Alexandra Warrender
@alexandrawarrender.bsky.social
Writer. She/her.
"[C]opyright law exists to incentivize human acts of creative expression, which means that only works of human authorship are eligible for copyright." 👏
It's not often that I find myself on the same side as the US Copyright Office. In fact, I think this is the first time in 25 years that I've found myself cheering on the office's official actions as good for art *and* good for free expression, taking the side of creative workers over our bosses.
October 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"[C]opyright law exists to incentivize human acts of creative expression, which means that only works of human authorship are eligible for copyright." 👏
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"Patrick Stewart was, like many of the greatest British artists of the 20th Century, a working class boy who became a world-class artist thanks to a public arts education made possible by Post War social democracy. He never forgot it." - @iycrtylph
October 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
"Patrick Stewart was, like many of the greatest British artists of the 20th Century, a working class boy who became a world-class artist thanks to a public arts education made possible by Post War social democracy. He never forgot it." - @iycrtylph
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ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
Until Saturday, November 7th, ALL Haymarket ebooks are 80% off. We've put together a list of some of our favorites, each currently on sale for $2!
www.haymarketbooks.org
October 30, 2026 at 9:11 PM
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
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I have a bit of time now.
So my home was a no-screens home when there was really just one screen you could have. We had a TV—it was in my parents' bedroom, connected to the VCR. If I was sick I could watch re-runs there; we watched the Olympics in Olympics years. Sometimes a movie from the library
So my home was a no-screens home when there was really just one screen you could have. We had a TV—it was in my parents' bedroom, connected to the VCR. If I was sick I could watch re-runs there; we watched the Olympics in Olympics years. Sometimes a movie from the library
It’s a long story and I don’t have time to tell it right, but there would never have been any Star Trek in my childhood home at all if the one night I convinced my parents to give it a try hadn’t been “Darmok”
October 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I have a bit of time now.
So my home was a no-screens home when there was really just one screen you could have. We had a TV—it was in my parents' bedroom, connected to the VCR. If I was sick I could watch re-runs there; we watched the Olympics in Olympics years. Sometimes a movie from the library
So my home was a no-screens home when there was really just one screen you could have. We had a TV—it was in my parents' bedroom, connected to the VCR. If I was sick I could watch re-runs there; we watched the Olympics in Olympics years. Sometimes a movie from the library
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Same. There was something that felt really radical about having a TV hero whose superpower was not just intelligence but thoughtfulness, and a kind of moral seriousness. Who showed from that first episode that you “win” by seeking to understand what seems like a threat.
I am so glad to have learned about the integrity of leadership from Patrick Stewart as a kid watching TNG. "What would Picard do?" feels like a fair guiding question.
Thank you, Patrick, for everything.
Thank you, Patrick, for everything.
October 29, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Same. There was something that felt really radical about having a TV hero whose superpower was not just intelligence but thoughtfulness, and a kind of moral seriousness. Who showed from that first episode that you “win” by seeking to understand what seems like a threat.
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Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits. n.pr/4zhn29Y
Patrick Stewart, a perceptive patriarch in 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men,' dies at 86
Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits.
n.pr
October 29, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits. n.pr/4zhn29Y
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Rest in peace, our Captain. Like many people, my true entree into Trek was with Patrick Stewart at the helm of the Enterprise. Life changing for me and so many. I am grateful. And I am sad.
Jean-Luc Picard Says 'Make It So'
ALT: Jean-Luc Picard Says 'Make It So'
static.klipy.com
October 29, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Rest in peace, our Captain. Like many people, my true entree into Trek was with Patrick Stewart at the helm of the Enterprise. Life changing for me and so many. I am grateful. And I am sad.
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21/ "A Democratic Congress must make crystal clear: No bailouts for AI.
We need to learn from the lessons of past bubbles, including the GFC when Wall Street execs made off like bandits while working people were left holding the bag."
prospect.org/2026/10/28/h...
bsky.app/profile/dari...
We need to learn from the lessons of past bubbles, including the GFC when Wall Street execs made off like bandits while working people were left holding the bag."
prospect.org/2026/10/28/h...
bsky.app/profile/dari...
October 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM
21/ "A Democratic Congress must make crystal clear: No bailouts for AI.
We need to learn from the lessons of past bubbles, including the GFC when Wall Street execs made off like bandits while working people were left holding the bag."
prospect.org/2026/10/28/h...
bsky.app/profile/dari...
We need to learn from the lessons of past bubbles, including the GFC when Wall Street execs made off like bandits while working people were left holding the bag."
prospect.org/2026/10/28/h...
bsky.app/profile/dari...
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I have had a version of that email from all kinds of firms and orgs. It just struck me that a family-owned summer camp had to communicate this to customers, something so far under the hood. not sure there ever happened before.
October 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I have had a version of that email from all kinds of firms and orgs. It just struck me that a family-owned summer camp had to communicate this to customers, something so far under the hood. not sure there ever happened before.
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I’m a part of a small consulting group that works with organizations to end sexual violence.
Our website gets zero clicks from Google now. We’ve had serious conversations about pulling it offline because no one sees it.
We no longer get any clients we don’t know personally.
Our website gets zero clicks from Google now. We’ve had serious conversations about pulling it offline because no one sees it.
We no longer get any clients we don’t know personally.
A summer camp sent an email this morning. They outline how Gen AI search has killed their marketing reach. They’re asking families to host info sessions in our homes.
When a business cannot connect with people looking for it, what’s the search business model again?
When a business cannot connect with people looking for it, what’s the search business model again?
Breaking news: Alphabet shares tumbled 13% on Thursday after the Google owner revealed that 'AI mode' searches were threatening profits at its core advertising business. ft.trib.al/g8Q9IPx
October 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I’m a part of a small consulting group that works with organizations to end sexual violence.
Our website gets zero clicks from Google now. We’ve had serious conversations about pulling it offline because no one sees it.
We no longer get any clients we don’t know personally.
Our website gets zero clicks from Google now. We’ve had serious conversations about pulling it offline because no one sees it.
We no longer get any clients we don’t know personally.
"Altman thinks intelligence should be a utility that we have to pay tech companies to access...As a populace, we are being strategically simplified...One of the objectives of that simplification, in addition to...pacifying the populace more easily, is making us more interchangeable as workers."
I talked with @alexhanna.bsky.social about AI as a class-warfare offensive and how workers are fighting back.
AI Is Class Warfare. Workers Are Fighting Back.
“AI is leveraged as a cudgel against the working class,” says writer and sociologist Alex Hanna.
truthout.org
October 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
"Altman thinks intelligence should be a utility that we have to pay tech companies to access...As a populace, we are being strategically simplified...One of the objectives of that simplification, in addition to...pacifying the populace more easily, is making us more interchangeable as workers."