Whitney Alese

Whitney Alese

@thereclaimed.bsky.social

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Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

HALF of Americans cannot afford basic essentials. That was from a recent poll. Groceries, gas, housing, healthcare shouldn't be out of the range of affordability. We can all think of reasons why. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.comHalf of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll findsAbout 57% of polled Americans also believe economy is worsening in grim portrait of cost of living crisis, according to Harris survey for the Guardian
Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

No, it’s not the media literacy crisis’ fault that you can’t figure out how Black folks being surrounded by a known & documented hate group is a problem. That’s not a lack of media literacy. That’s a lack of humanity.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

It’s that same lack of humanity that leads you to think that just because a Black teen is in a hoodie or a Muslim person simply exists or someone speaks a language you can’t understand that somehow they are a threat, but not a known & proud hate group. That says EVERYTHING.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

I don’t have the words to adequately describe what I feel about the ruling that let the person who killed 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton. But I do have that feeling That same feeling I had for Fanta Bility Aiyana Stanley-Jones Sinzae Reed Monica Goods Tamir Rice Antwon Rose, Jr. Trayvon Martin

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

Latasha Harlins That same feeling learning about Emmett Till George Stinney & for countless Black children who deserved to grow old rather than have their lives snatched away with no accountability.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

We aren’t going to just sit aside & watch our rights, that took generations to achieve, be dismantled. It’s time for the next FREEDOM SUMMER. This Juneteenth, we are taking the mandate of Freedom forward. We are mobilizing for voting rights. Starting in the South. Spreading everywhere. Join us.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

GOOD NEWS: South Carolina’s Senate rejected the current administration’s push to redraw congressional maps. This comes after a panel of judges in Alabama blocked their state from using its redrawn maps, saying that the new map would discriminate against Black voters.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

It is dishonest to tell people who are using a phone or posting on social that their usage is the same as people who generate entire “albums”, “books”, “artwork”, & “movies” or folks who use generative systems in most of their work...

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

That is like telling people who take the bus to work that their carbon footprint is the same as a celebrity with a private jet flying all over the country. It’s not the same.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

Rapid Fire Good News: -Virginia establishes a right to contraception by law and tackles pay equity, paid family & medical leave, and wage theft -Minnesota is on track to pass the first statewide ban on AI "nudification" apps -North Carolina secured $319 Million in Medicaid funding

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

Still processing today’s SCOTUS ruling essentially weakening the Voting Rights Act, but I am grieved: my elders who fought for the Voting Rights Act my ancestors who died for it my people still robbed of their voice our children who may ultimately have to endure the fallout of these rulings.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

I’m blocking everyone who pushes AI Every ai “model” Every ai “influencer” Every ai “artist” Every ai “writer” Every ai “content creator” Every ai “performer” All of them. The BEST any of these ai folks can do is copy or steal from living, breathing, talented people. No thank you.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

We are starting to see avid, active, and loud supporters of this administration jump ship because they realize it’s sinking, & the grift is over. Don’t fall for it. Remind them that they were emphatically in support of the horrors of this administration until they started to affect them personally.

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

It’s Earth Day & it’s a good day to remind you that AI is polluting the planet -It can only use the small amount of the drinkable water to cool its systems, some require up to 5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY -It uses so much electricity, the typical data center uses as much energy as 100K households

Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

-The diesel generators used to keep centers online can release harmful pollution. If you care for the planet you’re living on, you will avoid AI use at all costs, bc the cost is TOO HIGH www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

cbsnews.comData centers for AI use huge amounts of electricity, water, driving up costs and climate concernsMultiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health.
Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

Rapid Fire Good News: -About half of planned AI Data Centers are either delayed our cancelled -A Black megachurch stopped the evictions of over 300 people -Virginia welcomes balcony solar -The largest wind farm in the US is now operational -A new site created a trust index for landlords

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On Easter Sunday, while most people who call themselves Christians were posting their praises to their Lord and Savior, Trump was online cursing at the Iranian government.

newsone.comLet’s Talk About Trump’s Crazy, Profane Post, Praising ‘Allah’ And Threatening Iran With ‘Hell’On Easter Sunday, while most people who call themselves Christians were posting their praises to their Lord and Savior, Trump was online cursing at the Iranian government.
Whitney Alese
@thereclaimed.bsky.social

-Rather than detention centers, a growing number of unused buildings are being converted into affordable housing units -A different judge permanently blocked the current administration from ending federal funding for NPR & PBS