5LL #179 - Beacons, Value, Debt, Surveillance, Minecraft
A Body of Work That Cannot Be Ignored
J. Khadijah Abdurahman, Logic
What does it mean to Get Out! in the twenty-first century? How do we build fugitive technologies?
'Worker Data Science' Can Teach Us How to Fix the Gig Economy
Karen Gregory, Wired
Gig workers are asking to see the algorithms that govern their labor. Their fight has important lessons for creating equitable workplaces for all.
Your Debt Is Someone Else's Asset
Astra Taylor, The Intercept
Student loans, medical bills, credit cards — Americans are drowning in a record-breaking $15 trillion in debt.
Hall Monitors
Chelsea Barabas, Real Life
Rather than protect kids, increased surveillance in schools targets students of color for exclusionary discipline.
Fun, Games, and Extractivism
Dolly Church, The Baffler
Fossil fuels have a new recruitment strategy: Minecraft.
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