Heading to the @uclalabor.bsky.social Strategic Labor Research Conference instead of @asanews.bsky.social this year was 1000% the right move. It was incredibly invigorating to meet labor movement folks oriented towards research that helps working folks win campaigns that better their lives.

I like (and appreciate) how @juddlegum.bsky.social and team cover how companies try to influence politicians through campaign donations. I'd love to read reporting about ~who~ at companies sign off these donations. the CEO? the CFO? popular.info/p/these-corp...

These corporations are supporting an alleged domestic abuser for Congress

Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.

popular.info

We don’t have a corrupt election system We have a corrupt President trying to corrupt the election system

“We can’t tax the rich! They’ll leave!” First off, no they won’t, that’s a lie Secondly, good let them leave. We don’t need super yachts clogging up the marinas anyway

STATEMENT RE: PRESIDENT'S POSTS ABOUT DISMISSED REFLECTING POOL CASE

Climate change. Biodiversity collapse. Pollution. These are not separate problems — they are one interconnected crisis.

Well this is terrifying. Good for him for fighting back…again.

Christine Langhoff@clanghoff.bsky.social · 16h ago

www.wired.com/story/he-ble...

The orange felon has cut major funding for National Parks and is diverting that money into doing more of his destructive vanity projects for the bulldozed White House. This is unethical, it’s theft and it’s illegal, but totally on brand for the criminal fraud. Makes me sick.

Everyone should block this account. @curation-lab.bsky.social It is an ai that replies and quotes all art by artists, giving unwanted criticism, and scanning their art.

This site lets you scan barcodes to see if they’re part of Taylor Farms: www.taylordetector.com

Taylor Detector — Scan for Taylor Farms brands

Wondering if a product is made by Taylor Farms? Scan any barcode to instantly check brand ownership and affiliations. Free, no signup required.

taylordetector.com

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 16h ago

RECALL: Taylor Farms is pulling pre-packaged salsa and guacamole for contaminated jalapenos.

Yea, one side is a treasonous fraudster rapist felon and his rent a spouse who clearly hates him and the other side are two intelligent accomplished medical professionals who are in a loving happy marriage.

Turns out all those food safety regulations existed for a reason! Who knew?

Library funding is tied to usage.

Soon, there won’t be any safe food left.

Reuters@reuters.com · 16h ago

Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk reut.rs/4fO6aR6

WE CAN DO THIS. VOTE.

God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.

This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot.

Yael Schacher@yaelschacher.bsky.social · 19h ago

So many immigrants I've interviewed break down about this. "Monsanto Maler was one of several Haitian immigrants who traveled from Springfield for a check in...after an ankle monitor was attached to him, Maler was seen collapsing to the ground and crying." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/hundre...

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

BAD: GOP Sen Jim Banks lying about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social’s positions, falsely claiming that El-Sayed called for open borders and abolishing prisons. WORSE: @kristenwelker.bsky.social letting Banks’ lies go uncorrected. I was able to fact check on Google in 2 min. WHERE ARE HER PRODUCERS?

In America, one health care company can own: Your doctor Your pharmacy Your insurance AND the middleman between your pharmacy and insurance. That means more profits for giant companies and higher costs for you. That's not right — and I have a bill to stop it.

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

When the apocalypse comes, Zuckerberg and his nerd entourage will be eaten by his security guards.

Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat

Small cruise ship rescued skiff in south-east Alaska even though Meta billionaire’s $300m megayacht was closer

theguardian.com

Excellent piece highlighting student voices on gen AI in higher education, including MS student Mirakle (pictured!) in my lab who is leading research on college student AI resisters. I can only assume that leadership at many universities are making incorrect assumptions about student attitudes.

Elizabeth Hernandez@lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 3d ago

New: Universities (CU, CSU, others nationwide) are partnering with AI giants like ChatGPT to roll out university-sanctioned AI Hear from the students resisting & why some liken their opposition to wartime conscientious objectors www.denverpost.com/2026/08/07/c... via @denverpost.com #EdColo #AI

New: Universities (CU, CSU, others nationwide) are partnering with AI giants like ChatGPT to roll out university-sanctioned AI Hear from the students resisting & why some liken their opposition to wartime conscientious objectors www.denverpost.com/2026/08/07/c... via @denverpost.com #EdColo #AI

As Colorado universities align with ChatGPT, student AI resisters take a stand against the ‘plagiarism machine’

“The majority of my participants flat out don’t think AI has a place in education,” said Mirakle Wright, a CU graduate student who is studying resistance to artificial intelligence.

denverpost.com

"The people who are winning right now are organizing movements, not just raising cash." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/o... THIS THIS THIS THIS by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Opinion | Socialists Are Winning Because They Listen to People (Gift Article)

Democrats are going to have to organize voters — not just fund-raise off them.

nytimes.com

A network of Hampshire College supporters has raised more than $2 million to keep the school's campus from becoming what they describe as “the next data center or strip mall.” on.nbcboston.com/9o0uQt3

Supporters raise $2M to preserve Hampshire College campus

Supporters raise $2M to preserve Hampshire College campus

on.nbcboston.com

Have a look at this. hampshirenext.org#about

The idea that deep institutional damage can be easily rolled back seems like a very odd take for a conservative. The damage to the civil service system is huge, and legislation is needed to reassure future hires they won’t be fired on a whim.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

also, describing a lack of legislative capacity as a point against authoritarian consolidation misses the point: the defining feature of Trump’s second term is consolidation of power in the *executive* - the lack of legislative authorization makes him more authoritarian, not less

About 30% of the way through my personal AI empire big read! Many thanks to @karenhao.bsky.social @nsrnicek.bsky.social @roopikarisam.bsky.social @mattseybold.bsky.social @tressiemcphd.bsky.social