Kolson Schlosser
@kolslaw.bsky.social
Interested in climate, labor, and literature. NTT prof in geography & environmental studies.
Dogs are my favorite people.
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Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party is recruiting candidates to run against Pa.'s Democratic senator, John Fetterman.
The party is also pledging a robust ground game and fundraising to whoever a potential challenger they support may be.
The party is also pledging a robust ground game and fundraising to whoever a potential challenger they support may be.
Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party pledges to support a primary challenger against Sen. John Fetterman
“Senator Fetterman has sold us out, and that’s why the Pennsylvania Working Families Party is committed to recruiting and supporting a primary challenge to him in 2028," the group said.
www.inquirer.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party is recruiting candidates to run against Pa.'s Democratic senator, John Fetterman.
The party is also pledging a robust ground game and fundraising to whoever a potential challenger they support may be.
The party is also pledging a robust ground game and fundraising to whoever a potential challenger they support may be.
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The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
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Gregory Bovino, leader of Trump’s LA and Chicago raids, personally testified that he saw a protestor strike a Border Patrol agent. The jury did not believe him and the protestor was acquitted.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Gregory Bovino, leader of Trump’s LA and Chicago raids, personally testified that he saw a protestor strike a Border Patrol agent. The jury did not believe him and the protestor was acquitted.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
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The plant makes batteries for EVs.
Incredible story on so many levels. "450 Nabbed by ICE at Hyundai Georgia Plant, Where 3 Workers Were Killed Previously." cc @TheHankyoreh
paydayreport.com/450-napped-b...
paydayreport.com/450-napped-b...
450 Nabbed by ICE at Hyundai Georgia Plant, Where 3 Workers Were Killed Previously
Since the Trump Administration took over and began cutting back on federal workplace safety enforcement, two workers have died at the plant in just two months.
paydayreport.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The plant makes batteries for EVs.
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do you remember during the campaign when trump and his econ team openly admitted “theres going to be pain”?
im no big city consultant but if i were the dems id have a super cut of those clips ready to go for days like this
im no big city consultant but if i were the dems id have a super cut of those clips ready to go for days like this
September 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
do you remember during the campaign when trump and his econ team openly admitted “theres going to be pain”?
im no big city consultant but if i were the dems id have a super cut of those clips ready to go for days like this
im no big city consultant but if i were the dems id have a super cut of those clips ready to go for days like this
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HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: I’ve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old po…
ketanjoshi.co
August 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
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A week before the semester starts, Columbia University is replacing its unionized graduate student TAs with non-unionized adjuncts.
This comes as Columbia sold itself out to the fascists, and the unions were mulling a strike.
Any adjunct who takes a class there right now is a scab.
This comes as Columbia sold itself out to the fascists, and the unions were mulling a strike.
Any adjunct who takes a class there right now is a scab.
Columbia Is Replacing Its TAs With Nonunion Adjuncts
A week before classes were set to begin, Columbia University informed around 140 unionized graduate student workers that they had been removed from their teaching duties. The university is hiring nonu...
jacobin.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A week before the semester starts, Columbia University is replacing its unionized graduate student TAs with non-unionized adjuncts.
This comes as Columbia sold itself out to the fascists, and the unions were mulling a strike.
Any adjunct who takes a class there right now is a scab.
This comes as Columbia sold itself out to the fascists, and the unions were mulling a strike.
Any adjunct who takes a class there right now is a scab.
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I wrote about the fantasy that we can teach children how to use AI responsibly in schools when the adults outside them are not.
Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't
Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't — or can't — learn
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
August 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I wrote about the fantasy that we can teach children how to use AI responsibly in schools when the adults outside them are not.
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Sanders's first resolution -- SJ Res 41 -- would have blocked the sale of tens of thousands of fully automatic assault rifles to the Israeli government.
It failed 27 to 70.
Thank you to these 27 who voted YES.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
It failed 27 to 70.
Thank you to these 27 who voted YES.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
July 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Sanders's first resolution -- SJ Res 41 -- would have blocked the sale of tens of thousands of fully automatic assault rifles to the Israeli government.
It failed 27 to 70.
Thank you to these 27 who voted YES.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
It failed 27 to 70.
Thank you to these 27 who voted YES.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
So apparently this video is AI produced. I laughed hysterically at it until I read the replies and found out.
So that’s it, we’re just never gonna know again if what we’re looking at is real? And we’re ok with that?
So that’s it, we’re just never gonna know again if what we’re looking at is real? And we’re ok with that?
July 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
So apparently this video is AI produced. I laughed hysterically at it until I read the replies and found out.
So that’s it, we’re just never gonna know again if what we’re looking at is real? And we’re ok with that?
So that’s it, we’re just never gonna know again if what we’re looking at is real? And we’re ok with that?
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Scholars fear that the the capitulation of universities is hurting an entire field of study at the time when it’s most needed. Thea Abu El-Haj warned that the special issue’s cancellation also sets a dangerous precedent...“it’s not going to stop with Palestine.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Scholars fear that the the capitulation of universities is hurting an entire field of study at the time when it’s most needed. Thea Abu El-Haj warned that the special issue’s cancellation also sets a dangerous precedent...“it’s not going to stop with Palestine.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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The definitive climate fiction reading list.
These 20 wildly imaginative books will shape the way you think about our planet’s future — and humanity’s place in it.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Fiction #Solarpunk #Climate #Environment #BookSky #Literature
These 20 wildly imaginative books will shape the way you think about our planet’s future — and humanity’s place in it.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Fiction #Solarpunk #Climate #Environment #BookSky #Literature
The definitive climate fiction reading list
These wildly imaginative books will shape the way you think about our planet’s future.
grist.org
July 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The definitive climate fiction reading list.
These 20 wildly imaginative books will shape the way you think about our planet’s future — and humanity’s place in it.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Fiction #Solarpunk #Climate #Environment #BookSky #Literature
These 20 wildly imaginative books will shape the way you think about our planet’s future — and humanity’s place in it.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Fiction #Solarpunk #Climate #Environment #BookSky #Literature
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yes. i don't think enough people understand how much trump dominated non-english-language media in 2024, often with blatant lies about what trump's plan and agenda were that contradicted both his actual policies and his english-language campaign/propaganda's stated policies.
Trump-Mamdani voters are not hard to understand. They're Asian or Hispanic, infrequent voters who dont follow politics, voted for Trump over cost of living & crime issues solely, and voted Mamdani cause he canvassed them and talked CoL issues.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
America, meet the Trump-Mamdani voter
Yes, such a person exists. Should anyone be surprised?
www.washingtonpost.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yes. i don't think enough people understand how much trump dominated non-english-language media in 2024, often with blatant lies about what trump's plan and agenda were that contradicted both his actual policies and his english-language campaign/propaganda's stated policies.
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Breaking: Vance in to break tie to vote w/50 of his republican friends to cut all fed funding for public tv & radio. Storm Alert systems. Kids programming. Local news. Small rural stations get 2:1 more funding from fed. More votes tomorrow on this. Let them know what you think.
July 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Breaking: Vance in to break tie to vote w/50 of his republican friends to cut all fed funding for public tv & radio. Storm Alert systems. Kids programming. Local news. Small rural stations get 2:1 more funding from fed. More votes tomorrow on this. Let them know what you think.
Reposting this point bc I think it’s salient, but the entire thread is interesting if you’re an educator interested in/worried about AI
This is where I really, really worry about the impacts of this AFT partnership. AFT is partnering with generalist orgs who have a long history of selling their products as broadly generally reliable, when they're demonstrable not. AFT reproduces that thought process throughout these videos.
July 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposting this point bc I think it’s salient, but the entire thread is interesting if you’re an educator interested in/worried about AI
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Trump's tariffs are about consolidating power for corporations and US empire. They do not break with the "free trade" ethos, but double down on its worst aspects. I wrote about it.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
July 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Trump's tariffs are about consolidating power for corporations and US empire. They do not break with the "free trade" ethos, but double down on its worst aspects. I wrote about it.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
Weird, wild, and wonderful book. A small press find. Really enjoyed it. Published by @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
#booksky
#booksky
July 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Weird, wild, and wonderful book. A small press find. Really enjoyed it. Published by @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
#booksky
#booksky
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Grim tidings from Philadelphia: a judge has ordered striking medical examiners (who as members of DC 33 have been on strike since July 1) back to work… because bodies are piling up in the city morgue.
What horrors hath our mayor wrought? JUST PAY THEM!
www.cbsnews.com/amp/philadel...
What horrors hath our mayor wrought? JUST PAY THEM!
www.cbsnews.com/amp/philadel...
Philly medical examiner's striking employees ordered back to work after city says morgue is getting crowded
Attorneys for the city said cooled storage for cadavers is getting crowded, and death investigators and technicians should return to work.
www.cbsnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Grim tidings from Philadelphia: a judge has ordered striking medical examiners (who as members of DC 33 have been on strike since July 1) back to work… because bodies are piling up in the city morgue.
What horrors hath our mayor wrought? JUST PAY THEM!
www.cbsnews.com/amp/philadel...
What horrors hath our mayor wrought? JUST PAY THEM!
www.cbsnews.com/amp/philadel...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
I increasingly have college students who think that expecting them to read something with their own two eyeballs & a brain is some kind of unrealistic imposition on them
AI is deskilling our young people to the extent that they no longer have the ability, or at least resolve, to craft their own *texts.*
The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
July 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I increasingly have college students who think that expecting them to read something with their own two eyeballs & a brain is some kind of unrealistic imposition on them
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The Philadelphia area transit agency SEPTA is facing 45% service cuts, thanks to the Pennsylvania legislature.
Not since the mid-20th century has the US seen a major urban transit network dismantled on this scale.
Chicago could be next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Not since the mid-20th century has the US seen a major urban transit network dismantled on this scale.
Chicago could be next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Philadelphia Transit System Votes to Cut Service by 45%, Hike Fares
Philadelphia’s largest transit system approved sweeping service cuts and fare hikes as it struggles to deal with a gaping budget deficit.
www.bloomberg.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Philadelphia area transit agency SEPTA is facing 45% service cuts, thanks to the Pennsylvania legislature.
Not since the mid-20th century has the US seen a major urban transit network dismantled on this scale.
Chicago could be next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Not since the mid-20th century has the US seen a major urban transit network dismantled on this scale.
Chicago could be next.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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‘This is not a humanitarian response,’ say 130 NGOs calling for UN to take over distribution of humanitarian aid.
Charities urge shutdown of US- and Israel-backed Gaza aid group
‘This is not a humanitarian response,’ say 130 NGOs calling for UN to take over distribution of humanitarian aid.
bit.ly
July 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
‘This is not a humanitarian response,’ say 130 NGOs calling for UN to take over distribution of humanitarian aid.