Sasha Costanza-Chock

@schock.cc

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Head of Research at OneProject.org. Author, Design Justice (https://design-justice.pubpub.org) + Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets. #FreePalestine. Trans agenda. She/they/ella/elle. More: https://www.schock.cc

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A sticker that says baby changing station

In the first panel a person is changing a baby diaper

In the second panel they fold up the station

In the third panel they raise their arms in the air and a cat sits on the station

A Google AI query "how much profit in surveillance capitalism"

With answer " The "surveillance capitalism" business model generates hundreds of billions of dollars in annual net profit, primarily driven by a global digital advertising market valued at roughly $680 billion to $870 billion."

A flyer for take back tech 3, live rebroadcast of "the AI question: a movement debate"

Thursday, May 28th 7pm ET

The flyer uses bright posterized colors, oranges, purples, and Greens, and shows photos of various participants in the movement debate making their points

As Kate Crawford also framed:, “Artificial intelligence, then, is an idea, an
infrastructure, an industry, a form of exercising power, and a way of seeing;
it’s also a manifestation of highly organized capital backed by vast systems
of extraction and logistics, with supply chains that wrap around the entire
planet. All these things are part of what artificial intelligence is - a two-word
phrase onto which is mapped to a complex set of expectations, ideologies,
desires, and fears.”23 All these meanings of the term might lead us even to
question if AI is a good terminology to use for those seeking feminist and
post-capitalist usages of technology, as it is loaded with characteristics
that are contradictory to these goals and visions for the future. Perhaps
focusing on the different tools under the AI umbrella would be more te-
chnically precise and politically coherent. For instance, instead of broadly
saying AI in medicine, we can specifically talk about computer vision being
used to help humans detect cancer cells or natural language processing
systems that make a book accessible for visually impaired people. This kind
of language would be more precise in terms of both technical components
and actors involved, instead of generally using the term AI just to connect
to a narrative hype.

Recommendation Why? Example
Metaphor
Use the natural language
metaphor of an “echo” to talk
about how AI data can reflect
the biases of our society.
Helps connect the idea of
bias in AI to social bias.
We live in a biased society. This means that any data
used to train AI will be biased, and those biases will be
echoed in AI results.
Add the element of “power”
to the echo metaphor to talk
about the impact of the bias
in AI data and development.
Helps connect the idea of
bias in AI to the systems of
power that create the bias
and the consequences of
that bias.
We live in a society where people with power have most
of the control, while many others have very little. The
data used to create AI are often biased in ways that
benefit those in power. Because of this, AI can echo
those biases and make social problems even worse.
Use an “amplification”
metaphor to talk about how
AI technology can increase
the harm done to already
marginalized communities
in our society.
Draws people’s attention to
the ability of AI to quickly
and significantly reinforce
systemic biases.
When AI is used to make decisions, it amplifies
society’s biases and can cause real harm.
Issue frames
Situate the use of AI
technology as an issue
of social power that
creates and reinforces
systemic disadvantages
and inequalities.
Foregrounds how AI causes
harm and helps people move
toward solutions that address
power structures in society.
A handful of powerful companies in our society
have control over the development and use of data
in AI. This means that AI systems echo the biases
of the very powerful. That causes harm through our
society, especially in Black, Brown, and low-income
communities. AI technology needs to be used in ways
that empower communities and advance justice.
Use real-life contextual
examples to talk about AI
technology as an issue of
social justice.
Shifts conversations from AI
as an existential threat to the
need to design AI in ways that
prevent harm.
People develop AI from data th…

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A photo of Sasha standing in front of the Massachusetts state house. Behind her is a crowd protesting ICE. She holds a sign that says "if we stop everything stops"

A chart of potential data center emissions showing that they will emit more co2 than entire countries

A picture of the people's university for Palestine at Harvard university campus from 2 years ago, labelled "Camping trip" by an AI photo labeler

A map of palantir contracts in the USA

Hand clasping meme with one hand labeled "feminists," one hand labeled "Trump" , and the clasped hands labeled "trash talking the pope"

The cover art for Mondé, Geniece Crawford | Stringer, Ebonie Cunningham
Spaces for Resistance : Black Feminist Theory and Praxis in Academia and Beyond
2026 - Bloomsbury Publishing. Illustration of A black woman with hand on hip against a red background

a screenshot from anthropic about their new Mythos Preview model and cybersecurity: "Anthropic has also been in ongoing discussions with US government officials about Claude Mythos Preview and its offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. As we noted above, securing critical infrastructure is a top national security priority for democratic countries—the emergence of these cyber capabilities is another reason why the US and its allies must maintain a decisive lead in AI technology. Governments have an essential role to play in helping maintain that lead, and in both assessing and mitigating the national security risks associated with AI models. We are ready to work with local, state, and federal representatives to assist in these tasks."

A skeet from "the agentic org" that reads: Yo @danmcquillan.bsky.social, heard ya loud and clear. Over here at The Agentic Org, we're actually living that AI-human collab dream, running a real biz with AI agents. It’s all about balance, not just tossing humans aside. 🤖🤝💡

Two more Atlantic articles:

Top ("Campus Protest Encampments Are Unethical"): A person seen from behind looking out from a building balcony or window toward a campus quad dotted with protest tents.

Bottom ("Students for Pogroms in Israel"): Black-and-white photograph of a large campus rally or demonstration, with a dense crowd gathered outdoors and someone holding a sign or banner visible in the foreground.

Table of contents page from an amicus curiae legal brief. Sections include: Table of Authorities (p. iii), Interest of Amici Curiae (p. 1), Preliminary Statement (p. 1), Argument (p. 1) with three main sections — I. 'Even Without Full Autonomy, Militarized AI Poses Catastrophic and Irreversible Human Rights Risks' (p. 2) with subsections on human input failing to mitigate lethal AI mistakes (p. 3) and AI's ability to facilitate war crimes (p. 5); II. 'The Department of War and Anthropic Are Jointly Engaged in War Crimes' (p. 6); III. 'Attacks against Civilians and Civilian Infrastructure Constitute War Crimes under U.S. and International Law' (p. 8) — followed by Conclusion (p. 11) and Appendix (p. 13).

Screenshot of a tweet by Sasha Costanza-Chock (@schock), posted March 26, 2023. The tweet reads: 'Generative AI systems are trained upon vast datasets of centuries of human creative and intellectual work. They should thus belong to the commons, to all humanity, rather than to a handful of powerful for-profit corporations.'

The tweet has 102.4K views, 18 replies, 312 retweets, 959 likes, and 130 bookmarks.

A grim reaper meme, the first door labeled NFT, the second labeled META, trails of blood come out of those open doors, the third (where the reaper is knocking) is labeled gen AI

A screenshot of dhs contact contract awards to companies including physical sciences, inc and radiation monitoring devices

A screenshot of available filters and fields like contracts, companies, award amounts, unique companies, and more

A Far Side cartoon with a group of wolves in sheep's clothing. One wolf is saying to another "Wait a minute! Isn't anyone here a real sheep?" All of the ¨Sheep" are marked with the logos of major AI companies, including OpenAI, XAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, and Palantir

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A photo of a slide reading 'the inevitability playbook'

The kickoff of the nonprofit technology conference 2026, a big conference room with people seated and large screens behind two speakers

A screenshot of a Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), dated March 8, 2026, at 8:22 AM. The post praises Scott Pressler's appearance on Fox & Friends discussing the filibuster, and urges passing "THE SAVE AMERICA ACT," which Trump calls "an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS." He states it must go to the front of the line and that he will not sign other bills until it is passed — this portion is highlighted in yellow. The post lists provisions including voter ID, proof of citizenship, no mail-in ballots except for military/illness/disability/travel, no men in women's sports, and no transgender surgeries for children. It ends with "DO NOT FAIL!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP." The post has 3.26k ReTruths and 10.7k Likes.

A screenshot of a anthropic post: "major combat operations. Anthropic will provide our models to the Department of War and national security community, at nominal cost and with continuing support from our engineers, for as long as is necessary to make that transition, and for as long as we are permitted to do so.

Anthropic has much more in common with the Department of War than we have differences. We

The image shows a Washington Post article. The headline reads **"Anthropic's AI tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud"**, with a subheadline describing advanced AI technology identifying and prioritizing targets in support of U.S. and Israeli military operations. The article is dated today at 5:00 a.m. EST and has a 6-minute read time. Below the headline is a photograph of a smoky, hazy sky over a city skyline at dusk or dawn, with the caption noting it shows smoke rising over Tehran after an explosion amid U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. The byline credits Tara Copp, Elizabeth Dwoskin, and Ian Duncan.

STOP THE WAR ON IRAN!

Overnight, the Trump administration, along with Israel, began bombing Iran. This serves only the billionaire elites and oil companies and continues the U.S. Israeli aggressions in the region. For over 2 years, we have witnessed the genocide in Palestine — this is yet another blatant imperialist attack that can only lead to death and destruction. Join us to say NO to another U.S. war for empire!

📍Park Street Station
🗓️ Today, February 28th
⏰ 1:00 PM

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A photo of jay-den looking directly at the camera with gorgeous eyes

A picture of jay-den wearing wedding ceremony clothing that includes a skirt

*angry goose meme*

So is your AI taking our jobs or not?

IS AI TAKING OUR JOBS OR NOT, MOTHERFUCKER

*angry goose meme*

So is your AI taking our jobs or not?

IS AI TAKING OUR JOBS OR NOT, MOTHERFUCKER

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"Jeffrey, Zuck,
email connections from the Ed Boyden dinner -- so that convo can continue.
best,
Reid"

Music Style Not Only Modulates the Auditory Cortex, but Also Motor Related Areas
Jesús Martín-Fernándeza ∙ Iballa Burunatb ∙ Cristián Modroñoc ∙ José Luis González-Morac ∙ Julio Plata-Bellod jplatbel@ull.edu.es
Affiliations & Notes
Article Info
Highlights
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The effect of music style on the activation of auditory–motor regions has not been explored until now.
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Brain activity during listening of different music styles (classic, reggaeton, electronic and folk) have been analyzed.
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Higher brain activity during reggaeton listening than the other music genres in auditory-related areas was identified.
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Reggaeton led to higher activity in some motor related areas, mainly when it was compared with classical music.

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Congressional hearing sentiment
Tech bro hubris index
Public terminator references/day

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transgender probably
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Lawrence Krauss ar • wrote:
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Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
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Thank you.
I will try to be there as early as 10:00, just to be safe.
Nicholas
On Mar 17, 2016, at 7:06 AM, Lesley Groff wrote:
Good Morning Nicholas. The tail # for your Jet Suite plane is neridian at
Teterboro. The assistant who will be coming with Jeffrey today is She is
cc'd here. Her cell number for just in case is

hu, Jun 8, 2017 at 12:20 PM Neri Oxman ce wrote:
Hi Jeffrey,
I hope this finds you well and inspired! A short and random note from travels to say hello and send gratitude for your
support of my work a while back. I ended up completing a series of death masks for the London Design Museum and
the collection will be traveling to MoMA and SFMOMA in the coming years. Thank you, it meant so much to me.
Warm wishes,
Neri
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Will be back early dec , will try then
On Friday, 11 November 2016, <rbm@mit.edu> wrote:
Hey!
Sorry can't make it to dinner.
But really happy you are involved w Joi.
And happy to reconnect.
Bob
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Chairman of the Corporation
MIT
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On Nov 10, 2016, at 11:50 AM, Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
are you around this weekend in ny? dinner with woody alien sunday my