Krista Pawloski
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Krista Pawloski
@kristap.bsky.social
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Organizer - turkopticon.bsky.social
My time is spent on advocacy including worker rights, environmental concerns, and queer rights
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Malicious compliance is my resistance plan.
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New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets

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You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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We've all heard the rumors that this was coming. Whether Amazon is truly replacing employees with AI, or just trying to show that that's what companies can do when they use AI...it's one of many reasons we're concerned about Amazon's use of AI, and why we're standing up.

www.seattletimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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It's the perfect time of year to curl up with a book and raise a middle finger to billionaires!

We're sending stacks of free stickers out to indie bookstores around the country this week. If you're in the industry, DM us if you'd like some.
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This was an amazing workshop! So much good conversation between different organizing groups. We wanted to help others and not surprisingly, we learned a few things too! Organizing is a challenge and leaning on each other for support can help so much.
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.
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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What if you had a job that was paid hourly, but between tasks, you just had to wait online, unpaid, yet ready to go at any moment?

This is the reality for many of the people in the U.S. who train AI for multibillion-dollar companies.

@kristap.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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We will be matching up to $10,000 in donations to Pride Center of Vermont. Take action now and donate: www.pridecentervt.org#donate
October 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
OMG It's ME! I will forever be grateful to those that listen to the hidden workers story.
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...
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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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.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Microsoft cancels Israeli spy unit access after tech worker revolt

In a stunning and massive development, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is terminating parts of the Israeli military’s access to proprietary technology that it was using to conduct mass surveillance and targeting of Pale
Microsoft cancels Israeli spy unit access after tech worker revolt
In a stunning and massive development, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is terminating parts of the Israeli military’s access to proprietary technology that it was using to conduct mass surveillance and targeting of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. “Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform,” the Guardian reports. “The termination is the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza.” This major development would not have happened without the joint-investigative work of reporters at The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call exposing Microsoft’s complicity with Unit 8200’s mass-surveillance campaign, but it also would not have happened without the disruptive protests by tech workers within Microsoft. In this panel discussion, we speak with three fired Microsoft tech workers and members of the “No Azure for Apartheid” campaign—Nisreen Jaradat, Julius Shan, and Anna Hattle—about the role workers have played in pressuring Microsoft to end its complicity in Israel’s war crimes. Additional Links/Info: No Azure for Apartheid Instagram and Linktree Maximillian Alvarez, The Nation, “How Microsoft workers helped halt a major contract with the Israeli military” Harry Davies & Yuval Abraham, The Guardian, “Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “The biggest labor story in the US right now is happening at Microsoft” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘Microsoft is an active partner in the genocide!’: Inside the tech worker revolt for Palestine” Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “Cops violently dismantle Palestine encampment at Microsoft HQ, arrest protestors” Harry Davies & Yuval Abraham, The Guardian, “‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians” Credits: Studio Production: David Hebden Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor
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October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'll be there as well with @turkopticon.bsky.social helping organizers work through the challenges of running a worker led organization.
#CircuitBreakers
Workers, organizers, and activists in the tech industry, are you heading to #CircuitBreakers next weekend?

If you are, be sure to say hi to our Senior VP of Labor @tnewmsblues.bsky.social and Senior Manager of Community Outreach and Engagement @german-c.bsky.social!
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
Open Letter — AECJ
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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.
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Our latest Responsible Tech Guide is out! We cover the state of Responsible Tech, pathways and pipelines, and the intersections between Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, and Public Interest Technology.

DOWNLOAD: alltechishuman.org/responsible-...
October 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I had the pleasure of being a part of this. It is refreshing to talk to people who see you, when you work in an industry designed to be invisible. Amazing work @techequity.bsky.social, @cwaunion.bsky.social and @alphabetworkersunion.org .
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.
September 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Targeted attack" because it's only terrorism if it's gay or brown folks, cis het white MAGA nutters get every excuse and pass in the book.

I'm so tired.

www.woodtv.com/news/nexstar...
www.woodtv.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They are getting ready to come after anyone outside of cis-het white folks

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"None of the people who spoke with The Post could recall a defense secretary ever ordering so many of the military’s generals and admirals to assemble like this. Several said it raised security concerns."
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered virtually all of the U.S. military’s top commanders worldwide to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week.

Here’s what we know:
Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is encouraging to see, I hope it motivates other cities

www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ev...
Protests Lead Trump Administration To Evacuate ICE Facility Outside Chicago
Homeland security communications show officials want to move operations following a protest in which demonstrators said they were hit with teargas.
www.huffpost.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Because Bezos is not the richest person in the world, he's like #4, come on guys, think of the Oligarchy.

#Amazon
www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-...
Amazon cuts off Prime’s shared free delivery perk for invitees outside main home address
An Amazon Prime package delivery. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is ending a Prime perk that let subscribers share their free delivery with
www.geekwire.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here.

Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws.

For adults, some increases in risk.

Nationwide risk remains extreme.

Subscribe to support my journalism.
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The president made the announcement from the White House press briefing room.
BREAKING: Donald Trump begins authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C.
The president made the announcement from the White House press briefing room.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Crime is at a 30-year low in D.C.

The Trump regime is lying to create a police state and consolidate power over the country.
Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard, ICE, and FBI in D.C. has nothing to do with safety.

In fact, violent crime has hit a 30-year low in D.C.

It’s plain and simple—this is what authoritarians do.

The Trump regime is attempting to instill fear, create propaganda, and consolidate control.
Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low
Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...
www.justice.gov
August 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The cruelty aimed at trans military members who have bled for this country is heinous and disgusting. Even worse is the fact that this is all at the behest of a rapist defense secretary and a draft-dodging, pedophile, rapist president.

www.military.com/daily-news/i...
'Open Cruelty': Transgender Troops Describe Indignities as They're Kicked Out of the Military
Leaders in the Trump administration have minced few words in articulating how they feel about transgender troops.
www.military.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Good.

No doctor should be forced to turn away families because of political threats.
Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation
The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.
www.lgbtqnation.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM