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We could easily house, feed & care for everyone

We could build devices designed to last as long as possible aligning our manufacturing around the needs of the people & planet

We've materially the resources to do so. We're just now using them mostly to pamper the rich. This's why Leftists are angry
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Always framing news of resistance around number of arrests and police violence is demoralizing and low key doing the police work for them
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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this observation about AI is worth underscoring. AI registers in the public consciousness as a social/political project centered around labor (eg via data theft and precaritization) more than anything else (eg ML). that's the social phenomenon of AI, and this conflation NPR does is not super helpful
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.

Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Nov 30
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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The Tyee's health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social has been working on a two-part series about why it's so difficult to get a wheelchair repaired in B.C.

This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
How to Speed Up Wheelchair Repairs | The Tyee
Systemic changes are needed from government and industry, experts say. In the meantime, users are turning to DIY.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Im confident im gonna land on my feet but its pretty stressful. If you were planning to buy or pre-order my book anyway, if you do it through my Bookshop affiliate link below I get a few bucks now. Everything helps!
Venmo: vicky-surge
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The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
bookshop.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Medical Campaign x Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1368...
Medical Campaign x Sameer Project
Medical Care: The Sameer Project in Honor of Mosab Ali
chuffed.org
August 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Listening to @techwontsave.us in conversation with the incredibly erudite @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, ranging from desalination technology to the US Geological Survey. Optimo!
How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East w/ Laleh Khalili - Tech Won’t Save Us
A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.
www.techwontsave.us
July 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Trump is going to put all homeless people & 'individuals with mental illness who pose risks to themselves or the public' into camps.

Remember, they consider being a leftist, trans, a climate change believer, etc. 'mental illness.'

Get armed and get a plan with your friends. Protect each other!
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Let us please stop pretending that it is not obscene to have this many high-ranking NYT editors and journalists with direct ties to the IDF.

The NYT literally has family links to the genocide.
July 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The Army's new lieutenant colonels are Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer for #Palantir; Bosworth, chief technology officer of #Meta; Kevin Weil, chief product officer of #OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, an advisor at Thinking Machines Lab and former chief research officer for OpenAI.

#TechnoFascism
Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant colonels
The Army is swearing in top tech executives from Meta, OpenAI and Palantir as senior officers to be part-time advisors.
taskandpurpose.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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I try not to be too critical of protest messages, but I've seen pictures related to reforming ICE. ICE can't be reformed. It isn't broken and is operating exactly as planned. It's important to not behave as if ICE can be made better or more humane. Its existence in any form is harmful and a threat.
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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AI Con is such a great starting point for people looking to understand what’s wrong with generative AI. It was a pleasure to chat with @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social about their new book!
We’re two and a half years into the AI hype cycle. How is it still going?

This week @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to dig into the harms of generative AI and industry strategies to keep the public’s attention.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/277_...
May 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Are you prepared to make communications possible for your community or your friends without the state or corporate infrastructure? Start learning today and get gear before tariffs make it much more expensive. #MutualAid #CommunicationsAutonomy #Antifascism
Radio Communications for Autonomy: 2025 Guide to Radios
By the Javelina Network and the IAF-FAI Intro It’s been a few years since we last explored the importance of amateur radio for communications autonomy independent of corporate and state-controlled …
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April 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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if not now, then when?

“People forget; no struggle has ever been successful without robust communication networks that are not subject to state control. From the French resistance in WWII to the Zapatistas in the Lacandon Jungle, communications matter!”
April 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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DOGE is operationalizing one of the harms of the term "AI". How you describe your science matters.

buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
Calling All Mad Scientists: Reject "AI" as a Framing of Your Work
By Emily tl;dr: Every time you describe your work that involves statistical modeling as "AI" you are lending your power and credibility of Musk and DOGE. Mad...
buttondown.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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You received a gift article from Haaretz.
In One of Gaza's Darkest Nights, the IDF Killed Nearly 300 Women and Children

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
In one of the Gaza war's darkest nights, the IDF killed nearly 300 women and children
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www.haaretz.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM