Caroline Luce
@lucecaroline.bsky.social
American labor history / Jewish studies / digital humanities
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
UC-AFT Comms crew
memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
carolineluce.com
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
UC-AFT Comms crew
memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
carolineluce.com
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“Nearly 90% of firms said AI has had no impact on employment or productivity over the last three years, the research noted. However, firms’ expectations of AI’s workplace and economic impact remained substantial: Executives forecast AI will increase productivity by 1.4%”
It’s all wishful thinking
It’s all wishful thinking
Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | Fortune
In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
fortune.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
“Nearly 90% of firms said AI has had no impact on employment or productivity over the last three years, the research noted. However, firms’ expectations of AI’s workplace and economic impact remained substantial: Executives forecast AI will increase productivity by 1.4%”
It’s all wishful thinking
It’s all wishful thinking
cool how we’re not allowed to buy meals for events or get reimbursed for travel anymore
UCLA fires top finance offer, saying he made inaccurate claims about campus budget
UCLA fires top finance offer, saying he made inaccurate claims about campus budget
Stephen Agostini, UCLA's chief financial officer, was dismissed from the job Tuesday. A university official said Agostini made 'inaccurate' remarks claiming there was a $425 million campus deficit.
www.latimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:32 AM
cool how we’re not allowed to buy meals for events or get reimbursed for travel anymore
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this gorgeous print by Sophie Wang and @cynthiaycheng.bsky.social commissioned by Katie Wang is the energy I am entering this new year (of the horse) with!!! wangshuf.bigcartel.com/product/towa...?
Towards Liberation (2026 Lunar New Year Print)
by Sophie Wang and Cynthia Yuan Cheng, commissioned by Katie Wang 2026 begins with coming together, a herd of fire horses thousands upon thousands...
wangshuf.bigcartel.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:23 AM
this gorgeous print by Sophie Wang and @cynthiaycheng.bsky.social commissioned by Katie Wang is the energy I am entering this new year (of the horse) with!!! wangshuf.bigcartel.com/product/towa...?
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BREAKING: I obtained text messages in which an aide to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, acknowledged she "had an affair with our boss."
2 sources said the affair was an "open secret" in the office. The staffer died by suicide last year. @expressnews.com:
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
2 sources said the affair was an "open secret" in the office. The staffer died by suicide last year. @expressnews.com:
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Tony Gonzales had affair with aide who set herself on fire, ex-staffer says
Months before her death, Regina Santos-Aviles texted a fellow Gonzales staffer saying she had an affair with the congressman. He has ducked questions about it.
www.expressnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
BREAKING: I obtained text messages in which an aide to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, acknowledged she "had an affair with our boss."
2 sources said the affair was an "open secret" in the office. The staffer died by suicide last year. @expressnews.com:
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
2 sources said the affair was an "open secret" in the office. The staffer died by suicide last year. @expressnews.com:
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Ben Goertzel, popularizer of the term AGI and creator of the Sophia robot, congratulating Jeffrey Epstein the day after Epstein was released from prison.
Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Ben Goertzel, popularizer of the term AGI and creator of the Sophia robot, congratulating Jeffrey Epstein the day after Epstein was released from prison.
Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
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I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
chinga la migra
The @ACLU has filed a class action damages suit against federal & state officers over an Idaho immigration raid last October. 200 armed officers raided a horse-race festival, detaining 400 Latinos for 4 hrs. All adults & many teens ziptied & searched.
1/8
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#1 in Rodriguez v. Porter (D. Idaho, 1:26-cv-00075) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number AIDDC-3055371.), filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet Attachme...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
chinga la migra
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents departed from a Coast Guard site at Terminal Island they had used as a base of operations for immigration raids across Southern California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Activists celebrate as immigration agents depart Terminal Island. 'The people kicked them out'
Federal immigration agents departed from the Coast Guard site at Terminal Island in San Pedro, which they had used as a base for months while the Trump administration conducted immigration raids acros...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents departed from a Coast Guard site at Terminal Island they had used as a base of operations for immigration raids across Southern California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
happy to see this news.. still mad that UCLA’s workers had to sue to stop this because our well-paid administrators were too spineless to fight for us
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:58 AM
happy to see this news.. still mad that UCLA’s workers had to sue to stop this because our well-paid administrators were too spineless to fight for us
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Yesterday upwards of 300 million people across India held a national strike.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Yesterday upwards of 300 million people across India held a national strike.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
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I keep bringing up Googleglass because it’s a reminder that widespread opprobrium is still a useful tool. If your friend says he plans on buying them, tell him they are for creeps. If someone shows up to your party with them, ask them to leave. Brand these as a product for losers and pervs.
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I keep bringing up Googleglass because it’s a reminder that widespread opprobrium is still a useful tool. If your friend says he plans on buying them, tell him they are for creeps. If someone shows up to your party with them, ask them to leave. Brand these as a product for losers and pervs.
super g is so fucking sick
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 AM
super g is so fucking sick
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February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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One of the Minnesotans who stood up was Gust Johnson, a Vietnam war vet and nurse
He went to scene after Alex Pretti was killed
Agents repeatedly sprayed him in face
They tackled him (knocking out hearing aid and cutting arm)
They shackled him.
They held him ten hours.
They kept his phone.
He went to scene after Alex Pretti was killed
Agents repeatedly sprayed him in face
They tackled him (knocking out hearing aid and cutting arm)
They shackled him.
They held him ten hours.
They kept his phone.
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One of the Minnesotans who stood up was Gust Johnson, a Vietnam war vet and nurse
He went to scene after Alex Pretti was killed
Agents repeatedly sprayed him in face
They tackled him (knocking out hearing aid and cutting arm)
They shackled him.
They held him ten hours.
They kept his phone.
He went to scene after Alex Pretti was killed
Agents repeatedly sprayed him in face
They tackled him (knocking out hearing aid and cutting arm)
They shackled him.
They held him ten hours.
They kept his phone.
don’t look away
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 4:13 AM
don’t look away
Pat Spencer pumps me up so much
From the Santa Cruz Warriors to the NBA, Gui Santos & Pat Spencer have had each other's back every step of the way 🤝
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Pat Spencer pumps me up so much
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Raskin: To promote justice for the people, you've got to listen to the victims like the women seated behind you today. Those are just some of the hundreds of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's global sex trafficking ring. You still haven't with them.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Raskin: To promote justice for the people, you've got to listen to the victims like the women seated behind you today. Those are just some of the hundreds of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's global sex trafficking ring. You still haven't with them.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Southcom killed 2 more in the Eastern Pacific today, making at least 131 civilians killed by the US with no due process in 35 attacks over 5 months.
Only a sick nation would do this. 23 attacks in the Eastern Pacific, 10 in the Caribbean, 2 unspecified. See adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
Only a sick nation would do this. 23 attacks in the Eastern Pacific, 10 in the Caribbean, 2 unspecified. See adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Southcom killed 2 more in the Eastern Pacific today, making at least 131 civilians killed by the US with no due process in 35 attacks over 5 months.
Only a sick nation would do this. 23 attacks in the Eastern Pacific, 10 in the Caribbean, 2 unspecified. See adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
Only a sick nation would do this. 23 attacks in the Eastern Pacific, 10 in the Caribbean, 2 unspecified. See adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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Don't think ICE is a worker issue? This asylum-seeking, gig driver with no criminal record was held without reason for 5 weeks. He was forced to abandon his car after being shackled by masked ICE agents.
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Don't think ICE is a worker issue? This asylum-seeking, gig driver with no criminal record was held without reason for 5 weeks. He was forced to abandon his car after being shackled by masked ICE agents.
football is so boring we want benito
February 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
football is so boring we want benito
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This rules. Kick Bovino out of every fucking bar in the country.
Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar
Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue’s customers.
lasvegassun.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This rules. Kick Bovino out of every fucking bar in the country.
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💥 Adopt a Day Labor Corner @ndlon.bsky.social
"Here’s what we are asking: Find out where day laborers and other immigrant workers in your community are at risk of harassment and arrest. Go there and commit to showing up regularly."
Toolkit and more info: ndlon.org/adopt-a-day-...
"Here’s what we are asking: Find out where day laborers and other immigrant workers in your community are at risk of harassment and arrest. Go there and commit to showing up regularly."
Toolkit and more info: ndlon.org/adopt-a-day-...
Adopt a Day Labor Corner – NDLON
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network is calling on the public to Adopt a Day Labor Corner. Please submit your information here.
ndlon.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:22 AM
💥 Adopt a Day Labor Corner @ndlon.bsky.social
"Here’s what we are asking: Find out where day laborers and other immigrant workers in your community are at risk of harassment and arrest. Go there and commit to showing up regularly."
Toolkit and more info: ndlon.org/adopt-a-day-...
"Here’s what we are asking: Find out where day laborers and other immigrant workers in your community are at risk of harassment and arrest. Go there and commit to showing up regularly."
Toolkit and more info: ndlon.org/adopt-a-day-...