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"These degradations in the quality of work life have had an unintended consequence for Google: transforming tech workers’ relationship to class." bayareacurrent.com/google-worke...
Amid Wave of Tech Layoffs, Google Workers Organize for Job Security
"We are the frogs realizing the pot has been boiling the whole time": Google workers talk job security, internal culture shift, and building the union.
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@dellsystem.bsky.social had some things to say on this topic in the @bayareacurrent.bsky.social! San Francisco's Billboards Aren't For You share.google/ABznFJMy46tZ...
San Francisco's Billboards Aren't For You
Wendy Liu, author of Abolish Silicon Valley, explains what those weird tech billboards are really saying.
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We repeat the Bay Area is a union town: bayareacurrent.com/san-jose-air...
San Jose Airport Workers Demand Living Wage
As money pours into the South Bay from World Cup travel, union workers at San Jose International Airport fight the city for a livable wage in the 4th most expensive city in California.
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For the planners: mark your calendars, for the type-b chillers, bank this one away in the group chat. Be ready to roll up with the crew, to conspire over another year of blasting the doors off the Bay’s tech-landlord-do nothing elite. Pull up and PARTY for our ONE YEAR BDAY!
For the planners: mark your calendars, for the type-b chillers, bank this one away in the group chat. Be ready to roll up with the crew, to conspire over another year of blasting the doors off the Bay’s tech-landlord-do nothing elite. Pull up and PARTY for our ONE YEAR BDAY!
Whatever is on Spotify is not all that there is. Music columnist Gabriel Lopez on 'death to Spotify' six months later: bayareacurrent.com/death-to-spo...
'Death to Spotify' Six Months Later
Whatever is on Spotify is not all that there is.
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Have you heard the news? @afscme3299.bsky.social open-ended strike averted. Union overwhelmingly votes 'yes' on contract with UC system. bayareacurrent.com/strike-threa...
Strike Threat Wins Concessions From University of California!
AFSCME 3299 open-ended strike averted, union overwhelmingly votes 'yes' on contract with UC system.
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Meet the (ecological) Locals: Tiburon Mariposa Lily: A survivor of a transformed California, and a reminder of how delicate our world is. bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-loc...
Meet the Locals: Tiburon Mariposa Lily
A survivor of a transformed California, and a reminder of how delicate our world is.
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"Spending one’s brief time on this mortal coil trying to convince companies to fire their customer support teams and replace them with AI voice agents is not the act of a grounded person, in touch with their humanity." — @dellsystem.bsky.social bayareacurrent.com/ai-slop-star...
AI Slop Startups Like “Delve” Will Never Beat the Fraud Allegations
Tech Billboard Decoder: Buzzy San Francisco-based startup Delve promises ‘AI-native compliance,’ turns out to be a house of cards.
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Cops across California are getting incentivized to arrest more people for stealing from chain stores with the help of millions of dollars in grant money that they can use to buy surveillance technology from companies like Flock. bayareacurrent.com/shoplifting-...
Prices Skyrocket and Retail Profits Soar. So Why Are Cops Focused on Mundane Shoplifting Arrests?
Thousands of pages of records reveal how the worst mall brands in America sold surveillance tech Flock to California.
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Today I learned that the great Wendy Liu aka @dellsystem.bsky.social has a regular column about AI industry billboards in SF in the @bayareacurrent.bsky.social. It's such a great way to examine these companies and AI culture in the valley and the Bay. I'll be reading them all now:
AI Slop Startups Like “Delve” Will Never Beat the Fraud Allegations
Tech Billboard Decoder: Buzzy San Francisco-based startup Delve promises ‘AI-native compliance’, turns out to be a house of cards
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actual sf is back: 250+ gather on a random weekday to celebrate luddism, hate on ai billboards and the tech right w/ @bayareacurrent.bsky.social This Machine Kills @jathansadowski.com @dsasf.org
my piece on the right-wing tech intelligentsia, originally in @bayareacurrent.bsky.social, now republished in @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2026/03/tech...
Silicon Valley Is Drifting Farther and Farther Right
Silicon Valley’s rising right-wing intelligentsia has plenty of money and a willingness to do the intellectual dirty work of some of the world’s most open reactionaries.
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We're doing a TMK live show in San Francisco next week with the wonderful folks at @bayareacurrent.bsky.social and @dsasf.org. Come join us for a night of left-wing tech criticism! Registration is free, encouraged, but not required: www.eventbrite.com/e/decoding-t...
“It’s a matter of life and death that we organize.” Three elderly and disabled Noe Valley tenants recently settled with their landlord in court after a a three-year eviction battle. But organizers say that the fight may be far from over. bayareacurrent.com/sf-elders-fa...
SF Elders Faced An Eviction and Homelessness. But They Fought Back and Won.
“It’s a matter of life-and-death that we continue to organize.”
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New in our SF Strike Newsletter: —We hear from pro-strike parents, murmurs about negotiation details —The NY Post's sad attempted strike take-down —SFUSD bosses post a $300K/Yr admin job w/ job description that reads: "bring your whole selves to work" bayareacurrent.com/after-school...
AFTER SCHOOL: Lines in the Sand
READ OUR DAY 3 STRIKE COVERAGE HERE!
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On day two of their first strike in nearly 50 years, SF Educators are steeled for a long fight. bayareacurrent.com/striking-sf-...
Striking SF Educators Steeled for Long Fight
On the second day of historic strike, SF teachers say they’re determined to win on wages, healthcare and special ed funding.
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Meet SF's Billionaire Simps. We wanted to hear directly from the elite-lovers at their “March for Billionaires” in San Francisco — here’s just a few of the "interesting" things we heard. bayareacurrent.com/meet-sfs-bil...
Meet SF's Billionaire Simps
We wanted to hear directly from the elite-lovers at their “March for Billionaires” in San Francisco — here’s what they said.
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The SF teacher strike follows almost a full year of negotiations and a last-ditch prevention effort by the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie. We hear from teachers, students, and supporters from across the city about the strike's importance. bayareacurrent.com/scene-report...
Scene Report: San Francisco Unified On Strike!
The strike follows almost a full year of negotiations and a last-ditch prevention effort by the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie. We hear from teachers, students, and supporters from across the city.
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Introducing AFTER SCHOOL, a short-run daily newsletter all about the SF Teachers strike. We'll cover scenes from the picket lines, link to articles about strike updates, and cover all the maladjusted haters and losers who are against the strike. Enjoy! bayareacurrent.com/welcome-to-a...
WELCOME TO AFTER SCHOOL
Our daily report on the San Francisco teachers strike
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A little under a year ago, workers at Highwire Coffee formed their union—since then, they’ve been battling for a fair contract, facing stalling from management and an infamous anti-union law firm. Read about the latest in the Bay’s barista class war: bayareacurrent.com/highwire-cof...
Highwire Coffee Roasters’ Union Says Management Stalling On First Contract
Management has also hired an infamous anti-union law firm
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Protests against ICE have spread to the Bay. We wanted to hear directly from Bay Area residents who turned out in East Oakland to support the surging movement in Minneapolis. bayareacurrent.com/bay-area-mar...
SCENE REPORT: Bay Area Marches in Solidarity with Minneapolis
Protests against ICE have spread to the Bay. We wanted to hear directly from Bay Area residents who turned out in East Oakland to support the surging movement in Minneapolis.
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Language has always been political. Bay Area Chinese leftists are acting on it. bayareacurrent.com/bay-area-chi...
Bay Area Chinese Leftists Are Making Language Political
We were in a very Chinese time in our lives. We decided to do something about it.
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What would it take for the bus to come on time? We talked to struggling AC Transit drivers about the current cracks in services. bayareacurrent.com/bus-drivers-...
Bus Drivers Are Struggling. The Cracks Are Starting To Show.
Current takes a look at two key issues for bus drivers, and maybe explains why the bus is often late…
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SF Teachers are on strike for the first time in 47 years — and that's a good thing. This strike is not only about saving public education. It is about fighting back against billionaire domination. This, and more, from an SF teacher on strike. bayareacurrent.com/sf-public-sc...
SF Public School Educators Are Striking for the First Time in 47 Years — And That's a Good Thing.
The strike isn't just about saving public education. It's part of the fight against billionaire domination.
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We hit the SF Teachers picket lines on Strike Day 1, and we learned something new: fulfilling quality special education is at the heart of the strike. bayareacurrent.com/we-are-out-h...
“We Are Out Here Fighting For What We Need”
San Francisco special education teachers tell us why they’re striking.
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