Astra Taylor

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Directory member with public evidence across Safety & security.

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Author of a growing pile of books (Solidarity; The Age of Insecurity; Remake the World; Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss it When It's Gone; The People's Platform), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.

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Cori Crider @coricrider.com

Cool summer reading list from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, feat. a take on surging anti-Valley sentiment: "Put simply, there is too much money, some of it too untraceable, giving a small group of unelected people too much power over the people. That’s data politics." www.nytimes…

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@gregpak.net

Hey, "A.i." haters in NYC! Here's a big one - this coming Wednesday at noon, the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social coalition is rallying at City Hall - and then testifying before the City Council to call for NO "A.I." IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! Come join, come join! actionnetwork.org/e…

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@peiferlabunc.bsky.social

UNC students continue to lead on our campus, highlighting key issues. SUNRISE UNC is taking action on the "G20 Tech Meeting" happening on our campus this week, and is organizing a protest to let these criminals know they are not welcome 1/n chapelboro.com/news/nationa...

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@bostonreview.bsky.social

The movement against AI data centers has sent shockwaves through American politics. What lessons can we take from the groundswell of local organizing? Now online, the video and transcript of our event with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social @nickrabb.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social, mo…

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Recent commentary

As the OG Astra I want to say: OpenAI sucks, Sam Altman is a fascist, and my name deserves better. The meaning of astra is stars. It should connote wonder at the beauty of the cosmos, not a blinkered obsession with profit and a willing to burn this world for a vampiric facsimile.

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While everyone with sense is rightly excited about Angie Nixon in Florida (!!!) I wanna flag that Anthropic, the supposedly ethical AI company that's so concerned with safety, recently launched a $2.5 million broadcast buy boosting her now-opponent, the Trump-backed Ashley Moody.

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