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After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, researchers can finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. But thanks to the Trump administration’s executive orders, it’s unclear when—or possibly even ever—this breakthrough medicine will see the light of day.

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“‘More jobs could move to Bangalore,’ he said, citing the AI boom, a shakeup in US immigration and the ongoing global fight for high-quality engineers and tech designers.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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“‘Health experts are facing increased pressure this winter in the face of outbreaks of COVID, the flu, RSV & nanovirus, which they’re calling quad-demic,’Jost quipped. ‘So we did the smart thing & packed every beloved entertainer over 60 into 1 tiny space’” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...

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Really excellent and helpful new paper by @casilli.bsky.social with other co-authors: “Where does AI come from? A global case study across Europe, Africa, and Latin America” arxiv.org/pdf/2502.04860

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“Around a dozen current and former federal workers are behind a new website created as an outlet to share anonymous stories and technical expertise about the Department of Government Efficiency’s dismantling of government agencies… ‘I want to make sure that people understand that data matters.’”

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🫠 “‘Health experts are facing increased pressure this winter in the face of outbreaks of COVID, flu, RSV & nanovirus, which they’re calling a quad-demic,’ Jost quipped. ‘So we did the smart thing & packed every beloved entertainer +60 into one tiny space.’” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...

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This startup that “uses artificial intelligence to moderate online content” claims it delivered a “scalable solution” for Bluesky after this platform “saw its user growth skyrocket in the wake of the 2024 election” www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/a...

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NEW: A handful of states just introduced bills to ban "surveillance pricing and wages" That's when companies charge/pay differently based on personal data. Advocates fear the practice is widespread in the gig economy @willoremus.com & me washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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I can't think of a better time to share our story about organizing a union at Twitter during Musk’s takeover—and the lessons we learned from witnessing his playbook up close. (new post with Clarissa Redwine) highvalueadded.substack.com/p/control-ov...

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For anyone alarmed with the indiscriminate firings in DC right now— this is the piece to read. @js-tan.bsky.social and Clarissa organized a union at a Musk-run business. Learnings below 👇

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For folks in DC, it’s a great time to plug into the @freedcproject.bsky.social! www.nbcwashington.com/news/preside...

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New report on surveillance prices and wages: towardsjustice.org/wp-content/u...

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New paper from @vdoellgast.bsky.social & Nell Geiser from @cwaunion.bsky.social: “policies strengthening worker rights and power are crucial to encouraging a high-road approach to AI that complements rather than replaces workforce skills.”

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Now wait a second… “Willis said he sometimes spends ‘six or seven hours’ on research but gets paid for only about ‘five hours of actual work’”

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The “less dumb” tool in reality: “When TechCrunch asked the chatbot for names of people who work at DOGE, it initially refused but later gave generic names & made-up positions… [it also] recommend[ed] that USAID use drones, wearables, & other internet-connected devices to improve its efficiency.”

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“FDA has authorized roughly 1,000 AI-enabled medical devices... AI can change over time and while FDA guidance on AI is meant to be updated, the agency has limited ability to monitor the tech. Reducing the agency’s AI tech workforce could complicate those efforts.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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“Gig marketplace Fiverr wants to let freelancers train AI on their bodies of work and use it to automate future jobs.”

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And if the headline isn’t beyond bad enough, “Some Republicans have also complained about cuts to a program that works with poultry farmers to reduce the number of birds around airports in an effort to enhance aviation safety.” 😵‍💫

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“‘We’re working on a product that is so valuable to Google… When we advocate for better conditions and challenge the status quo, we’re intimidated or fired…’ US law protects the right of employees to discuss and take collective action about working conditions”

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1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information. The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"

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Sometimes we are given reminders of how “our current data metaphors do us a disservice by masking the human behaviors, relationships, and communications that make up all that data we’re streaming and mining” as @timhwang.bsky.social & @karenlevy.bsky.social wrote www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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“The US commission that enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination has moved to dismiss six cases it brought on behalf of workers alleging gender-identity discrimination” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Important and harrowing read. www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

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“The workers power all these technological advancements, but they’re paid peanuts and not even recognised” Congrats to @datalabelers.bsky.social on its launch this week!

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This is not good.

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Join us for this month's Trade Justice Power Hour to learn about what's at stake for global workers rights in the digital economy. We'll be joined by Tim Newman from Tech Equity Collaborative, whose work last year focused on digital economy workers in Kenya. RSVP below: https://buff.ly/3EA0ycV

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Loved this conversation with folks I always turn to for analysis of the AI landscape. “The road to hell is paved by ‘there are benefits and there are risks’” 😭

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This post from Andreessen Horowitz (essentially an ad for some of its investments) pitching AI to disrupt business process outsourcing (BPO) would take a while to unpack, but they forget that workers have agency too, including data workers at BPOs who make AI possible. a16z.com/unbundling-t...

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I lol’d www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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imagine getting a chance to talk to your bosses about your concerns around AI and your bosses use AI to summarize your questions (source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

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FYI: the California Privacy Protection Agency is currently hiring for two technical roles: cppa.ca.gov/about_us/job...

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An interesting intersection of tech, defense, labor and ability. Here’s how this startup that does geospatial data labeling for defense contractors explains its targeted recruiting of neurodiverse people.

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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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My piece on the squandering of the opportunity to re-set the Democratic Party’s economic policy ideology is out at Boston Review. It’s obvious now that the only chance of defeating Trumpism would have been a full-throated confrontation with plutocracy. /1

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Folks have been discussing how the management model of private equity seem to be inspiring what’s happening in the federal government but it’s also quite literally the case that private equity is running the federal government.

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NEW: Federal CIO roles are now being filled by people associated with SpaceX and Palantir. CIOs oversee access to databases and systems, including classified ones. This is by @makenakelly.bsky.social

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