Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster say that OpenAI violated the copyright of almost 100,000 articles by using them for LLM training.

1/2 Trump's Department of Labor has issued an AI Literacy Framework to ensure US workers are "ready for an AI-driven economy," one controlled by the billionaires that fund both parties: www.dol.gov/agencies/eta...

Today's NYT Real Estate story on how to "age in place in safety and comfort" exposes the same bubble mentality as its political analysis. Most recs are far too costly for all but the very prosperous and irrelevant or wrong for people with dementia - like relying on your phone and "smart" devices.

Good to see @aft.org (little publicized) critique of US intervention in Iran. It wasn't passed by members, misrepresents history, US support for the Shah, opposing the revolution, and bolstering the theocracy. www.aft.org/resolution/s...

Trump a week ago: "We don't need people that join wars after we've already won." Trump now: Hopefully, China, France, Japan, South Korea the UK...will send ships to the area so that the Hormuz will no longer be a threat."

Watch the video, please. Nathan Cavanaugh's ideas and demeanor show complete lack of remorse. Nazi's using the "I was following orders" defense showed remorse because they lost the war. Let's make that happen to Nathan and the DOGE crew!

Tracing how big, big money is linked to policy in education, @masspolprofmo.bsky.social analyzes evidence we have one party - of oligarchs - what I'd call the billionaire class: mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Having developed a means of capturing K-12 teachers with its Google-certified educator program, Google sets its sights on higher ed w/ its faculty AI fellowship, where you can "[b]ecome an Ambassador, guiding your peers and the academic community through the evolving landscape of higher education."

using public office to name and shame evil landlords into submission is so cool. i hope democrats learn from him

This strategy has been detailed in a new report by @aaup.org and @mesa1966.bsky.social:

Not the biggest problem I know, but use of "brand" to mean "politics" and "identity" captures how capitalism has made interactions and ideas about consumption and marketing. Frustrating to see it used by people I expect to know better.

Understanding - and defeating - attacks on education means hard conversations in our unions about what occurs beyond our borders: futureschools.substack.com/p/this-momen...

Another way the "centrist" Dems and liberal groups that should know better are pushing AI in classrooms as fast they can. Have @neatoday.bsky.social members approved participation with neoliberal think tanks? www.alicoalition.org/coalition-me...

I'm here for the growing caregiver resistance to educational technology. And while I disagree with how some caregivers construct their arguments about when, why, and how to use tech in school, I hope we can agree that Meta are a bunch of ghouls and teen accounts aren't the answer. #PairedTexts

The 3Gs of the GOP are the new ABCs of political life: Grifters, Groypers, Groomers. New article by @masspolprofmo.bsky.social nails what's sordid and dangerous about Trump's regime: open.substack.com/pub/mauricec...

We all have a stake in workers in the private sector being organized into democratic unions that see their members' interests as inseparable from social justice, the common good.

Tiny, very noisy demo of Trump and Israel supporters, expressing love for the Shah, marching on lower Fifth Avenue. Completely ignored, except by the many police protecting the right of free speech Israel denies to Palestinians and Trump tries to suppress here.

Interested to learn your thoughts, informed by research and/or recent experience, for a monograph about explaining ideals of social justice teacher unionism to ed activists who never knew schools or teaching without the neoliberal reforms, testing especially. Replies and DMs work. Thanks!

Such vast money being spent by tech moguls to persuade us AI can "personalize" learning! Make teaching easier, learning more engaging! Solve every social problem! Still, resistance is growing and the question is how fast we can scale up to defeat this.

Kudos to @classsizematters.bsky.social for organizing this effort that includes many of @mayor.nyc.gov earliest, strongest supporters.

NYT piece on AI in NYC schools got one thing right: Parents, ed activists are pushing back on tech mogul's control of kids, learning, declining @uft.org "partnership" - but didn't explain why. Reasons in this petition, and if you haven't signed yet, please do: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

Leaks are intended to test the waters or prepare us for what's already been done. In either case this story shows we need a far more powerful presence on the streets, saying "No war in Iran." Who's organizing it?

Four Democrats joined Republicans to block the Khanna–Massie Iran War Powers Resolution — AIPAC contributions the four Jared Golden: $3,449,465 Henry Cuellar: $3,239,485 Greg Landsman: $1,733,305 Juan Vargas: $949,493

Senior ICE official says he thinks Kristi Noem was fired because of the Minneapolis protests, a sentiment I heard from other DHS officials www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-public...

Please send a letter to your city council member and follow up with a call too! actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

As usual, @kenklippenstein.bsky.social hits the mark in saying it was "people power" not what went on in the Beltway, as the media want us to believe, that toppled Noem.

Uh oh. Back to Dixie Cups and string?

INBOX: First reported by the Daily Californian, records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female “assistants.” www.dailycal.org/news/nationa...

Close-up in @tempestmag.bsky.social of the NYC nurses strike that changed its participants, opening their eyes to a smarmy administration that turned its back on workers who gave their all to do right by patients - but covered up sex crimes by a doctor: tempestmag.org/2026/02/we-a...

I sent a letter to my Congressperson to support funding the arts - NEA and NEH. tbh didn't think the wording fit for someone who represents lower Manhattan, so I changed it. Hope you write too - whatever you think will persuade the GOP and Dems: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

No blood for oil. Our government is copying the playbook for war with Iraq. This is about imperialism, profit, and world domination.

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

The historic background for Trump's attacks on and demands of Spain's current government in Spain is the US Right's longtime love affair with Franco's fascism's, despite or due to his murderous brutality, a fan club spearheaded by William F. Buckley. More here: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

¡Pum! At the very least what the Dems should say. What we'd say if we had a left that didn't depend on the Dems to save us. Otra razón por la que me encanta España.

“Abolishing tenure cripples scientific & creative research... This sends a strong message that top-tier academics seeking employment at Oklahoma universities should look elsewhere immediately. Why pursue a job here under such a repressive climate?” — Michael Givel, OU AAUP President

In other words, while many people are reeling from the depravity of the GOP and the Dems' ghastly cowardice, the Third Way (funded by the billionaires who give dough to Trump) is rallying to smash the forces defending what we should value.

Hegseth's statement shows the same deceptive, unwarranted, triumphalism we've seen in every war the US has waged in my lifetime.

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in

Death toll from US-Israeli attack on girl’s school in Iran rises to 150 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:

Waiting for my representative @repdangoldman.bsky.social to do the right thing and condemn illegal US, Israel strikes against Iran. Nuttin' on his website yet. Is he waiting AIPAC's approval? Does he think his constituents want this undeclared war? goldman.house.gov/media/press-...

No votes on ANYTHING untill we vote on the War Powers Resolution.

We can already predict which Dems will follow Schumer in asking for answers about Trump's murderous, illegal strikes against Iran - and not condemn them. Follow the AIPAC money: www.trackaipac.com

When the ultra-Right CATO Institute takes a more morally defensible position than the Dems, who are "demanding answers." Actually happening with increasing frequency.

No either/or in defense of human rights! Strong position of international org of teachers unions, @eduinternational.bsky.social, opposing Iran's murder of teachers and students should be followed *now* by condemnation of US, Israeli attacks: www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3195...

War and slaughter of civilians, once again, used by our government to cover its domestic shortcomings and crimes, with perfidy of Dems and media, which failed to raise Congress' power under the War Powers Act.

The strikes on Iran by two colonial entities means we're going to enmeshed in yet another awful period of death. A reminder that you also don't have defend the Iranian regime to be anti-war.

From HELU's excellent statement: "Governors in Old Confederacy States Authorize Their Own Accreditation Cartel."

ICYMI: This @nybooks.com article may change how you see antisemitism in the US, as well as in Spain, and the Right's global project to define who is human. Distressing, essential information: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The new neolib ed reforms are very, very slick, criticizing Trump's social policies while supporting pillars of the billionaire project: big(ger) profit and control with AI, vocationalizing schooling, pre-K through higher ed. Evidence, analysis here: newpol.org/issue_post/e...