awkword
@awkword.bsky.social
Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Activist | Strategist | Journalist | @tendemands.bsky.social Founder • Work: NWU, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Mass Appeal, Melina Abdullah, Noelle Cook, etc. • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social • thisisawkword.com
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GLOBAL WARNING: Melanie D'Arrigo (Ep 9)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
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"It's really all about control. If we make people afraid, it's easy to control us. If we fear going sick, it's easy to control us. If we have the fear of going bankrupt, it's easy to control us."
- @darrigomelanie.bsky.social, ED, Campaign for New York Health
- @darrigomelanie.bsky.social, ED, Campaign for New York Health
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“You have strength. It doesn’t come from your government. It doesn’t come from your media. It comes from you.”
@dlj.bsky.social, Founder and ED, @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING, Ep 1
On US anti-fascism, from the 80s through 2025, and beyond — and what YOU can do to make a difference
@dlj.bsky.social, Founder and ED, @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING, Ep 1
On US anti-fascism, from the 80s through 2025, and beyond — and what YOU can do to make a difference
Daryle Lamont Jenkins: Ep. 1, Global Warning with AWKWORD
YouTube video by AWKWORD
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October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“You have strength. It doesn’t come from your government. It doesn’t come from your media. It comes from you.”
@dlj.bsky.social, Founder and ED, @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING, Ep 1
On US anti-fascism, from the 80s through 2025, and beyond — and what YOU can do to make a difference
@dlj.bsky.social, Founder and ED, @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING, Ep 1
On US anti-fascism, from the 80s through 2025, and beyond — and what YOU can do to make a difference
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"Black and brown communities are turned into 'sacrifice zones.'"
"It's all by design. Powered by colonialism, extractivism, and industrial-scale theft."
"If you are going to come in to my community, and you are going to harm my neighbors, fuck off."
#USA #Climate #Protest #Technology
"It's all by design. Powered by colonialism, extractivism, and industrial-scale theft."
"If you are going to come in to my community, and you are going to harm my neighbors, fuck off."
#USA #Climate #Protest #Technology
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
Sam Altman's "AI empire" alone is using as much power as New York City and San Diego, combined.
unicornriot.ninja
December 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Black and brown communities are turned into 'sacrifice zones.'"
"It's all by design. Powered by colonialism, extractivism, and industrial-scale theft."
"If you are going to come in to my community, and you are going to harm my neighbors, fuck off."
#USA #Climate #Protest #Technology
"It's all by design. Powered by colonialism, extractivism, and industrial-scale theft."
"If you are going to come in to my community, and you are going to harm my neighbors, fuck off."
#USA #Climate #Protest #Technology
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“You can see it easily in places like Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ or the Southwestern Indigenous reservations cut off from access to the dwindling Colorado River, or in Altadena’s slow recovery from this year’s fires” - @nitishpahwa.com
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“You can see it easily in places like Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ or the Southwestern Indigenous reservations cut off from access to the dwindling Colorado River, or in Altadena’s slow recovery from this year’s fires” - @nitishpahwa.com
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
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“The same systems that made sure Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color were last in line for clean air, safe housing, and political power are the same ones making sure we’re also first in line to drown, burn, or be displaced.” - @merirei.com
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
unicornriot.ninja
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“The same systems that made sure Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color were last in line for clean air, safe housing, and political power are the same ones making sure we’re also first in line to drown, burn, or be displaced.” - @merirei.com
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
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The deployment of “ai” is not a case study in diffusion of innovation or adoption of new technology. It is a case study in coerced implementation, it is social engineering by the elite class and it’s bad for people and bad for the planet
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
unicornriot.ninja
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The deployment of “ai” is not a case study in diffusion of innovation or adoption of new technology. It is a case study in coerced implementation, it is social engineering by the elite class and it’s bad for people and bad for the planet
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Ecologists are sounding the alarm about the deleterious effects of AI and data centers on the climate and the health and economic conditions of local communities, while Big Tech giants are lobbying politicians like Trump to dictate the media narrative, state investments, and municipal zoning laws.
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
unicornriot.ninja
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Ecologists are sounding the alarm about the deleterious effects of AI and data centers on the climate and the health and economic conditions of local communities, while Big Tech giants are lobbying politicians like Trump to dictate the media narrative, state investments, and municipal zoning laws.
Reposted by awkword
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
unicornriot.ninja
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
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Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
There are 4,296 energy-sucking AI data centers in the United States at the time of this article’s publication, and the reports confirm: data centers hurt the most disenfranchised populations the most.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
There are 4,296 energy-sucking AI data centers in the United States at the time of this article’s publication, and the reports confirm: data centers hurt the most disenfranchised populations the most.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
There are 4,296 energy-sucking AI data centers in the United States at the time of this article’s publication, and the reports confirm: data centers hurt the most disenfranchised populations the most.
unicornriot.ninja
December 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
There are 4,296 energy-sucking AI data centers in the United States at the time of this article’s publication, and the reports confirm: data centers hurt the most disenfranchised populations the most.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
There are 4,296 energy-sucking AI data centers in the United States at the time of this article’s publication, and the reports confirm: data centers hurt the most disenfranchised populations the most.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
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In its official trending news section, X (formerly, Twitter) promoted a story with the headline “Iran Strikes Tel-Aviv with Heavy Missiles,” but it was fake — and it was created by X’s own AI chatbot, Grok.
That was a year ago. And we thought that was bad.
That was a year ago. And we thought that was bad.
Is AI Destroying Democracy?
Artificial intelligence isn’t new, but the hysteria is. Here’s how we protect against the dangers, and proliferate diversity, equity and inclusion
crooksandliars.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In its official trending news section, X (formerly, Twitter) promoted a story with the headline “Iran Strikes Tel-Aviv with Heavy Missiles,” but it was fake — and it was created by X’s own AI chatbot, Grok.
That was a year ago. And we thought that was bad.
That was a year ago. And we thought that was bad.
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Shot 22 times at age 22 with a 22 caliber pistol… and from a NY city hospital bed, Hezues rose.
True story:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6xmzx...
True story:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6xmzx...
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Shot 22 times at age 22 with a 22 caliber pistol… and from a NY city hospital bed, Hezues rose.
True story:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6xmzx...
True story:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6xmzx...
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In today’s high school writing club, we dove into genre writing, with looks at fantasy and sci-fi. Two lessons:
1. Make the setting and world-building part of the action. What happens drives the story.
2. Focus on characters and motivations: how and why stories matter. (1/2)
1. Make the setting and world-building part of the action. What happens drives the story.
2. Focus on characters and motivations: how and why stories matter. (1/2)
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In today’s high school writing club, we dove into genre writing, with looks at fantasy and sci-fi. Two lessons:
1. Make the setting and world-building part of the action. What happens drives the story.
2. Focus on characters and motivations: how and why stories matter. (1/2)
1. Make the setting and world-building part of the action. What happens drives the story.
2. Focus on characters and motivations: how and why stories matter. (1/2)
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If you were a member of the press what questions would you ask Melania Trump about this #ICELawlessness?
What about Karoline Leavitt?
Or Trump himself?
Help out the reporters because they are clearly perplexed as to how to formulate questions on these atrocities!
We cannot be silent about this!
What about Karoline Leavitt?
Or Trump himself?
Help out the reporters because they are clearly perplexed as to how to formulate questions on these atrocities!
We cannot be silent about this!
December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you were a member of the press what questions would you ask Melania Trump about this #ICELawlessness?
What about Karoline Leavitt?
Or Trump himself?
Help out the reporters because they are clearly perplexed as to how to formulate questions on these atrocities!
We cannot be silent about this!
What about Karoline Leavitt?
Or Trump himself?
Help out the reporters because they are clearly perplexed as to how to formulate questions on these atrocities!
We cannot be silent about this!
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“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 During segregation, Black artists were barred from most White-owned venues. Out of necessity, they created their own network of clubs, theaters & juke joints — known as the Chitlin’ Circuit. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 During segregation, Black artists were barred from most White-owned venues. Out of necessity, they created their own network of clubs, theaters & juke joints — known as the Chitlin’ Circuit. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 During segregation, Black artists were barred from most White-owned venues. Out of necessity, they created their own network of clubs, theaters & juke joints — known as the Chitlin’ Circuit. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 During segregation, Black artists were barred from most White-owned venues. Out of necessity, they created their own network of clubs, theaters & juke joints — known as the Chitlin’ Circuit. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Why Nicki Minaj is sucking up to trump
A pardon
A pardon
her older brother is in prison....that's what this is about.
globalnews.ca/news/6468879...
globalnews.ca/news/6468879...
Nicki Minaj’s brother, Jelani Maraj, sentenced to 25 years to life for child rape - National | Globalnews.ca
Warning: This story contains details some readers may find disturbing. Discretion is advised.
globalnews.ca
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Why Nicki Minaj is sucking up to trump
A pardon
A pardon
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"On my phone, I am watching myself in real time as the camera records and livestreams me—without any password or login—to the open internet. I wander into the intersection, stare at the camera and wave."
Anyone can download video archives, mess with settings, or run diagnostics.
#Flock
#Pinks
Anyone can download video archives, mess with settings, or run diagnostics.
#Flock
#Pinks
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Elon Musk replied to me on X. Here’s what happened next :::
Click the image for the story many have asked about 👇🏼 and subscribe 👏🏼
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Elon Musk Replied to Me on X. Here’s What Happened Next
Unleashed coordinated targeted harassment, platform level retaliation, and real life fear
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Elon Musk replied to me on X. Here’s what happened next :::
Click the image for the story many have asked about 👇🏼 and subscribe 👏🏼
Click the image for the story many have asked about 👇🏼 and subscribe 👏🏼
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🚨🚨🚨 “Our long-term strategic goal is to form an organized, armed insurgency to take and hold territory. And establish a white homeland which we control and govern.”
Base calls for 'acceleration teams' to destabilize society & weaken government authority through attacks on critical infrastructure.
Base calls for 'acceleration teams' to destabilize society & weaken government authority through attacks on critical infrastructure.
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚨🚨🚨 “Our long-term strategic goal is to form an organized, armed insurgency to take and hold territory. And establish a white homeland which we control and govern.”
Base calls for 'acceleration teams' to destabilize society & weaken government authority through attacks on critical infrastructure.
Base calls for 'acceleration teams' to destabilize society & weaken government authority through attacks on critical infrastructure.
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Protesters rally outside of CBD hotel where they believe federal immigration agents are staying.
Activists rushed to plan the demonstration after a video circulated on social media showing Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino leaving what looks like the JW Marriott New Orleans hotel.
Activists rushed to plan the demonstration after a video circulated on social media showing Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino leaving what looks like the JW Marriott New Orleans hotel.
Protesters rally at hotel where Border Patrol chief was seen
Activists rushed to plan the demonstration after a video circulated on social media showing Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino leaving what looks like the JW Marriott New Orleans hotel.
veritenews.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Protesters rally outside of CBD hotel where they believe federal immigration agents are staying.
Activists rushed to plan the demonstration after a video circulated on social media showing Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino leaving what looks like the JW Marriott New Orleans hotel.
Activists rushed to plan the demonstration after a video circulated on social media showing Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino leaving what looks like the JW Marriott New Orleans hotel.
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Here’s the story #CBSStateTV & the Trump regime doesn’t want you to see re: horrific human rights violations occurring at #CECOT in El Salvador.
Thank you, @meiselasb.bsky.social for bringing light to this on MeidasTouch.
THIS is why we need independent journalism.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
Thank you, @meiselasb.bsky.social for bringing light to this on MeidasTouch.
THIS is why we need independent journalism.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“You Have Arrived in Hell”
The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Sal...
www.hrw.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here’s the story #CBSStateTV & the Trump regime doesn’t want you to see re: horrific human rights violations occurring at #CECOT in El Salvador.
Thank you, @meiselasb.bsky.social for bringing light to this on MeidasTouch.
THIS is why we need independent journalism.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
Thank you, @meiselasb.bsky.social for bringing light to this on MeidasTouch.
THIS is why we need independent journalism.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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There will be so many deaths and assaults found from these people
Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
There will be so many deaths and assaults found from these people
Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
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Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
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Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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Woahhhh this makes it feel so real!
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Woahhhh this makes it feel so real!