Athena Coalition
@athenaforall.bsky.social
We are 50+ grassroots orgs who represent 1M+ members across the US, building democratic power to end Amazon's abuse of our communities / #WeAreAthena
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So how do we fight back against the tech oligarchy, and is boycotting Amazon the answer? 🧵
"...the Bezos takeover underscores a darker shift in culture, where creative platforms, institutions and even media are increasingly controlled by a few power players." www.the-independent.com/life-style/b...
Have Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez just doomed the Met Gala?
As the Amazon billionaire and his wife are announced as the financial backers for the biggest event on the A-list social calendar, Ellie Muir looks into what their involvement means for the institutio...
www.the-independent.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"...the Bezos takeover underscores a darker shift in culture, where creative platforms, institutions and even media are increasingly controlled by a few power players." www.the-independent.com/life-style/b...
Hmm, "streamlining" seems like a fancy way of saying "enriching a handful of executives" here... 🤔 nypost.com/2025/11/11/b...
Amazon cuts 700 jobs in NYC alone on quest to streamline by slashing 30,000 positions
“The size of the Amazon cuts remains a head scratcher given the battle for talent and [the] AI revolution in motion,” said Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.
nypost.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hmm, "streamlining" seems like a fancy way of saying "enriching a handful of executives" here... 🤔 nypost.com/2025/11/11/b...
Profits are up, taxes are down, yet thousands of workers are getting laid off anyway. Almost like the economy doesn't actually work for everyone... 👀https://www.geekwire.com/2025/big-beautiful-tax-benefit-amazon-and-other-tech-giants-reap-the-rewards-of-new-law-for-now/
‘Big Beautiful’ tax benefit: Amazon and other tech giants reap the rewards of new law, for now
Amazon’s cash tax payments fell 45% in the third quarter, driven largely by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, even as profits surged 38%. The new U.S. law, championed by President Trump, allows ...
www.geekwire.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Profits are up, taxes are down, yet thousands of workers are getting laid off anyway. Almost like the economy doesn't actually work for everyone... 👀https://www.geekwire.com/2025/big-beautiful-tax-benefit-amazon-and-other-tech-giants-reap-the-rewards-of-new-law-for-now/
Really hard to see how any of these deals are going to benefit regular people. And given AI's energy demands, much of this $38 billion deal is likely to be powered by fossil fuels. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/o...
Amazon closes at record after $38 billion OpenAI deal with AWS
OpenAI will immediately begin tapping Nvidia's AI processors using infrastructure from Amazon Web Services.
www.cnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Really hard to see how any of these deals are going to benefit regular people. And given AI's energy demands, much of this $38 billion deal is likely to be powered by fossil fuels. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/o...
Now Amazon wants to take its monopoly to the streaming industry. If the company buys Warner Bros (owner of HBO Max), it'll own 35% of the market -- 50% more than its closest competitor 😬
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now Amazon wants to take its monopoly to the streaming industry. If the company buys Warner Bros (owner of HBO Max), it'll own 35% of the market -- 50% more than its closest competitor 😬
Oligarchs might be excited about AI's ability to make them richer. The rest of America is a lot more concerned than excited about its impact. www.pewresearch.org/science/2025...
How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
Americans are worried about using AI more in daily life, seeing harm to human creativity and relationships. But they’re open to AI use in weather forecasting, medicine and other data-heavy tasks.
www.pewresearch.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Oligarchs might be excited about AI's ability to make them richer. The rest of America is a lot more concerned than excited about its impact. www.pewresearch.org/science/2025...
Amazon Flex drivers report being pressured to deliver during natural disasters, and getting penalized for braking suddenly to avoid accidents: futurism.com/future-socie...
Amazon Tells Driver to Keep Delivering Packages Amid Raging Wildfire
Amazon is accused of controlling workers through a surveillance dragnet, while skirting responsibility for their wellbeing.
futurism.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Amazon Flex drivers report being pressured to deliver during natural disasters, and getting penalized for braking suddenly to avoid accidents: futurism.com/future-socie...
So far, Amazon has donated over $1.8M to Trump -- more than Chevron, Meta, Lockheed Martin, and even the Heritage Foundation itself. perfectunion.us/trumps-corpo...
Trump's Corporate Colluders - More Perfect Union
We analyzed more than 150 top donors to Trump's inauguration fund and the White House ballroom construction to figure out which corporations are donating — and what they got in return.
perfectunion.us
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So far, Amazon has donated over $1.8M to Trump -- more than Chevron, Meta, Lockheed Martin, and even the Heritage Foundation itself. perfectunion.us/trumps-corpo...
“This is really just a nonpartisan issue...Everybody wants access to drinking water, everybody wants affordable utility bills. Everybody wants to feel like their voice matters in their community.”
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Tech giants are rushing to build data centers in Indiana. Communities are pushing back — and winning
Tech giants are rushing to build data centers in the Midwest. Some Indiana communities are disrupting their plans.
www.wfyi.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“This is really just a nonpartisan issue...Everybody wants access to drinking water, everybody wants affordable utility bills. Everybody wants to feel like their voice matters in their community.”
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Really good take on how last week's AWS outage proves how incredibly risky it is to have so much of the internet rely on a handful of tech monopolies.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Really good take on how last week's AWS outage proves how incredibly risky it is to have so much of the internet rely on a handful of tech monopolies.
"Q: What do data centers need to run?
A: Water, electricity, air conditioning, and other resources typically wasted on schools and hospitals." 🙃🙃 theonion.com/what-to-know...
A: Water, electricity, air conditioning, and other resources typically wasted on schools and hospitals." 🙃🙃 theonion.com/what-to-know...
What To Know About Data Centers
As the use of AI increases, data centers are popping up across the country. The Onion shares everything you need to know about the controversial facilities. Q: What do data centers need to run? A: Wa...
theonion.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Q: What do data centers need to run?
A: Water, electricity, air conditioning, and other resources typically wasted on schools and hospitals." 🙃🙃 theonion.com/what-to-know...
A: Water, electricity, air conditioning, and other resources typically wasted on schools and hospitals." 🙃🙃 theonion.com/what-to-know...
Amazon is on the list of donors who gave money to tear down part of the White House. It's.... almost like that's a metaphor for something.... 🤔 www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...
White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom | CNN Politics
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot...
www.cnn.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Amazon is on the list of donors who gave money to tear down part of the White House. It's.... almost like that's a metaphor for something.... 🤔 www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...
We couldn't agree more! Too many of these projects use NDAs to hide their water and energy use from the public until after they're approved. And they barely even create any jobs!
BIG NEWS: We’re calling for a nationwide moratorium on new data centers. These facilities increase energy costs, consume huge amounts of water and expand dirty energy.
To protect communities, we need to halt unregulated approval and construction until we know the risks. More here: fwwat.ch/49ogtrY
To protect communities, we need to halt unregulated approval and construction until we know the risks. More here: fwwat.ch/49ogtrY
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We couldn't agree more! Too many of these projects use NDAs to hide their water and energy use from the public until after they're approved. And they barely even create any jobs!
So glad to see this! 🙌 It's appalling what a trillion-dollar company will do to avoid treating its workers like human beings.
.The @newjerseyoag.bsky.social is suing Amazon for illegally misclassifying thousands of Flex drivers to steal wages and deny benefits.
Labor organizations nationwide are standing in solidarity with NJ Amazon Flex Drivers, calling this lawsuit a national model.
When we fight, we win! ✊
Labor organizations nationwide are standing in solidarity with NJ Amazon Flex Drivers, calling this lawsuit a national model.
When we fight, we win! ✊
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So glad to see this! 🙌 It's appalling what a trillion-dollar company will do to avoid treating its workers like human beings.
It's the perfect time of year to curl up with a book and raise a middle finger to billionaires!
We're sending stacks of free stickers out to indie bookstores around the country this week. If you're in the industry, DM us if you'd like some.
We're sending stacks of free stickers out to indie bookstores around the country this week. If you're in the industry, DM us if you'd like some.
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's the perfect time of year to curl up with a book and raise a middle finger to billionaires!
We're sending stacks of free stickers out to indie bookstores around the country this week. If you're in the industry, DM us if you'd like some.
We're sending stacks of free stickers out to indie bookstores around the country this week. If you're in the industry, DM us if you'd like some.
Instead of treating its workers fairly, Amazon would rather replace them with robots. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Instead of treating its workers fairly, Amazon would rather replace them with robots. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
Amazon has a pattern of trying to classify workers as "independent contractors" so they can weasel out of giving them decent pay and benefits. Glad to see more AGs calling them out for this!
NJ has no tolerance for companies that generate billions in profits by denying employees rightful wages, benefits, and other protections.
With NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development we're suing Amazon to end the company's greed-driven employee exploitation through its Flex program.
With NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development we're suing Amazon to end the company's greed-driven employee exploitation through its Flex program.
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Amazon has a pattern of trying to classify workers as "independent contractors" so they can weasel out of giving them decent pay and benefits. Glad to see more AGs calling them out for this!
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
Once again, Amazon wants to bring mass surveillance to your doorstep. Reminder that in 2023 they settled a lawsuit claiming that employees illegally spied on Ring customers. What could go wrong? arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement
Amazon’s Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.
arstechnica.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Once again, Amazon wants to bring mass surveillance to your doorstep. Reminder that in 2023 they settled a lawsuit claiming that employees illegally spied on Ring customers. What could go wrong? arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
@bedoyausa.bsky.social Amazon is cutting thousands of jobs while investing $100 billion in AI and data centers. White collar, blue collar, it doesn't matter -- to Amazon, all workers are equally disposable fortune.com/2025/10/14/a...
Amazon is planning a new wave of layoffs, sources say | Fortune
Amazon’s 10,000-plus-employee HR division, which includes recruiters, is expected to be among the hardest-hit in the job cuts.
fortune.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
@bedoyausa.bsky.social Amazon is cutting thousands of jobs while investing $100 billion in AI and data centers. White collar, blue collar, it doesn't matter -- to Amazon, all workers are equally disposable fortune.com/2025/10/14/a...
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I used to focus on left versus right. Now I’m much more worried about the money at the top. But while it might seem strange to say it, I think this is a hopeful way of looking at the world that opens the door to coalitions that seemed impossible before. My first for the @newrepublic.com:
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I used to focus on left versus right. Now I’m much more worried about the money at the top. But while it might seem strange to say it, I think this is a hopeful way of looking at the world that opens the door to coalitions that seemed impossible before. My first for the @newrepublic.com:
If there's one thing we'll never stop talking about, it's how many of the world's supervillains are propped up by Amazon Web Services.
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If there's one thing we'll never stop talking about, it's how many of the world's supervillains are propped up by Amazon Web Services.
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1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
Open Letter — AECJ
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"They shut down our government your income your safety your family’s health security. Take America Back together, stop buying from the big corporations support local business. Do the right thing. Show who you are.” people.com/neil-young-s...
Neil Young Says His Music Will Be Pulled from Amazon: 'Go to the Local Store'
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, Neil Young announced on the Neil Young Archives website that he will be pulling his music from Amazon and called for fans to boycott the e-commerce company.
people.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"They shut down our government your income your safety your family’s health security. Take America Back together, stop buying from the big corporations support local business. Do the right thing. Show who you are.” people.com/neil-young-s...
Now anyone who walks past a Ring camera can have their face scanned by facial recognition software -- whether they consent to it or not: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door
For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Now anyone who walks past a Ring camera can have their face scanned by facial recognition software -- whether they consent to it or not: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...