remember the creator needs an audience. the creative needs industry / a job. the artist needs the art. they can overlap, but they should never be confused. happy new year.

quarterly bluesky check in. this app moving the needle in any of yalls lives yet? worth building an audience here or nah?

My latest essay: The Algorithm is Fascist ["For The People" version] open.substack.com/pub/ceritas/...

Yall following how this dude is mobilizing the new right or what? The riddle of the niggardly billionaires open.substack.com/pub/graymirr...

Over the past year we hosted artist-led roundtables on AI, harm & creative labor. I’ve shared a synthesis of what we learned on Substack. Grateful to everyone who made this possible. 📖 Read: ceritas.substack.com/p/what-artis... #AI #art #CERITAS #creativefutures

“AI Supremacy & The Human Soul” - my take on understanding how toxic capitalism, racial bias, and spiritual disconnection shape AI dev. Co-authored with faculty from Virginia Tech and Howard University, this is a narrative intervention and a call for deeper discourse. kzmtx.com/ceritas

been here for a while now. havent been posting much…struggling to see the value in this app. its the same extractive model of farming us, we labor for free and help build something we will never own, or truly grow from. this is a dead model

The popular conception is that undereducated conservatives eat more misinformation than educated liberals,... but studies show that smart liberals drinking enough of their own kool-aid and never questioning themselves are actually the ones. phys.org/news/2025-02...

The popular conception is that undereducated conservatives eat more misinformation than educated liberals,... but studies show that smart liberals drinking enough of their own kool-aid and never questioning themselves are actually the ones. phys.org/news/2025-02...

I appeared on this podcast today doing all my greatest hits… rap, AI, new human archetypes etc youtube.com/@reflectcali...

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op

“plantation” and “colony” can overlap in definition. I think “social app” can now overlap there too

been here for a while now. havent been posting much…struggling to see the value in this app. its the same extractive model of farming us, we labor for free and help build something we will never own, or truly grow from. this is a dead model

speaking truth to power is a craft you learn from watching others do it. being mad and inspired may be enough, but it might not be effective if you don't know how to make your stance cut through

the creator needs an audience the creative needs an industry the artist needs the art

jfc I step away from this app for 2 days

a flaming arrow of a headline that i will happily click the shit out of www.404media.co/openai-furio...

ppl want to collectivize until it's time to commit to the dredgery of collectivizing. then it's "I have better things to do" in our new skin, the only thing that matters is collectivizing, across philosophical, ideological and identity lines welcome to the year of the serpent

Not just the NSF….NEH as well. An NEH funded program I am affiliated with just dodged a bullet but they are worried about being able to secure the same funding next year.

I will continue to SCREAM from the mountaintops that Black people are always worth listening to. FOLLOW: Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g

If you're concerned about #climate justice/ #environment, channel ALL OF YOUR TIME, MONEY, AND RESOURCES to minority led initiatives: blackgirlenvironmentalist.org intersectionalenvironmentalist.com @isaiashernandez.bsky.social www.getitright.earth oneupaction.org thesolutionsproject.org

Complaining about what should have happened is not a sufficient answer to the question "What should we do now?" Blaming people for not knowing better doesn't actually help move the needle now. Like call it out, and the MOVE. bsky.app/profile/itsa...

Does this look like going to the library instead of a cafe to do your remote work? Does look like funding abortion clinics? Does this look like funding organizations providing refuge for LGBTQ+ people? Does this look like encouraging minorities to apply to college and paying for their ACT?

Does this look like buying and teaching Black authors books in after school programs (like in FL)? Does this look like a mass exodus from social media sites that don't fact check? Does this look like joining a mutual aid network or funding a couple goFundmes? Passing "Know Your Rights" cards?

doing a lot of work in the “responsible AI” space, and man… the communication gap between affected communities and the affectors is hella bo-legged

despair is a right, but a luxurious one

the new breed of clout chaser borne of the Gaza genocide may be the most troubling of the species.

liberated myself from the need for any kind of social media presence or footprint many many years ago. was able to do this because I have worked professionally in all aspects of digital media, saw how they make the sausage and decided to keep it light touch. dont confuse my footprint with my reach.

normalize asking for people’s consent before throwing them on a group chat, it smells way better

Feel free to share with those who claim DEI is ineffective. Steve Bannon saw a far-right movement that could only be successful if it was diverse, equitable and inclusive. While its evangelists take to the streets to decry DEI and liberals stay predictable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1UU...

do it when im driving w my kids all the time

I see the same people who expanded their social influence with Trump outrage in 2016 doing the same sht they was doin back then. And I dont see any visible work they’ve done outside of building their personal brands since then. But they are “voices”. This is part of why we’re here.

other than genociding native people, getting rich from imported slaves, operating a racial apartheid state, using nuclear weapons against civilians, violently disrupting democracies across the world, and arming and supporting a current racial apartheid state, this is america's darkest moment.

I see America waking up to what Black Radicals been saying for a few generations now and its three parts empathy to one part annoyed

need some links from when was Snoop not a capitalist

the inverse of maga thinking, is thinking that somehow america will become magically worse because of maga

this makes it easy also shoutout Blacks and Latinos for Trump, the inauguration parties look to be litty

disinformation = intentional lies misinformation = erroneous gossip …there can be overlap but you can start there

it’ll be interesting to see when Gen Alpha comes for the inevitable Millennial and Gen Z slide to the right like every gen before them who became the establishment. one day we’ll tap the macro patterns for wisdom and get to the root of breaking this pattern, but outrage is valid too

made cabbage with sausage over rice for dinner tonight. cabbage remains such a world-beater. accounting in equal parts for flavor, versatility, and value, it's easily a top-tier vegetable, and although it may not necessarily be the best vegetable it should absolutely be in the conversation

Some good tips from organizers as humans are nice & helpful, but overwhelmed: - Donating? label & organize your donations - Volunteering? check dates/times of asks & fill out volunteer forms - Raising money to buy supplies? donate $ directly to folks affected by the fires + mutual aid orgs

I understand America is a mess rn, but its hard to hear “how is it possible for the US to behave like this” coming from anyone in UK/EU… the Kool Herc of global imperialism, colonialism and chattel slavery… feels like when Cosby was scolding young black men for sagging pants.

Someone was nice enough to create a sheet with GoFundMes of people in Los Angeles who've lost their homes, if you can share or are able to donate docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

so I saw the oil fields on Stocker and LaBrea catch fire real time. the fires are way beyond just the Palisades. smoke and ash in Leimert. stay safe.

excellent analysis

man today is a revelation. i see many assume the fact checking on Meta was fair and just by default. but the same fact checking routinely and unfairly shut down radical organizers and folx fighting for justice. yeh Zuck bent knee to suckle balls …but, that apparatus was *highly* flawed & harmful

its funny now I guess. folks playing games like this is eventually probably gonna cause somebody somewhere some harm. they will probably be from a less privileged community without a voice. but yes, lets make a point since we are in our bags today.

but there was almost zero fact checking infrastructure for non-english speaking groups, which is precisely who disinformation campaigns pivoted to target after the disinformation clampdown. and the pivot worked. there was little outcry, but probably little knowledge of it. just found this out myself

I think anyone concerned about Zuck's moves never actually used these platforms to speak out against the establishment in clear terms. If you had, you would feel the sting of being moderated. I'm cool with not being regulated by the tech oligarchy..