The FBI raided a voting rights organization in Ohio, a move critics say is a large-scale intimidation campaign intended to sow distrust and doubt in voting integrity. In addition to raiding the group’s offices, “agents also show[ed] up at the homes of the group’s leaders and staff members.”
going through the book proofs we thought were done to update the spots that call musk a billionaire so it reads trillionaire is the opposite of whatever self care is.
Gift link @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on the political level of data centers
Winning political strategies can be as simple as pick something that harms people and be against it and then pick something that helps people and be for it. People HATE data centers so…
Rare personal post, seizing the moment to correct the record. Today I'm officially 21 yrs wed to my favorite most special human Jeff Mangum. For some reason the Internet/Wikipedia says we got hitched in Jan 2008, but it was June 9 2005. (Don't believe what you read online & always wear a lampshade.)
This deserves more attention
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I like @gregcasar.bsky.social's proposal a lot, FWIW
Tax AI to Create Jobs
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Had a great conversation with @astra.bsky.social on data centers and the democratic and Democratic promise of the fights against them. newrepublic.substack.com/p/the-winnin...
Gets to many of my concerns with this proposal.
We don’t need a public stake in a multi-trillion dollar toxic asset. Public investment/ownership has to come with serious conditions — and that’s not the version of this paradigm that Trump and the tech companies are warming up to.
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Ohio Organizing Collaborative board member Prentiss Haney accused the feds of using “straight-up intimidation tactics.”…
We face potential unemployment on par with the Great Depression. We need a mass employment program to get through it. AI can pay for it.
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In the latest episode, Perry is joined by Astra Taylor to discuss the grassroots fight against AI data centers—and why the push to cancel student debt is crucial for democracy.
