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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 10h

Hollowing out of the democratic party by @philiprocco.bsky.social pretty much contextualizes so much of my experience of policy and organizing around technology, work, and surveillance issues.

Organizations organizations organizations

jacobin.com/2025/08/demo...

How the Democratic Party Was Hollowed Out

Democrats appear incapable of mounting a real opposition to Donald Trump. Their weakness is the result of a decades-long hollowing out of the party, in which organized labor has been displaced by a pa...

jacobin.com

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 4d

New book alert!📘
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective

Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 4d

NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY by The Capacitor Collective delivers first-hand accounts from the tech sector’s burgeoning labor movement.

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orange graphic with the front cover of the book and the discount code for 25% off: digitalworkers

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for these. Insightful, resonant, and well worth sharing with colleagues on our campuses.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 7d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

www.courtlistener.com

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 10d

Government civil rights investigations examine institutional civil rights management practices, not individuals. Individuals are not legitimate targets of federal civil rights investigation.

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 10d

UC should not give personally identifiable information to federal gov, says @aaup.org. Where they already have, they need to implement harm reduction measures immediately.
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

This echoes the call San Diego Faculty Association made to our Chancellor and UCOP 2 weeks ago.

www.aaup.org

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 10d

This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 21d

A coalition of higher ed unions jointly filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin for the threats to the University of California including @uaw4811.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @ucaft.bsky.social @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @aaup.org @aft.org @uaw.org and CUCFA.

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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UPTE-CWA Local 9119 @uptecwa.bsky.social · 21d

Today, we joined a broad coalition of unions in suing the Trump administration over their unilateral termination of federal research grants to UCLA and other ongoing federal funding threats: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 21d

UC nurses are joining faculty workers to sue the Trump administration and stop its illegal attack on gender-affirming care and ICE deportations at our universities and hospitals.

This lawsuit is about protecting our patients’ rights and standing up for care, not cruelty.

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 21d

Workers of the UC stand together to protect people, not just money.

Join your UC Faculty Association or union!

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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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 21d

Really excited about Sarah T. Hamid this Saturday in San Diego, speaking about research the EFF has done to understand what is working and not working with surveillance organizing around the country! Join us!

San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 27d

Safety in Unity 2025 with added speakers Sarah T. Hamid (@eff.org) and Pedro Rios (@pedroconsafos.bsky.social) joining TRUST to fight against mass #surveillance in San Diego!
Saturday, September 20 from 11am-3pm in City Heights
RSVP at trst.fyi/su25 for location

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 21d

😆

also, I'm revising proofs where I cite your work on hiring halls :)

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 22d

California closer to bond measure to fund our own science and health reaearch. Ty
@uaw4811.bsky.social! Yes to this! But it should not fund a UC that also submits to federal prohibitions on politically targeted research.

https//www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/california-scientific-research-bond.html

California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

www.nytimes.com

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 22d

Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents

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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 22d

I would suggest one small change to how we frame this and that is to use “murder” instead of “euthanize”. he suggested homeless people be given “involuntarily lethal injection, or something. just kill them.” which is an incitement to murder. he still has his job I believe.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22d

FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting.

13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments

'We're shutting this thing down': 8 shot at Minneapolis homeless encampment hosted by landlord, Frey pledges action

That shooting came less than 12 hours after another shooting just two miles away that left five others injured.

kstp.com

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 22d

Trump demands on the UC include banning gender affirming care, a public statement that trans people do not exist, having an outside monitor at the UC to look at DEI programs, and almost a billion in taxpayer dollars.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image

The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.

www.latimes.com

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 22d

Action alert! 🚨

Tell the Regents and UC that you do not want them to capitulate to Trump's demands. Submit a public comment today. LA Times reported on the demands today. See thread below.

cucfa.org/sos-coalitio...

SOS Coalition – Council of UC Faculty Associations

cucfa.org

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 22d

Why the UC should sue the Trump administration rather than capitulate to its demands, attacking academic freedom and freedom to provide medical care in ways doctors find suitable.

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: Why California universities must fight Trump in court

If the prestigious UC schools give in, what’s to stop the president from shaking down every college in the country?

www.latimes.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 25d

In Columbia Heights D.C., memorial signs are going up for residents abducted by the state.

(📸 Igor Bobic)

A sign on a tree reads:

"Nelson was taken by ICE on August 29 here at 7:20 am when walking to work."
"Nelson fue secuestrado por la migra aquí el 29 de Agosto a las 7:20 am cuando caminaba para su trabajo." (Translation: Nelson was seized by immigration here on August 29 at 7:20 am when he was walking to his job.)
"NEVER FORGET NO NOS OLVIDAMOS" (Translation: NEVER FORGET WE DO NOT FORGET)

A sign on a post says

ICE ABDUCTED SOME HERE 8/28/25 time: 1.00pm

IF YOU SEE ICE ACTIVITY OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS DETAINED CALL
202-335-1183

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 24d

Signatures needed!

Uber and Lyft drivers are on the precipice of a wage theft settlement and need to push CA AG Bonta to represent what Uber/Lyft really stole, not just a token amount.

Please sign and share this petition.
www.drivers-united.org/wage-theft-s...

Wage Theft Settlement Petition - Rideshare Drivers United

www.drivers-united.org

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Tenant Councils of San Diego @tenantcouncilsd.bsky.social · 25d

Join Tenant Councils of San Diego in front of City Heights Library on Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. for a targeted canvass of tenants confronting landlord theft! RSVP at bit.ly/chcanvass.

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Tenant Councils of San Diego @tenantcouncilsd.bsky.social · 25d

Join TCSD and our friends at Arif & @dollar-lunch-club.bsky.social 8 a.m. on October 4th for a garden work day and a lunch-n-learn where TCSD will talk about tenants' power to change their circumstances through tenant councils! See you at the Peace Resource Center!

Yellow and green flyer featuring a basket of apples, watering can, and wheelbarrow inviting people to Arif Urban Agrarian Collective's 10/4 garden work day. Participants will tend the land from 8-11 am and there will be a lunch-n-learn catered by the Dollar Lunch Club from 11-12:30 pm! The address is 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA.

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 26d

We're so excited that @eff.org's Sarah T. Hamid, a founder of Portland's Carceral Tech Resistance Network, will keynote the @sandiegotrust.bsky.social conference. Lorena Gonzales had to step back due to unforeseen circumstances (don't worry, it is a nice thing)

Newbies and old hands welcome!

San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 27d

Safety in Unity 2025 with added speakers Sarah T. Hamid (@eff.org) and Pedro Rios (@pedroconsafos.bsky.social) joining TRUST to fight against mass #surveillance in San Diego!
Saturday, September 20 from 11am-3pm in City Heights
RSVP at trst.fyi/su25 for location

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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 29d

Okay learning a new medium! I appreciate you!

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