Maura Doherty, Ph.D.

Resisting AI Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...

One of the best ways to resist AI integration and normalization is to type: -ai at the end of every Google search.

Academics need to be informed instead of passively complicit.

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'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

AI is causing massive pollution, rising asthma, and increasing energy costs for everyone, but especially communities where AI centers build. All for an overhyped product which doesn't do what its marketing teams claim and puts lives, jobs, and truth at risk. Resist normalizing everyday use of AI.

It was wrong then, it is wrong now. Resist the "compact," pledge to academic freedoms.

I stand with the American Council of Learned Societies in rejecting the very idea of a "contract" or partisan political litmus test. I object to the government using extortion and strongarming academic institutions in order to stifle academic freedom. All schools must refuse to sign.

I can highly recommend this new documentary, The Librarians, about the efforts to ban books in U.S. public schools (mostly orchestrated by outside influences). #bannedbookweek

'The Nerve', a new female-founded media title is up and running, bringing independent journalism, a dash of culture and a weekly Stewart Lee column.
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AI sucking money out of the economy.

Free speech isn't dead yet in America.

This is important documentation since the upcoming changes might not pass the veracity test.

Archiving for my reading list.

For academics following AI and false information.

How Misogyny Fuels Violent Extremism Taking a closer look at where misogynist beliefs come from can help shed light on the pathways to violence — and how to interrupt them.

Misogyny drives much of modern extremism, but society has failed to deal with it as a root cause of mass violence, @milleridriss.bsky.social writes

In her book Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism, Miller-Idriss tackles the issue head on.
www.justsecurity.org/120654/how-m...

Rightwing extremism is a violent ideology that dehumanizes others. Stop normalizing this kind of talk.

We have to stop the harm extremist ideas are having on young men & society. White supremacy & male superiority are not "opinions," they are the ideology of a conspiracy movement aimed at taking away the rights & humanity of people of color, women, the lgbtq+ community, and people w/ disabilities.

Mental illness is not an endgame answer to why shootings occur. Most people suffering do not resort to guns & massacres. Nor is gun control a panacea solution. America needs to do better in both areas. The real disease is the sickness of ideas that dehumanize groups of people.

People of color and women are equals and only violence and restrictive laws can keep them from their natural rights to freedom and equal access to power and resouces.

Only regular violence and the threat of violence allowed slavery and segregation to exist.

Violence has long been used against women and wives to keep them subordinate. Think of "witch" executions. Now rape culture is openly part of the male superiority movement.

Why does this extreme violence come from white males radicalized to extremism? Because white supremacy and male supremacy are inherently violent concepts.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Anthropic said it will pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the AI company of using their books to train chatbot Claude without permission.

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Anthropic tells US judge it will pay $1.5 billion to settle author class action Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using their books to train its AI chatbot Claude without permission.

Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using their books to train its AI chatbot Claude without permission.

Roundtable: Is the Field of Deindustrialization Studies too One-Sided? Join us to discuss Stefan Berger's article questioning the scope of deindustrialization studies

We are pleased to announce that DePOT affiliate Shonagh Joice will be joining the respondents at our next roundtable! Don't forget to get your tickets here

AUPresses Responds to News of Bucknell University Press's Planned Closure - Association of University Presses The Association is surprised and disappointed to learn of Bucknell University's plan to close its press at the end of the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

University presses are a key component of the humanities research ecosystem. Support your local university press. Buy their books. Contribute to their series. Fight for their continued existence. @aupresses.bsky.social aupresses.org/news/aupress...

Let's hope her track record will continue to track this into a nothing burger.

Good question. Perhaps try searching newspapers from the period.

Falling behind?! The plan is to completely dismantle the public school system.

With Her Own Hands A rich and intimate exploration of how women have used textile work to create meaningful lives, from ancient mythology to our current moment., With Her Own Hands, Women Weaving Their Stories, Nicole N...

An interesting look at women's relationship to textiles. Nicole Nehrig, With Her Own Hands

This is criminal detainment, criminal duress on a voter and lawmaker, and akin to the permission slips enslaved people were required to carry with them when they moved about.

Harvard Historian Slams Trump’s “Whitewashing of History” at Smithsonian & Beyond The White House has called for a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions in order to ensure they align with President Trump’s interpretation of U.S. history. “The idea that the Smithsoni...

Watch OAH President Annette Gordon-Reed on Democracy Now talking about Trump’s Targeting of School Curricula, Smithsonian
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105 years ago today, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed for ratification of the 19th Amendment which embedded the right of women to vote in the U.S. Constitution. Bells rang across America. Today, some Republicans are actively speaking out against women's right to vote.