Brian Dolber

Associate Professor of Communication, CSUSM; Organizer w Rideshare Drivers United. All views expressed are my own.

[Trevor Griffey @TrevorGriffey]

Despite @AFTunion pivot to challenging AI companies this year, it still accepts tens of millions of $ from them. We haven't seen Microsoft agreement. We don't know who's on the board of Academy. We need transparency.

https://t.co/yzE6Ryj7Qy

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@veenadubal Has anyone made the connection publicly that Walz was chosen weeks after he signed the butchered MN legislation?

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@ProfTWolf If I were a war criminal, I’d feel very optimistic these days.

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@veenadubal Actually, yes. https://t.co/xI91et60AB

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@ProfTWolf @EliseStefanik @virginiafoxx @AAUP @HigherEdLabor @AFTunion I thought @EliseStefanik and @virginiafoxx just really love Jews.

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@Teamsters

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@ProfTWolf Yes. That I remember— was working for AFT Higher Ed Dept in 04 right after that

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@ProfTWolf Somehow I thought people telling me they didn’t need a union was a bad sign.

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@kitty_kween_ @TrevorGriffey I don’t think @TrevorGriffey was putting workers in opposition to each other. Rather his point demonstrates the need for greater solidarity across ranks and for greater militancy by faculty. Also PhD funding does not pay living expenses but it does subsidize our time.

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@TrevorGriffey Between this and the UAW contracts with the Big 3,CFA members would do better either getting a second PhD or working in an auto plant after completing the first one. #UAW

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@ProfTWolf @GETUPgrads When I was applying to grad school I turned down an offer from Annenberg in part because the students I met said they didn’t need a union 😂 Glad Get Up 2.0 is happening!

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@LALiving213 Our esteemed senator’s union

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@DrSepinwall @aktange @bltmacomb @carmendarlene @luytioco This is very confusing and seemingly contradictory language. Seems to waive rights around AI and then says consent is needed “notwithstanding the above.” However that is specific to “artificial intelligence models” which is perhaps narrower than other machine learning/ai uses

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@DrSepinwall @aktange @bltmacomb @carmendarlene @luytioco Do you have the language in the tos agreement?

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@DrSepinwall @aktange @bltmacomb @carmendarlene @luytioco You can’t edit TsOS if that’s what you’re asking

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@DrSepinwall @aktange @bltmacomb @carmendarlene @luytioco Would want to see the exact language in the TOS but they could absolutely consider signing the terms as the consent

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@APSAtweets Academics need to show solidarity w their fellow workers especially @UNITEHERE11

https://t.co/5iZB4gWYvG

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@TrevorGriffey I was 24 when I entered grad school.
29 when I defended.
30 when I began my first tenure track job.
33 when I left it.
34 when I began adjuncting and driving Uber.
35 when my first book was published.
36 when I started my second TT job.
40 when I got tenure.

[Brian Dolber @DolberB]

@veenadubal @UNITEHERE11 Are you on the LaborTech group emails? There is an effort to craft a statement.