“whether you're libertarian, conservative, MAGA, progressive, everybody has an objection to Flock. And so in our disunited country, we have united around our opposition to … government mass surveillance”

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 2w ago

The tech company Flock, makers of traffic cameras that automatically record and log car license plates for law enforcement agencies, is facing increasing scrutiny over accusations that its vast, AI-sorted database has created a new, nationwide mass surveillance system.

Thanks to @berkeleyside.org for writing this great piece on the PLP and our mission: www.berkeleyside.org/2026/07/02/b...

Berkeley’s Prisoners Literature Project has been mailing books to inmates for 4 decades

Hundreds of volunteers working out of a small Berkeley office send around 30,000 books each year to people incarcerated across the country.

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The level of political freak out associated with candidates winning who are pushing for peace on earth and basic needs for humans in the “land of the free” is extraordinary and telling. Hey working class! Let’s fight harder to build unions and elect people who let us simply love our neighbors.

The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop

The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

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How would signing a contracts “with any third-party surveillance vendor … be a good idea without setting up an independent security and ethics audit first. I can’t open up a barbershop or a Chick-fil-A without a safety inspection.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘Creepy surveillance’: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns

Some cities are cutting ties with firm that provides license plate reader cameras, others are signing new contracts and many are still looking for their footing

theguardian.com

I❤️NY

Many, many thanks to the volunteers, donors and bookstore partners who helped PLP in our extensive efforts to get books to incarcerated readers in 2025. Our all-volunteer organization is sustained by your donations: www.prisonlit.org/donate/

'"... did you consider not complying with this request?” Butler said.'

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

theguardian.com

We’re out here in San Francisco in solidarity. Union power for all.✊ @cftunion.bsky.social @ucaft.bsky.social #LaborDay #DefendHigherEd #WorkersOverBillionaires

The investigation "coincides with a long-standing objective of the far-right Heritage Foundation, which has accused Wikipedia of anti-conservative bias and promoting content that portrays Israel in a negative light..."

Truthout@truthout.org · 11mo ago

Wikipedia is being pressed to release names of specific editors, a tactic seemingly pushed by the Heritage Foundation.

"the decision stemmed from what [the executive director] described as an inadequate review process and the need for 'considerable copy editing'." www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

theguardian.com

Good morning, NYC! #zohran

Our libraries and library professionals are keystones of our communities fostering minds and offering services to individuals regardless of background. We must lift them up, especially this National Library Week, and demand that Trump and DOGE do not gut support for these vital institutions.

Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.

Merry Christmas to all

Adult child became a union member today. #seiu1199 #parentingWin

a naked woman is holding a sign that says union in her hands .

Alt: Iconic scene from the movie Norma Rae in which Sally holds up a sign that says union.

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Labor unions out canvassing in Arizona for US Senate candidate Ruben Gallego. #proWorker #proChoice #yesOn139 #blueWall #aftVotes