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Hello, we’re Ghost in the Machine, a landmark documentary that’s mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hello, we’re Ghost in the Machine, a landmark documentary that’s mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
“Everyone is so panicked”: Entry-level tech workers describe the AI-fueled jobpocalypse
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“Everyone is so panicked”: Entry-level tech workers describe the AI-fueled jobpocalypse
Engineering graduates face shrinking opportunities and rising pressure to upskill beyond their curriculum.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Everyone is so panicked”: Entry-level tech workers describe the AI-fueled jobpocalypse
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restofworld.org/2025/enginee...
Call for Papers: Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour
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Call for Papers: Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour
Part of the Joint Conference 2026 (JC2026) The 2nd RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative SociologyThe 1st RC56 Regional Conference on Historical SociologyThe 5th RC33 Regional Conference on Social S...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Call for Papers: Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour
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www.sociologygroup.com/call-for-pap...
Starting now! There's still time to join us 💫
Come join us **this Thurs, Dec 11** for our end-of-year showcase!
Meet our award winners and other LaborTech members! Participate in our monthly book club! Attend a session on the new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry!
Contact Karina (email on flyer) for Zoom links :)
Meet our award winners and other LaborTech members! Participate in our monthly book club! Attend a session on the new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry!
Contact Karina (email on flyer) for Zoom links :)
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Starting now! There's still time to join us 💫
Come join us **this Thurs, Dec 11** for our end-of-year showcase!
Meet our award winners and other LaborTech members! Participate in our monthly book club! Attend a session on the new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry!
Contact Karina (email on flyer) for Zoom links :)
Meet our award winners and other LaborTech members! Participate in our monthly book club! Attend a session on the new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry!
Contact Karina (email on flyer) for Zoom links :)
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Come join us **this Thurs, Dec 11** for our end-of-year showcase!
Meet our award winners and other LaborTech members! Participate in our monthly book club! Attend a session on the new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry!
Contact Karina (email on flyer) for Zoom links :)
Meet our award winners and other LaborTech members! Participate in our monthly book club! Attend a session on the new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry!
Contact Karina (email on flyer) for Zoom links :)
Event: Revisiting The Innovation Delusion — Conversation with Andrew Russell
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Revisiting The Innovation Delusion — Conversation with Andrew Russell
While conducting Repair Café workshops in Bangalore (India), we’ve realized that maintenance goes hand in hand with repair. Yet we often overlook and undervalue the essential role that maintenance pla...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Event: Revisiting The Innovation Delusion — Conversation with Andrew Russell
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Event: From Project Blue to Stargate: The Southwest Resists Data Centers
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Project Blue to Stargate: The Southwest Resists Data Centers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
From enormous landgrabs, to mass amounts of water and energy use, and endless pollution, data centers like Project Blue and Stargate represent the most dangerous and extractive AI infrastructure proje...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Event: From Project Blue to Stargate: The Southwest Resists Data Centers
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Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
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Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
Chile and tech giants promise economy-wide impact but permits show fewer onsite jobs after construction.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
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A First Look at Labor's AI Values: An Analysis of Recent Statements about Technology by Unions and other Worker Organizations
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November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A First Look at Labor's AI Values: An Analysis of Recent Statements about Technology by Unions and other Worker Organizations
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Join us next week!
We’ll be in conversation with organizers and researchers who have been at the forefront of digital rights mobilization.
Register: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’ll be in conversation with organizers and researchers who have been at the forefront of digital rights mobilization.
Register: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Join us next week!
We’ll be in conversation with organizers and researchers who have been at the forefront of digital rights mobilization.
Register: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’ll be in conversation with organizers and researchers who have been at the forefront of digital rights mobilization.
Register: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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THIS WEDNESDAY NOV 12TH 8:30AM ET: Feminist AI - Frameworks, Practices, Refusals
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We have a great event coming up on Nov. 12 to discuss possibilities for and examples of Feminist AI —join us! bit.ly/DCFNOV2025
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
#DataAgainstFeminicide #FAIR @kanarinka.bsky.social @ladelentes.bsky.social @silvanavf.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
THIS WEDNESDAY NOV 12TH 8:30AM ET: Feminist AI - Frameworks, Practices, Refusals
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us for what promises to be a great transnational feminist dialogue around feminist approaches to AI.
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The majority of UMD faculty are nontenure researchers on federal funding. Hundreds of our public servants are threatened by MAGA science cuts. We're asking our bosses for simple things to keep people whole or provide dignified exits.
If you work at UMD or have worked with us, please sign and share
If you work at UMD or have worked with us, please sign and share
Protect PTK Researchers at UMD
Higher education is under attack from a federal administration that seeks to undermine our research infrastructure for political gain. Faculty at UMD conducting crucial research in fields like climate...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The majority of UMD faculty are nontenure researchers on federal funding. Hundreds of our public servants are threatened by MAGA science cuts. We're asking our bosses for simple things to keep people whole or provide dignified exits.
If you work at UMD or have worked with us, please sign and share
If you work at UMD or have worked with us, please sign and share
“I Deliver Parcels in Beijing”: Chinese literary sensation reaches U.S.
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“I Deliver Parcels in Beijing”: Chinese literary sensation reaches U.S.
Hu Anyan, a former courier who wrote a best-selling book about the grueling job of delivering packages, discusses life, technology, and the future of work.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“I Deliver Parcels in Beijing”: Chinese literary sensation reaches U.S.
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Congratulations to @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social! More exciting research coming in our book series for MIT Press!
Very happy to announce that I’ve signed a contract with @mitpress.bsky.social for the publication of my forthcoming book The Platform Fix. 🥳
It will be part of their Labor & Technology series, edited by Winifred Poster. @labortechresearchnetwork.org
It will be part of their Labor & Technology series, edited by Winifred Poster. @labortechresearchnetwork.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Congratulations to @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social! More exciting research coming in our book series for MIT Press!
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HELLO me + @mcforelle.bsky.social + @carolinejack.bsky.social are co-editing a collected volume on TECH/MONEY! do you want yell about technology but also about finance and business models and stuff? do you have sooo many receipts? we want your proposals! find the CFP here: oddletters.com/tech-money/
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
HELLO me + @mcforelle.bsky.social + @carolinejack.bsky.social are co-editing a collected volume on TECH/MONEY! do you want yell about technology but also about finance and business models and stuff? do you have sooo many receipts? we want your proposals! find the CFP here: oddletters.com/tech-money/
Apply to POLICY ATTORNEY or SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR with Movement Talent
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October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Gilroy workers have started to package pots of marigolds to sell for #DiaDeLosMuertos altars. The pots weigh about 15 lbs. This is the busy season for these flowers and workers are laboring long hours. While flower prices have gone up, farm worker wages did not.
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Gilroy workers have started to package pots of marigolds to sell for #DiaDeLosMuertos altars. The pots weigh about 15 lbs. This is the busy season for these flowers and workers are laboring long hours. While flower prices have gone up, farm worker wages did not.