
TY in advance — and yes, I am also so sorry about the CSU. Much to discuss 🤨
TY in advance — and yes, I am also so sorry about the CSU. Much to discuss 🤨
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Let’s do it!!
TY in advance — and yes, I am also so sorry about the CSU. Much to discuss 🤨
TY in advance — and yes, I am also so sorry about the CSU. Much to discuss 🤨
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
Colleagues, especially those in CA and in the California State University, please sign this petition. I know you've all heard the bleak news stories about our AI debacle (because people are always bringing the stories to me)!
The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires.
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
February 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Colleagues, especially those in CA and in the California State University, please sign this petition. I know you've all heard the bleak news stories about our AI debacle (because people are always bringing the stories to me)!
Yes! It is free! It’s 100% free! This is what everyone has been saying in the CSU.
OpenAI is providing Cal State with “ChatGPT Edu.” It’s essentially ChatGPT 4o that does not scrape user interactions to train OpenAI’s models. Otherwise, identical product afaik!
OpenAI is providing Cal State with “ChatGPT Edu.” It’s essentially ChatGPT 4o that does not scrape user interactions to train OpenAI’s models. Otherwise, identical product afaik!
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Yes! It is free! It’s 100% free! This is what everyone has been saying in the CSU.
OpenAI is providing Cal State with “ChatGPT Edu.” It’s essentially ChatGPT 4o that does not scrape user interactions to train OpenAI’s models. Otherwise, identical product afaik!
OpenAI is providing Cal State with “ChatGPT Edu.” It’s essentially ChatGPT 4o that does not scrape user interactions to train OpenAI’s models. Otherwise, identical product afaik!
Reposted by Martha Lincoln
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Much appreciated!!
February 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Much appreciated!!
Thank you Darin!
February 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Thank you Darin!
Thank you so much, Ryan!
February 1, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Thank you so much, Ryan!