kozakoz_
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"The invisibilized yet essential workers of the Global South are exploited as disposable tools for AI advancement, while economic profits concentrate in the Global North... Innovation narratives obscure these workers' contributions, framing AI as autonomous rather than a product of exploited labor."
Project MUSE - Artificial Intelligence Colonialism: Environmental Damage, Labor Exploitation, and Human Rights Crises in the Global South
muse.jhu.edu
May 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"The invisibilized yet essential workers of the Global South are exploited as disposable tools for AI advancement, while economic profits concentrate in the Global North... Innovation narratives obscure these workers' contributions, framing AI as autonomous rather than a product of exploited labor."
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BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
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I went to a K16 "AI summit" during which the K12 teachers excitedly told me that they let students use AI on assignments and then they have a district-paid AI thingy that gives feedback on the assignments and i said "then why even have schools" and they didn't understand the question
April 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I went to a K16 "AI summit" during which the K12 teachers excitedly told me that they let students use AI on assignments and then they have a district-paid AI thingy that gives feedback on the assignments and i said "then why even have schools" and they didn't understand the question
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Book challenges remained high in 2024, with nearly 72% initiated not by parents but by pressure groups and decision makers who have been swayed by them. bit.ly/soal-25
#NationalLibraryWeek
#NationalLibraryWeek
April 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Book challenges remained high in 2024, with nearly 72% initiated not by parents but by pressure groups and decision makers who have been swayed by them. bit.ly/soal-25
#NationalLibraryWeek
#NationalLibraryWeek
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It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
March 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
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Together, these two faiths crave the end of American liberal democracy and government. You can smell it at GSA.
They won't replace us with AI because 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. They want our work to end. DOGE is firing us as fast as possible, and that is the whole plan.
They won't replace us with AI because 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. They want our work to end. DOGE is firing us as fast as possible, and that is the whole plan.
March 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Together, these two faiths crave the end of American liberal democracy and government. You can smell it at GSA.
They won't replace us with AI because 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. They want our work to end. DOGE is firing us as fast as possible, and that is the whole plan.
They won't replace us with AI because 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. They want our work to end. DOGE is firing us as fast as possible, and that is the whole plan.
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All the dumbest assholes on the planet are pushing "AI," doesn't that give you the slightest pause?
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
All the dumbest assholes on the planet are pushing "AI," doesn't that give you the slightest pause?
"The nauseating 'move fast and break things' mantra reframes the deliberate violation of protective regulations as heroic rather than sociopathic."
The extractive tech playbook:
1. Target an industry where people create actual value
2. Build an app that makes transactions marginally easier
3. Burn billions in capital to subsidize artificially cheap services & kill the competition
4. Bleed everyone dry
www.joanwestenberg.com/the-great-te...
1. Target an industry where people create actual value
2. Build an app that makes transactions marginally easier
3. Burn billions in capital to subsidize artificially cheap services & kill the competition
4. Bleed everyone dry
www.joanwestenberg.com/the-great-te...
The Great Tech Heist - How "Disruption" Became a Euphemism for Theft
I've lost count of how many times I've been cornered at conferences by men in meticulously over-casual $300 t-shirts, evangelizing their startups with religious fervor. "We're DISRUPTING the entire in...
www.joanwestenberg.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"The nauseating 'move fast and break things' mantra reframes the deliberate violation of protective regulations as heroic rather than sociopathic."
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Talked with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about what is, and what IS NOT, DEI. And what Trump & his confederates are trying to accomplish with erasing the accomplishments of non-white people, women and LGBTQ people.
March 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Talked with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about what is, and what IS NOT, DEI. And what Trump & his confederates are trying to accomplish with erasing the accomplishments of non-white people, women and LGBTQ people.
February 15, 1944, entry from The Journal of Hélène Berr (translated by David Bellos). Hélène Berr was arrested on March 8 and deported to Auschwitz on March 27.
March 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
February 15, 1944, entry from The Journal of Hélène Berr (translated by David Bellos). Hélène Berr was arrested on March 8 and deported to Auschwitz on March 27.
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tw: cancer
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
tw: cancer
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:
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hey that's fascism
Texas legislators considering a bill that would put all public university course curricula and faculty hiring in the hands of ruling party political appointees and politicians, effectively ending academic freedom.
Texas bill would increase oversight of universities’ hiring, curriculum and compliance
Senate Bill 37 would create a state office to investigate complaints against universities and require governing boards to ensure courses don’t endorse certain ideologies.
www.texastribune.org
March 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
hey that's fascism
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Just a reminder for everyone reading these comments that there are already public libraries in the US run and managed by a private, for-profit company called Library Systems & Services. They fire staff, reduce services, and attempt to cut their way to profit. They are not friends of libraries.
March 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Just a reminder for everyone reading these comments that there are already public libraries in the US run and managed by a private, for-profit company called Library Systems & Services. They fire staff, reduce services, and attempt to cut their way to profit. They are not friends of libraries.
Caving to this regime will not protect you.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced that the Black Lives Matter mural, painted in the summer of 2020 on a street near the White House, will be removed as part of planned changes to Black Lives Matter Plaza.
March 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Caving to this regime will not protect you.
I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv
March 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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And if you'd like to hear ways that talking, even when innocent, can really be detrimental then watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o...
Don't Talk to the Police
YouTube video by Regent University School of Law
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
And if you'd like to hear ways that talking, even when innocent, can really be detrimental then watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o...
I want to shake every person at my workplace who sends out an Exciting! Announcement! about how they've adopted some shitty tool to do the work their staff are doing, but worse. Always with the undertone, "What choice do we have?" Just... don't?
AI guys constantly like “we’ve invented something that’s not quite as good at what a person does as a person is, this technology will be revolutionary once people tell it what to do and then fix what it did” and then their dumbshit fans are like THE AI REVOLUTION IS HERE AND WE MUST ACCEPT IT
February 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I want to shake every person at my workplace who sends out an Exciting! Announcement! about how they've adopted some shitty tool to do the work their staff are doing, but worse. Always with the undertone, "What choice do we have?" Just... don't?
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Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
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I won't keep pretending I believe in tech as a force for good.
That ship has sailed, that horse has bolted, and that gutless CEO has already embraced fascism.
Instead, I'll call it like I see it, and I see a world in forced decay.
www.joanwestenberg.com/im-tired-of-...
That ship has sailed, that horse has bolted, and that gutless CEO has already embraced fascism.
Instead, I'll call it like I see it, and I see a world in forced decay.
www.joanwestenberg.com/im-tired-of-...
I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better
I'm tired of pretending tech makes things better.
I'm tired of kidding myself that all these apps, these chatbots, these "tools" are doing anything but dragging us into the mud and the shit and calling it progress.
I sat down at a cafe a few days ago, hungry and ready
www.joanwestenberg.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I won't keep pretending I believe in tech as a force for good.
That ship has sailed, that horse has bolted, and that gutless CEO has already embraced fascism.
Instead, I'll call it like I see it, and I see a world in forced decay.
www.joanwestenberg.com/im-tired-of-...
That ship has sailed, that horse has bolted, and that gutless CEO has already embraced fascism.
Instead, I'll call it like I see it, and I see a world in forced decay.
www.joanwestenberg.com/im-tired-of-...
"I hate the fact that my neighbours know where I live."
Bruuuuuuuuuce ❤️
Bruuuuuuuuuce ❤️
February 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"I hate the fact that my neighbours know where I live."
Bruuuuuuuuuce ❤️
Bruuuuuuuuuce ❤️
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Across the country, libraries are helping their patrons access the internet to learn, work, & grow. But a resolution in Congress to limit the use of #Erate funds could put that access at risk.
Tell Congress to protect funding for wifi hotspots: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
Tell Congress to protect funding for wifi hotspots: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
February 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Across the country, libraries are helping their patrons access the internet to learn, work, & grow. But a resolution in Congress to limit the use of #Erate funds could put that access at risk.
Tell Congress to protect funding for wifi hotspots: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
Tell Congress to protect funding for wifi hotspots: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
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Musk and Trump are both in the habit of stiffing people they owe money. If markets even suspect that this habit will extend to Treasuries, God help us 2/
February 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Musk and Trump are both in the habit of stiffing people they owe money. If markets even suspect that this habit will extend to Treasuries, God help us 2/
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🚨BREAKING: Missouri has introduced a bill that would make affirming the gender of a student a FELONY and require teachers to be REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS.
This is unconstitutional, horrific, and cruel.
This is unconstitutional, horrific, and cruel.
January 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨BREAKING: Missouri has introduced a bill that would make affirming the gender of a student a FELONY and require teachers to be REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS.
This is unconstitutional, horrific, and cruel.
This is unconstitutional, horrific, and cruel.
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Trump dismantles healthcare in real-time vajenda.substack.com/p/trump-dism...
Trump Dismantles Healthcare in Real-Time
Science is on hold, and women are bound to suffer
vajenda.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Trump dismantles healthcare in real-time vajenda.substack.com/p/trump-dism...