TSMC makes the world’s most advanced chips in Taiwan. Geopolitical shifts are pushing it to set up a new factory in the American desert. It needs to bring its cutting-edge tech but also a notoriously harsh, military-style work culture to the U.S. 🧵 restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ariz…

Still time to apply for our postdoctoral fellowship position at the ⁦MIC Center⁩ #ica24 asc.upenn.edu/research/cente…

Absolutely 🔥 testimony from Dr. Mary Anne Franks in tomorrow's House hearing on the "Censorship Industrial Complex" In particular these grafs. docs.house.gov/meetings/SM/SM…

Fellow white women: I've spent the last decade organizing you and I know firsthand the impact you can have when you use your economic and political power for good. This MUST be the election when a majority of us help elect the first woman, a Black woman, President. That means...

2 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER for our urgent virtual conversation on the threats to sex ed in the right-wing’s Project 2025 plan, and how we can fight back and win happening this Thursday, July 25th at 7:30PM EDT/4:30PM PDT. Register at shorturl.at/GjpGs.

I’m so proud of my girl, Kamala. Barack and I are so excited to endorse her as the Democratic nominee because of her positivity, sense of humor, and ability to bring light and hope to people all across the country. We’ve got your back, Kamala Harris!

Soraya Chemaly If you haven't picked up a copy of #TheResilienceMyth: New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma—run, don't walk to get a copy. Here, we talk about how political #strongmen failed us on COVID policy.

My favorite factoid about Tim Walz is that during his career as a high school teacher, in the same year, he coached the football team to a state title AND served as the faculty advisor for the school's first gay-straight alliance (GSA) club.

Sign up for our FREE virtual Passion2Power training to learn ins and outs of policy change, how to use your story to make a difference in your community, and how to communicate your message effectively to a powerful audience. Don’t miss out! Register at shorturl.at/8VAHy

Active drug addiction is like a world under the world. This is a story about its rules and relentless demands. Warning: This story contains explicit descriptions of drug use. rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/the-w…

In a move that critics are calling a flagrant abuse of power, Florida's Department of Health is threatening to bring criminal charges against local TV stations for airing a campaign ad about overturning the state’s six-week abortion ban. Today the FCC chairwoman stepped in...

Also, related, this paragraph, in the middle of the article: "Young has 11 receptions for 149 yards and two touchdowns in five games for No. 5 Georgia, including two starts. Young had three catches for a team-leading 51 yards in last week’s 31-13 win over Auburn." wtf smh

When I tell you I am FLOORED: “CODE SWITCH: DISTRIBUTING BLACKNESS, REPROGRAMMING INTERNET ART” Schomburg Center Oct 15-Dec 19, 2024 “Drawing its title from André Brock’s groundbreaking text Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures (2020), the exhibition explores

Come write with me and/or nadja spiegelman at the Los Angeles Review of Books

Happy birthday to my friend Kamala Harris! She has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a chance—now it’s our turn to help elect her as our next president. Make sure you're ready to vote at IWillVote.com.

BREAKING: Court docs show that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis directed the threats against television stations airing ads for a pro-choice ballot measure His office wrote the letters telling stations they'd be criminally charged if they didn't stop running ads for Amendment 4

🚨 This is not a drill––If you vote in one of these ten states, abortion rights are on your ballot! NEW YORK *flip your ballot* and vote YES on Prop 1, Equal Protection of Law Amendment. ARIZONA vote YES on Prop 139, Right to Abortion Initiative. COLORADO vote YES on Amendment

Join us on December 9th for the premiere screening of the documentary "Finding Home: Stories From Recent Immigrants".

The AI Summit ends in rupture. AI accelerationists want pure expansion—more capital, energy, private infrastructure, no guard rails. Public interest camp supports labor, sustainability, shared data. safety, and oversight. The gap never looked wider. AI is in its empire era.