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managing editor @bayareacurrent.bsky.social | alum of New Internationalist, The Daily Beast, ProPublica, The Real Deal | here to burden the conscience of the affluent
@emilymbender.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialFrom @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype:
@bayareacurrent.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialSF is rich, but its kids struggle to get to school. Why? SFUSD has outsourced buses to a private company, Zum. Only 43 of 122 schools are served, mostly for students with special needs, and drivers raise issues with student treatment, safety, and more.
@deccamuldowney.bsky.socialThis was my last issue as a co-editor at @newint.bsky.social where I spent a dreamy year doing work I loved.
You can read my final keynote on the colonial origins of this kind of repression here: newint.org/resistance/2...
@deccamuldowney.bsky.socialVery proud of this issue of @newint.bsky.social that I edited on the increasing use of terrorism laws to police protest, featuring pieces from Arab Barghouti, @berglundoscar.bsky.social, Julia Damphouse, Iris Gonzales and @bencsmoke.bsky.social.
Preview the issue here: newint.org/issues/2026/...
@bayareacurrent.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialUnited Steel Workers Local 5 has been on strike, and is now locked out, for over 134 days at Martinez Renewables. πΆπ’πππππ‘ profiled one of those workers: Tomas Rivera, a proud union member and family man, who refuses to back down.
@prouns.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialNormalize doing profiles of everyday, rank-and-file workers who actually embody a form of heroism. Read about Tomas and his 130+ day strike and lockout:
@bayareacurrent.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialThank you, Hasan Piker, for reading up on SF's homegrown techno-reactionaries.
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@kellypendergrast.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialJimmy Wu continuing his career as @bayareacurrent.bsky.social's in-house chronicler of the Bay Area tech right's most venal and dimwitted gatherings bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...
@deccamuldowney.bsky.socialhell is empty and all the devils are here
@bayareacurrent.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialSF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect.
@bayareacurrent.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialPeople love to shit in Waymo cars... and more. We know because we spoke with one of the workers paid to clean them.
@emilymbender.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialNew on the MAIHT3k newsletter -- how to move away from the untenable, uncomfortable middle ground and towards firm "AI" resistance.
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@dairinstitute.bsky.socialReposted by @deccamuldowney.bsky.socialNew on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter:
@emilymbender.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social on what we're talking about when we talk about "ethical" "AI", and how to move away from the untenable middle ground and towards firm "AI" resistance.
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