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Kairos @kairosfellows.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today, we published a new report. “Google’s Eco-failures” goes deep into the appendices of Google’s environmental report to bring you the truth about their skyrocketing emissions and speculative investments.

Read more here: noclimateresultsfound.com/report/

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ak @dumplingmenace.bsky.social · Jul 1

hello philadelphia, people who work in philadelphia, even people who want to come to philadelphia for the world cup but don’t like the smell of trash, consider supporting DC33 in their fight for a fair contract!!!!!!!

Call and email Mayor Parker and top City officials to demand they give DC33 workers a fair contract. Calling City officials shows the City you are paying attention and support workers. It also makes it harder for officials to coordinate breaking the strike.
Cherelle Parker, Mayor
Cherelle.parker@phila.gov
Kevin Bethel, Police Commissioner
Kevin.bethel@phila.gov
215-686-3357
215-686-3367
Adam Theil, Managing Director
Adam.theil@phila.gov
215-686-1300
cell- 215-305-7336
Carlton Williams, Director of Clean and Green
Carlton.williams@phila.gov
215-686-5460
Dominick Mireles, Emergency Management Director
Dominick.mireles@phila.gov
215-686-2106
215-531-3581
Sinceré Harris, Chief Deputy Mayor
Sincere.harris@phila.gov
Jazelle Jones, Director of Special Events
Jazelle.jones@phila.gov
215-686-3496
FIND YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP: phlcouncil.com

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Jul 1

Also happy to be someone's case study! We are workin hard over here!

Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Jul 1

We have had some incredible local wins but now it is time to face the Goliaths. Please help write letters to Michigan higher ups. Easy and one click at this link (and you can edit to your concerns if you wish!) actionnetwork.org/letters/stop... @stopthedata.bsky.social

Stop the Hydro Park Data Center

We need to be loud about out opposition to the data center! There is so much not to like: the impact to the water, air, and land, the health effects to surrounding communities, the tax money, the war ...

actionnetwork.org

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Jul 1

I'm focusing my attention on paid research gigs for a moment (which sadly do not cover CSCW workshop attendance) but I will gladly coauthor!! :)

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Incredible work!! If others want in on direct action please send them my way! We are working resistance against the classified Los Alamos national security data center in Michigan. We are working hard rn and need all the help we can get!!!

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Reports coming in that ~200 people and 40+ public comments today at the Ypsilanti Township Board Meeting against Los Alamos! We are just getting started. Have you met this town?!! We are going to Stop the Data Center @stopthedata.bsky.social

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Stopthedatacenter.org @stopthedata.bsky.social · Jun 14

This is THE thing to do about the data center!! See you Tuesday!

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Jun 9

Underlying ICE raids is a surveillance system they are trying to expand in my backyard here in Ypsi. The US is fielding wild stories of detainment right now, informed in part by a racist AI. Friends everywhere: help us stop the expansion @stopthedata.bsky.social

Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · May 27

Friends, Los Alamos and UoM are trying to build a war machine on my cross street here in southeast Michigan. I need your help!! We are early and this is possible to stop! We need all hands on deck @stopthedata.bsky.social

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · Jun 9

Excited to give a new talk at @labortechresearchnetwork.org this Friday 6/13, 11am ET on Zoom. I'll discuss trans capitalism, funding models behind trans tech, and the unhinged saga of a doomed trans banking app. Info on how to attend: labortechresearchnetwork.org/speaker-series

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Jun 9

Everyone's security plans and situations will always be different. But the first step to a better online world is looking at your community and figuring out what's needed and how to get everyone else on board.

Building a Community Privacy Plan

Everyone's security plans and situations will always be different, which is why we often say that security and privacy are a state of mind, not a purchase. But the first step is always taking a look a...

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · May 27

Friends, Los Alamos and UoM are trying to build a war machine on my cross street here in southeast Michigan. I need your help!! We are early and this is possible to stop! We need all hands on deck @stopthedata.bsky.social

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · May 8

Actions by residents to block toxic data centers!

2. ADVOCATE TO SLOW OR STOP DATA CENTER DEVELO
Communities can challenge individual data center projects, as well as local and state policies and regulations that govern data center buildout more broadly. Here are some strategies groups are currently using.
TACTIC
WHAT IS IT?
Zoning Reform
Requiring data centers to be approved on a case-by-case basis involving public hearings, instead of being granted "by-right approvals" that allow companies to develop with minimal oversight.
Tax Policy Reform
Limiting the tax breaks and related corporate subsidies that city, county,
and state governments use to entice data center investment.
Transparency
Measures
Requiring data centers operators to end secret deals and to disclose costs and resource usage, including:

• Energy and water consumption

• Emissions from back-up diesel generators

• New infrastructure needed (transmission lines, roads, substations)

• Cost impacts on utility consumers

• Sales tax and property tax exemptions received
Renewable Energy
Requirements
Restricting and regulating data centers' energy use, including introducing policies for renewable energy requirements.

Utility Reform
Requiring data center companies to cover the costs of electricity grid expansions and other utility infrastructure that their increased energy use causes. This can be done by designating data center companies as a special "customer class" or "rate class" with utility companies, to prevent the costs from being spread across all consumers. Communities are also exploring other utility reform tactics to oppose cost increases for everyday people and prevent electricity grid instability.
Vote Down Data
Center Proposals
(often via
Zoning Approval
Processes)
Pressuring local officials to vote against data center proposals, especially in processes to zone or rezone land for these developments. Zoning approvals are often the biggest opportunity to stop data center develop-ment. It's critical to move quickly, as companies often wait until…

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · May 9

Submit now for the Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org Book, Grad Student Paper and Social Justice Awards! labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards

Labor Tech

Labor Tech Research Network - A collection of leading experts on technology and work with a commitment to feminism, anti-racism, and social justice

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · May 6

As with all other things, I hope that I left this place a little better than how I found it!

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · May 6

Today I submitted to the registrar the last grades of my career as an academic. I feel so lucky I get to say that I achieved my childhood dream: I became a professor. And, now I will keep going, beyond my childhood imagination ✨

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · May 6

A strong federal consumer data privacy law would help us address online harms, protect children, support journalism, protect access to health care, foster digital justice, limit private data collection to train generative AI, limit foreign government surveillance, and strengthen competition.

EFF to Congress: Here’s What A Strong Privacy Law Looks Like

Enacting strong federal consumer data privacy laws is among EFF’s highest priorities. For decades, EFF has advocated for federal privacy law that is concrete, ambitious, and fully protective of all Am...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Apr 11

There it is.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Apr 11

Curtailing people’s ability to read widely and carefully, to locate, assess, and compare different sources for themselves, and to write in their own voice about what they find and what it means, is arguably more effective than censorship. It is also one of the most obvious effects of generative AI.

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Apr 11

So... once they dismantle all centers of excellence and make the internet the only shiny direction, how do we build resilience against their impending technostate?

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Steph Jordan (they/she) @stephjordan.bsky.social · Mar 12

Sandra Harding paved the way for someone like me to dream the way that I do. It has been an absolute honor to have spent time thinking and laughing with such a singular thinker (and fellow Jersey kid!) dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/f...

Farewell to Sandra Harding

We were sorry to learn of the death of philosopher Sandra Harding on March 6, 2025 at the age of 89. She was Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at the University of California, Los Angeles. H…

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · Mar 12

TODAY at 3pm! Ann Arbor book launch event with Kishonna Gray and @hibby.bsky.social.

www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/e...

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Mar 12

If you're a caregiver (and/or teacher or school leader) concerned about surveillance technologies in schools, I maintain the Against School Surveillance Technologies Library. The library has journalism, peer-reviewed research, and other resources on the problems of surveillance technologies.

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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · Mar 12

Oh no no no
Edutech surveillance

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Mar 12

"At least six students were potentially outed to school officials after writing about being gay, transgender or struggling with gender dysphoria" apnews.com/article/ai-s... h/t @hypervisible.bsky.social

Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks

Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor students on school-issued devices like laptops and tablets.

apnews.com

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · Jan 27

Reminder: Generative AI is an environmental disaster, requiring massive energy, minerals, water, and land use www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact

MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.

news.mit.edu

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