Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

22 September 2026 16:40

From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...

Bay Area Current

bayareacurrent.bsky.social

10 September 2026 15:48

SF 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. bayareacurrent.com/where-are-sf...

Rod McMillan 🍉 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 📚

morewretchthansage.bsky.social

10 September 2026 15:47

Could you be a terrorist tomorrow and not even know it? The reclassification of protest, including peaceful protest, as terrorism is a classic tool of authoritarian governments to imprison political opposition. Read in our latest edition of @newint.bsky.social #Protest #Resist

New Internationalist

newint.bsky.social

10 September 2026 15:46

Palestinian writer and journalist Mariam Barghouti, based in occupied Ramallah, explores how Israel’s occupation is transforming the sights and sounds of the West Bank. “At any given moment, the skies of the West Bank rumble with the mechanical sounds of Israeli drones.”

New Internationalist

newint.bsky.social

10 September 2026 15:46

From Sri Lanka to France, Iran to Lebanon, uprisings have shaken cities and challenged regimes across the world. But what happens when the streets win? Our latest issue’s Long Read is an extract from Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto by @thepeopleswant.bsky.social