Valerie Braman
@vmbraman.bsky.social
Labor educator. Philadelphian. Brunonian. Once and future English Teacher. (she/her)
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Behind almost every AI is exploited workers pretending to be AI
“The work was emotionally exhausting, with chat users confiding intimate details about their real-life relationships, as well as their own emotional trauma, falsely believing they were talking to an unfeeling AI chatbot.”
AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.
futurism.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Behind almost every AI is exploited workers pretending to be AI
“Penn State faculty are filing for a union election to bring transparency to their workplace, to bring job security to their workplace, to have the opportunity to have a greater voice at their workplace, to have some economic security at their workplace.”
Penn State professors and faculty members filed for one of the largest public sector union elections in state history on Tuesday.
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Penn State faculty file for largest public sector union election in state history
Approximately 6,000 Penn State University professors and faculty members are ready to vote in the largest public sector union vote ever in Pennsylvania.
keystonenewsroom.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Penn State faculty are filing for a union election to bring transparency to their workplace, to bring job security to their workplace, to have the opportunity to have a greater voice at their workplace, to have some economic security at their workplace.”
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The Penn State Faculty Alliance is going to win a union and I'm proud as hell that it's with our local SEIU 668.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
Penn State professors and faculty members filed for one of the largest public sector union elections in state history on Tuesday.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
Penn State faculty file for largest public sector union election in state history
Approximately 6,000 Penn State University professors and faculty members are ready to vote in the largest public sector union vote ever in Pennsylvania.
keystonenewsroom.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Penn State Faculty Alliance is going to win a union and I'm proud as hell that it's with our local SEIU 668.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
💜💜 solidarity!! 💜💜
Today I got to witness the culmination of nearly 5 years of organizing. The Penn State Faculty Alliance has officially filed for unionization!
The gratitude I have for everyone who has worked towards this moment is immeasurable.
The gratitude I have for everyone who has worked towards this moment is immeasurable.
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
💜💜 solidarity!! 💜💜
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SEIU, who are organizing the Penn State faculty into a union, are holding a rally in the rotunda.
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
SEIU, who are organizing the Penn State faculty into a union, are holding a rally in the rotunda.
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Crying. Screaming. Throwing up. 😭💔
***and now 95 percent of Bluesky is disconsolate. please check in with the birds fan in your virtual life.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Crying. Screaming. Throwing up. 😭💔
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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"Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, delicious and sliced as the meat foundations of a sandwich." Eugene V. Debs
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, delicious and sliced as the meat foundations of a sandwich." Eugene V. Debs
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12 Hangry Men.
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
12 Hangry Men.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
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You in fact can't talk about the history of the labor movement without talking about multi-ethnic coalitions. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was initially composed of Jewish and Italian immigrants, but later grew to Black, Puerto Rican, Chinese, and Filipino workers.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
You in fact can't talk about the history of the labor movement without talking about multi-ethnic coalitions. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was initially composed of Jewish and Italian immigrants, but later grew to Black, Puerto Rican, Chinese, and Filipino workers.
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I'm going to have a lot more to say about this total bullshit claim by JD Vance, but just for now:
The state with the highest union density in the US is Hawaii, where multiracial unionism is a deep and abiding tradition.
The state with the highest union density in the US is Hawaii, where multiracial unionism is a deep and abiding tradition.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'm going to have a lot more to say about this total bullshit claim by JD Vance, but just for now:
The state with the highest union density in the US is Hawaii, where multiracial unionism is a deep and abiding tradition.
The state with the highest union density in the US is Hawaii, where multiracial unionism is a deep and abiding tradition.
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There must be some mistake, I read 50 Atlantic articles about how RFK Jr just wants to help Americans eat more vegetables
They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.
October 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
There must be some mistake, I read 50 Atlantic articles about how RFK Jr just wants to help Americans eat more vegetables
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Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
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NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
actionnetwork.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
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"This is not OK," Johnson said. "We are standing here with a plea that somebody please step up and please help us to figure out how we can remain in our jobs and keep our families and clients safe."
Council did not comment on Johnson's remarks."
Union workers at @seiulocal668.bsky.social
Council did not comment on Johnson's remarks."
Union workers at @seiulocal668.bsky.social
Human services employees facing furloughs plead for different solution
Human services employees facing furloughs plead for different solution
Northampton County human services workers want to know what will be done to protect the people they serve, as a possible furlough date draws closer.
www.wfmz.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"This is not OK," Johnson said. "We are standing here with a plea that somebody please step up and please help us to figure out how we can remain in our jobs and keep our families and clients safe."
Council did not comment on Johnson's remarks."
Union workers at @seiulocal668.bsky.social
Council did not comment on Johnson's remarks."
Union workers at @seiulocal668.bsky.social
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What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
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Well, well, well. Jack Posobiec, the loudest voting-fraud conspiracy theorist, lives in Maryland.
He votes in Pennsylvania.
slate.com/news-and-pol... By @jsweetli.bsky.social & @marisakabas.bsky.social on @slate.com
He votes in Pennsylvania.
slate.com/news-and-pol... By @jsweetli.bsky.social & @marisakabas.bsky.social on @slate.com
MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Well, well, well. Jack Posobiec, the loudest voting-fraud conspiracy theorist, lives in Maryland.
He votes in Pennsylvania.
slate.com/news-and-pol... By @jsweetli.bsky.social & @marisakabas.bsky.social on @slate.com
He votes in Pennsylvania.
slate.com/news-and-pol... By @jsweetli.bsky.social & @marisakabas.bsky.social on @slate.com
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BLS PLANS NOT TO RELEASE ECONOMIC DATA DURING GOVT SHUTDOWN
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
BLS PLANS NOT TO RELEASE ECONOMIC DATA DURING GOVT SHUTDOWN
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
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Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...