Professor, Faculty Director UCSD Labor Center, author Chasing Innovation and Redacted, co-founder and supporter of Turkopticon, ex-Google worker. These are my personal opinions, not those of my employer.https://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mkywmpbaj22kRhythm Nation caused a resonant frequency that caused magnetic head spinning disk hard drives to crash! That's what the academics call materiality of the digital and what everyone calls fun! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkywmpbaj22khttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mkyvatpgd222Everything depends on the content of said bill. Does it include resources to organize a union, get workplace protections around unsafe or unfair AI use in your contracts, and learn how to stop using AI when it will make your code unsafe or your writing and relationships dull? [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyvatpgd222https://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mkwnmmtje22wI talked to my students a few months ago about how it's hard for them to see all the tech that has been canceled or rolled back, especially a social movement wins are often not publicized or taught. This is so important! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwnmmtje22whttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mkwlvrmgoc2kFirst Amazon closed its just walk out shops powered by AI and off-site surveillance workers. Now Walmart, dollar general, and others are rolling back self-check out basically because it makes theft too easy. Experimental tech doesn't only move "forward." https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/walmart-axes-self-checkouts-and-switches-to-traditional-lanes-but-not-because-of-customer-service/ar-AA223LQZ03 May 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwlvrmgoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mkv5hmmv5s2gWe will have breakout groups, including one on worker education then and now, in conversation with Hakken's 1983 piece on liberation pedagogies for workers. I would love non-academics in the room, and happy to send a link to the article PDF on dm req https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002205748316500108 [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv5hmmv5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mkq2mrdzak2aThis is a problematic take. 1. This author draws on personal LLM experiences, such as tutoring as a PhD holder. Actual studies that show mixed results for LLMs as tutors in, say, CS education, including cognitive offloading and students not building relationships with other people. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2mrdzak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mko3zs54bc2dWhile City Council was filled with thousands of people asking for the Flock contract to be dropped, SDPD signed a contract (same month!) with Flock for Nova, the Palantir-like data fusion software without bringing it to the public. https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/04/29/san-diego-police-flock-nova-surveillance-technology-contract-review29 Apr 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko3zs54bc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mju6q34ot22l"Resistance is vital, be it in the form of students mocking administrators, instructors refusing to avoid controversial topics or legal action on the part of professional societies. These acts highlight cracks in the repressive regime and undermine its legitimacy." [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju6q34ot22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mju6gl752c2lExcellent piece by @torinmonahan.bsky.social on surveillance and censorship on campus post encampment, covering investigations, crowdsourced "complaint and syllabi-exposing systems" and more that make campuses less safe for most. https://www.merip.org/2026/04/censorship-and-surveillance-at-us-universities/19 Apr 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju6gl752c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mju4po2ybc22A breakdown of Palantir's fascist gesture -- be softer on your electeds, recognize "national cultures" so you can make denigrate while peoples without deliberation or human rights, and Silicon Valley needs to give people something more than iPhone apps -- but definitely not housing and health care. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju4po2ybc22https://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mjf5wma64c24If you can, please donate to support legal fees for these professors. https://chuffed.org/project/legalaidforucsdprofs [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf5wma64c24https://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mjevoqyuus2mUCSD drags professors into discipline, suspension without pay threats accusing them of participating in encampment two years later. Professor and students see political prosecution and campus that punishment for learning and talking about Palestine https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/04/12/ucsd-professors-face-discipline-in-connection-with-2024-pro-palestinian-protest-encampment/13 Apr 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjevoqyuus2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gleemie.bsky.social/post/3mjdyq7u4ec2uIf you can, make a recurring donation to help workers organize, flex power, and strike. "unions are the most accessible, potent, and realistic road to power that most regular people can access," writes @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social www.unionnow.org [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 04:11 +0000at://did:plc:snaxo4dhow6layarg7gqyuzz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdyq7u4ec2u