📣 New! In seeking to accelerate AI infrastructure projects in PA, efforts that bypass local governance can harm communities. @cellllla.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social offer an alternative framework that better aligns state infrastructure goals with local needs. datasociety.net/library/last...

PA Sen. McCormick’s wife works for who now? @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social joined us for episode 74 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. They discuss their recent piece “Pennsylvania Is Perfect” for @newintermag.bsky.social. newint.org/science-and-...

What makes Pennsylvania perfect… @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode, “Data Centers Go Nuclear”. Check out their latest piece in @newint.bsky.social. newint.org/science-and-... (w @emilymbender.bsky.social)

So proud of @anthrotechana.bsky.social for organizing this incredible workshop with @dairfutures.bsky.social x @datasociety.bsky.social ! If you're in Portland or on the West Coast, register now!

🎧On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000...🎧 @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social join @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social to dig into the reality of data center construction. Tune in live: Monday, March 9, noon PT, twitch.tv/dair_institute

In @newint.bsky.social, D&S's @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social write about their work tracing the impacts of, and resistance to, the AI industry's development push in Pennsylvania — and introduce us to some of the people living in the thick of it. newint.org/science-and-...

Tonight! Moderated by D&S’s @mwoluchem.bsky.social, this conversation will feature legal and built environment experts Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Sebastián Díaz Howard-Allman, Gillian Graber, and Marina Otero Verzier.

I am beyond honored to join Mayor-elect Mamdani’s Transition Committee on Technology and help deliver this incredible vision for a city we all deserve. Genuinely, I also couldn’t more excited to do this alongside so many people I admire and respect so much. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to @mwoluchem.bsky.social, @livgar.bsky.social, and Joan Mukogosi from @datasociety.bsky.social about their research trips across Pennsylvania, where they learned about the current and future impacts of the nascent AI data center industry in the state.

On the road again! Latest dispatch from Three Mile Island from @livgar.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi and me, this time from outside a Bon Ton.

Commentary today from TI’s brilliant @livgar.bsky.social and many other experts about Meta’s profoundly disturbing chatbot policies and their real human impacts. Essential reflections for any and all of us using the internet

Grateful to @justinhendrix.bsky.social for facilitating this necessary conversation between @smw.bsky.social, Ryan Gerety, and me on why this AI Action Plan is so dangerous and what we can do about it. Listen/read here:

Trump's new #AIActionPlan threatens to expand the surveillance and criminalization of our people under the guise of “innovation.” We’re breaking down what this means and how we can resist next WEDS, 7/30 at 6PM ET | 3PM PT, bit.ly/our-techfuture

@tamigraph.bsky.social and I get to some mythbusting today about data centers and the supposed future they bring. Long story short: 😬

Today Trump, Sen. McCormick, and industry leaders convened to discuss their plan for AI-forward PA. Upshot: $92 billion will go to data centers, natural gas & nuclear infrastructure, & re-organizing labor around the AI race. DoE Sec. Chris Wright declared: “AI is our second Manhattan Project.”

Proud of this labor of love and how full circle this process was - beginning as a grateful workshop participant and ending as director of this incredible team. Offering up precious ideas from around the globe on what trust means, with or without the tech that mediates it today. Read here!

JOIN me, @xriskology.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social for @datasociety.bsky.social 's #PredatoryData event discussion of the 21st C #eugenicsInBigTech and how to resist it. RSVP and join us online tomorrow Thur 4/10 at 1P EasternUS time! datasociety.net/events/resis...

Over 100 researchers are issuing a statement today that reiterates the scientific consensus that AI can exacerbate bias and discrimination. The last three U.S. Administrations — including the first Trump Administration — and 192 other nations have recognized this basic fact.

Trustworthy Infrastructures is hiring! Come work with @livgar.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi, and me, as we look to build out our Nodes & Conduits project. We're really looking forward to getting to know you and your work - please don't hesitate to reach out with any additional questions!

April 10 @ 1pm ET: Join "Predatory Data" author @anitachan.bsky.social, @xriskology.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social, & @mwoluchem.bsky.social for a discussion of the 21st century eugenics revival in big tech and how to resist it. RSVP and join us online! datasociety.net/events/resis...

A thread of Save Medicaid actions: @aclu.org action.aclu.org/send-message...

Lots of things coming up this spring! We're so excited to have @drniajohnson.bsky.social, Ekene Ijeoma, and @followlori.bsky.social in to talk through community confrontations around infrastructure. Registration link below!

The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

It turns out the NY doc indicted for telemedicine abortion care in LA was once MY doctor. Hands down the best I have ever had - I broke down in tears on my 1st visit because I had never received care like that & didn't even know it was possible Pls support her if you can: www.theactgroup.org/donate

A week after the election, our team took a road trip through Pennsylvania to talk to folks about AI infrastructure taking over their towns. We stopped at Amazon data centers, abandoned electrical plants, Three Mile Island, ate at many hometown diners, and Bethlehem Steel, among many others 1/

📣 New CFP! On May 8 and 9, we’re hosting an online workshop on the intersection of generative AI technologies and work. Learn more about what we’re looking for and apply by February 7. datasociety.net/announcement...

Thrilled to announce the @datasociety.bsky.social Generative AI & Labor Primer by Aiha Nguyen & Alexandra Mateescu. It covers how GenAI impacts many forms of work, the human labor behind GenAI & AI's impact on worker control & surveillance. A labor/tech must-read! datasociety.net/library/gene...

In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, D&S Policy Director Brian Chen writes about Trump's plans to militarize technology: “To conjoin Silicon Valley profits with the war machine, Trump now inherits a national security base that gets the last word on tech policy.” www.techpolicy.press/silicon-vall...

I'm so thrilled to announce that Connective (t)Issues is finally here - a workshop on the manifold ways digital, physical, and social infrastructures are mythologized, built, broken, and reconstructed. We're looking for stories in any medium, and can't wait to read, watch, and listen to yours!

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