Anne Elias
@woodsfern.bsky.social
Union organizer, instructional designer, library worker, gardener. Weather, nature, abandoned places. Abortion is healthcare. Lebanese/Irish. Free: Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Hawai’i...
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UM Early Childhood Educators are some of the lowest paid employees at the University. They provide care for infants, toddlers and early education for preschoolers of University/Michigan Medicine staff...
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UM friends: Our Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) are the lowest paid employees on *all UM campuses*. If you are a parent who uses a UM childcare center, or if you know of someone who does, PLEASE use our template to email UM management, and encourage others to do so.
UM friends: Our Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) are the lowest paid employees on *all UM campuses*. If you are a parent who uses a UM childcare center, or if you know of someone who does, PLEASE use our template to email UM management, and encourage others to do so.
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for those still missing the point, you are helping major tech companies backed by the US military manufacture consent for ever present monitoring by using these arguments.
"You shouldn't assume everyone wearing smartglasses is recording you, it might be a disability aid" feels a lot like "don't judge everyone using chatgpt, some of us use it as a dyslexia aid"
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
for those still missing the point, you are helping major tech companies backed by the US military manufacture consent for ever present monitoring by using these arguments.
The question isn't, "how do we build better, less harmful data centers?" The question is, "do we need this type of AI?" The answer is no.
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The question isn't, "how do we build better, less harmful data centers?" The question is, "do we need this type of AI?" The answer is no.
Yeah. We said all of this repeatedly. That's what Uncommitted was all about. But, you should have done this to save Palestinian lives, not win an election.
"Pressed for an actual misstep, she [Harris] added not doing more to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for how he was waging the Gaza war “as it related to innocent Palestinians.”
Harris in an interview with the New York Times concedes that the Biden admin should have done more.
Harris in an interview with the New York Times concedes that the Biden admin should have done more.
Kamala Harris Isn’t Ready to Be Written Off
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yeah. We said all of this repeatedly. That's what Uncommitted was all about. But, you should have done this to save Palestinian lives, not win an election.
I was just thinking yesterday about the 1998 AI-themed X-Files episode (Kill Switch) Gibson co-wrote! (see repost below)
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I was just thinking yesterday about the 1998 AI-themed X-Files episode (Kill Switch) Gibson co-wrote! (see repost below)
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I really wish more of y'all would go read @greatdismal.bsky.social's Jackpot books.
Like… I wish you'd already read them, but I *really* wish you'd go read them.
Like… I wish you'd already read them, but I *really* wish you'd go read them.
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I really wish more of y'all would go read @greatdismal.bsky.social's Jackpot books.
Like… I wish you'd already read them, but I *really* wish you'd go read them.
Like… I wish you'd already read them, but I *really* wish you'd go read them.
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Jimmy Fallon: And does it taste good? I bet it's great.
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Jimmy Fallon: And does it taste good? I bet it's great.
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
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Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
AI is intensely creepy.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
AI is intensely creepy.
Our weekends need to be longer. How am I already making dinner on Sunday night?
December 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Our weekends need to be longer. How am I already making dinner on Sunday night?
How do I get a list of Michigan trade/construction unions backing Gov. Whitmer's fast track the Saline data center?
Putting on my union organizer hat. To any union construction worker on this worksite: you are complicit in the theft of natural resources & future jobs of your fellow Michiganders 🧵🧵
Putting on my union organizer hat. To any union construction worker on this worksite: you are complicit in the theft of natural resources & future jobs of your fellow Michiganders 🧵🧵
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How do I get a list of Michigan trade/construction unions backing Gov. Whitmer's fast track the Saline data center?
Putting on my union organizer hat. To any union construction worker on this worksite: you are complicit in the theft of natural resources & future jobs of your fellow Michiganders 🧵🧵
Putting on my union organizer hat. To any union construction worker on this worksite: you are complicit in the theft of natural resources & future jobs of your fellow Michiganders 🧵🧵
How to adequately express my rage regarding the autonomy stripped from my community? For her involvement in pushing this deal through, despite *overwhelming* opposition from her constituents, Governor Whitmer should never hold office again. I also have other thoughts on those "good union jobs".
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How to adequately express my rage regarding the autonomy stripped from my community? For her involvement in pushing this deal through, despite *overwhelming* opposition from her constituents, Governor Whitmer should never hold office again. I also have other thoughts on those "good union jobs".
bit.ly/UMChildcare_...
UM friends: Our Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) are the lowest paid employees on *all UM campuses*. If you are a parent who uses a UM childcare center, or if you know of someone who does, PLEASE use our template to email UM management, and encourage others to do so.
UM friends: Our Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) are the lowest paid employees on *all UM campuses*. If you are a parent who uses a UM childcare center, or if you know of someone who does, PLEASE use our template to email UM management, and encourage others to do so.
UM Early Childhood Educators
UM Early Childhood Educators are some of the lowest paid employees at the University. They provide care for infants, toddlers and early education for preschoolers of University/Michigan Medicine staff...
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
bit.ly/UMChildcare_...
UM friends: Our Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) are the lowest paid employees on *all UM campuses*. If you are a parent who uses a UM childcare center, or if you know of someone who does, PLEASE use our template to email UM management, and encourage others to do so.
UM friends: Our Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) are the lowest paid employees on *all UM campuses*. If you are a parent who uses a UM childcare center, or if you know of someone who does, PLEASE use our template to email UM management, and encourage others to do so.
"LOL you're are on social media demonizing data centers!" People, there are different types of data centers. Hyperscale AI data centers guzzle power. And while there's overlapping concerns about privacy, civil liberties & psychological harm, social media, unlike GenAI, actually serves a purpose.
AI data center vs traditional data center: What is the difference?
Traditional data centers require substantial cooling systems, while AI data centers require advanced cooling solutions, such as liquid cooling
www.rcrwireless.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"LOL you're are on social media demonizing data centers!" People, there are different types of data centers. Hyperscale AI data centers guzzle power. And while there's overlapping concerns about privacy, civil liberties & psychological harm, social media, unlike GenAI, actually serves a purpose.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
What is up with these refs?? Did anyone else see Saylors (?) get his head shoved back down to the ground trying to get up from that tackle? #Lions
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
What is up with these refs?? Did anyone else see Saylors (?) get his head shoved back down to the ground trying to get up from that tackle? #Lions
Did we need another reason to sever ties with Amazon?
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Did we need another reason to sever ties with Amazon?
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U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
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Maybe it’s not that TOO MANY students are getting emotional/psychological related accommodations when they don’t really need them, & more that record inequality, growing authoritarianism, climate catastrophe, & massive debt together are actually having a fraying impact on young people.
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Maybe it’s not that TOO MANY students are getting emotional/psychological related accommodations when they don’t really need them, & more that record inequality, growing authoritarianism, climate catastrophe, & massive debt together are actually having a fraying impact on young people.
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"The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. 'It wreaked havoc,' said Carol Mawyer, the public relations manager for Virginia ABC. 'It broke several bottles and consumed the spirits.'"
I love him.
I love him.
A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. 'It wreaked havoc,' said Carol Mawyer, the public relations manager for Virginia ABC. 'It broke several bottles and consumed the spirits.'"
I love him.
I love him.
It's like whack-a-mole with these fucking data centers in SE Michignan!
Developers seek another AI data center on land owned by Toyota south of Ann Arbor
A real estate brokerage is considering buying more than 400 acres of land in York Township from Toyota. This would be the fourth project of its kind in Washtenaw County.
www.mlive.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's like whack-a-mole with these fucking data centers in SE Michignan!
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I cannot believe I am going to force myself to read this thing
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I cannot believe I am going to force myself to read this thing
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
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We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
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First Van Jones, then Sarah Hurwitz, now Hillary Clinton with these talking points about social media and carnage in Palestine …
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
First Van Jones, then Sarah Hurwitz, now Hillary Clinton with these talking points about social media and carnage in Palestine …
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
It’s clear the talking points are being distributed.
By whom????
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I know everyone's not poor because I see mutual aid seekers struggling for food & housing & medication & I know there are a lot of more comfortable people than them, who aren't poor, ignoring them.
When yall say things like everyone is poor it makes me realize that you have not actually looked poverty in the face.
It is absolutely disingenuous for anyone to liken him/herself to people who cannot pay bills, who are unhoused, who truly have empty cupboards, who do not have warm sheets.
It is absolutely disingenuous for anyone to liken him/herself to people who cannot pay bills, who are unhoused, who truly have empty cupboards, who do not have warm sheets.
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I know everyone's not poor because I see mutual aid seekers struggling for food & housing & medication & I know there are a lot of more comfortable people than them, who aren't poor, ignoring them.