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We condemn the illegal invasion of Venezuela, and we condemn the fossil fuel corruption that led us here. Young people — once again — are the ones that oil billionaires will feed into the meatgrinder of an unjust, imperialist war.
“The following is how I explain my AI policy to my technology-ethics class, to help get their buy-in at the very start.”
emergingethics.substack.com/p/why-were-n...
Starting 2026 off right with @thestorygraph.com's January Pages Challenge and @ruha9.bsky.social ✨
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"The question for the Luddites was never simply whether to accept or reject a new machine, but rather who controlled it, how it was deployed, and whose interests it served. . .
“…but it also forces us into a position where we are adapting our professional practices to the latest tool rather than letting our pedagogical goals determine which technologies, and which uses of them, belong in our classrooms.” 2/2
“Accepting this story of AI’s inevitability — or that of any technology — is a grave mistake for educators. Not only does it cede tremendous power to tech companies that are unaccountable to teachers, students, or school communities…” 1/2
kappanonline.org/teach-like-a...
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
Israel is still bombing Gaza
The press isn't covering it as much but it's still happening
If you’re looking for Palestinian speculative fiction for #ReadPalestine week, I got you: soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
ps. writing is my way of metabolizing so that these everyday encounters don’t stay in my body and make me sick, so thx for reading🤲🏾
Better yet, ACT up… like beloved Ms. Satterfield, who has experienced the absolute worst and best of this town and continues to be a beacon for so many of us. www.princetonmagazine.com/shirley-satt...
As Toni Cade urged us: “Don’t leave the arena to the fools.”
So speak up, good people, speak up.
Importantly, those who witnessed the “anti-Semitic” moment looked shell shocked, embarrassed, or oblivious. But none intervened.
Too often, it seems, the malicious are assertive and the good are demure.
He was followed by someone who shared a fundraiser flyer for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund that his grandkids are helping to organize.
And the remaining convos were uneventful.
Then I turned to the next person, who assured me in hushed tones, “Not ALL of us share his views…” followed by a question about how to address AI with his five grandkids.
“You’re fired” guy cut in front of other pol waiting to talk n I was determined not to let him steal my attn + energy. So I replied:
“We disagree.” Then checked his name tag, “I’ll be sure to tell the university you said I shld be fired.”
(So many things I thought about saying after the fact😶)
YALL. I was debating whether to even post this story, but then I realized I accidentally recorded this conversation!?Which I *never* have the foresight to do in these moments, and so I take it as a sign, or at least a nudge, that I’m supposed to share this ‘day in a life’ encounter with you.
Then, like clockwork, one of the first people to elbow forward after the talk followed the predictable script:
“You mentioned Gaza + Palestine, but no Hamas?! You’re anti-Semitic! And you shouldn’t have been put on probation—you should’ve been fired.”
But to my surprise I was greeted with interested nods, audible affirmations, periodic claps, and thoughtful questions. Kudos to the Old Guard!
• Bringing it full circle to Phoenix of Gaza XR—Palestinian technologists using immersive storytelling to resist violent erasure (see gazaxr.com)
• Linking that technology companies’ role in past atrocities, including IBM’s facilitation of the Nazi Holocaust
So, at the Old Guard, I was expecting some predictable pushback to my discussion of:
• Smart weapons obliterating Palestinian life (see www.commondreams.org/news/big-tec...)
But I’ve been doing this long enough, I’m used to audience glares, ppl walking out, disinvites, and even the president of Harvard ghosting a university-wide lecture + dinner his office invited me to after they presumably did a little “due diligence” digging into my background (see Tanner Lectures😏)
More people than expected chuckled and clapped at the “award.” But there were a few mean mugs too.🤨
After Ms. Satterfield’s intro, I joked with the audience that she left out one thing in my bio: that the university “awarded” me probation for standing with students protesting the Palestinian genocide.
*my gentle content warning for those who might not be familiar with my work and commitments
About 170 Old Guard members gathered at the Jewish Center, their usual meeting place. I recognized a dozen familiar faces from around town and enjoyed catching up before the talk.
