@kelceydata.bsky.social
Kindness, care, compassion, peace, and love 🫶🏾
October 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Kindness, care, compassion, peace, and love 🫶🏾
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"‘The machine’ may be able to occupy the subject position of a sentence and be attributed a predicate, but the machine is not subject to itself—its self-consciousness lies outside itself in the workers and managers that collectively produce it." newintermag.com/the-labour-o...
The Labour of Artificial Intelligence
The autonomy of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ is a bourgeois mystification.
newintermag.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"‘The machine’ may be able to occupy the subject position of a sentence and be attributed a predicate, but the machine is not subject to itself—its self-consciousness lies outside itself in the workers and managers that collectively produce it." newintermag.com/the-labour-o...
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To learn more about "Tangles" social media monitoring software developed by the Israeli company Cobwebs (now owned by Nebraska based surveillance key player Penlink) check our 2024 report exposing many technical details:
unicornriot.ninja/2024/cobwebs...
unicornriot.ninja/2024/cobwebs...
October 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To learn more about "Tangles" social media monitoring software developed by the Israeli company Cobwebs (now owned by Nebraska based surveillance key player Penlink) check our 2024 report exposing many technical details:
unicornriot.ninja/2024/cobwebs...
unicornriot.ninja/2024/cobwebs...
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60+ years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, VA, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college.
The campus location “was almost entirely a racial issue,” said one professor. “I believe they wanted to remove the Black community from here.”
(Pub. 2023 w/ @vcij.bsky.social)
The campus location “was almost entirely a racial issue,” said one professor. “I believe they wanted to remove the Black community from here.”
(Pub. 2023 w/ @vcij.bsky.social)
Erasing the “Black Spot”: How a Virginia College Expanded by Uprooting a Black Neighborhood
Sixty-plus years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, Virginia, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college. The school has been gobbling up the remaining houses ever since.
www.propublica.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
60+ years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, VA, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college.
The campus location “was almost entirely a racial issue,” said one professor. “I believe they wanted to remove the Black community from here.”
(Pub. 2023 w/ @vcij.bsky.social)
The campus location “was almost entirely a racial issue,” said one professor. “I believe they wanted to remove the Black community from here.”
(Pub. 2023 w/ @vcij.bsky.social)
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In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million from an emergency food assistance program that delivered meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food banks across the country.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million from an emergency food assistance program that delivered meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food banks across the country.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
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hello darkness my old friend
October 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
hello darkness my old friend
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OPINION: “It’s important to understand why the ghosts of Mississippi’s past still haunt us,” MFP News Editor Ashton Pittman writes. “While lynchings aren’t the epidemic they once were in the Magnolia State, this remains a place that is still shaped by systemic racism and oppression.”
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Editor’s Note | Mississippi’s Evil Past Still Haunts Us
News Editor Ashton Pittman writes about how the response to college student Trey Reed’s death illustrates how Mississippi’s past haunts its present.
www.mississippifreepress.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
OPINION: “It’s important to understand why the ghosts of Mississippi’s past still haunt us,” MFP News Editor Ashton Pittman writes. “While lynchings aren’t the epidemic they once were in the Magnolia State, this remains a place that is still shaped by systemic racism and oppression.”
buff.ly/7SCeumQ
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The number of people jailed pretrial has nearly quadrupled since the 1980s; people with mental-health issues tend to be detained much longer than the rest of the population. Sarah Stillman reports on a crisis of care in county jails across the nation.
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
www.newyorker.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The number of people jailed pretrial has nearly quadrupled since the 1980s; people with mental-health issues tend to be detained much longer than the rest of the population. Sarah Stillman reports on a crisis of care in county jails across the nation.
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Black Americans are overrepresented among federal workers and could be especially hard hit by furloughs and diminished services. Black Americans make up 13% of the total U.S. population, but nearly 20% of the federal workforce.
Federal Spending Bill Contains Bitter Medicine for Black Americans
Black federal workers narrowly averted being furloughed in a government shutdown, but face deep cuts to the federal budget, impacting workforce training and treatment for substance abuse and mental…
capitalbnews.org
October 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Black Americans are overrepresented among federal workers and could be especially hard hit by furloughs and diminished services. Black Americans make up 13% of the total U.S. population, but nearly 20% of the federal workforce.
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A new class-action lawsuit claims many of the company’s biannual sale event markdowns aren’t deals at all. www.levernews.com/amazon-prime...
Amazon Prime Day Is A Racket
A new class-action lawsuit claims many of the company’s biannual sale event markdowns aren’t deals at all.
www.levernews.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A new class-action lawsuit claims many of the company’s biannual sale event markdowns aren’t deals at all. www.levernews.com/amazon-prime...
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25 pages of blast, on behalf of trans youth. I’m proud of my Attorney General, @kwameraoul.bsky.social for organizing this.
On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned
Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.
www.assignedmedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
25 pages of blast, on behalf of trans youth. I’m proud of my Attorney General, @kwameraoul.bsky.social for organizing this.
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Finished him @manmademoon.bsky.social
#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...
Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms - Dexerto
A mother is going viral after winning a Mortal Kombat tournament while holding her five-day-old daughter in her arms.
www.dexerto.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Finished him @manmademoon.bsky.social
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The floods in Detroit in 2021 are when Mary-Jacqueline Muli “really got activated,” she says. The cardiac ICU nurse is the founder of the Climate Justice Nurse: planetdetroit.org/2025/08/clim...
Q&A: Mary-Jacqueline Muli, the Climate Justice Nurse, on how climate change manifests at the patient's bedside
Mary-Jacqueline Muli, a critical care nurse, established Climate Justice Nurse to confront climate change's impact on health care.
planetdetroit.org
August 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The floods in Detroit in 2021 are when Mary-Jacqueline Muli “really got activated,” she says. The cardiac ICU nurse is the founder of the Climate Justice Nurse: planetdetroit.org/2025/08/clim...
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The City of Boston has expanded our summer youth jobs program so that it's bigger than ever before—and jobs for this summer are still available right now.
Go to boston.gov/youth-jobs to find jobs and apply!
Go to boston.gov/youth-jobs to find jobs and apply!
July 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The City of Boston has expanded our summer youth jobs program so that it's bigger than ever before—and jobs for this summer are still available right now.
Go to boston.gov/youth-jobs to find jobs and apply!
Go to boston.gov/youth-jobs to find jobs and apply!
So rad!
So delighted I got to pilot a musician this morning 🎷🚲
Can you haul a brass band on bikes to accompany your #BikeBus to school? For the third time, yes.
Big thanks to all our volunteers and musicians!
Big thanks to all our volunteers and musicians!
June 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So rad!
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NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
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#MansfieldSeniorHighSchool has begun offering a new class: How to Get to Sleep. A student says he scrolls on #TikTok until he nods off. Another says she falls asleep while on a late-night group chat with friends. Students often fall asleep in class.
Sleep training is no longer just for newborns. Some schools are teaching teens how to sleep
The topic of a new course at Mansfield Senior High School is one that teenagers across the country are having trouble with: How to Get to Sleep.
amsterdamnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#MansfieldSeniorHighSchool has begun offering a new class: How to Get to Sleep. A student says he scrolls on #TikTok until he nods off. Another says she falls asleep while on a late-night group chat with friends. Students often fall asleep in class.
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BREAKING: A National Weather Service offices in California announced service changes after the Trump administration fired hundreds of meteorologists.
The Chronicle also obtained an agreement between the weather service union and the agency, detailing operational changes at weather forecast offices.
The Chronicle also obtained an agreement between the weather service union and the agency, detailing operational changes at weather forecast offices.
California weather service office will no longer answer public phone calls amid staffing cuts
Several weather service offices in California are facing reduced staffing after the Trump administration fired meteorologists.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
BREAKING: A National Weather Service offices in California announced service changes after the Trump administration fired hundreds of meteorologists.
The Chronicle also obtained an agreement between the weather service union and the agency, detailing operational changes at weather forecast offices.
The Chronicle also obtained an agreement between the weather service union and the agency, detailing operational changes at weather forecast offices.
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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50 religious groups petition Maryland leaders to protect college students from ICE
Religious groups, students petition Maryland leaders for protection from ICE
The petition asks for an executive order and emergency legislation to protect students from federal immigration enforcement.
buff.ly
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
50 religious groups petition Maryland leaders to protect college students from ICE
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Bluebikes are expanding in Boston. Let us know what you think about potential new @ridebluebikes.bsky.social locations in #Allston, #Brighton, #Fenway, #Kenmore, and #MissionHill at boston.gov/bike-share-survey.
March 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bluebikes are expanding in Boston. Let us know what you think about potential new @ridebluebikes.bsky.social locations in #Allston, #Brighton, #Fenway, #Kenmore, and #MissionHill at boston.gov/bike-share-survey.
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The more Americans isolate themselves from people in the other political party, the more stereotypes take over. In turn, that pushes people to isolate even more.
Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead
The more Americans isolate themselves from people in the other political party, the more stereotypes take over. In turn, that pushes people to isolate even more.
www.sltrib.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The more Americans isolate themselves from people in the other political party, the more stereotypes take over. In turn, that pushes people to isolate even more.
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When Shermann “Dilla” Thomas was suddenly let go from a job at ComEd after 13 years, he was not sure what to do about his future.
But Thomas, who is widely known as Chicago’s urban historian with his catchphrase “everything dope about America comes from Chicago,” is settling into a new role.
But Thomas, who is widely known as Chicago’s urban historian with his catchphrase “everything dope about America comes from Chicago,” is settling into a new role.
Chicago historian Shermann ‘Dilla’ Thomas planning future with DuSable Museum after being laid off by ComEd
Thomas is starting to settle into a new role as the brand ambassador and chief of social media for the Washington Park institution.
trib.al
March 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When Shermann “Dilla” Thomas was suddenly let go from a job at ComEd after 13 years, he was not sure what to do about his future.
But Thomas, who is widely known as Chicago’s urban historian with his catchphrase “everything dope about America comes from Chicago,” is settling into a new role.
But Thomas, who is widely known as Chicago’s urban historian with his catchphrase “everything dope about America comes from Chicago,” is settling into a new role.
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I wrote a book about bureaucratic violence and if there’s one thing I wish everyone knew right now, it would be:
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
March 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I wrote a book about bureaucratic violence and if there’s one thing I wish everyone knew right now, it would be:
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
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The coalition delivered a petition that included calls for the university to fill gaps amid federal funding cuts; uphold diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts; and stand up for LGBTQ+ members of the Penn community.
Penn unions rally to encourage administration to oppose federal funding cuts, canceling of diversity initiatives
Penn unions delivered a petition that included calls for the university to fill gaps amid federal funding cuts; uphold DEI efforts; and stand up for LGBTQ+ members of the community.
inquirer.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The coalition delivered a petition that included calls for the university to fill gaps amid federal funding cuts; uphold diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts; and stand up for LGBTQ+ members of the Penn community.