comms 32BJ SEIU NY & NJ + writing & films - tweets my own
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Simon Davis-Cohen retweeted
Psst... While your email is down, go talk to your coworkers about your wages and forming a union. aflcio.org/formaunion
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“Irresponsible use of AI is basically an existential threat, not just to the Pioneer Press but to journalism as a whole, and our colleagues have a really acute awareness of that.” Important reporting by @EscalonaReport. workdaymagazine.org/an-exist…
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New York City is on the verge of banning surveillance pricing.
As a new Congress weighs how to tackle the affordability crisis, we’re showing what’s possible.
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The UAW will only stand with Congressional leadership that commits to immediately begin addressing the retirement and healthcare crisis. Let's get to work.
ALT Letter from UAW President Shawn Fain to Members of Congress: The UAW will only stand with Congressional leadership that commits to immediately begin addressing the retirement and healthcare crisis. Let's get to work.
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#GreedyCEOs when working people eat their free pizza and still organize their union
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If you or I called in a fake homicide tip, fraudulently applied for 20 visas and hacked websites, we’d be arrested and prosecuted.
The same standard must apply to AI CEOs.
Prosecute CEOs when their products break the law and pause advanced AI NOW.
Rogue AI models have hacked companies and tried to break into government websites. Now they are submitting fake tips for unsolved crimes. on.wsj.com/4ywRkEN
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👁️ Palantir, you can't hide. Nurses see your evil side! 👁️
Hundreds of nurses and protestors gathered in front of @PalantirTech's Palo Alto office to demand: Palantir out of our hospitals and our society!
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Big Ag lobbyists are working behind closed doors on a last-minute bill to promote driverless tractors and other earth-moving farm equipment, jeopardizing both the safety and the jobs of California farmworkers. Farmworkers aren't guinea pigs. Period. We call on our legislative leaders to reject this dangerous, eleventh hour proposal.
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The mayor of New York City has assembled a crew of Silicon Valley and United States Digital Service veterans to overhaul city services with better software. wired.com/story/mamdani-asse…
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Dragonflies are one of summer's best signs. With more than 100 species identified in NYC, these expert fliers spend most of their lives underwater as nymphs before emerging into their winged adult form. Keep an eye out on your next park visit.
ALT An adult dragonfly hangs onto a blade of grass.
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Meta’s AI data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, has been caught infecting the town’s water supply with deadly bacteria.
Officials say wastewater from Meta’s AI data center flooded the town’s water pipes with the bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii, and they found the company violated industrial waste regulations.
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Here’s what you should know about the historic heat wave headed our way.
Especially if you’re (hypothetically) having your wedding at MSG this weekend.
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A German court has ruled that Google is liable for the false statements generated by its AI Overviews feature. The ruling could have massive impacts on the world's biggest search engine, which recently doubled down on giving users AI-generated results.
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We, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect
journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @SchnepsUnion and
@newsguild
and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
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NEW: DoorDash has patented a system that lets companies offer promotional deals based on how stressed you are.
States are passing bans against surveillance pricing, and Big Tech is spending big to crush them.
We uncovered the $13K wine-and-dine that defanged Maryland’s ban.
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BREAKING: Ohio secretly gave 100% sales tax breaks, lasting up to 40 years, to tech giants for data centers, per Cleveland.com.
The exemptions—signed by Gov. Kasich—give Google, Meta and Amazon at least $600 million each.
Legislators say the contracts can't be undone.
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"The word ceasefire has lost its meaning."
Beirut-based journalist @lyllayounes describes the human toll of Israel's attacks and mass displacement in Lebanon. She has been writing about the war for @DropSiteNews.
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Powerful. AI firms are "hijacking" the public square, "strip-mining" news sites and, despite their combined $11 trillion+ valuation, using less than 0.5% of that investment to compensate companies that provide them data -- as the newsrooms they rely on suffer. Per NYT: nytco.com/press/a-i-journali…
