Sam as in sandwich
@saminthelibrary.bsky.social
Librarian among other things.
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Higher Eduation Labor United is holding a training tonight (11/5) for library workers! higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/17/n...
November 5 – Library Workers Organizing Meeting & Strategy Session – Higher Education Labor United
higheredlaborunited.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Higher Eduation Labor United is holding a training tonight (11/5) for library workers! higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/17/n...
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Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians during the olive harvest, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West Bank, Maya Rosen reports.
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The Olive Harvest Deportations
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West…
jewishcurrents.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Alarmed by efforts to publicize its violence against Palestinians during the olive harvest, Israel is moving to expel international solidarity activists from the occupied West Bank, Maya Rosen reports.
jewishcurrents.org/the-olive-ha...
jewishcurrents.org/the-olive-ha...
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
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Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
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October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
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Not going all 3-days? Still want to experience FEST?!
We have single showcase tickets available!
Visit our 🔗🌴 in our bio for the full list of showcases available.
Here's a small look, these are all the Friday showcases available for purchase!
We have single showcase tickets available!
Visit our 🔗🌴 in our bio for the full list of showcases available.
Here's a small look, these are all the Friday showcases available for purchase!
October 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Not going all 3-days? Still want to experience FEST?!
We have single showcase tickets available!
Visit our 🔗🌴 in our bio for the full list of showcases available.
Here's a small look, these are all the Friday showcases available for purchase!
We have single showcase tickets available!
Visit our 🔗🌴 in our bio for the full list of showcases available.
Here's a small look, these are all the Friday showcases available for purchase!
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Important tenant strike+victory here - solidarity with all renters facing off against corporate landlords!
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@lapublicpress.bsky.social
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@debtcollective.bsky.social
@lapublicpress.bsky.social
lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...
These LA tenants saw some utility fees double. So they went on strike
The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago.
lapublicpress.org
September 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Important tenant strike+victory here - solidarity with all renters facing off against corporate landlords!
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@lapublicpress.bsky.social
lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@lapublicpress.bsky.social
lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...
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New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.
19thnews.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
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Re-up for the afternoon crew.
We're joined this week by Dr. Chris Gilliard (@hypervisible.bsky.social), Co-Director of the Critical Internet Studies Institute to talk about what generative AI means for surveillance, and how this technology disproportionately harms marginalised groups:
politechs.dev/episodes/ai-...
politechs.dev/episodes/ai-...
Politechs Episode 4 - Surveillance
Josh, Ray, and Dr. Chris Gilliard talk about surveillance.
politechs.dev
August 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Re-up for the afternoon crew.
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'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community
🔗 www.404media.co/a-black-hole...
🔗 www.404media.co/a-black-hole...
'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community
Details about how Meta's nearly Manhattan-sized data center will impact consumers' power bills are still secret.
www.404media.co
June 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community
🔗 www.404media.co/a-black-hole...
🔗 www.404media.co/a-black-hole...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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We can knock one million doors across the five boroughs by the start of early voting Saturday—if you sign up now!
You can always watch the debate on YouTube after your shift 😉 zohranfornyc.com/events
You can always watch the debate on YouTube after your shift 😉 zohranfornyc.com/events
June 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We can knock one million doors across the five boroughs by the start of early voting Saturday—if you sign up now!
You can always watch the debate on YouTube after your shift 😉 zohranfornyc.com/events
You can always watch the debate on YouTube after your shift 😉 zohranfornyc.com/events
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I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
June 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
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New TV ad starts airing tonight.
We are done settling for less.
We are done settling for less.
June 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
New TV ad starts airing tonight.
We are done settling for less.
We are done settling for less.
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Quid pro Cuomo.
"Many of the donations came after Mr. Cuomo made a rare appearance at the Real Estate Board of New York, where Politico reported that he expressed regret for signing rent reforms as governor that landlords bitterly opposed."
"Many of the donations came after Mr. Cuomo made a rare appearance at the Real Estate Board of New York, where Politico reported that he expressed regret for signing rent reforms as governor that landlords bitterly opposed."
The Business Interests Bankrolling Andrew Cuomo’s Run for Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Quid pro Cuomo.
"Many of the donations came after Mr. Cuomo made a rare appearance at the Real Estate Board of New York, where Politico reported that he expressed regret for signing rent reforms as governor that landlords bitterly opposed."
"Many of the donations came after Mr. Cuomo made a rare appearance at the Real Estate Board of New York, where Politico reported that he expressed regret for signing rent reforms as governor that landlords bitterly opposed."
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The costly sanction came hours before the Working Families Party
chose Mr. Cuomo’s leading rival, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, as its top choice among its slate of @nywfp.bsky.social ranked candidates: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
chose Mr. Cuomo’s leading rival, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, as its top choice among its slate of @nywfp.bsky.social ranked candidates: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
Cuomo Loses Another $675,000 as Mamdani Lands Major Endorsement
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The costly sanction came hours before the Working Families Party
chose Mr. Cuomo’s leading rival, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, as its top choice among its slate of @nywfp.bsky.social ranked candidates: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
chose Mr. Cuomo’s leading rival, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, as its top choice among its slate of @nywfp.bsky.social ranked candidates: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
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Good afternoon, Bed-Stuy.
May 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good afternoon, Bed-Stuy.
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Chicago is a Union Town! Last weekend, we rallied outside the Chicago REI store to stand up against union busting and demand that REI bargain a fair contract. ✊🔥
May 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Chicago is a Union Town! Last weekend, we rallied outside the Chicago REI store to stand up against union busting and demand that REI bargain a fair contract. ✊🔥
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Open Letter to College & Research Libraries from the academic wing of #CripLib
Open Letter to CRL from the academic wing of #CripLib - ACRLog
Editor's note: We welcome a guest blog post from the academic librarians of #CripLib, which focuses on the intersection of disability and library work. Note: The focus is on our concerns about the qua...
acrlog.org
May 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Open Letter to College & Research Libraries from the academic wing of #CripLib
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May 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you keep seeing @hellgatenyc.com's reporting referenced, or you keep reading the beginning of our stories before you hit the paywall, or if you just want to do something to sustain local journalism in this dark time, you should know we're having a sale right now:
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Companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Google are reportedly in favor of “a milder national law” regulating AI “as long as it would supersede state rules” that more explicitly aim to protect the public from harm. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
How Big Tech is trying to shut down California’s AI rules
Tech giants plan to use their Trump-era lobbying muscle to head off state AI regulations. But can they agree on what they want from Washington?
www.politico.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Google are reportedly in favor of “a milder national law” regulating AI “as long as it would supersede state rules” that more explicitly aim to protect the public from harm. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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"My colleagues, many of whom are, like me, foreign scientists, are terrified of being detained or having their visa status revoked."
Read UAW member Kseniia Petrova's @nytimes.com op-ed, written from immigration detention in Louisiana.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Read UAW member Kseniia Petrova's @nytimes.com op-ed, written from immigration detention in Louisiana.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"My colleagues, many of whom are, like me, foreign scientists, are terrified of being detained or having their visa status revoked."
Read UAW member Kseniia Petrova's @nytimes.com op-ed, written from immigration detention in Louisiana.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Read UAW member Kseniia Petrova's @nytimes.com op-ed, written from immigration detention in Louisiana.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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The polls, the endorsements, the energy—momentum is unstoppable.
And with @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social, we’re competing for The Bronx, whose people deserve so much better than Cuomo.
@nbcnewyork.com reports from Co-op City this morning:
And with @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social, we’re competing for The Bronx, whose people deserve so much better than Cuomo.
@nbcnewyork.com reports from Co-op City this morning:
May 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The polls, the endorsements, the energy—momentum is unstoppable.
And with @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social, we’re competing for The Bronx, whose people deserve so much better than Cuomo.
@nbcnewyork.com reports from Co-op City this morning:
And with @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social, we’re competing for The Bronx, whose people deserve so much better than Cuomo.
@nbcnewyork.com reports from Co-op City this morning:
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🔥 BIG win for labor in Alabama!
Baristas at the third Alabama Starbucks store, this one in Huntsville, just voted to unionize!
👏 8–2 vote
👏 586th union store nationally
👏 Workers building power in the South
Solidarity forever. 💪
#Unions #Alabama #StarbucksUnion
www.alreporter.com/2025/05/13/t...
Baristas at the third Alabama Starbucks store, this one in Huntsville, just voted to unionize!
👏 8–2 vote
👏 586th union store nationally
👏 Workers building power in the South
Solidarity forever. 💪
#Unions #Alabama #StarbucksUnion
www.alreporter.com/2025/05/13/t...
Third Alabama Starbucks votes to unionize in Huntsville
With an 8-2 vote, a Starbucks in Huntsville became the third in the state to unionize and the 586th nationwide.
www.alreporter.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🔥 BIG win for labor in Alabama!
Baristas at the third Alabama Starbucks store, this one in Huntsville, just voted to unionize!
👏 8–2 vote
👏 586th union store nationally
👏 Workers building power in the South
Solidarity forever. 💪
#Unions #Alabama #StarbucksUnion
www.alreporter.com/2025/05/13/t...
Baristas at the third Alabama Starbucks store, this one in Huntsville, just voted to unionize!
👏 8–2 vote
👏 586th union store nationally
👏 Workers building power in the South
Solidarity forever. 💪
#Unions #Alabama #StarbucksUnion
www.alreporter.com/2025/05/13/t...