Brook Hansen

Amazon's AWS Goes Down, Takes Out "Half of the Internet" Apps and platforms relying on AWS were in a jam after an hours-long outage took down a sizable chunk of the world's internet.

AWS outage is “a striking example of how infrastructure consolidation makes the modern internet vulnerable to a failure by a single major provider”

futurism.com/future-socie...

Represented @turkopticon.bsky.social with @kristap.bsky.social & @autobotcoop.bsky.social at #CircuitBreakers2025, talking about the real-world challenges of worker-run organizing & how much we’ve learned (sometimes the hard way).

Organizing is tough, but community and honesty make it possible.

Despite making critical contributions to the booming AI industry, data workers often report that they aren’t treated like the skilled, valuable workers that they are.

So, from @alphabetworkersunion.org to @turkopticon.bsky.social, data workers are organizing for better pay and working conditions.

Two decades later, the label of AI still hides a world of interconnected workers in the U.S. and abroad who keep the magic going. That's why ee collaborated with @alphabetworkersunion.org to investigate what conditions they’re working under.

This is what we found: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...

The future of AI is being built on the backs of underpaid workers with no protections. I shared my story in this new report because silence keeps us invisible. #HumansMakeAI #DataWorkersUnite #InvisibleLabor

The oppressed should never be expected to mourn their oppressors.

I love a good rainbow spread.
#HobonichiCousin #plannerspread #planner #washi #stickers

An image of MI House Speaker Matt Hall sitting in a bathroom stall with a large plate of cash. Text reads, "Michigan deserves progress, not Hall's Stall."

Michigan Republicans just passed a bill showing they are more concerned about what school bathroom children are using than whether or not their school has enough money to keep the bathroom lights on. #mileg

True collaboration feels radical when you’ve only known control.
#RadicalCollaboration #WorkerPower #NoMoreDictators #Solidarity

See you there

It's crazy how some people will lie and pretend to be something they’re not just to get ahead. Fake it till you make it is one thing, but doing it at the expense of others is a whole other level. #KeepItReal #IntegrityMatters #BeYourself

We welcome proposals on all subjects related to labor organizing in the tech industry, but we are particularly interested in the following tracks:

- Labor Organizing Against Imperialism
- Workers Taking on Technology
- Bold Strategy 🧨

Retro computer style message with loading progress bar: “Save the date: Circuit Breakers October 18 to 19 2025 in New York” https://bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025

Circuit Breakers 2025 is now accepting submissions (by July 31st) for workshops, panels, talks, and everything in between!

Learn more at bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025 💥

#labororganizing #techworkers

Covert narcissist coworkers are wild.
One minute they're sweetly offering to “support you,”
The next, they’re spinning your work as their own and making you look “difficult.”
Quiet sabotage is still sabotage.
#gaslighting #subtleabuse #manipulation

Distracting myself from all the crap in the world with the cutest item I received in my stationary subscription box this past month — a book to collect stickers from fruit! 🥑🍐🍏🍎🍌🍋🍊

This time last year I was in Chicago at #TakeBackTech with @kristap.bsky.social. It was such a great experience!

One of our organizers having a conversation with Angeline Corvaglia from Digital Dominoes about the work that goes into your AI

I have a side hustle training AI and reviewing online ads. Some tasks are random, but as a mom, I love the flexibility. Mom Brook Hansen told BI she's worked on tasks such as chatbot training, ad reviews and voice recordings as a freelance data worker.

A piece I worked on with @efwebb.bsky.social and @businessinsider.com about some of the work I do as a #dataworker -- www.businessinsider.com/data-worker-...

The best revenge is continuing on with grace and succeeding.

Excited to be reunited with @kristap.bsky.social giving a presentation on the often overlooked aspects of AI. #mackinacisland

The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to rescind $42M in approved COVID relief is a stunning betrayal of Michigan’s students.
This move abandons vulnerable communities and undermines trust in federal commitments.

Great webinar!

I see people saying that the distribution of IDEA and Title I funds will just shift to another department and not to worry. I am worried! Funds allocated this year will be distributed but that is no guarantee these funds will continue to exist in the future.

Does anyone know a good resource for obtaining old booking photos (mugshots) in Michigan, when the original booking location no longer has the photo?

Pic stolen from my brother. This is Freyja. She is SLEEPING!

The Department of Education is (was?) responsible for:

✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement

Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.

Once in a lifetime!

Today, a miracle happened - I finished a bottle of shampoo at the same time as a bottle of conditioner.