Brook Hansen
@brookh.bsky.social
Data Worker | Organizer | School Board Trustee | Activist | Turkopticon | Knitter | Gardener | Canner | Michigander | She/Her
*All views and opinions expressed are my own*
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooklhansen/
*All views and opinions expressed are my own*
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooklhansen/
Just got done recording an interview for a nationally syndicated tech radio show! Details to follow 😁
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just got done recording an interview for a nationally syndicated tech radio show! Details to follow 😁
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AWS outage is “a striking example of how infrastructure consolidation makes the modern internet vulnerable to a failure by a single major provider”
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Amazon's AWS Goes Down, Takes Out "Half of the Internet"
Apps and platforms relying on AWS were in a jam after an hours-long outage took down a sizable chunk of the world's internet.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
AWS outage is “a striking example of how infrastructure consolidation makes the modern internet vulnerable to a failure by a single major provider”
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Represented @turkopticon.bsky.social with @kristap.bsky.social & @autobotcoop.bsky.social at #CircuitBreakers2025, talking about the real-world challenges of worker-run organizing & how much we’ve learned (sometimes the hard way).
Organizing is tough, but community and honesty make it possible.
Organizing is tough, but community and honesty make it possible.
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Represented @turkopticon.bsky.social with @kristap.bsky.social & @autobotcoop.bsky.social at #CircuitBreakers2025, talking about the real-world challenges of worker-run organizing & how much we’ve learned (sometimes the hard way).
Organizing is tough, but community and honesty make it possible.
Organizing is tough, but community and honesty make it possible.
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Despite making critical contributions to the booming AI industry, data workers often report that they aren’t treated like the skilled, valuable workers that they are.
So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.
So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Despite making critical contributions to the booming AI industry, data workers often report that they aren’t treated like the skilled, valuable workers that they are.
So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.
So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.
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Two decades later, the label of AI still hides a world of interconnected workers in the U.S. and abroad who keep the magic going. That's why ee collaborated with @alphabetworkersunion.org to investigate what conditions they’re working under.
This is what we found: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...
This is what we found: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Two decades later, the label of AI still hides a world of interconnected workers in the U.S. and abroad who keep the magic going. That's why ee collaborated with @alphabetworkersunion.org to investigate what conditions they’re working under.
This is what we found: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...
This is what we found: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...
The future of AI is being built on the backs of underpaid workers with no protections. I shared my story in this new report because silence keeps us invisible. #HumansMakeAI #DataWorkersUnite #InvisibleLabor
NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨
Tech giants are making massive investments in generative AI, integrating it into their existing products and selling access to the foundational models to others.
But all that money and power isn’t making its way down to the people who make AI actually work: data workers.
Tech giants are making massive investments in generative AI, integrating it into their existing products and selling access to the foundational models to others.
But all that money and power isn’t making its way down to the people who make AI actually work: data workers.
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The future of AI is being built on the backs of underpaid workers with no protections. I shared my story in this new report because silence keeps us invisible. #HumansMakeAI #DataWorkersUnite #InvisibleLabor
The oppressed should never be expected to mourn their oppressors.
September 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The oppressed should never be expected to mourn their oppressors.
September 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Michigan Republicans just passed a bill showing they are more concerned about what school bathroom children are using than whether or not their school has enough money to keep the bathroom lights on. #mileg
September 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Michigan Republicans just passed a bill showing they are more concerned about what school bathroom children are using than whether or not their school has enough money to keep the bathroom lights on. #mileg
True collaboration feels radical when you’ve only known control.
#RadicalCollaboration #WorkerPower #NoMoreDictators #Solidarity
#RadicalCollaboration #WorkerPower #NoMoreDictators #Solidarity
August 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
True collaboration feels radical when you’ve only known control.
#RadicalCollaboration #WorkerPower #NoMoreDictators #Solidarity
#RadicalCollaboration #WorkerPower #NoMoreDictators #Solidarity
It's crazy how some people will lie and pretend to be something they’re not just to get ahead. Fake it till you make it is one thing, but doing it at the expense of others is a whole other level. #KeepItReal #IntegrityMatters #BeYourself
July 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It's crazy how some people will lie and pretend to be something they’re not just to get ahead. Fake it till you make it is one thing, but doing it at the expense of others is a whole other level. #KeepItReal #IntegrityMatters #BeYourself
Circuit Breakers 2025 is now accepting submissions (by July 31st) for workshops, panels, talks, and everything in between!
Learn more at bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025 💥
#labororganizing #techworkers
Learn more at bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025 💥
#labororganizing #techworkers
July 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Circuit Breakers 2025 is now accepting submissions (by July 31st) for workshops, panels, talks, and everything in between!
Learn more at bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025 💥
#labororganizing #techworkers
Learn more at bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025 💥
#labororganizing #techworkers
Covert narcissist coworkers are wild.
One minute they're sweetly offering to “support you,”
The next, they’re spinning your work as their own and making you look “difficult.”
Quiet sabotage is still sabotage.
#gaslighting #subtleabuse #manipulation
One minute they're sweetly offering to “support you,”
The next, they’re spinning your work as their own and making you look “difficult.”
Quiet sabotage is still sabotage.
#gaslighting #subtleabuse #manipulation
July 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Covert narcissist coworkers are wild.
One minute they're sweetly offering to “support you,”
The next, they’re spinning your work as their own and making you look “difficult.”
Quiet sabotage is still sabotage.
#gaslighting #subtleabuse #manipulation
One minute they're sweetly offering to “support you,”
The next, they’re spinning your work as their own and making you look “difficult.”
Quiet sabotage is still sabotage.
#gaslighting #subtleabuse #manipulation
Distracting myself from all the crap in the world with the cutest item I received in my stationary subscription box this past month — a book to collect stickers from fruit! 🥑🍐🍏🍎🍌🍋🍊
June 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Distracting myself from all the crap in the world with the cutest item I received in my stationary subscription box this past month — a book to collect stickers from fruit! 🥑🍐🍏🍎🍌🍋🍊
This time last year I was in Chicago at #TakeBackTech with @kristap.bsky.social. It was such a great experience!
June 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This time last year I was in Chicago at #TakeBackTech with @kristap.bsky.social. It was such a great experience!
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One of our organizers having a conversation with Angeline Corvaglia from Digital Dominoes about the work that goes into your AI
Hear me talk about work as an invisible data worker with Angeline Corvaglia player.captivate.fm/episode/d2e6...
Behind the AI Curtain: A US Data Labeler's Journey Since 2008
Quickly and easily listen to Digital Dominoes for free!
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May 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
One of our organizers having a conversation with Angeline Corvaglia from Digital Dominoes about the work that goes into your AI
A piece I worked on with @efwebb.bsky.social and @businessinsider.com about some of the work I do as a #dataworker -- www.businessinsider.com/data-worker-...
I have a side hustle training AI and reviewing online ads. Some tasks are random, but as a mom, I love the flexibility.
Mom Brook Hansen told BI she's worked on tasks such as chatbot training, ad reviews and voice recordings as a freelance data worker.
www.businessinsider.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A piece I worked on with @efwebb.bsky.social and @businessinsider.com about some of the work I do as a #dataworker -- www.businessinsider.com/data-worker-...
The best revenge is continuing on with grace and succeeding.
May 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The best revenge is continuing on with grace and succeeding.
Excited to be reunited with @kristap.bsky.social giving a presentation on the often overlooked aspects of AI. #mackinacisland
May 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Excited to be reunited with @kristap.bsky.social giving a presentation on the often overlooked aspects of AI. #mackinacisland
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The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to rescind $42M in approved COVID relief is a stunning betrayal of Michigan’s students.
This move abandons vulnerable communities and undermines trust in federal commitments.
This move abandons vulnerable communities and undermines trust in federal commitments.
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to rescind $42M in approved COVID relief is a stunning betrayal of Michigan’s students.
This move abandons vulnerable communities and undermines trust in federal commitments.
This move abandons vulnerable communities and undermines trust in federal commitments.
Does anyone know a good resource for obtaining old booking photos (mugshots) in Michigan, when the original booking location no longer has the photo?
March 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Does anyone know a good resource for obtaining old booking photos (mugshots) in Michigan, when the original booking location no longer has the photo?
Pic stolen from my brother. This is Freyja. She is SLEEPING!
March 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Pic stolen from my brother. This is Freyja. She is SLEEPING!
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The Department of Education is (was?) responsible for:
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
March 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Department of Education is (was?) responsible for:
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
Today, a miracle happened - I finished a bottle of shampoo at the same time as a bottle of conditioner.
March 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Today, a miracle happened - I finished a bottle of shampoo at the same time as a bottle of conditioner.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org