Brook Hansen
@brookh.bsky.social
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Data Worker | Organizer | School Board Trustee | Activist | Turkopticon | Knitter | Gardener | Canner | Michigander | She/Her *All views and opinions expressed are my own* https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooklhansen/
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techequity.bsky.social
Despite making critical contributions to the booming AI industry, data workers often report that they aren’t treated like the skilled, valuable workers that they are.

So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.
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techequity.bsky.social
Two decades later, the label of AI still hides a world of interconnected workers in the U.S. and abroad who keep the magic going. That's why ee collaborated with @alphabetworkersunion.org to investigate what conditions they’re working under.

This is what we found: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...
brookh.bsky.social
The future of AI is being built on the backs of underpaid workers with no protections. I shared my story in this new report because silence keeps us invisible. #HumansMakeAI #DataWorkersUnite #InvisibleLabor
techequity.bsky.social
NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨

Tech giants are making massive investments in generative AI, integrating it into their existing products and selling access to the foundational models to others.

But all that money and power isn’t making its way down to the people who make AI actually work: data workers.
brookh.bsky.social
The oppressed should never be expected to mourn their oppressors.
brookh.bsky.social
I love a good rainbow spread.
#HobonichiCousin #plannerspread #planner #washi #stickers
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progressmich.bsky.social
Michigan Republicans just passed a bill showing they are more concerned about what school bathroom children are using than whether or not their school has enough money to keep the bathroom lights on. #mileg
An image of MI House Speaker Matt Hall sitting in a bathroom stall with a large plate of cash. Text reads, "Michigan deserves progress, not Hall's Stall."
brookh.bsky.social
True collaboration feels radical when you’ve only known control.
#RadicalCollaboration #WorkerPower #NoMoreDictators #Solidarity
brookh.bsky.social
It's crazy how some people will lie and pretend to be something they’re not just to get ahead. Fake it till you make it is one thing, but doing it at the expense of others is a whole other level. #KeepItReal #IntegrityMatters #BeYourself
brookh.bsky.social
We welcome proposals on all subjects related to labor organizing in the tech industry, but we are particularly interested in the following tracks:

- Labor Organizing Against Imperialism
- Workers Taking on Technology
- Bold Strategy 🧨
brookh.bsky.social
Circuit Breakers 2025 is now accepting submissions (by July 31st) for workshops, panels, talks, and everything in between!

Learn more at bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025 💥

#labororganizing #techworkers
Retro computer style message with loading progress bar: “Save the date: Circuit Breakers October 18 to 19 2025 in New York” https://bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025
brookh.bsky.social
Covert narcissist coworkers are wild.
One minute they're sweetly offering to “support you,”
The next, they’re spinning your work as their own and making you look “difficult.”
Quiet sabotage is still sabotage.
#gaslighting #subtleabuse #manipulation
brookh.bsky.social
Distracting myself from all the crap in the world with the cutest item I received in my stationary subscription box this past month — a book to collect stickers from fruit! 🥑🍐🍏🍎🍌🍋🍊
brookh.bsky.social
This time last year I was in Chicago at #TakeBackTech with @kristap.bsky.social. It was such a great experience!
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turkopticon.bsky.social
One of our organizers having a conversation with Angeline Corvaglia from Digital Dominoes about the work that goes into your AI
brookh.bsky.social
The best revenge is continuing on with grace and succeeding.
brookh.bsky.social
Excited to be reunited with @kristap.bsky.social giving a presentation on the often overlooked aspects of AI. #mackinacisland
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pamelapughmi.bsky.social
The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to rescind $42M in approved COVID relief is a stunning betrayal of Michigan’s students.
This move abandons vulnerable communities and undermines trust in federal commitments.
brookh.bsky.social
I see people saying that the distribution of IDEA and Title I funds will just shift to another department and not to worry. I am worried! Funds allocated this year will be distributed but that is no guarantee these funds will continue to exist in the future.
brookh.bsky.social
Does anyone know a good resource for obtaining old booking photos (mugshots) in Michigan, when the original booking location no longer has the photo?
brookh.bsky.social
Pic stolen from my brother. This is Freyja. She is SLEEPING!