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Justin Raden @jraden.bsky.social · 15d

The entire AI industry is just GPU purchases and data center construction. That’s it. No productivity multipliers. No AGI. No singularity.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15d

"The FT sought to categorise the expected positive benefits of the technology. Most of the anticipated benefits, such as increased productivity, were vaguely stated and harder to categorise than the risks"

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(note: Entergy is the fossil fuel company supplying Meta)

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While non-tech companies are upbeat about AI, their filings suggest less clear upsides. During an earnings call in February, Coca-Cola was excited about the technology — even though the key use was in the production of a TV commercial.

The FT sought to categorise the expected positive benefits of the technology. Most of the anticipated benefits, such as increased productivity, were vaguely stated and harder to categorise than the risks.

Companies anticipated being able to optimise workflows through automation, and hope to achieve market differentiation through their use of AI. Some hoped to be able to use the technology to improve the personalisation of their products.

Filings do reveal that the companies able to give clear AI upsides include those that serve the rising AI-driven data centre boom. Energy companies First Solar and Entergy cited AI as a demand driver.

Freeport-McMoran, which has a stockpile of copper, stated that “data centres and artificial intelligence developments” would support the metal’s price. The company also said the technology can help with material characterisation and mineral extraction.

Equipment manufacturer Caterpillar reported that its energy business was benefiting from supporting “data centre growth related to cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence”.

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · 21d

SO THRILLED TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THIS!

AAUP @aaup.org · 21d

BREAKING:

A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.

UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...

www.latimes.com

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · 22d

Wall to wall action TOMORROW at UC Regents meeting!

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 22d

Tomorrow the UC regents are meeting at UCSF to discuss Trump's extortion attempt. This is a defining moment for the UC system, for public education, and for the university as an institution. We demand no concession, no capitulation, no cuts.

No Concessions, No Capitulation, No Cuts
On September 16 at 2pm, we are joining the AAUP and CUCFA for a rally at the William J. Rutter Center at UCSF, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, to demand No Concessions, No Capitulation, and No Cuts to our University of California. Please join us!

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 24d

We should be honest abut how "we should just kill them, can we not please just KILL them" lurks barely under the surface of so much respectable discourse on the homeless.

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · 24d

my fam enjoyed both but Pirates woulda been too scary for my kiddo @ 6

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noam chompers @noamchompers.bsky.social · 28d

lol this is a throwback to the golden age of bad articles

librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 28d

This lady's brain is soup

‘What’s the most radical act of feminism?” I recently asked ChatGPT.

It thought for a split second, then presented me with a list of noble acts of feminism waged by women throughout history: suffragists who campaigned for the right to vote, civil rights leaders who fought for access to education, and, more recently, women who protested the rollback of reproductive rights in the US and elsewhere.

All true, but not quite what I was hoping for.

“What about using AI?” I countered.

“That’s a fascinating angle,” it conceded. “To use AI critically and creatively isn’t just tech adoption, it’s a radical feminist act of reclaiming the tools that will shape tomorrow.”

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · Sep 2

not today, I guess, but Satan, please, tomorrow?

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · Aug 30

omg y'all are so sweet, thank you! @smosment.bsky.social's amazing edits were clutch, too! <3

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · Aug 30

I have a book cover!

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Aug 29

I keep saying this, but...

...punishing the homeless is how big-city and blue state liberals do fascism.

KTLA 5 @ktla.com · Aug 29

Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…

ktla.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 29

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns

“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”

www.advocate.com

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Really fucking gross.

AFT @aft.org · Aug 28

AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social was included on TIME's list TIME100 AI of 2025!

Read the #TIME100AI story here: time.com/collections/...

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Until All of Us Are Free @solidarity5ever.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is why you need a union. It doesn't matter if it's illegal if nobody is going to do anything about it. But trust me, if you have a union you ALL can do something about it.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Aug 28

I really need people in this country to move away from "but that's illegal!" or "but that's not allowed!" as their default response.

Laws do not enforce themselves and life has no umpire. Stop waiting for magical referee in the sky to fix everything.

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University of California Faculty Association @uc-faculty.bsky.social · Aug 28

Coalition of UC unions condemns Trump’s attacks on the UC and the California economy.

@ucaft.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @aaup.org

#HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #UnniversityofCalifornia #HoldTheLine #Trump #HandsOffHigherEd #StandUpUC

On Friday August 8, the Trump administration demanded a $1 billion “settlement” from UCLA after freezing $584 million in federal grants for vital scientific and health research. The proposed $1 billion agreement would be the largest settlement since Trump began extorting universities, and marks the first attempt of the federal government to ransom payment from a public university. These attacks have been waged under the guise of fighting antisemitism and investigating alleged Title VII violations, but we see them for what they are: an attempt to cripple public higher education in the nation’s premier public university system.

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UC-AFT Local 1474 @ucaft.bsky.social · Aug 27

The coalition of UC unions condemns Trump’s attacks on the University of California. Read more: ucaft.org/news/the-coa... @calnurses.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @aaup.org @uaw4811.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · Aug 28

So glad to see "deskilling" being used correctly here--this is a vital term for understanding what AI automation looks like!

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey would you look at that...
The magic deskilling machine is deskilling people

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 28

Physicians are using A.I. for diagnoses and more. But a new study found evidence that relying on A.I. tools might erode a doctor’s ability to perform fundamental skills without the technology, a phenomenon known as “deskilling.”

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is a really powerful thread....

Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · Aug 25

One argument against "woke" language is that it's inaccessible. After many hours in immigration court, I've learned a lot about inaccessible language, and I find "academic jargon that occasionally breaks containment" as the main political target for linguistic accessibility fundamentally unserious 🧵

Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · Aug 23

On "woke language": yes, most of these terms aren't things Dems actually say but are a way for centrists and the GOP to attack them.

But also: many are terms intended to extend dignity and recognition to folks who our language excludes or cannot speak of. I'm not ready to concede the value of that.

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Annie McClanahan @anniemcc.bsky.social · Aug 25

aww, thanks matt! it's an AMAZING collection, very teachable.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Aug 24

Strong agree.

Among other excellent contributions, the chapter by @anniemcc.bsky.social & Louis McCune is the best intro to Ed Tech I have yet read.

Brian Deyo @deyob.bsky.social · Aug 24

This book is a godsend for academic workers! Read it, share it with folks who care about the fate of democracy and the planet, teach it, talk it up within organizing, union, and faculty governance spaces. It's gonna be indispensable to the struggle to build a political economy that works for all.

University Keywords

How American universities operate as social and economic engines that shape society beyond their traditional educational roles.University Keywords gathers, contextualizes, and develops original unders...

www.press.jhu.edu

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IllCaesar @illcaesar.bsky.social · Aug 22

We're not asking for much. We're just asking that you leave us the fuck alone. We're not asking for anything more than we had 10, 15, 20 years ago. Are you really going to tout your "harm reduction" as someone who is more hostile to my people than Ronald Reagan was? You've lost your marbles.

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yes, unemployment is growing faster among young men in the USA than young women. But @jburnmurdoch.ft.com argues that underneath the headlines is a story of men being less likely to work in education and healthcare, two industries where employment defies cyclical trends.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Aug 22

"what if there was a publication that was 4% more reactionary than the Atlantic but 6% less reactionary than the Free Press?" Wow how exciting, here is $8 per month

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