actually doing nothing. Perhaps with the intention of killing genuine political activism in the most polite way possible. 🙃

class. If leadership know what it was like to make less than $300k.

Labor unions are supposed to be groups of *working class* people working together.

Most aren't led by working class people anymore.

These bureaucratic PMC co-opted unions exist to provide the façade of doing something while...

effort to do anything remotely similar to what Stop Gen AI tries to do, I would have found it.

I keep trying to warn you, @jonshaffer.bsky.social.

Unions are only effective if their leadership hasn't been co-opted by the professional managerial...

we're the only ones trying to so that.

I also attended a couple of meetings with @techworkerscoalition.org. They also aren't trying to raise survival money for anyone in the wake of Gen AI.

Not even for their own members.

Alex Hanna is full of shit.

If there was any behind the scenes...

Did they say "you should speak to so and so who is raising mutual aid money"?!

Nope.

And I was in that July Zoom meeting with all of these 100+ other orgs.

peoplesaiaction.com

I spoke up, said Stop Gen AI is trying to raise survival money for people.

It was clear that..

let me know beforehand. But it was nice to get one bit of media without having to beg for it.

@alexhanna.bsky.social claimed, off the cuff, that there are apparently soooo many behind the scenes efforts to raise survival money for people.

If that was even true, did they connect us to it? No! 😂🤣

people knew we exist! 🫠🫠🫠

Marc Steiner of @therealnews.com, @bcmerchant.bsky.social and @ronplacone.bsky.social at least deserve credit for being a lot more professional than @nathangrayson.bsky.social. They actually gave us a bit of media.

Vox mentioned us yesterday and they didn't even...

that Kate Brennan, the head of the AI Now Institute behind the "People's AI Action Plan," ignored my emails begging for help?!

Did you know that Joe from @futurism.com just decided to ghost me, after he initially agreed to write a story about us?!

It sure would have helped us organize if...

And then he decided to just not publish the interview?! 🙃🙃🙃🙃

Did you know that I attended a Zoom meeting for the "People's AI Action Plan" in July. And out of the 100+ groups, many of which are parts of unions, only Stop Gen AI tries to raise survival money for people?!

Did you know...

The latter isn't happening, largely because the media ignores us most of the time. Or if the media even gave publicity to another group trying to do similar things. But they aren't.

Did you know that @nathangrayson.bsky.social interviewed me, @ginzhizhawizi.net, and Emmi two months ago...

They didn't.

Britt apparently (where?) "posted links" (links to what?!) to *me* (but I'm not the problem).

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Britt and AAUP could have bought me a lot of time if they had even tried to contact OPIT on my behalf.

But no.

Organizing people and planning takes time.

Profs like me can be fired on a whim.

AAUP could have used their clout, much, much greater infrastructure, to buy Stop Gen AI some time.

...

1. Stop Gen AI is struggling to even get fundraising and media attention.

2. I already quit in September.

3. OPIT is 100% online. Do you think I was ever on a physical campus, hanging out with faculty? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Britt and AAUP could have emailed OPIT. They didn't.

They could have offered legal...

colleges and universities warning letters as a form of immediate emergency intervention.

I was really hoping Britt and the AAUP would have emailed my school. Nope! 🙃

Most professors have no tenure and many of us can be quickly fired...

Another thing AAUP could have done that...