@dlin11.bsky.social
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GenAI really does appeal the most to people who hate critical thinking and are also very bad at it.
July 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
GenAI really does appeal the most to people who hate critical thinking and are also very bad at it.
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It's probably time to start reconsidering strikes.
If you work in a field related to infrastructure or healthcare or agriculture or city management, then you should talk to your coworkers about arranging strikes.
If you need to convince your coworkers, try these points. ⬇️
If you work in a field related to infrastructure or healthcare or agriculture or city management, then you should talk to your coworkers about arranging strikes.
If you need to convince your coworkers, try these points. ⬇️
July 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It's probably time to start reconsidering strikes.
If you work in a field related to infrastructure or healthcare or agriculture or city management, then you should talk to your coworkers about arranging strikes.
If you need to convince your coworkers, try these points. ⬇️
If you work in a field related to infrastructure or healthcare or agriculture or city management, then you should talk to your coworkers about arranging strikes.
If you need to convince your coworkers, try these points. ⬇️
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How good we had it
February 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
How good we had it
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Popping in for a minute to say that it really sucks that the murder bill passed Congress and ALSO to thank every single person who tried to stop the bill from passing. What you did matters. Finally, I wrote a few words: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu... - I hope they might offer some encouragement.
People are in motion, everywhere.
Some thoughts on discouragement and also on noticing…
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Popping in for a minute to say that it really sucks that the murder bill passed Congress and ALSO to thank every single person who tried to stop the bill from passing. What you did matters. Finally, I wrote a few words: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu... - I hope they might offer some encouragement.
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1. Trump's megabill will slash nutrition assistance for poor families, cause 17 million people to lose their health insurance, and add over $3 trillion to the deficit -- all to finance tax cuts for the rich.
IN THIS THREAD, I WILL LIST THE COMPANIES THAT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THIS BILL.
IN THIS THREAD, I WILL LIST THE COMPANIES THAT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THIS BILL.
July 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
1. Trump's megabill will slash nutrition assistance for poor families, cause 17 million people to lose their health insurance, and add over $3 trillion to the deficit -- all to finance tax cuts for the rich.
IN THIS THREAD, I WILL LIST THE COMPANIES THAT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THIS BILL.
IN THIS THREAD, I WILL LIST THE COMPANIES THAT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THIS BILL.
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
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To everyone asking “what do you expect Democrats to DO??” well to start they could take the extremely easy step of not doing this.
By a vote of 61-35, the #Senate confirmed Daniel Zimmerman to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Dems/Independent Senators Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, Kelly, King, Reed, Rosen, Slotkin, and Warnock voted in favor.
Sens. Banks, Coons, Gallego, and Shaheen did not vote.
Dems/Independent Senators Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, Kelly, King, Reed, Rosen, Slotkin, and Warnock voted in favor.
Sens. Banks, Coons, Gallego, and Shaheen did not vote.
June 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
To everyone asking “what do you expect Democrats to DO??” well to start they could take the extremely easy step of not doing this.
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The fact that rank and file Democrats have shown more fight in opposing someone like Mamdani than Trump or obvious authoritarianism should tell you everything you need to know.
The Left is what they consider a threat because its ascendency would endanger their true base: the wealth class.
The Left is what they consider a threat because its ascendency would endanger their true base: the wealth class.
June 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The fact that rank and file Democrats have shown more fight in opposing someone like Mamdani than Trump or obvious authoritarianism should tell you everything you need to know.
The Left is what they consider a threat because its ascendency would endanger their true base: the wealth class.
The Left is what they consider a threat because its ascendency would endanger their true base: the wealth class.
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Or anyone the government says are migrants on no evidence other than their say-so
Today the GOP justices on the Supreme Court endorsed migrants being sold into slavery.
They'll claim otherwise, but that's the reality — today's decision permits Trump to send people from countries around the world to any global hellhole that accepts a U.S. financial incentive.
They'll claim otherwise, but that's the reality — today's decision permits Trump to send people from countries around the world to any global hellhole that accepts a U.S. financial incentive.
June 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Or anyone the government says are migrants on no evidence other than their say-so
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This is why we must defend the right to teach outside the textbook.
We offer free lessons on U.S. wars in Vietnam & Iraq. Anti-history (anti-CRT) ed laws & anti-DEI exec orders aim to criminalize teachers who use those lessons to help students read critically & apply lessons from history to today.
We offer free lessons on U.S. wars in Vietnam & Iraq. Anti-history (anti-CRT) ed laws & anti-DEI exec orders aim to criminalize teachers who use those lessons to help students read critically & apply lessons from history to today.
The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
June 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is why we must defend the right to teach outside the textbook.
We offer free lessons on U.S. wars in Vietnam & Iraq. Anti-history (anti-CRT) ed laws & anti-DEI exec orders aim to criminalize teachers who use those lessons to help students read critically & apply lessons from history to today.
We offer free lessons on U.S. wars in Vietnam & Iraq. Anti-history (anti-CRT) ed laws & anti-DEI exec orders aim to criminalize teachers who use those lessons to help students read critically & apply lessons from history to today.
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Just like it's always been. Reminds me of the "War on Terror." We never learn.
Pretty wild how similar the statements of the heads of 🇨🇦 & 🇬🇧 are today
June 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just like it's always been. Reminds me of the "War on Terror." We never learn.
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Everything about this is farce.
Iran wasn’t near creating a weapon.
The administration committed a crime and is trying to avoid consequences and war using pitifully transparent word games.
Our media is clicking its heels and producing jingoistic war porn and trying to legitimize Netanyahu.
Farce
Iran wasn’t near creating a weapon.
The administration committed a crime and is trying to avoid consequences and war using pitifully transparent word games.
Our media is clicking its heels and producing jingoistic war porn and trying to legitimize Netanyahu.
Farce
June 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Everything about this is farce.
Iran wasn’t near creating a weapon.
The administration committed a crime and is trying to avoid consequences and war using pitifully transparent word games.
Our media is clicking its heels and producing jingoistic war porn and trying to legitimize Netanyahu.
Farce
Iran wasn’t near creating a weapon.
The administration committed a crime and is trying to avoid consequences and war using pitifully transparent word games.
Our media is clicking its heels and producing jingoistic war porn and trying to legitimize Netanyahu.
Farce
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This is an absolutely disgraceful act of corruption by both major parties. It will lead to an incredibly foreseeable set of disasters: best case, unlimited corruption and scamming, worst case a global financial crisis and inevitable federal bailout.
Horrifying that 18 Democrats voted for it.
Horrifying that 18 Democrats voted for it.
Senate passes landmark crypto regulation bill on a bipartisan vote, sending it to the House
68-30 vote to pass the GENIUS Act.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
68-30 vote to pass the GENIUS Act.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate passes landmark crypto regulation bill on a bipartisan vote, sending it to the House
The 68-30 vote on the GENIUS Act marked the first time that the Senate has passed major legislation regulating digital assets.
www.nbcnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is an absolutely disgraceful act of corruption by both major parties. It will lead to an incredibly foreseeable set of disasters: best case, unlimited corruption and scamming, worst case a global financial crisis and inevitable federal bailout.
Horrifying that 18 Democrats voted for it.
Horrifying that 18 Democrats voted for it.
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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
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I would love to see orders of magnitude more discussion about what "swing voters" should figure out, deal with, suck up, get a clue about, etc and orders of magnitude less discussion about how protestors should coddle random third party's hallucinations about this section of the electorate
June 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I would love to see orders of magnitude more discussion about what "swing voters" should figure out, deal with, suck up, get a clue about, etc and orders of magnitude less discussion about how protestors should coddle random third party's hallucinations about this section of the electorate
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and police abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...
www.haymarketbooks.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and police abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
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Be careful, friends, when you read accounts of what is happening in LA. We will hear a lot about violence, and it is essential to remember who is defining that term.
"When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)
"When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)
June 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Be careful, friends, when you read accounts of what is happening in LA. We will hear a lot about violence, and it is essential to remember who is defining that term.
"When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)
"When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)
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"While the requirement in Blackburn's proposed law for an intent to obstruct an investigation would appear to provide some safeguard against abuse, Blackburn and other Republicans' comments make clear that their goal is to insulate ICE from transparency."
Marsha Blackburn wants secret police
Sen. Blackburn introduced a bill this week that would make it a crime to publish the name of a federal law enforcement officer.
reason.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"While the requirement in Blackburn's proposed law for an intent to obstruct an investigation would appear to provide some safeguard against abuse, Blackburn and other Republicans' comments make clear that their goal is to insulate ICE from transparency."
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Shame on these 5 Democrats who joined Republicans in voting for a bill requiring the Small Business Administration to take money away from "sanctuary" cities:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gillen
Jared Golden
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
They're just straight-up bigots.
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gillen
Jared Golden
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
They're just straight-up bigots.
June 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Shame on these 5 Democrats who joined Republicans in voting for a bill requiring the Small Business Administration to take money away from "sanctuary" cities:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gillen
Jared Golden
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
They're just straight-up bigots.
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gillen
Jared Golden
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
They're just straight-up bigots.
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This is the way.
Democratic State Lawmakers Want to Mandate K-12 Media Literacy in Pennsylvania to Combat the Rise of Online Misinformation | “This bill would provide PA students with the necessary critical thinking skills & knowledge to evaluate the accuracy of news stories for themselves,” said @senatormuth.com.
Democratic State Lawmakers Want to Mandate K-12 Media Literacy in Pennsylvania to Combat the Rise of Online Misinformation - Bucks County Beacon
“This bill would provide Pennsylvania students with the necessary critical thinking skills and knowledge to evaluate the accuracy of news stories for themselves,” said state Sen. Katie Muth.
buckscountybeacon.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is the way.
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I am begging people to recognize that authoritarians are not blackmailing every politician and institution that capitulates or collaborates.
Sometimes they’re simply fine with going along with a brutal and dehumanizing project. And realizing that frees you up to find actual allies.
Sometimes they’re simply fine with going along with a brutal and dehumanizing project. And realizing that frees you up to find actual allies.
June 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am begging people to recognize that authoritarians are not blackmailing every politician and institution that capitulates or collaborates.
Sometimes they’re simply fine with going along with a brutal and dehumanizing project. And realizing that frees you up to find actual allies.
Sometimes they’re simply fine with going along with a brutal and dehumanizing project. And realizing that frees you up to find actual allies.
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The problem with authoritarians isn’t their messy personal lives, it’s that they hurt and kill people and work to make the world worse.
This current fixation on palace intrigue is driven by capitalist tabloid culture and diverts us from resistance.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/mindful-re...
This current fixation on palace intrigue is driven by capitalist tabloid culture and diverts us from resistance.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/mindful-re...
Mindful Resistance to Authoritarianism: Audio From A Collapsing State
We're in a strange period of resistance and we need to think about how we're fighting back so that we don't hurt our coalitions and movements
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The problem with authoritarians isn’t their messy personal lives, it’s that they hurt and kill people and work to make the world worse.
This current fixation on palace intrigue is driven by capitalist tabloid culture and diverts us from resistance.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/mindful-re...
This current fixation on palace intrigue is driven by capitalist tabloid culture and diverts us from resistance.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/mindful-re...
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We are either the generations that end fascism and corporatism forever or we are the generation that loses freedom for generations. This isn’t going to end without a massive, world wide fight for the future we want.
June 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We are either the generations that end fascism and corporatism forever or we are the generation that loses freedom for generations. This isn’t going to end without a massive, world wide fight for the future we want.
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There's this fundamental mismatch in what AI people seem to think research is. As if you have a kernel of an idea and one needs the right re-combination of tokens to have some kind of insight.
Research should be surprising, thought-provoking, (re-)discovering new literatures and subcommunities.
Research should be surprising, thought-provoking, (re-)discovering new literatures and subcommunities.
May 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
There's this fundamental mismatch in what AI people seem to think research is. As if you have a kernel of an idea and one needs the right re-combination of tokens to have some kind of insight.
Research should be surprising, thought-provoking, (re-)discovering new literatures and subcommunities.
Research should be surprising, thought-provoking, (re-)discovering new literatures and subcommunities.