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Krista Pawloski

@kristap.bsky.social

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she/her Organizer - turkopticon.bsky.social My time is spent on advocacy including worker rights, environmental concerns, and queer rights 🌈🍉 Malicious compliance is my resistance plan.

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Nov 29

This will be our way forward, calm discussions and compromise are not in the far rights realm of capabilities. We must be disruptive.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 29

Be disruptive! What queer history tells us about confronting Trump

The LGBTQ+ community has been here before – and learned that real change happens when activists are front and center The ascendency of Donald Trump to his second presidency is fraught with anxiety and fear for many Americans, particularly gay Americans.…

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Amazon Employees for Climate Justice @amzn4climate.bsky.social · 8d

1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...

Open Letter — AECJ

www.amazonclimatejustice.org

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Brook Hansen @brookh.bsky.social · 7d

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 @techequity.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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All Tech Is Human @alltechishuman.bsky.social · 7d

Our latest Responsible Tech Guide is out! We cover the state of Responsible Tech, pathways and pipelines, and the intersections between Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, and Public Interest Technology.

DOWNLOAD: alltechishuman.org/responsible-...

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 8d

I had the pleasure of being a part of this. It is refreshing to talk to people who see you, when you work in an industry designed to be invisible. Amazing work @techequity.bsky.social, @cwaunion.bsky.social and @alphabetworkersunion.org .

TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 8d

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 9d

"Targeted attack" because it's only terrorism if it's gay or brown folks, cis het white MAGA nutters get every excuse and pass in the book.

I'm so tired.

www.woodtv.com/news/nexstar...

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 12d

extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.

Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 12d

Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government;

Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 12d

They are getting ready to come after anyone outside of cis-het white folks

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Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 13d

"None of the people who spoke with The Post could recall a defense secretary ever ordering so many of the military’s generals and admirals to assemble like this. Several said it raised security concerns."

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13d

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered virtually all of the U.S. military’s top commanders worldwide to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week.

Here’s what we know:

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 17d

This is encouraging to see, I hope it motivates other cities

www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ev...

Protests Lead Trump Administration To Evacuate ICE Facility Outside Chicago

Homeland security communications show officials want to move operations following a protest in which demonstrators said they were hit with teargas.

www.huffpost.com

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 23d

"accidentally"

Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 27d

I saw this right after finishing an AI training job for Veo...

Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · 28d

I hate when they pin it on one person, though. There are 53 senate republicans, they are all to blame.

Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Sep 5

Because Bezos is not the richest person in the world, he's like #4, come on guys, think of the Oligarchy.

#Amazon
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Amazon cuts off Prime’s shared free delivery perk for invitees outside main home address

An Amazon Prime package delivery. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is ending a Prime perk that let subscribers share their free delivery with

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Aug 29

1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here.

Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws.

For adults, some increases in risk.

Nationwide risk remains extreme.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Aug 11

DC Protesting today!
www.usatoday.com/picture-gall...

See DC residents rally against Trump’s Federal takeover of city police

Residents of Washington, D.C. rally against President Donald Trump's takeover of city police and use of federal law enforcement.

www.usatoday.com

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The Advocate @advocate.com · Aug 11

The president made the announcement from the White House press briefing room.

BREAKING: Donald Trump begins authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C.

The president made the announcement from the White House press briefing room.

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Aug 11

Or they are taking the number of people leaving out of the total, and we are in a negative now.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Aug 11

Crime is at a 30-year low in D.C.

The Trump regime is lying to create a police state and consolidate power over the country.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Aug 11

Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard, ICE, and FBI in D.C. has nothing to do with safety.

In fact, violent crime has hit a 30-year low in D.C.

It’s plain and simple—this is what authoritarians do.

The Trump regime is attempting to instill fear, create propaganda, and consolidate control.

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low

Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...

www.justice.gov

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Aug 9

I love that our entire lives and worlds are being destroyed over fragile masculinity

Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Aug 7

I really WANT another book binge but I just can't figure out how to trigger one.

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Aug 6

Wild that they allowed this. Most cuts have been to hurt the poor and brown, this will affect rich white men too, do they not realize this?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 6

The cruelty aimed at trans military members who have bled for this country is heinous and disgusting. Even worse is the fact that this is all at the behest of a rapist defense secretary and a draft-dodging, pedophile, rapist president.

www.military.com/daily-news/i...

'Open Cruelty': Transgender Troops Describe Indignities as They're Kicked Out of the Military

Leaders in the Trump administration have minced few words in articulating how they feel about transgender troops.

www.military.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 5

Good.

No doctor should be forced to turn away families because of political threats.

Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation

The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Krista Pawloski @kristap.bsky.social · Aug 3

In This Moment concert in Grand Rapids, pretty good way to spend my birthday 🤘