I keep seeing references made to 'leftists' who 'want 45 to win.' Who are these leftists? Are they strangers on the internet? I just don't see this. No one I know on the Left(s) is pro-45. I know some reactionary *moderates* who are though.

One day after AI is abandoned they’re absolutely going to tout cutting their emissions by half/a third without acknowledging they were pumping out more than ever chasing a pump and dump plagiarism scheme

PMparismarx.bsky.socialJul 5, 2024 1:52pm

Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disaster

Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

Chicagosky! Do you or somebody you know need an AC unit coming up, but can’t really afford it right now? RESOURCE

"Why are our politics so hostile?" Oh, I dunno, but one factor is how rich scumbags, unsatisfied with unimaginable wealth, have declared war on the rest of the population and are trying to extract even more from people who live paycheck-to-paycheck. That tends to raise the temperature, y'know?

RJcadwego.bsky.socialMay 16, 2024 11:16am

Billionaires Lynda and Stewart Resnick, owners of the world's largest pistachio and almond grower, Fiji Water, Pom pomegranate juice and Justin wines, and Teleflora flower service, are suing to roll back legal protections for farmworkers.

Column: Inside the effort by two Beverly Hills billionaires to kill a state law protecting farmworkers

The billionaire owners of Wonderful Co. — grower of almonds and pistachios — say a California farm labor law is unconstitutional.

@mattpt55.bsky.social Maybe pass it along to your folks?

BHbrothercasas.bsky.socialMay 19, 2024 10:33pm

Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks. @violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost. covid-long.com

Johns Hopkins COVID Long Study

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is conducting research about the COVID-19 pandemic. Participate in this one-time, 10-15 minute survey.

Noooo, I was just lookingfor her.

A friendly May Day reminder that cops aren’t workers and never have been. Their continued inclusion in our unions (and of police “unions” within the @aflcio.bsky.socialwww.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...

There’s No Room for Police Unions in the Labor Movement

No other union employees are allowed to kill other human beings.

The road to fascism is lined with liberals on the internet telling you to stop overreacting to genocide

Estudantes de Columbia contra a guerra 1968 2024

TLswordsjew.bsky.socialApr 30, 2024 6:09pm

for today's column, @davidswanson.bsky.social did an archival masterclass on how the columbia student protesters of 1968 and 2024 have been covered in the press, respectively: buttondown.email/theswordandt...

History Repeats Itself at Columbia

By David Swanson Columbia’s Low Memorial Library in 1968, and in 2024 Last night, as a group of activists took over Hamilton Hall just hours after Columbia...

UW-MADISON Students, Faculty, Alum Sign to support students' right to protest if you are so inclined. If you are not 🤬 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Support UW-Madison Students’ Right to Protest

Statement in Solidarity with Student Protest from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Community [Stable link to this letter.] We, the faculty, staff, alumni, and donors of the University of Wisconsin-...