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Linda Huber
@puellaludens.bsky.social
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Social Justice and Technology Postdoc at Swarthmore College; freshly minted PhD from University of Michigan School of Info. Educating, agitating, organizing in tech-ademia.
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@radicalgraffiti.bsky.social in Philly, PA
What paste sticker with a detailed painting of a brown skinned woman in a black cowboy hat which says “abolish ice” on the brim, coyly peeking out from behind a leopard print mask which covers the lower half of her face. She is surrounded by colorful dancing flames.
August 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Very excited to share this workshop I'm helping to host on August 19: "From Tech Lash To Tech Fash: Strategic reflections on a decade of collective organizing in computing"
tech-organizing-reflections.github.io
a simple, dark green flier with a bold, white text header: From Tech Lash To Tech Fash: Strategic reflections on a decade of collective organizing in computing The flier includes the following text and details: Hybrid Workshop @ Aarhus - Tuesday August 19, 8:30–11:30 am EST / 2:30–5:30 pm CEST Computing is a field plagued with presentism, oriented towards the new in ways that limit our design and research practices - as well as our capacity to understand and collectively respond to emerging crises. To improve our sensemaking and strategizing about today's crises, this workshop explores what Tamara Kneese has deemed the last decade's shift from "techlash" to "tech fash". What have we learned from the era of misinformation and bias, of "surveillance capitalism" and tech worker organizing that can inform our struggle against the increasing power of a techno-fascist oligarchy? We will also look towards previous generations of computing professionals and activists, who likewise sought to address the harms of emerging automated systems and the complicity of computing within violent, imperialist projects. This workshop will create space for participants to explore these questions collectively, bridging past and present moments in an effort to devise strategies moving forward. RSVP by Aug 12 https://tech-organizing-reflections.github.io/
July 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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❤️‍🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Bu...
April 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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My dear friend’s father, Guatemalan journalist José Zamora, has been a political prisoner held for over 1000 days. The process to free him remains ongoing: please read and reshare. #freezamora #zamoralibre
x.com/ramonzamora8...
April 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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ready for #chi2025
A white square sticker with a black and white image of a mushroom cloud, with overlaid text reading "It's 11 p.m. Do you know what your expert system just inferred?" At the bottom in smaller text, "Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility" A white, rectangular sticker with rounded edges and a black, hand-drawn design, reminiscent of keyboard keys, with the keys spelling out "COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS FOR PEACE", with a small dove in the corner. A square holographic sticker in bold, all caps black font that says, "AI" IS NOT INEVITABLE
April 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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[CASPR 2025] Knowledge in Crisis: Navigating Science in Uncertain Times
Join us for a roundtable discussion and Q&A with Alex Hanna, Emily Yates-Doerr, and Juno Salazar Parrenas , moderated by CASTAC Co-Chair Ana Carolina de Assis Nunes.
caspr2025.eventbrite.com #sts #anthropology
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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...speculation that in the midst of Watergate, that Nixon would be motivated to demonstrate a still-functioning government by passing a national health insurance bill, and this really excellent full-page spread about Big shirts
screenshot of black and white newsprint scan, featuring a full spread of women in loose-fitting smocks and collared shirts, some with paisley headscarves.
February 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"Agreed: Here comes national health insurance" NYMag, 1974.

Quite the wild ride, including: Nixon's positive comments about the possibility of national health insurance; blaming organized labor demanding "too much" as the possible reason for *not* getting national health insurance...
Screenshot of an article from NYMag, July 21 1974. Bold headline says, "Agree: Here comes national health insurance" Subtitle says, "Question: What kind?"
February 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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from Tr*mp's EO, "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence" - revoking Biden's October EO on "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy" AI. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

...genuinely curious about their definition of "human flourishing" here 🤔
January 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Awesome event from @techworkerscoalition.org next week -

H-1B Workers and the Tech Labor Movement - Feb 3, 8PM ET - register here! bit.ly/twch1b
Flier with bold black text on a bright red background, with an off-center large white star-ish shape. The text reads: H-1B Workers and the Tech Labor Movement: Building Solidarity and Collective Power. Includes a TWC logo in white.
January 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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hey...who wants to go in with me on running a reprint of these stickers from the mid-80s? (source: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...)
January 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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December 28, 2024 at 5:31 AM
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📢 Picket lines in Queens, Skokie, ATL, and a bunch in CA!

Lets see if I can convince my partner we need to stop by a picket line on our drive over to Chicago for Xmas 😂
December 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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I made a shareable version of our "AI workers' inquiry for University Workers and Students." We used this as part a workshop last month. Feel free to re-use, improve, and reach out if you wanna compare notes on running a similar workshop at your uni! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Photo of a red flier that reads in large white text: "AI" IS NOT INEVITABLE: a workshop for AI skeptics at U-M. This workshop will gather folks from across the University - staff, faculty, teachers, researchers, students - whose everyday work is being impacted by the proliferation of "AI" technologies. We will compare notes on how our work is impacts, examine the financial motivations driving U-M's promotion of "AI" tech like UM GPT and MiMaizie, and explore the potential harms of "AI" at UM, including environmental impacts.
December 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM