Vivek
@vivekster.bsky.social
Rhymes with cake. Social movement swiss army knife. He/him. Besides snark: social justice, South Asian-Am, woodworking, photography, music covers, unions, anti-Hindutva.
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Vivek
@vivekster.bsky.social
· Nov 7
I am once again begging for a society that is *at minimum* more kind and compassionate than it is punitive and violent, and for leaders and institutions that reflect this.
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I probably have a woke-r opinion in me somewhere, but: as someone who came of age way before the ACA existed I think the American health insurance system is a tool of social control & that's why we'll never have universal health care, it's not actually about the money.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I probably have a woke-r opinion in me somewhere, but: as someone who came of age way before the ACA existed I think the American health insurance system is a tool of social control & that's why we'll never have universal health care, it's not actually about the money.
Can’t spell aiyo without AI
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Can’t spell aiyo without AI
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank fifty years ago yesterday. youtu.be/osAvIsgwIV0
Music Making History: Gordon Lightfoot & The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Minnesota Historical Society
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November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank fifty years ago yesterday. youtu.be/osAvIsgwIV0
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These data centers facilitate the greatest transfer and consolidation of wealth in human history in the service of cruelty, surveillance, imprisonment, deportation, job loss, and the ugliest fucking art you’ll ever see.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
These data centers facilitate the greatest transfer and consolidation of wealth in human history in the service of cruelty, surveillance, imprisonment, deportation, job loss, and the ugliest fucking art you’ll ever see.
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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I am once again begging for a society that is *at minimum* more kind and compassionate than it is punitive and violent, and for leaders and institutions that reflect this.
November 7, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I am once again begging for a society that is *at minimum* more kind and compassionate than it is punitive and violent, and for leaders and institutions that reflect this.
Boomer Schumer zooms election boom to doom and gloom, vroom vroom
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Boomer Schumer zooms election boom to doom and gloom, vroom vroom
Percy Shelley would like a word.
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Percy Shelley would like a word.
You all have it all backwards. Mamdani is going to repeal Sharjah Law. If India refuses to play Pakistan in either India or Pakistan, they forfeit.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
You all have it all backwards. Mamdani is going to repeal Sharjah Law. If India refuses to play Pakistan in either India or Pakistan, they forfeit.
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Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
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Haven’t talked about it much here, but since June I’ve been spending most of my time fighting the construction of a hyperscale data centers in Tucson with community members here @nodesertdatacenter.com. Here’s a @moreperfectunion.bsky.social story about our victory in August.
Amazon’s Secret Plot to Build a Data Center in the Desert
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Haven’t talked about it much here, but since June I’ve been spending most of my time fighting the construction of a hyperscale data centers in Tucson with community members here @nodesertdatacenter.com. Here’s a @moreperfectunion.bsky.social story about our victory in August.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
Haven’t talked about it much here, but since June I’ve been spending most of my time fighting the construction of a hyperscale data centers in Tucson with community members here @nodesertdatacenter.com. Here’s a @moreperfectunion.bsky.social story about our victory in August.
Amazon’s Secret Plot to Build a Data Center in the Desert
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Haven’t talked about it much here, but since June I’ve been spending most of my time fighting the construction of a hyperscale data centers in Tucson with community members here @nodesertdatacenter.com. Here’s a @moreperfectunion.bsky.social story about our victory in August.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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If anyone has any openings in private equity, please let me know
Everyday I wake up and ask myself, whose workplace can I ruin today?
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If anyone has any openings in private equity, please let me know
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Inspector: “oh the crickets probably ate any mold that was here.”
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Inspector: “oh the crickets probably ate any mold that was here.”
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
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turning a big dial taht says "Sexism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
turning a big dial taht says "Sexism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
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Change in Headline
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Change in Headline
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The Trump administration has killed IRS Direct File, the program that let you file your taxes for free. Direct File will not be operational this coming tax season.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Trump administration has killed IRS Direct File, the program that let you file your taxes for free. Direct File will not be operational this coming tax season.
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
DATA CENTER SLAYERS WE RIDE AT DAWN OR WHENEVER WE’VE HAD A CUP OF COFFEE AND POOPED! @nodesertdatacenter.com 📷: @bluerobedcrone.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
DATA CENTER SLAYERS WE RIDE AT DAWN OR WHENEVER WE’VE HAD A CUP OF COFFEE AND POOPED! @nodesertdatacenter.com 📷: @bluerobedcrone.bsky.social
This is perfect
shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is perfect
HELL YEAH!!!
🚨 Election Night Update:
Early results show Selina Barajas and Miranda Schubert joining Tucson City Council and Kevin Dahl staying in Ward 3
https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/04/live-election-results-2025-tucson-city-council-plus-school-bonds-and-overrides/
Early results show Selina Barajas and Miranda Schubert joining Tucson City Council and Kevin Dahl staying in Ward 3
https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/04/live-election-results-2025-tucson-city-council-plus-school-bonds-and-overrides/
Election results: Selina Barajas, Miranda Schubert poised to join Tucson City Council - AZ Luminaria
Live 2025 election results for Tucson City Council Ward 3, Ward 5 and Ward 6; Prop 417 and TUSD, Sunnyside and Flowing Wells education budgets
azluminaria.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
HELL YEAH!!!
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🚨 BREAKING: TUSD override passes for the first time in 30+ years.
Early election results show Tucson voters approved Prop 414, funding teacher raises and school programs in the city’s largest district.
Early election results show Tucson voters approved Prop 414, funding teacher raises and school programs in the city’s largest district.
TUSD override passes for first time in 30 years, early election results show - AZ Luminaria
For the first time in more than three decades, voters agreed to an override for the Tucson Unified School District, Tuesday night’s preliminary results of Proposition 414 show. Prop 414 was passing wi...
azluminaria.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
🚨 BREAKING: TUSD override passes for the first time in 30+ years.
Early election results show Tucson voters approved Prop 414, funding teacher raises and school programs in the city’s largest district.
Early election results show Tucson voters approved Prop 414, funding teacher raises and school programs in the city’s largest district.