Alex Nathanson

I'm recruiting participants for a paid demand response user experience study in NYC! A demand response event is a 4-hour period of time in the summer where electricity usage is high and the utility offers to pay energy consumers to turn off appliances. More info at
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Didn't know this was a thing, but as a very human writer that over uses em dashes, I'm glad my first book came out pre-chatgpt so my humanity can't be in question... Unless that makes me more suspect, because there's more text to train a replicant on... 😭

I'm teaching 4 #solar power art workshops in NYC this July! More info and tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/solar-powe...

👏 Make 👏 Nathan 👏 Fielder 👏 Transportation 👏 Secretary

A group of volunteers pose for a photo holding Zohran for NYC posters

A group of volunteers pose for a photo

A group of volunteers pose for a photo, many are holding the Zohran for NYC yellow bandanas

Members of UAW Region 9A pose for a group photo wearing matching blue t-shirts

Across the five boroughs, our volunteers knocked on more than 86,000 doors... just in the past week.

We've now knocked 430,000+ doors at 1,006 different neighborhood canvasses since we launched our field program in January.

This is truly unprecedented.

In Trump 1, my go-to mantra was the Brecht quote "As crimes pile up they become invisible." For Trump 2, this Adorno quote about Brecht is a strong contender

Our Economy, Our Country, Our Union YouTube video by UAW

I don't agree with everything Fain says, but we desperately need a worker-centered justice-oriented political machine in this country. As a UAW member I'm glad to hear him defend Mahmoud. If youre looking for a different perspective on tariffs, it's worth a listen. www.youtube.com/live/6xVVzvR...

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Art Scholars Pledge to Boycott Columbia University Art historians and professors are among the hundreds who signed an open letter denouncing the school’s capitulation to Trump’s demands.

More than 1,800 academics, including art historians and art professors, have committed to boycotting Columbia University in an open letter denouncing the school’s compliance with Trump administration crackdowns on pro-Palestinian dissent.

There are so many reasons why the PhD system is broken, but one is being indentured to a specific (unfortunately frequently mercurial) individual.

PhD advisor heel turn might as well be a formal part of the process, like a Qual Exam.

Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism We write this in the wake of the illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Badar Khan Suri, Alireza Doroudi, and other foreign students and teaching faculty at American universities. We wi…

"Samira Moyheddin recently wrote, '...Don’t stay in jobs where your knowledge is a liability.' [We are compelled] to say out loud, all the time, that if the university has become a place where our knowledge—of genocide, Palestine, racism, fascism—is a liability, then we must change the university."

That's brutal... So sorry to hear this.

Can't it be both? Yes, they're dumb, but it mainly shows that they really just don't take their jobs seriously or care at all about being remotely decent stewards for the public good. Yet, when it comes to filling their pockets or accumulating power they take their Adderall and get that job done.

stepuporstepdown.org

I made this functioning solar panel mosaic in 2017 and barely exhibited it, so I'm particularly happy for it to be in this year's Solar Biennale at Mudac.

Every time I return to it my feelings about it change. Unfortunately, it feels more relevant than ever.

Hopefully it doesn't depend on what King Elon allows them to print.

Yes! You can get a digital version through the publisher, Routledge or most major online retailers

Grab a copy of my book A History of Solar Power Art and Design! Student, educator, and activist discounts available!

an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

NY State should take Trump Tower by eminent domain and turn it into refugee housing.

That's an expensive game so they really hate this car

Guest lecturing at Wash U today!

In a hotel in St Louis and just learned they broadcast protests on CSPAN?! Biomedical grad students researching diseases in disadvantaged communities who had their funding cut are out in these streets fighting Elon Musk.

A poster invite to a National Day of Action on Presidents Day in New York City. The image is a blue square with text in white and red, like the American flag. Large red letters spell out: NEW YORKERS RESIST! Four words in white are in the top left corner: KINGS, EMPERORS, DICTATORS, OLIGARCHS. They are all crossed out with a large red X. Monday, February 17, 1pm Union Square, NYC, meet at 14th Street & Broadway. The RIST AND RESIST logo is in the bottom right corner of the image.

NYC‼️ Join Rise and Resist and other groups to RESIST THE DICTATORS on Presidents Day—TOMORROW—Monday in Union Square (14th St) at 1PM. Peaceful demo, bring your friends!

​INFO: actionnetwork.org/events/resis...
#PresidentsDay #EndOligarchy #StopTheCoup #ResistTheDictators #RiseandResist #Resist

TFW your PhD committee wants you to confirm some data and the DoE link no longer works and you're not sure if it just changed or if it's a coup.

Today's the day! We're now officially selling our 50 watt #solar panel window mount system! Designed for renters with double-hung windows between 22"-36.5" wide. Free shipping for early adopters! Link in bio! #solarpower #solardesign #energy #der #climate #energytransition #pv #nyc #windowsolar