keefe murren
@keefemurren.bsky.social
Storytelling strategy 🎥, narrative power, resource mobilization, and program design primarily with displaced and immigrant youth in the US and East Africa. Also ⚽️
Formerly FilmAid, UNICEF, SundanceTV, HRW. Always Barça
Formerly FilmAid, UNICEF, SundanceTV, HRW. Always Barça
Some real dog shit reporting. Love it.
"For every heartwarming scene of a New Yorker helping their neighbor dig out of the snow, there are seemingly 10 other instances of people letting their dogs defecate on the social compact."
"For every heartwarming scene of a New Yorker helping their neighbor dig out of the snow, there are seemingly 10 other instances of people letting their dogs defecate on the social compact."
another reason to love @hellgatenyc.com ➡️ come for the dog shit reporting (literal), stay for the discussion of Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative
New York City Is Drowning in Dog Poop
The disgusting calling cards of jerk dog owners are everywhere—on our sidewalks, in our darkest thoughts, and yes, smeared across our shoes.
hellgatenyc.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Some real dog shit reporting. Love it.
"For every heartwarming scene of a New Yorker helping their neighbor dig out of the snow, there are seemingly 10 other instances of people letting their dogs defecate on the social compact."
"For every heartwarming scene of a New Yorker helping their neighbor dig out of the snow, there are seemingly 10 other instances of people letting their dogs defecate on the social compact."
Can't send them to their country of origin b/c it's not safe, but a third country is ok b/c they don't have credible fear for their safety in their home country and therefore don't deserve refugee status?
February 19, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Can't send them to their country of origin b/c it's not safe, but a third country is ok b/c they don't have credible fear for their safety in their home country and therefore don't deserve refugee status?
King Charles should offer Trump the position. Show him how nice the Royal Lodge is. Tell him it has a ballroom. Hell, tell him the fictional Daisy Duke stops by with her racist brothers to chop it up. But don't tell him that accepting would require he resign from the Presidency.
Guys do have a duke of York?? I just realised if it's not him, it needs to be someone else? If we don't have a Duke of York then who will York be duked by???
February 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
King Charles should offer Trump the position. Show him how nice the Royal Lodge is. Tell him it has a ballroom. Hell, tell him the fictional Daisy Duke stops by with her racist brothers to chop it up. But don't tell him that accepting would require he resign from the Presidency.
We are governed by an Inceligencia
JD Vance takes the mic and immediately attempts to tell a joke. He doesn't get a single laugh. Not. Even. One.
February 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM
We are governed by an Inceligencia
I can't know what this must have been like to watch for people who use PRSL, but goddamn if it isn't just an amazing performance. Captivating. Expressive. Fun as hell. Without words, she expresses so much about our ability and desire to communicate across boundaries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBO...
2026 Super Bowl Deaf performers - Celimar Rivera Cosme, Julian Ortiz
YouTube video by SWIC ASL
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I can't know what this must have been like to watch for people who use PRSL, but goddamn if it isn't just an amazing performance. Captivating. Expressive. Fun as hell. Without words, she expresses so much about our ability and desire to communicate across boundaries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBO...
anecdotally this is also having a huge impact on Somalis who rely on remittence support to survive in places like Dadaab Refugee Camp and IDP camps in Somalia.
That financial pressure comes on top of cuts to foreign aid that have been devastating.
That financial pressure comes on top of cuts to foreign aid that have been devastating.
ICE is crushing Minneapolis economy. On the pod, Mayor Jacob Frey tallies up damage:
$203 million overall
$80 million small biz losses
$5 million hotel cancellations
75K people food insecurity
"Impact is staggering," Frey tells us. Bleeding city for being diverse:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
$203 million overall
$80 million small biz losses
$5 million hotel cancellations
75K people food insecurity
"Impact is staggering," Frey tells us. Bleeding city for being diverse:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
Minneapolis Mayor’s Emotional Message to Trump: You Failed to Break Us
In an interview, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE’s attack came from the top—and shares new details about how badly it damaged his city, while explaining how the people there are emerging utterly...
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
anecdotally this is also having a huge impact on Somalis who rely on remittence support to survive in places like Dadaab Refugee Camp and IDP camps in Somalia.
That financial pressure comes on top of cuts to foreign aid that have been devastating.
That financial pressure comes on top of cuts to foreign aid that have been devastating.
Reposted by keefe murren
The tech industry used to make things before they ran out of ideas and decided to invent stuff no one had ever seen before like fraud and serfdom
"It's not artificial intelligence. It's African intelligence."
Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary general of the Data Labelers Association in Kenya tells @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about the notoriously brutal and underpaid work of training AI.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH65...
Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary general of the Data Labelers Association in Kenya tells @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about the notoriously brutal and underpaid work of training AI.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH65...
February 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The tech industry used to make things before they ran out of ideas and decided to invent stuff no one had ever seen before like fraud and serfdom
Drogba demanding a ceasefire, Fidel and Diego doing TV together, Menotti playing "left wing" football while winning the WC for the RW dictatorship
"football is NOT a matter of life or death, it's MUCH more important than that." - B. Shankly
I want to take and teach this class in equal measure.
"football is NOT a matter of life or death, it's MUCH more important than that." - B. Shankly
I want to take and teach this class in equal measure.
NEW:
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
The New School Cancelled Their Class on Global Soccer and World Politics. We Are Going To Teach it Anyway.
When institutions abandon critical thinking, we build our own classrooms.
karenattiah.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Drogba demanding a ceasefire, Fidel and Diego doing TV together, Menotti playing "left wing" football while winning the WC for the RW dictatorship
"football is NOT a matter of life or death, it's MUCH more important than that." - B. Shankly
I want to take and teach this class in equal measure.
"football is NOT a matter of life or death, it's MUCH more important than that." - B. Shankly
I want to take and teach this class in equal measure.
Make "Fuck Ice" the vuvuzela of the 2026 World Cup!
Why the hottest new pro wrestling chant is "Fuck ICE" defector.com/why-the-hott...
Why The Hottest New Pro Wrestling Chant Is "Fuck ICE" | Defector
The most intriguing storyline in pro wrestling this month is not a title chase or a bloody feud, but whether or not fans are going to keep chanting “Fuck ICE” at shows. I am more than happy to…
defector.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Make "Fuck Ice" the vuvuzela of the 2026 World Cup!
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
His charity has never complied with the law, so we should take that $14B as a downpayment for restoring foreign aid.
*Side benefit: we'd have to sell the 18M Tesla shares the foundation holds, which would cause the stock to crater...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
*Side benefit: we'd have to sell the 18M Tesla shares the foundation holds, which would cause the stock to crater...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
His charity has never complied with the law, so we should take that $14B as a downpayment for restoring foreign aid.
*Side benefit: we'd have to sell the 18M Tesla shares the foundation holds, which would cause the stock to crater...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
*Side benefit: we'd have to sell the 18M Tesla shares the foundation holds, which would cause the stock to crater...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
i present to you the sock puppet
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
i present to you the sock puppet
Reposted by keefe murren
Friends!
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
World Cup Waitlist — RESISTANCE STUDIES SERIES
www.resistancestudiesseries.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Friends!
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
Reposted by keefe murren
Friends!
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
World Cup Waitlist — RESISTANCE STUDIES SERIES
www.resistancestudiesseries.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This would be ratings gold and revolutionize the format.
*Disney owns ABC and the Muppets...
*Disney owns ABC and the Muppets...
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This would be ratings gold and revolutionize the format.
*Disney owns ABC and the Muppets...
*Disney owns ABC and the Muppets...
Ahead of anticipated IPO, xAI and SpaceX rebrand as Whitey on the Moon Incorporated.
February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Ahead of anticipated IPO, xAI and SpaceX rebrand as Whitey on the Moon Incorporated.
Since we're doing this in honor of Bad Bunny, only makes sense to say, Fania All Stars and Manu Dibango at Yankee Stadium 1973 🇵🇷🇨🇲🇺🇸
He even gets the audience to sing in Duala, on of the dialects in Cameroon. Music is universal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77m...
He even gets the audience to sing in Duala, on of the dialects in Cameroon. Music is universal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77m...
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Since we're doing this in honor of Bad Bunny, only makes sense to say, Fania All Stars and Manu Dibango at Yankee Stadium 1973 🇵🇷🇨🇲🇺🇸
He even gets the audience to sing in Duala, on of the dialects in Cameroon. Music is universal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77m...
He even gets the audience to sing in Duala, on of the dialects in Cameroon. Music is universal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77m...
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Yes, they lived up to the deal to buy time to find a more secure supply and reduce reliance on the US. Mission accomplished (for China)
USDA Report from June - Assessment of Soy China Initiative in Brazil
USDA Report from June - Assessment of Soy China Initiative in Brazil
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Yes, they lived up to the deal to buy time to find a more secure supply and reduce reliance on the US. Mission accomplished (for China)
USDA Report from June - Assessment of Soy China Initiative in Brazil
USDA Report from June - Assessment of Soy China Initiative in Brazil
This is wild to read. Messages being hurled over detention center walls, detainees shouting through drainage pipes to get messages to relatives.
The people doing this work are incredible.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
The people doing this work are incredible.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
This is wild to read. Messages being hurled over detention center walls, detainees shouting through drainage pipes to get messages to relatives.
The people doing this work are incredible.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
The people doing this work are incredible.
lataco.com/captive-loti...
Reposted by keefe murren
February 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
One of AI's invisible costs in the exploitation of outsourced data labelers in Kenya. Joan Kinyua makes that cost visible and breaks down the "Dominant narratives [that] claim AI and content moderation jobs offer opportunity for young people in high-unemployment countries."
check out the interview
check out the interview
@alixdunn.com asked digital rights activist and Data Labelers Association President Joan Kinyua for her take on “human capital” as part of our Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 series, in partnership with @ainowinstitute.bsky.social and Aapti Institute. Watch the full interview here:
Reframing "Human Capital" with Joan Kinyua
Exploitative AI labor marketed as opportunity for young workers in high-unemployment countries.
www.themaybe.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
One of AI's invisible costs in the exploitation of outsourced data labelers in Kenya. Joan Kinyua makes that cost visible and breaks down the "Dominant narratives [that] claim AI and content moderation jobs offer opportunity for young people in high-unemployment countries."
check out the interview
check out the interview
Reposted by keefe murren
Joan is one of the most forceful leaders of data labelers who do a lot of the behind the scenes work that make "AI" function.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
@alixdunn.com asked digital rights activist and Data Labelers Association President Joan Kinyua for her take on “human capital” as part of our Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 series, in partnership with @ainowinstitute.bsky.social and Aapti Institute. Watch the full interview here:
Reframing "Human Capital" with Joan Kinyua
Exploitative AI labor marketed as opportunity for young workers in high-unemployment countries.
www.themaybe.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Joan is one of the most forceful leaders of data labelers who do a lot of the behind the scenes work that make "AI" function.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
This is brilliant communication. The way they sneak in the promo, never break character or lean in too hard... and the staff's comedic timing - every single one of them - is just flawless.
I'm hooked.
Follow them on IG: www.instagram.com/thewrightmus...
I'm hooked.
Follow them on IG: www.instagram.com/thewrightmus...
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This is brilliant communication. The way they sneak in the promo, never break character or lean in too hard... and the staff's comedic timing - every single one of them - is just flawless.
I'm hooked.
Follow them on IG: www.instagram.com/thewrightmus...
I'm hooked.
Follow them on IG: www.instagram.com/thewrightmus...