New! Govt tech purchasing has never been more high stakes, yet decisions about it rarely include public input. @megyoung0.bsky.social‬, w Sarah Fox, Vinhcent Le, & Oscar J. Romero Jr, explain why such input is essential, and outline specific opportunities & tactics. datasociety.net/library/gear...

📣 New op-ed for Tech Policy Press is out. Thanks to @benlennett.bsky.social, @megyoung0.bsky.social, @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social for making it possible!

@megyoung0.bsky.social and I penned this intro essay to a special collection of brilliant essays, convened by @techpolicypress.bsky.social and @datasociety.bsky.social. We asked our friends: what do the normies need to know to fight the long fight against technofascism? Find them all linked here.

1/ I want to express my thanks to all the authors convened by @datasociety.bsky.social for the special series we kicked off this week on @techpolicypress.bsky.social. The first was the scene-setter from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social on tech power and the crisis of democracy:

For @techpolicypress.bsky.social , I tried to connect some dots between AI-related energy investments and other technofascist attempts at concentrating power through land and resources, from nuclear startups to network cities Thanks @justinhendrix.bsky.social @megyoung0.bsky.social for the edits

🧵 for the late crowd! New pieces- on tech and democracy from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, the myth of AGI from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social, and the challenges of actually deploying AI in government by @benzevgreen.bsky.social - part of a new series!

Opening a new series on Tech Policy Press in collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis,” Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.

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This is exactly it. Silicon Valley preppers + the delusional architects of AI addled techno fascism aren’t denying climate change, they’re remaking society to save themselves while pushing for speculative energy futures where they fully control the earth’s resources www.thenation.com/article/envi...