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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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5,800 nurses and healthcare workers in San Diego are striking for 3 days through Thanksgiving next week
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
5,800 nurses and healthcare workers in San Diego are striking for 3 days through Thanksgiving next week
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I think it's because universities are largely donor-driven and in that context promoting cognition, learning, understanding, and mental health aren't incentivized for institutions or individual administrators hoping to climb the ladder while flashy tech bullshit is incentivized.
Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I think it's because universities are largely donor-driven and in that context promoting cognition, learning, understanding, and mental health aren't incentivized for institutions or individual administrators hoping to climb the ladder while flashy tech bullshit is incentivized.
Just finished @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social's incredible new book on the US Labor movement's long, sordid history of support for Israeli colonialism.
Just like his previous book, Blue Collar Empire, it's an absolute must read for those fighting for international working class solidarity!
Just like his previous book, Blue Collar Empire, it's an absolute must read for those fighting for international working class solidarity!
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just finished @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social's incredible new book on the US Labor movement's long, sordid history of support for Israeli colonialism.
Just like his previous book, Blue Collar Empire, it's an absolute must read for those fighting for international working class solidarity!
Just like his previous book, Blue Collar Empire, it's an absolute must read for those fighting for international working class solidarity!
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Because of ICE, the Deportation Defense Network of RI demands widespread, easy access to virtual court hearings, conferences, and trials
During the press conference, it was learned that ICE had taken a Superior Court intern into custody without just cause...
During the press conference, it was learned that ICE had taken a Superior Court intern into custody without just cause...
Because of ICE, the Deportation Defense Network of RI demands widespread, easy access to virtual court hearings, conferences, and trials
During the press conference, it was learned that ICE had taken a Superior Court intern into custody without just cause...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Because of ICE, the Deportation Defense Network of RI demands widespread, easy access to virtual court hearings, conferences, and trials
During the press conference, it was learned that ICE had taken a Superior Court intern into custody without just cause...
During the press conference, it was learned that ICE had taken a Superior Court intern into custody without just cause...
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NEW: 342 nurses in SF are unionizing with @nationalnurses.bsky.social @calnurses.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
NEW: 342 nurses in SF are unionizing with @nationalnurses.bsky.social @calnurses.bsky.social.
Basically everyone who voted for this resolution spent the last two years actively helping Israel commit genocide.
Frankly, it's an honor as a socialist to have these monstrous ghouls condemn us, it proves again how right we are.
Frankly, it's an honor as a socialist to have these monstrous ghouls condemn us, it proves again how right we are.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Basically everyone who voted for this resolution spent the last two years actively helping Israel commit genocide.
Frankly, it's an honor as a socialist to have these monstrous ghouls condemn us, it proves again how right we are.
Frankly, it's an honor as a socialist to have these monstrous ghouls condemn us, it proves again how right we are.
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Educators and artists have noted that AI is useless or damaging in many important contexts but the useless/damaging character of AI will only become a fully settled matter of accepted fact after full AI saturation of those contexts or the AI bubble bursts.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Educators and artists have noted that AI is useless or damaging in many important contexts but the useless/damaging character of AI will only become a fully settled matter of accepted fact after full AI saturation of those contexts or the AI bubble bursts.
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"All of us have a role to play in deciding how our university gets through these difficult times. These policies affect us all & no one – not humanities nor STEM students – has the leisure of distance. As researchers, we must find the time to take off our lab coats, close our books & take a stand."
Opinion: Student researchers need to stand up for themselves politically - Daily Bruin
The Trump administration’s policies leave a lasting imprint on universities across the country — and UCLA has not been spared. With continual threats to scholarly autonomy, academics must become more ...
dailybruin.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"All of us have a role to play in deciding how our university gets through these difficult times. These policies affect us all & no one – not humanities nor STEM students – has the leisure of distance. As researchers, we must find the time to take off our lab coats, close our books & take a stand."
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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The author of the new book, "No Neutrals There: U.S. Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine," discusses how U.S. labor unions have played a key role in building and maintaining the state of Israel.
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#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
The ongoing battle over Israel within the U.S. labor movement
The author of the new book, “No Neutrals There: U.S. Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine,” discusses how U.S. labor unions have played a key role in building and maintaining the state of...
mondoweiss.net
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The author of the new book, "No Neutrals There: U.S. Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine," discusses how U.S. labor unions have played a key role in building and maintaining the state of Israel.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
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We have failed humanity if we don’t one day make these people regret this
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We have failed humanity if we don’t one day make these people regret this
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Never gonna forgive the idiots that earnestly worked themselves up over the Twitter Files www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Never gonna forgive the idiots that earnestly worked themselves up over the Twitter Files www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Grok was built to flatter a dipshit and spread Nazism.
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Grok was built to flatter a dipshit and spread Nazism.
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Shout out to the Republican Jewish Coalition, the ADL, and all their friends for sufficiently destroying what antisemitism means.
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Shout out to the Republican Jewish Coalition, the ADL, and all their friends for sufficiently destroying what antisemitism means.
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When they try to silence one of us, we stand united. David Huerta’s courage reminds us that democracy only survives when we refuse to back down. #JusticeForDavid
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When they try to silence one of us, we stand united. David Huerta’s courage reminds us that democracy only survives when we refuse to back down. #JusticeForDavid
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Always repost Paul Robeson singing I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night to Scottish coal miners.
Remembering Joe Hill on the 110th anniversary of his murder by the state of Utah.
Paul Robeson singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" to Scottish coal miners in 1949.
Paul Robeson singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" to Scottish coal miners in 1949.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Always repost Paul Robeson singing I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night to Scottish coal miners.
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Yesterday, striking baristas took action at Starbucks’ biggest distribution center that serves the entire east coast.
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
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 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yesterday, striking baristas took action at Starbucks’ biggest distribution center that serves the entire east coast.
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
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After years of scorched-earth union-busting and stonewalling tactics by their bosses, Starbucks workers are trying to get their union drive and contract negotiations unstuck through a nationwide strike.
Starbucks Workers Strike Against Foot-Dragging in Bargaining
After years of scorched-earth union-busting and stonewalling tactics by their bosses, Starbucks workers are trying to get their union drive and contract negotiations unstuck through a nationwide strike.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
After years of scorched-earth union-busting and stonewalling tactics by their bosses, Starbucks workers are trying to get their union drive and contract negotiations unstuck through a nationwide strike.
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Native American Women Face the Highest Gender Wage Gap, Earning Barely Half of What White Men Make.
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Native American Women Face the Highest Gender Wage Gap, Earning Barely Half of What White Men Make - IWPR
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November 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Native American Women Face the Highest Gender Wage Gap, Earning Barely Half of What White Men Make.
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Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
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Why is it that the most wealthy, privileged academics in the entire world, who teach the least, have research and travel funds larger than entire departments, and whose lives are easier than 99.999% of academics at state, community colleges, etc. are such unbelievably thin-skinned whiners?
Harvard's prosecutorial culture was "miserable," says Jill Lepore. Even so, she stayed, but has since come to regret her silence. https://chroni.cl/4ihof9O
Why Jill Lepore Nearly Quit Harvard
The prosecutorial culture was “miserable.” She stayed, but has come to regret her silence at the time.
www.chronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Why is it that the most wealthy, privileged academics in the entire world, who teach the least, have research and travel funds larger than entire departments, and whose lives are easier than 99.999% of academics at state, community colleges, etc. are such unbelievably thin-skinned whiners?
While Mullin is advocating for eugenics and the abandonment of the disabled here, as his fascist backers want him to, he inadvertently reveals the problem with his argument's stupid metaphor.
No one gets to decide to place a fire hydrant near their house, just as no one decides when they get sick.
No one gets to decide to place a fire hydrant near their house, just as no one decides when they get sick.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
While Mullin is advocating for eugenics and the abandonment of the disabled here, as his fascist backers want him to, he inadvertently reveals the problem with his argument's stupid metaphor.
No one gets to decide to place a fire hydrant near their house, just as no one decides when they get sick.
No one gets to decide to place a fire hydrant near their house, just as no one decides when they get sick.
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They will sell you out in an instant to start a School of Lean Six Sigma or whatever they last heard about on All-In, because they do not fundamentally understand what a university is for. We need to reckon with that and make common cause with other workers who do.
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
They will sell you out in an instant to start a School of Lean Six Sigma or whatever they last heard about on All-In, because they do not fundamentally understand what a university is for. We need to reckon with that and make common cause with other workers who do.