things are so awful that the mass shooting murder at the Islamic Center is already not even front-page news.The security guard was a hero and lost his life to protect the children at the center. this country is in freefall

You’ve probably seen the many headlines predicting who might lose jobs due to AI. But maybe you haven’t had a chance to dig into the research behind these headlines. We put together a brief on common methodologies used so folks have some tools to more critically engage: techequity.us/white-collar...

"The lawsuit also alleges Dashers could see tip amounts and whether orders were cash payments, making some drivers less likely to accept certain deliveries."

Grateful to get to lead this work & partner with healthcare workers who are on the frontlines of Silicon Valley’s AI push. Listening to nurses describe their experiences of new tech--& raise questions about what happens when they say "no" to AI--has been beyond meaningful.

"To make the machine more human, they will make us more like the machine."

Hotel housekeepers used to track their work on a clipboard. Now they work for an app that docks points if a room cleaning takes too long. “You have a device telling you, ‘move here, move there,’ like if you were a robot." The latest from @proofnews.bsky.social: www.proofnews.org/hotel-housek...

As the Emmy Awards approach, watch this investigation into Instacart’s AI pricing led by AI Now Senior Fellow @katiejwells.bsky.social with @moreperfectunion.bsky.social. The video is nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Investigative Coverage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr...

cooked him like groceries

Honored to be recognized with this proclamation at Atlanta City Hall today by @kelseabondatl.bsky.social, the first socialist on city council. In my remarks, I spoke about how the suffering documented in my book, far from inevitable, is the direct outcome of policy choices and budget priorities.

Tesla reports that, in an least two incidents, its remote workers drove its autonomous cars into stationary objects 😬 This sounds v silly but actually raises important safety questions about the humans in the loop in self-driving operations www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

Dozens of empty Waymos invaded an Atlanta neighborhood and circled a cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

This from Taylor and Levin is by far the best political theory of data center opposition I've seen. You pick from the fights available, and choose the one that has an accessible target, some clear demands, and the broadest possible constituency. Where else are we supposed to fight Silicon Valley?

I am absolutely honored to be endorsed by the incredible folx at @indivisiblefredfwd.bsky.social. You all are brilliant and tireless and I can’t wait to throw down with you to redirect federal funding away from war and towards the care economy. 💗✌🏻

The new cover. Still hard to believe this is real.

The new @notus.com ("The Star") local news team is really exciting for DC!

my team at @ainowinstitute.bsky.social is hiring three new roles: a program associate, comms associate, and senior operations director. come join us in the fight to shape the future of AI in the public interest! more details here: bit.ly/49jMZe7

Today @theguardian.com has a big profile on @cplusc.bsky.social and our Stop Greed, Build Green working class climate agenda. The piece does a great job of capturing where we've been, what we're trying to accomplish, and why green economic populism beats fossil fueled fascism.

New podcast! In this episode, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo speaks with Katie Wells, a senior fellow at the AI Now Institute and the author of two reports on the 'gig-ification' of nursing, to dig into how AI is reshaping the profession from the inside out.

This was a great episode. @katiejwells.bsky.social conveyed really well the contours & horrors of the situation and why we should all be concerned! Also the sadness, of those who got into nursing b/c they truly care, and are increasingly ground down by a system antithetical to providing good care.

Sharing an update to the Uber for Nursing report from @katiejwells.bsky.social, @fundaustek.bsky.social and Maya Pinto at @ainowinstitute.bsky.social on platforms’ active efforts to shape policy and regulation at the state level. 🧵

Bloomberg has a new piece on 'climateflation'—how climate change is driving up the cost of food, utilities, insurance, and housing. We connected these dots in Stop Greed, Build Green (stopgreedbuildgreen.org), and in a number of pieces over the past year 🧵

New paper with @jmigozzi.bsky.social! What kind of financial subjects emerge at the intersection of investment platforms and social media narratives of financial freedom? Come for our critique of fintech's 'democratization', stay for our innovative computational+qualitative methods!

All 22 members of the board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. go.nature.com/42tkCGv

"This is not innovation." Thankful to see our work resonating with nurses. www.instagram.com/reels/DXZ5_q...

In another sign that the depravity economy has no bottom, Forbes published a story about a man that killed 8 children over the weekend containing a box that asked readers to predict whether Congress would do anything about gun control. www.404media.co/forbes-predi...

This is bad bad bad and it's a point in favor of SAG-style fights over "digital likenesses" not just our usual terrain of "academic materials" or "intellectual property"

Brazil bans Kalshi and Polymarket from operating in the country. obviously things aren't perfect there but I think we need to think seriously about how to get institutions like theirs

At @ainowinstitute.bsky.social, Katie J. Wells, Maya Pinto, and Funda Ustek Spilda released a new report on how gig nursing platforms are lobbying states to deregulate healthcare.

Recent work by @katiejwells.bsky.social, Maya Pinto, and @fundaustek.bsky.social uncovers a VC-backed campaign to bring the Uber playbook to the healthcare industry, jeopardizing the condition of our hospitals. Read a write-up from @msainato.bsky.social in @theguardian.com: shorturl.at/FDWqt

The most wonderful way to start my day, too.

May 7! Join author @hellobrittparis.bsky.social for a discussion of her book “Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up” with Mizue Aizeki, exec director of the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience, and D&S's @anthrotechana.bsky.social. datasociety.net/events/what-...

This phenomenon is detailed in eye-watering detail in "Uber For Nursing," a must-read new report by Katie J Wells, Maya Pinto, and Funda Ustek Spilda for the AI Now Institute: ainowinstitute.org/publications... 22/

The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

How is the gig economy reshaping healthcare? New research by our colleague Funda Ustek Spilda @fundaustek.bsky.social explores the rise of platform-based nursing in the US and its implications for labour and regulation. Read “Uber for Nursing Part II”: ainowinstitute.org/publications...

“Since 2022 lawmakers in at least 17 states have introduced bills designed to make gig nursing platforms exempt from the regulations applied to other healthcare staffing agencies.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

for all the talk of how AI is going to replace your job, let's make sure we also talk about how AI is degrading work today. we uncovered a political campaign by ShiftKey & Clipboard Health to spread surveillance wages.

Friends, believe me when O say this: we ain’t gonna “disrupt” our way out of this shit: ainowinstitute.org/publications... Great work from my friend @katiejwells.bsky.social and @ainowinstitute.bsky.social

'Uber for Nurses' apps are lobbying aggressively against regulations as they expand across the US. They include allowing workers to "bid" on gig shifts with the lowest wage bid winning the gig www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

State AGs are on a generational run right now against Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Last week: win historic verdict declaring Live Nation a monopoly and awarding damages This week: DC secures settlement requiring all-in pricing and refunds for fans who had to pay hidden fees

A must read: "policymakers need to regulate not just how prices are set, but how often they can change."

I was on Australia's 7 AM podcast to talk about the environmental impacts of the US/Israeli attacks on Iran, including updated carbon pollution numbers from the first month- nearly 9 million tons of emissions. War is in an incredibly stupid way to spend our shrinking carbon budget.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis calls on the Liberal government to ban algorithmic pricing

In the small town of Williamsport on the western border of Maryland, about an hour & a half from where I’m sitting in Baltimore, the Department of Homeland Security purchased a massive shipping warehouse for $102 million with plans to turn it into an ICE detention center...

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

From the @aaup.org mothership: "Collective Bargaining Win in Maryland Makes History" You're damn right it does.

Nearly half of Arizona's SNAP participants have lost their benefits since the implementation of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The decline (47%) is among the steepest in the nation, according to a new analysis from the @centeronbudget.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ariz...

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

WE DID IT! Our illegal union @uam-umd.bsky.social is a lot less illegal today. 12,000 contingent faculty in MD just won the right to collectively bargain. Life-changing win for teachers and students. Only happened bc thousands of people worked together to beat our bosses in the statehouse.

ICE arrests in D.C. region reach nearly 20,000 during Trump’s second term Nearly 60 percent of the more than 19,500 people arrested had no prior criminal record, federal data shows. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...