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Fighting for workers amid the A.I. wave
A weekend among union organizers offered a reminder that clarity and courage still exists on the left — even as the ground shifts beneath workers and…
Oct 30
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Eli Rosenberg
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The crypto libertarians who now love big government
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was pardoned last week. Is crypto yet another pillar of tech that is fusing with the state?
Oct 29
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Ariella Steinhorn
8
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Why Donald Trump Did Crisis PR for Marc Benioff
Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary…
Oct 27
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Alex Shultz
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The Big Tech takeover is not predestined, we really should fight back - Cory Doctorow
We spoke with the Enshittification author about the culture shift and power dynamics in the tech workforce, and the urgent need to organize - from…
Oct 24
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Tara McKelvey
1
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Biden endorsed this professor’s ideas to rein in corporate greed. But he ignored them after his election.
How one economist’s campaign to rein in stock buybacks caught Washington's attention — and then got left behind.
Oct 23
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Eli Rosenberg
7
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The fusing of AI firms and the state is leading to a dangerous concentration of power
A researcher says that we should focus not just on AI-related job loss or LLM models--but on the consolidation of market power between tech firms…
Oct 21
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Ariella Steinhorn
11
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Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of tech work
Doctorow has been an internet activist for a quarter of a century. He has also invented a word that describes the hyper-commodification of online…
Oct 19
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Tara McKelvey
13
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The Professors Suing Trump For Free Speech
Labor lawyer Veena Dubal was hoping to spend the next few years researching staffing issues at universities. Instead, she's helping lead a union fight…
Oct 16
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Eli Rosenberg
3
Sycophantic AI increases our attitude extremity on issues like gun violence
A psychology researcher found that disagreeable and enjoyable AI can be beneficial to circumventing political biases -- but only so long as it's not…
Oct 13
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Ariella Steinhorn
8
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Tech billionaires, AstroTurfing and a sophisticated information war explains the Bay Area's rightward drift, Dean Preston says
One of the most prominent progressives in the city, the former SF supervisor talks about how the left has lost the messaging game in recent years — but…
Oct 9
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Eli Rosenberg
8
A selfie with Netanyahu turns into an employee exodus
Employee resignations from AI coding startup Vercel may signal a changing tide in the tech industry's attitude towards the war in Gaza
Oct 5
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Ariella Steinhorn
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Q&A: The Man Whose Model Predicted The Mess We’re In
Jack A. Goldstone was dismissed when he theorized, more than 30 years ago, that rising inequality could make the U.S. vulnerable to political chaos. He…
Oct 2
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Eli Rosenberg
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