For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
p.m. newlove
@petenewlove.bsky.social
teacher/educator : aspiring abolitionist : phd in education : notoriously late to all the hot takes
Something has really bothered me about the Gloria Steinem discourse—something that's not really about Gloria Steinem. So, I wrote about it.
Grief Is Not a Verdict: This Is Not Really an Essay About Gloria Steinem
We grieve the worlds we’ve known and what it felt like to live in them.
organizingmythoughts.org
Kindest reminder: there is an active boycott of the New York Times: objectivejournalism.org/2026/08/tran... TransNews Network has joined the Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG)'s call for a boycott of the paper until they apologize for and reverse their role in aiding and abetting genocide.
Trans News Network calls New York Times boycott over harmful trans coverage
The call to boycott, divest, and unsubscribe from the New York Times follows one from the Writers Against the War on Gaza.
objectivejournalism.org
Someone out there right now is like: “chatbot please summarize this thread”
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 4d agoAccusing AI critics of not doing the reading is funny because usually it’s AI users are the most likely to have not done the reading So what now then
All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.
This framing really “clicked” something in my understanding of the AI push (bombardment) into education. As with other labor sectors, they want to reduce the labor force as one of their driving outcomes. Of course!
Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 5d agoWe know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.
My pedagogical philosophy begins with the premise that I am helping students become better thinkers than they were before and that doing this effectively will best prepare them for whatever life throws at them, intellectually, economically, and otherwise.
Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · 5d agoThe idea that classrooms are chiefly spaces for product testing, and that it is irresponsible pedagogy not to enforce this, is both cynical and vile, and “fuck off” is a cogent response from any professional educator to any non-teaching salescreep or tech-but-not-subject-matter expert who voices it.
Using Signal? Use it safely. And remember, just because it’s on Signal doesn’t mean it’s not subject to subpoenas, search warrants, or discovery.
Interrupting Criminalization@interruptcrim.bsky.social · last wk.Many activists & organizers use the Signal app instead of regular SMS texting for increased privacy 🧵 Swipe for practical steps to: • limit records • lock your device • protect your identity • verify contacts • avoid scams Save & share with people who use #Signal! #DigiSec #SecurityCulture #OpSec
they’re making ai-generated, pro-concentration camp propaganda
Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · 2w agoBen Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.
America’s refugee policy is based upon unhinged white supremacist conspiracy theory and it is embarrassing that every article about the policy doesn’t highlight this fact.
Ted Hesson@tedhesson.bsky.social · 2w agoWhite South Africans who come to the United States as refugees could get up to $4,500 per person in initial federal support beginning Oct. 1, nearly double the current amount, four people familiar with the change in policy said www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
There is no science called 'race science', 'race realism' or similar. The media would do well not to uncritically use these terms.
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...
Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio's ICE offices and wear ankle monitors • Ohio Capital Journal
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
The CIA is reportedly running a secret operation bombing boats off of the coast of Ecuador that’s separate from the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign, raising more questions about the U.S.’s violence in the region.
CIA Involved in Covert Strikes on Ecuadorian Boats, Report Says
The secretive operation is said to be separate from the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign.
truthout.org
'The outright exploitation of the disability community as a means of normalizing intrusive technologies has not often been named.'
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4w ago“Developers are capable of incorporating privacy into the principles of inclusive design and using inclusive design to build their tools—particularly those they are going to market to the disability community—limiting the need for trade-offs. With its smart glasses, Meta has done neither…”
Big tech is steeped in non-consent. We could argue all day what type of center this is: "research computing" "data" etc. Ypsilanti residents have repeatedly said no to this project, for a variety of well-researched reasons (environmental, community, ethical). The point: UM is forcing it on them.
University of Michigan selects Textile Road as preferred site for landmark research computing center | The University Record
record.umich.edu
While Americans struggle to buy groceries, ICE is burning through nearly $14,430,000 per day on the detention of 65,000 people.
Feel like I need to add that just because some right wing grifters align on some leftist issues it doesn’t mean that they’re still not right wing grifters
Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · last mo.⚡️ Joe Kent says he, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene & Thomas Massie are hoping to build a new political movement or 3rd party built around opposition to US wars, AIPAC, & corporate money, w/ the initial goal of fielding a candidate for the 2028 presidential campaign. In an interview with...
I remember when there used to be a lot of debates about whether or not Computer Science, as a major & profession, was “political”
Truthout@truthout.org · last mo.As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the FTC is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices.
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
newrepublic.com
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
I think the original post got deleted so I cropped out the name, but I've thought about this one for a while lol
Trump has waved away the idea of accepting U.S. responsibility for the massacre of schoolchildren in Minab, Iran, on the first day of the U.S. and Israel’s war — and has suggested, heinously, that photo evidence of U.S. munitions used on the school “are AI.”
Trump Shrugs Off Minab Strike That Killed Over 100 Children, Saying Evidence of US Responsibility Is “AI”
The US is widely acknowledged to be responsible for the strike, including within internal Pentagon investigations.
truthout.org
Important to note that amid the World Cup—but far from host cities full of international journalist—“ICE last month arrested more [people] than any month in the history of the agency,” said Tom Homan, White House ‘border czar’
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoQ: Will this change on vehicle stops lower the rate of deportations? HOMAN: No. No. I'm sick and tired of reading about how the administration has lost their guts with mass deportation. Do you know that ICE last month arrested more aliens than any month in the history of the agency?
Trump has formally alerted Congress that he has restarted the U.S. war on Iran, potentially allowing his administration to argue that the War Powers deadline has been reset. Despite the "ceasefires", the war never actually ended, with blockades and hostile attacks from both sides persisting.
Trump Tells Congress He’s Restarted War on Iran — And Will Likely Claim the War Powers Deadline Has Reset
Democrats have said they may sue the president if he doesn’t adhere to previous War Powers votes.
truthout.org
ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.
