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A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
The AI Question: A Movement Debate, Thurs May 28th 7pm ET. Hosted by @mediajustice.bsky.social and @conmijente.bsky.social, LIVE BROADCAST: streamyard.com/watch/SKsxNh...
We condemn the illegal invasion of Venezuela, and we condemn the fossil fuel corruption that led us here. Young people — once again — are the ones that oil billionaires will feed into the meatgrinder of an unjust, imperialist war.
"The question for the Luddites was never simply whether to accept or reject a new machine, but rather who controlled it, how it was deployed, and whose interests it served. . .
Looking forward to our first Refusal Summer Reading Club Meeting this afternoon, and our discussion of @fractalecho.bsky.social's Disabling Intelligences!
“…but it also forces us into a position where we are adapting our professional practices to the latest tool rather than letting our pedagogical goals determine which technologies, and which uses of them, belong in our classrooms.” 2/2
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
I recommend anyone who doesn't understand the backlash to datacenters go spend 24 hours standing outside of xAI's facility in Memphis.
No earplugs. No masks. Just you and the air that Elon provides.
Also remember: He said they would build a water treatment facility but they aren't.
“Accepting this story of AI’s inevitability — or that of any technology — is a grave mistake for educators. Not only does it cede tremendous power to tech companies that are unaccountable to teachers, students, or school communities…” 1/2
kappanonline.org/teach-like-a...
Starting 2026 off right with @thestorygraph.com's January Pages Challenge and @ruha9.bsky.social ✨
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