Allison C (she/her)
@allisonata.bsky.social
SF Bay Area. Editor, writer, and artist who organizes with Peninsula DSA. 🌹 Fight eugenics, wildfire smoke, and state surveillance with a fit-tested respirator. 😷 Public transit advocate with Transbay Coalition: Everyone on the bus, nobody under it. 🚎
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I think about the consistently misunderstood case of the Luddites. They were extremely advanced machine users (go try to use a spinning Jenny!), but they recognized a technological regime that displaced expertise (and payment) from the artisan to the tool.
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think about the consistently misunderstood case of the Luddites. They were extremely advanced machine users (go try to use a spinning Jenny!), but they recognized a technological regime that displaced expertise (and payment) from the artisan to the tool.