Every article about wildfires and wildfire smoke needs to explicitly connect these climate disasters to burning fossil fuels. If we want to breathe clean air and not have our neighbours' homes destroyed by wildfires, we need to stop using public money to subsidize fossil fuel projects. #bcpoli

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · yesterday

Air quality warning issued for Metro Vancouver as wildfire smoke worsens vancouversun.com/news/air-qua...

Hi there, an educator here. We don’t need training on AI. We know what it is. We’re holding on for dear life until private equity decides to move on to the next shiny thing. I just hope there are enough of us still around to pick up the pieces.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · yesterday

“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”

When a professional association kicks you out of its conference, forcibly removes you, and bans you from future participation for passing out an article it published: new low in acquiescence to fascism Example of how "viewpoint diversity" is only used to undermine, not expand, knowledge Note ... +

WBEZ@wbez.org · 2mo ago

They were sharing an editorial from an American Diabetes Association journal which criticized President Donald Trump’s attacks on America’s long-established system of scientific research.

ICE will no longer publicly report the deaths of immigrants recently released from detention. ICE frames this as "common sense," when in fact, it's an effort to obscure the true number of people who die as a result of being detained—especially now as in-custody deaths surge.

ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from custody

The goal of the 2021 policy was to ensure that ICE could not avoid accountability for deaths by releasing severely ill people from custody.

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NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:

Hating AI is good, actually

LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.

thehandbasket.co

I really love this piece by @profjulies.bsky.social published in @msmagazine.com about the right-wing attack on the teaching about gender. @aaup.org Authoritarians are scared of GWSS because it "teaches students they deserve to live their true, autonomous selves." msmagazine.com/2026/04/03/t...

I Want to Be Obsolete. Instead, I’m Afraid to Teach.

a gender studies professor describes the growing surveillance, censorship and intimidation reshaping what happens inside her classroom.

msmagazine.com

That Emergency Trans Meal Fund slot is still open if you're a trans person in need of a meal today. Fill out this form: forms.gle/KkWAvrQ27AKc... And if you want to contribute to the fund, you can here: itch.io/s/159177/the...

Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Author & Narrator@autumnwolff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Emergency Trans Meal Fund slot for this week is now open. If you're a hungry trans person in need of lunch or dinner today, please fill out this form: forms.gle/KkWAvrQ27AKc... If you'd like to contribute to the fund, you may do so here: itch.io/s/159177/the...

This is what this witch hunt always intended, just hoping it would be an unhinged man to do it for them. Sending love and solidarity to so many who are living in fear. You don’t deserve this

Them@them.us · 3mo ago

Slain Trans UW Student Identified as Juniper Blessing: “The Most Amazing Human Being”

Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

I keep thinking about the fact that prior to the 1930s there were almost no student protests on college campuses. The 30s changed all of that and University administrators LOST THEIR SHIT. They were sending names of students by the 10s of thousands to the FBI. They launched off campus surveillance.

I work in mental health and cannot begin to describe how destructive all this is, especially to those with serious mental health conditions. We desperately need MORE housing, not gatekeeping. Please read below and comment against the monumentally stupid idea.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New from @pamherd.bsky.social and I: Trump has added work requirements to Medicaid, expanded them in SNAP. Now he is going after public housing. You can do something about it: take 5 mins to write a public comment opposing this change. Instructions enclosed.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

Just to reiterate something that @ali-alkhatib.com says continuously -- to reframe AI as a political project and not as a technology.

librarypunk@librarypunk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Every day I watch the tech industry build The Boot On the Neck Of Humanity Machine and watch universities say “we are going to sustainably and ethically prepare our students to become innovators in The Boot On The Neck Of Humanity Machine space”

I'm not the first to note this but AI psychosis just seems to be "experience what it's like to have yes men" and shows what has happened to any billionaire who has any kind of public profile

more mr. nice guy@juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 3mo ago

as much as i despise AI, i have to admit that it has made it possible for anyone, no longer just the very wealthy, to be a big adult baby who doesn't know how to interact with normal people and throws a fit whenever they don't get their way

How it started / how it’s going — Jay Bhattacharya edition. 2025: “We will never use this agency to censor scientists who disagree" 2026 : Bhattacharya “has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits”.

If you’re like, “Wait, everyone is shackled on ICE flights?! Wait, there are 50 ICE flights a day?! Wait, they’re sending people to countries they’ve never been to?!” I am begging you to please read my ICE Air FAQ. 🙏 gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-...

What is ICE Air?

Learn more about ICE’s massive, secretive and cruel air operation, which companies are profiting off of it, and what you can do to stop it.

gillianbrockell.com

An outstanding, comprehensive rebuke of AI mania in K-12 by @winterjessica.bsky.social that rounds out by highlighting the growing coalition of parents, educators, and other concerned humans that is working fast and hard to tamp it down.

What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?

“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...

newyorker.com

Jay Bhattacharya, who is best known for ranting about COVID conspiracies and “coverups” for the past 5 years, is now literally suppressing the data on COVID vaccines…because he is an antivaccine hack not a scientist

Lena Sun@lenasun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

For Earth Day, we must recognize that environmental justice, disability justice, and climate justice are one fight! Climate change and environmental racism are disabling — from extreme heat to super storms, and from fossil fuel extraction to processing. Read more below. (1/4)

Had the incredible privilege of going to @chanda.blacksky.app's book talk tonight, in conversation with the ever thoughtful @moyazb.bsky.social. Cannot wait to dig into this wonderfully unique and powerful book:The Edge of Space-Time! 🖖🏼 #BookSky

Hegseth's repeal of universal flu vaccines is nonsense on so many levels, but his claim vaccine mandates were an "era of betrayal" irked me as a historian. Here's my response, in @thebulwark.com this morning; www.thebulwark.com/p/george-was...

George Washington’s Woke Vaccines

What the Founders would have thought about Pete Hegseth lifting the requirement that service members get the flu vaccine.

thebulwark.com

6. The opinion was scathing, and called out the Trump administration for flagrant abuse of authority and disdain toward the rule of law. “Unserious leaders are unsafe,” Judge Kasubhai wrote in the opinion’s opening line. “There is nothing more serious than our leaders’ dedication to the rule of law"

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care. The judge also blocked "any similar policy." Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats

The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

erininthemorning.com

It will be extremely interesting to see what institutions like Fenway Health and NYU Langone do now. The ostensible reason for their ending of youth gender care is now gone - will they resume care for all the trans kids they abandoned?

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 4mo ago

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care. The judge also blocked "any similar policy." Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Ditto

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Attn: Democrats running for office! Coming out strong on AI regulations will only make me want to vote for you harder and tell all my friends to do the same.

NEW: Louisiana is asking a federal court to impose nationwide restrictions on mifepristone, a medication used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. Extremist politicians' attacks on abortion are out of touch with science, law, and public opinion.

NEW: i took a look at legislation @sanders.senate.gov is intro'ing today to impose a data center moratorium “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of AI" it's a major line in the sand for progressives looking to tie data center opposition w AI safety

New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction

The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to "ensure that AI is safe." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead.

wired.com

“It’s inevitable” “you can’t roll it back” “you just have to accept it”

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 5mo ago

OpenAI is shutting down Sora and dropping video features from ChatGPT. Disney was previously said to be investing $1B, licensing 200+ characters across Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars & more for use in ChatGPT and Sora.

Crossing state borders for HRT. Insurance denials. Missed surgeries. U.S. Catholic bishops imposed a ban on all trans healthcare throughout the church's massive networks. That's left working class trans people struggling even more. Our latest, by @davidforbes.bsky.social are some of their stories:

‘It’s a Nightmare’: The Human Toll of the Catholic Church’s Trans Healthcare Ban

Missing hormones. Canceled surgeries. Bureaucratic denials. Late last year the Catholic Church banned all trans healthcare across its sprawling networks. The impact on trans people's lives is devastat...

transnews.network

And in case there was any room for doubt, the Republican coauthor of KOSA explicitly said she expects and hopes the bill to make it harder for queer people to connect with each other and find out they're not alone (as Katelyn says she did here) www.them.us/story/kosa-s...

Lawmaker Says the “Kids Online Safety Act” Aims to Protect Kids from “The Transgender”

KOSA has bipartisan support but LGBTQ+ advocates say it would be harmful.

them.us