lichenpunk.bsky.social
@lichenpunk.bsky.social
Technology teacher and socialist living in Bay Ridge, NY 🚲, STS, public transportation. he/they. #FreePalestine
What kind of absolute sicko would get a Chris Hansen Cameo as a Christmas present
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What kind of absolute sicko would get a Chris Hansen Cameo as a Christmas present
Wow so two beloved actors got their start in the Ghoulies film franchise (Matthew Lillard and Mariska Hargitay). Maybe I've been unfairly neglecting it
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wow so two beloved actors got their start in the Ghoulies film franchise (Matthew Lillard and Mariska Hargitay). Maybe I've been unfairly neglecting it
I love history
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I love history
Continuing my journey this week of watching the most random movies on Tubi, the most essential streaming platform. These were all pretty good
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Continuing my journey this week of watching the most random movies on Tubi, the most essential streaming platform. These were all pretty good
From Carrie Courogen's "Miss May Does Not Exist". Insane
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
From Carrie Courogen's "Miss May Does Not Exist". Insane
New program in one of the classes at my school (excuse the poor readability)
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New program in one of the classes at my school (excuse the poor readability)
Sun setting behind a container ship off of God's country (Bay Ridge)
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sun setting behind a container ship off of God's country (Bay Ridge)
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This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.
Rainbow over God's country (Bay Ridge)
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rainbow over God's country (Bay Ridge)
Wrote about my experiences working in charter schools, and their push to renegotiate the work conditions of teachers medium.com/@ebonadonna/...
My Short Life in Charter Schools
One of my first interviews was at an Uncommon Schools¹ in Brownsville, Brooklyn. They emailed me at midnight on Wednesday to schedule a…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wrote about my experiences working in charter schools, and their push to renegotiate the work conditions of teachers medium.com/@ebonadonna/...
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Strap yourselves in for a horror story for our times: A highly critical piece of the conditions and terms used to dress up #GAI as risk-free.
Tldr: an onslaught of marketing elevates technical terminology to ‘responsible’ associations.
Tldr: an onslaught of marketing elevates technical terminology to ‘responsible’ associations.
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Strap yourselves in for a horror story for our times: A highly critical piece of the conditions and terms used to dress up #GAI as risk-free.
Tldr: an onslaught of marketing elevates technical terminology to ‘responsible’ associations.
Tldr: an onslaught of marketing elevates technical terminology to ‘responsible’ associations.
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"AI slop as being the aesthetic for fascist posting" theory well supported here
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"AI slop as being the aesthetic for fascist posting" theory well supported here
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“Confronting Data Centers, Deep-Sea Cables, and Colonial Legacies in the South Pacific” by @emmaquilty.bsky.social
datasociety.net/points/confr...
datasociety.net/points/confr...
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Confronting Data Centers, Deep-Sea Cables, and Colonial Legacies in the South Pacific” by @emmaquilty.bsky.social
datasociety.net/points/confr...
datasociety.net/points/confr...
Went on an New York/New Jersey port infrastructure tour today, going by container and petroleum product terminals in Elizabeth and Newark. In 2024, these terminals handled 5,807,517 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Went on an New York/New Jersey port infrastructure tour today, going by container and petroleum product terminals in Elizabeth and Newark. In 2024, these terminals handled 5,807,517 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers
Wrote about Wall Street's push for educators to use AI, paperwork, and being a teacher in 2025 erikb.xyz/posts/2025/1...
Who Wants AI in Schools?
The question of AI in schools has been on many teachers’, and likely even more school administrators’, minds. This could manifest as worries of reduction in teacher pay or number of teaching positions...
erikb.xyz
October 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wrote about Wall Street's push for educators to use AI, paperwork, and being a teacher in 2025 erikb.xyz/posts/2025/1...
Wrote about technology, labor and management at the private school I work at erikb.xyz/posts/2025/1...
Everyday Labor Management Technologies at a Small Private School
Much has been written about the introduction of technology into schools. Particular focus has been given to the growing size of the industry, the impact on students, and changes due to AI. Less attent...
erikb.xyz
October 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Wrote about technology, labor and management at the private school I work at erikb.xyz/posts/2025/1...
Saw @thetolerantweft.bsky.social's excellent Gospel of the Working Class at Field Projects in Chelsea yesterday, telling some of the South's long, bloody history of labor struggle www.fieldprojectsgallery.com/tabitha-arno...
September 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Saw @thetolerantweft.bsky.social's excellent Gospel of the Working Class at Field Projects in Chelsea yesterday, telling some of the South's long, bloody history of labor struggle www.fieldprojectsgallery.com/tabitha-arno...
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Education unions at all levels: are you concerned about these developments? You should be!
OpenAI's rapid rush into education has been achieved by habituating users through training programs, institutional lock-ins, strategic marketing partnerships, and third party integrations that together are helping it become infrastructural to teaching and learning. It's going to be hard to get out.
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Education unions at all levels: are you concerned about these developments? You should be!
Never change, 19th century factory owners, never change (Capital p. 231)
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Never change, 19th century factory owners, never change (Capital p. 231)
The Democratic Party is and always will be a party of capital, not for working people. There is no way for genuine representatives of the working class to function within it without watering down their message or amplifying fundamental ruptures within the party
The democratic socialist’s mayoral candidacy may be popular in large parts of New York City, but it is frustrating moderate Democrats here and across the country. Via @NOTUS.com
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/23/z...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/23/z...
Zohran Mamdani Tests the Democrats' Big Tent
The democratic socialist's mayoral candidacy may be popular in large parts of New York City, but it is frustrating moderate Democrats here and across the country.
www.thecity.nyc
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Democratic Party is and always will be a party of capital, not for working people. There is no way for genuine representatives of the working class to function within it without watering down their message or amplifying fundamental ruptures within the party
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Namecheap and Squarespace are enabling a website that far-right extremists are using to target people they feel have said the wrong things about Charlie Kirk’s death.
If you’re looking for more companies to boycott.
If you’re looking for more companies to boycott.
I’m officially scared.
Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this — something many others have said — I’m now the first result on a website called “charliesmurderers.”
This is putting me in genuine danger.
What the fuck do I do
Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this — something many others have said — I’m now the first result on a website called “charliesmurderers.”
This is putting me in genuine danger.
What the fuck do I do
September 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Namecheap and Squarespace are enabling a website that far-right extremists are using to target people they feel have said the wrong things about Charlie Kirk’s death.
If you’re looking for more companies to boycott.
If you’re looking for more companies to boycott.
