Lili Siri Spira (she/her)

Social Media @TECollab. Digital rights & mental health ( @ILPFoundry Fellow. Former OSINT.

RT ≠ endorsement + opinions shared are my own.

[Rasha Abdul-Rahim 🇵🇸 @Rasha_Abdul]

This is not good enough @instagram. The fact bios that incl “Palestinian", 🇵🇸, and "alhamdulillah”were translated as “Palestinian terrorist” is not a bug - it’s a feature of your systems. Just as “Al Aqsa mosque” was designated a “terrorist” org in 2021.

https://t.co/M5mAUNmP6v

[Lili Siri Spira (she/her) @lilisirispira]

I wrote this! Please give it a read!

[TechEquity @TECollab]

Summer 2023 has been dubbed #HotLaborSummer with unionizing & policy wins across the country. But we wouldn’t be here without the unsung & marginalized labor organizers of our past.

Check out this recap of our discussion w/ author @grimkim to learn more: https://t.co/XJ8DZP38Of

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

"Can we approach our news intake more intentionally in order to better protect ourselves online? What might that look like in practice?" @KAlexaKoenig & @adlampros answer this & more in @TIMEIdeas via @TIME on finding meaning online @graphicthebook:

https://t.co/S2ujZU3xN6

[Sam Gregory @SamGregory]

In Senate AI hearing this week I noted
🎯Need privacy-protecting, accessible provenance+disclosure for AI content
🎯Detection access gap for local journo/HRDs
🎯Urgency to listen to impacted communities, real harms; target legislation to needs.
More: https://t.co/skLdjrtR7r

[TechEquity @TECollab]

Last Wednesday, @lilisirispira & our Community Manager, German Calderon, went to the CA State Capitol to advocate for tenant protections #SB567 w/ @CADreamAlliance.

Learn more about #SB567 & our other priority leg for 2023: https://t.co/8VGf4O1lQ2

[TechEquity @TECollab]

Are you a former or current contract content moderator? Search analyst? Data aggregator?

Whatever you do, we want to hear your story so that we can shine a light on what it’s like to be a contractor worker right now. You will remain anonymous!

https://t.co/BXH5p7Qscd

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🔒 Preserving our digital heritage is crucial for future generations + useful today. Check out how @lilisirispira uses the @waybackmachine to gather authoritative, timestamped information & metadata for her digital research. ▶️https://t.co/Kjmf96wjdR #EmpoweringResearch

[TechEquity @TECollab]

Why do we need to expand layoff protections? As @MattHaneySF explains, workers and families need adequate time to transition after a layoff.

When they don’t have that time, the effects can be catastrophic. This is why we support #AB1356!

[TechEquity @TECollab]

It's Friday, so it's time for the #TopFive things you need to read this week to understand tech’s impact on our economy with TechEquity Founder and CEO @cbracy:

[Becca Watts @BeccaMegaWatts]

Are you a progressive? Are you interested in working in Congress or the exec branch?

If so, join the #ProgressiveTalentPipeline

Due to high demand we’re currently accepting applications for a 2023 cohort

Apply by July 17!

https://t.co/rsqcQP3inv

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

The San Francisco I know has been obliterated by the tech bros. All the places I used to go for dancing closed. Homelessness like I’ve never seen. They keep on talking about “innovation” in the Bay Area when we don’t even have a functioning public transportation system.

[Lili Siri Spira (she/her) @lilisirispira]

If AI can do part of my job, perfect—

then let’s cut everyone back to 20 hour work weeks with full pay and benefits 💁‍♀️

Robot threat to employment taken care of🫸🫷

[seher shafiq | @heyitsseher.bsky.social @heyitsseher]

New public policy initiative launched today @mozilla 👇🏽

The initiative will leverage crowdsourced data to study platforms’ influence on individuals and society. It will also focus on public policy solutions 💻🔍

https://t.co/pPSQH2msr3 #trustworthyAI #ethicalAI #responsibleAI

[TechEquity @TECollab]

Come join the TechEqui-Team! We’re looking for a new Administrative Associate.

The Administrative Associate is responsible for the following:
- Providing executive admin support for the Senior Leadership Team

https://t.co/mZENw789Yj

[Lili Siri Spira (she/her) @lilisirispira]

Shoutout to @hrcberkeley for introducing me to the Wayback Machine for OSINT work!

I cannot stress enough how crucial @internetarchive is—from keeping books accessible as book bans spread across the country, to holding human rights violators accountable.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

💻 Discover the incredible power of preservation and the indispensable role of digital libraries in enabling 21st century research. Our latest post with @lilisirispira sheds light on the importance of long-term access to information. https://t.co/Kjmf96vLoj #EmpoweringResearch

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

This and the next thread make even more sense now that I know about the eugenicist roots of this whole movement.

[The Foundry @ILPFoundry]

TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST 🏃💨

Want to attend #ILPFoundry's annual Internet Law #Trivia Night?

We added more seats to #techpolicy's highly anticipated and prestigious social #event of the year, MC'ed by legendary quizmaster @kurtopsahl!

#Register here: https://t.co/oPd5aCOS19

[TechEquity @TECollab]

This is redlining—a practice in which loans are withheld from potential customers who reside in neighborhoods classified as "hazardous" to investment.

While tech didn’t start discriminatory housing practices like redlining, we have a responsibility to help fix it.

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

How the x-risk doomers accomplished this level of propaganda is called money and white privilege. How is this real life?

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

Damn I knew about some of the eugenicists at Stanford but not the depth of it, not the level to which the university was created as a hub for eugenicist works, not the level to which they executed on it. Really need to read @BigMeanInternet’s Palo Alto that dives deeper into this