Leni Zumas

"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."

Politics the right way

Qatar. Syria. Tunisia. Lebanon. Yemen. Gaza. The Israeli military is bombing country after country – six in the span of three days – with total impunity.

Monstrous.

Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.

The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.

As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

RFK Jr. is getting personal authority over who to kick off of Medicaid “It's just a way of cutting people off of coverage and then blaming them for it.”

It’s up to the discretion of RFK Jr to define what ”medically frail” is when it comes to potential Medicaid work requirement exemptions—which may play a huge role in deciding which chronically ill and disabled people could qualify. My latest for @motherjones.com.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We can be wanted and valued just the way we are. It's possible. It's worth trying for and learning about. Don't coach us into a lifetime of fear and hiding instead.

thank you!

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Thank you, @nyurtsaba.bsky.social, for this very thoughtful & politically attuned review of Wolf Bells. (I love the Dark Shadows comparison, too!) #socialistgothic @algonquinbooks.bsky.social

D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.

But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.

D.C. statehood now.

Ugly laws: the blueprint for Trump's anti-homeless crusade DC's crackdown is just the latest in a long war on being poor and disabled in public.

Ugly laws led to poor, disabled people being institutionalized. It's now part of the strategy Trump plans to use to get rid of unhoused people, in DC and beyond.

For @motherjones.com, I spoke to @okaysoldierschweik.bsky.social, who wrote a book about ugly laws.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

very excited about this!

Homelessness is a crime perpetrated by the rich.

one of the fundamental political divides is "it's better to deprive millions of people of basic needs so that a couple dozen people don't game the system" vs "what the fuck is wrong with you"

#journorequest I'm writing a story for @rewirenewsgroup.com on disability justice + radical access beyond institutional accommodations on university campuses, and the students and faculty that make this access magic happen.

if this is you, dm me! if you'd prefer to chat on signal, happy to do so.

The process of doing things - like making art or making history - is joyful. It’s messy, complicated, and frustrating, but it’s also creating something from nothing, all on your own. And it is a joy.

The Trump Administration’s War on Disability Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the ...

“History will show the first six months of the second Trump administration as an all-out war against disabled people.” A summary of the current administration’s callous, gutting actions affecting PWD, by @seemiaroll.bsky.social and @caseydoherty.bsky.social:

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

Stopping vaccine development is another example of "eugenics is everywhere."

Expecting survival of the fittest when one gets infectious disease and cancer is eugenics.

Kennedy claims that the money will be spent on “better technologies”. mRNA vaccines are estimated have prevented 18.5 million hospitalizations and 3.2 million deaths from COVID19 in the U.S., and saved the country $1.15 trillion.

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With every atom of my being I hate rfk and all who have enabled his war on the public health. may he know hard days, and may those who have enabled him share in his suffering

kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

Over 150 Jews and people of conscience are staging a sit-in at the offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in New York City to demand that the U.S. stop starving Gaza immediately.

Pro-Palestine Protests Near You | USCPR Israel has brutally massacred the Palestinian people for 75+ years. Find a pro-Palestine protest and take action to stop the Gaza genocide.

Demand the immediate opening of borders to allow entry of aid under UN control into Gaza and protection of aid sites from military and state violence.

Write and call your reps: act.uscpr.org/a/letaidin

Organize or join a protest outside U.S. government offices and Israeli embassies/consulates:

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Disability activists take over Trump Tower.
When our healthcare is under attack, what do we do?
Roll up fight back!