Human in an inhuman world. Oberlin B.A. +Spartan PhD. #GoGreen Raising Nepantleras. Educational technology for liberation, humanization, & healthy communities.
Garland, TX
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Benjamin Gleason retweeted
Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed our campaign for the US Senate.
We’re building a big tent to take on this corrupt system that Ken Paxton embodies.
BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico:
“I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.
And unlike Ken, I believe that you, James, believe in unity over division and that you know how to assemble not only Democrats but Independents and Republicans and we need that right now.
We need unity, we don't need any more division and that's why I'm supporting you.”
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
It's literally -- literally -- a tax on empty luxury properties that nobody lives in. These people already live in Florida, you dumbass.
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
Texas is a world economic powerhouse. The people of Texas built that power.
But under Greg Abbott:
➡️ Texas incomes are rising slower than the nat’l average;
➡️ We have the most uninsured working people; the most uninsured children.
➡️ Texans work more than the nat’l average.
After 12 years of Greg Abbott, Texans are working harder and getting less: that’s the Greg Abbott Corruption Tax and I’m running to end it.
The Texas economy reached a record $2.9 trillion in 2025.
Only SEVEN countries in the world have an economy larger than the great state of Texas.
lubbockonline.com/story/news…
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
The “protect women’s sports” crowd has been using women athletes as props. Now a WNBA star is publicly telling them to stop. Brianna Turner: “Don’t use athletes like me to exclude others.”
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
These people will cancel yacht loan debt before student loans if they can
Boating is not a luxury in South Carolina. It’s a way of life.
Our state is home to more than 350,000 registered recreational boats and a marine industry supporting over 27,000 jobs and generating a $6.5 billion economic impact.
Our No Tax on Boat Loan Interest Act extends the above-the-line loan interest deduction for cars to boats, allowing American families to deduct up to $10,000 annually in boat loan interest on American-made boats.
More affordable boats mean more families recreating on the water, more marine manufacturing jobs in South Carolina, and more investment in an industry already generating billions in economic impact.
South Carolina STRONG.
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum shows us governing to improve peoples lives is a choice. Mexico will have universal healthcare within 3 years of her coming into power.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans will lose healthcare in July to fund ICE, billionaires, and war. Shameful.
By presidential decree, @Claudiashein is expanding health care to all Mexicans through the establishment of the Universal Health Service.
Beginning in 2027, "any citizen can attend any health institution and be guaranteed full and free coverage throughout the national system."
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
Iran Deal By Obama:
•Strait of Hormuz open for free
•Iran limits Uranium enrichment
•Iran agrees to make no nuclear weapons
•Iran allows Int'l inspectors to ensure compliance
•Inspectors confirm Iran's full compliance
Iran Ceasefire By Trump:
•Strait of Hormuz closed, only open for $2M Per Ship
•Iran makes no guarantee of limit on uranium enrichment
•Iran makes no guarantee of no nuclear weapons
•Iran makes no guarantee to allow Int'l inspectors
MAGA: Trump Playing 5D Chess! Art Of The Deal!!
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
Mr. President: I have a better idea. Instead of spending over a trillion dollars on never-ending wars abroad while plunging the working class into poverty here at home, let’s invest in universal childcare, Medicare for All and affordable housing.
America first!
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
This is the proud language of a white supremacist. There’s no other way to describe it and no defense of it.
Pure racism.
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
This exchange just happened on the Senate floor.
Cornyn: “I don’t understand how the SAVE Act disenfranchises voters.”
Durbin: “Happy to explain. Driver’s licenses don’t qualify under the bill. 50% of Americans don’t have passports.”
Cornyn: “Why not just amend it?”
Durbin: “When’s the last time the Senate actually amended a bill?”
Silence.
The SAVE Act requires passport-level documentation to register to vote.
50% of Americans don’t have a passport.
The people least likely to have passports: the elderly, the poor, rural Americans, young first-time voters.
The people most likely to have passports: wealthy Americans.
This is not voter protection.
This is voter selection.
And when a senator suggested fixing it — his own colleague couldn’t name the last time the Senate amended anything.
That’s the Senate in 2026.
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
International Women’s Day is a moment to honor the women who have always moved our struggles for justice forward, including transgender women.
Benjamin Gleason retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Berkeley researchers spent 8 months inside a tech company watching how employees actually use AI.
The promise was simple: AI will save you time. Do less. Work smarter.
The opposite happened.
Workers didn't use AI to finish early and go home. They used it to take on more. More tasks. More projects. More hours. Nobody asked them to. They did it to themselves.
The researchers sat inside the company two days a week for 8 months. They watched 200 employees in real time. They tracked work channels. They conducted 40+ interviews across engineering, product, design, and operations.
Here's what they found. AI made everything feel faster, so people filled every gap. They sent prompts during lunch. Before meetings. Late at night. The natural stopping points in the workday disappeared. People ran multiple AI agents in the background while writing code, drafting documents, and sitting in meetings simultaneously.
It felt like momentum. It felt productive. But when they stepped back, they described feeling stretched, busier, and completely unable to disconnect.
83% said AI increased their workload. Not decreased. Increased.
62% of associates and 61% of entry-level workers reported burnout. Only 38% of executives felt the same strain. The people doing the actual work absorbed the damage while leadership celebrated the productivity numbers.
Then came the trap nobody saw coming. When one person uses AI to take on extra work, everyone else feels like they're falling behind. So the whole team speeds up. Nobody formally raises expectations. But the new pace quietly becomes the default. What AI made possible became what was expected.
The researchers gave it a name: workload creep. It looks like productivity at first. Then it becomes the new baseline. Then it becomes burnout.
AI was supposed to give you your time back. Instead it's eating more of it. And the worst part? You're doing it to yourself. Voluntarily.
