And this is why today's Virginia ballot measure won't make a difference

This is horrific. I feel physically ill.

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I was also thinking about how "AI" literacy is a form of individualism.

Are all the people suffering from "AI"- induced psychosis really suffering from *illiteracy*?

So I am reflecting on AI as one does and I have come to realize that “learn to use AI” and “embrace AI” and “develop AI literacy” won’t fucking protect ua from existential and stochastic harms of AI, and my overlooking this as a vector for criticism is really something.

Like, AI literacy in any form will not protect black and disabled folks from the algorithmic bias, and the violence that emerges from it, of spicy autocomplete. Full stop. No amount of AI literacy can protect us in the deployment of the system because it is tracking the wrong problem.

No amount of AI literacy can protect us because the problem isn’t knowledge, or how to use the system, it’s that the system exists in a culture that has been radically structured around white supremacy and patriarchy and your precious autocomplete incorporates it into its operations.

So miss me with the AI literacy solutions. In fact, keep missing me until you propose “AI literacy” that teaches folks how these systems incorporate systemic oppression into its operations. That’s the kind of literacy we need.

Screenshot of a 4/15/26 post from @ahandvanish on X.com: Study of neuro #LongCovid patients found pTau-181 (marker of Alzheimer's/brain injury) increased by 59% after COVID. Interestingly, levels increased more AFTER 1.5 years from infection (only 15% increased in the before-1.5 year time period). thelancet.com/journals/ebiom... 1/ Increased phosphorylated tau (pTau-181) is associated with neurologi... thelancet.com

But sure, let’s infect kids with a virus that does this over & over every year for their entire lifespans

www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

Every college and university is trending in the same direction in ways students largely hate and pretending it is necessary to be ‘competitive.’

Israel has been on a violent, bloodthirsty rampage across the region for over 2 years, fulfilling all of its wishes without any government getting in the way.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff

Beneath the Strait: Iran Could Threaten Gulf Data Centers, Undersea Cables • Stimson Center The conflict with Iran has exposed tech infrastructure to new acute threats, with Iranian drones striking data centers in Bahrain and the UAE.

Apropos of my recent conversation with @jaybeware.bsky.social who brought this to my attention (via Ali Kadri). The tech industry, as we've known it, may soon end: www.stimson.org/2026/beneath...

Understanding Key Nodal Points Introductory videos and other references about key areas of the world oil system

A reminder that, as we seem to be rapidly approaching an unprecedented fuel crisis, brought on by the US' violent death throes, I've created a downloadable Padlet listing key information I suggest we all study to understand what will be broken: padlet.com/verdigris21/...

It's really easy to see how librarians enforced segregation back in the day

Whenever I see a "viewpoint diversity" initiative, I assume they're also hiring prison abolitionists and communists.

Right? RIGHT?

Stand with Kali Akuno: Help a Movement Builder Heal Kali Akuno—co-founder of Cooperation Jackson and a lifelong movement builder—is facing a serious and urgent health crisis. He needs immediate access to specialized cardiac care that he simply cannot g...

Stand with Kali Akuno: Help a Movement Builder Heal chuffed.org/project/1771...

I'm old enough to remember when you'd *never* shoot a three with the last shot in a tied game

#NBAsky

How did lamelo ball make it this far with that hideous flat-footed "jump" shot?

#NBAsky

In a capitalist society the politicians don't represent people, they represent *capital*

As @drbeth.bsky.social & I discussed, CRUK's amendment is... unwelcome. Providing £ for (A)PCs was always a fool's game that assumed rationality of people under capitalism & markets.

Sam's 100% right. It highlights the distance between funder approaches & academic pressures vis-a-vis prestige etc.

Marking boycott looms at Goldsmiths over £20m of cuts to staff Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London, have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action in a fight to protect jobs, UCU announced today.

🚨 1 in 4 staff at Goldsmiths to be axed.

All while senior management get eye-watering pay rises and £16m is spent on consultants and lawyers.

This is the reality of Higher Education in the UK.

Our members have voted for industrial action, support them.

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1447...

I'm making less than I did ten years ago. Hooray inflation!

*I forgot to add european vacations as well

Restaurants and fancy bakeries are the opium of the Cville petit bourgeoisie

The Nordic countries don’t even call themselves socialist so idk why people insist on calling them that except to distort socialism.

After working in libraries as long as I have, I can confidently say that no one knows what you're pointing at

although you may disagree with donald trump, you should concede his point that CNN and the NYT are evil losers

Microsoft Says You’re Not Supposed to Take Copilot’s Advice Seriously This may be changing soon, but for now, Microsoft's Terms of Use document doesn't sound confident about the company's AI assistant.

“Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.”

Microsoft Says You’re Not Supposed to Take Copilot’s Advice Seriously gizmodo.com/microsoft-sa...

If you don't find the time to put on a mask when you're in public, COVID will find the time to (eventually) harm you and people you care about

Long Live The Resistance! Fuck imperialism.