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Steven Renderos
@stevenrenderos
I'm an organizer, artist and currently the Executive Director of
@MediaJustice
. Host of
@bring_receipts
podcast with
@BrandingBrandi
!
Oakland, CAJoined February 2009
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What's not part of Jeff Bezos' story, is that today as he adds billions more to his wealth and on pace to become the first trillionaire in history, there are millions of families who have no wealth because in order for Bezos to be rich many have to be poor. #TechIsNotNeutral
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The mudslinging that has emerged on the right attacking Gigi Sohn's FCC nomination is no surprise. The fear has nothing to do with the content of their baseless attacks and has everything to do with whose interests are served with a leader like Sohn.
latimes.com
Column: The bogus, homophobic campaign against Biden's stellar FCC nominee
After failing to kill the FCC nomination of Gigi Sohn because she'd be too tough on business, opponents have turned to smearing her with homophobic lies.
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The point is these cameras were only successful in affirming what those of us who grew up around racist cops already knew. Cameras don't keep us safe. Police kill because it is a feature of this institution, not a bug. Waiting for that story to be told.
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What are the practical solutions behind the demand to #DefundthePolice? Here's a good resource from
@interruptcrim
answering this question.
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Interrupting Criminalization
@interruptcrim
Our guide "#DefundThePolice—Invest in Community Care" is a pragmatic resource for communities looking to implement non-police mental health crisis responses. It goes over models and key considerations for meaningful shifts away from cops: bit.ly/NonPoliceRespo #CareNotCops
The report, "Defund the Police - Invest in Community Care: A Guide to Alternative Mental Health Crisis Responses" is featured over a two-toned teal background with yellow paint-like splashed and the link: biy.ly/NonPoliceResponse.
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Like how is it cities like Memphis afford to spend millions of dollars buying military grade tech while schools, housing and other essential needs go underfunded? Part of the answer lies in federal grants that have expanded police budgets.
acrecampaigns.org
DHS Open for Business
DHS Open for Business: How Tech Corporations Bring the War on Terror to Our Neighborhoods Read the full report here Executive Summary In the aftermath of 9/11, the George W. Bush administration...
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The New York Times failed to tell a more meaningful story about police and state violence against Black people. In fact it's a failure that has repeated itself for over a hundred years when this paper of record has covered the lynchings of Black people in the US.
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But of course this context and history didn't make it into The NY Times article. Instead they highlighted the voice of a retired cop who installed the cameras. Peppering his perspective throughout and giving him the majority of airtime in this article, over 150 words.
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The sub headline points to the conclusion this article wants you to draw. That w/o surveillance footage from this camera, we would not know what really happened to #TyreNichols. Except Black people and POC folks did not need footage to confirm what our experience has taught us.
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Join us for a workshop on electronic monitoring. If you're concerned with the ways technology is making the criminal legal system worse, these workshop is for you.
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MediaJustice
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We're hosting an Electronic Monitoring 101 workshop Feb 16 to break down the history of surveillance/EM, how it works, and its impacts on our community. Building a collective movement is dependent on its foundation. Join us to continue the conversation: bit.ly/MJ-EMWorkshop
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The police exist to protect and serve themselves. #TyreNichols family was lied to by the police about what happened in an effort to hide their culpability. No level of transparency now can change a pattern of criminalizing victims. Copaganda is a feature not a bug.
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And what’s worse is Meta’s message to us is that so long as you are rich, powerful and preferably white, the rules don’t apply to you. Donald Trump literally invited violence and has faced no consequences from anyone with the power to hold him accountable including Meta. #shame
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The truth is Meta chose not to pick a side. The extreme version of that Friend who can never choose where to eat. Except their indecision shows this platform is ill equipped to confront the complicated task of managing speech. Shit just days ago Brazil saw their own Jan 6th
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2 years ago, Meta chose to suspend Trump for two years rather than permanently ban him. They claimed they would evaluate at the end of 2 years if a threat to public safety still existed. What about Trump’s behavior makes anyone think he’s any less dangerous with a bullhorn?
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Thank you
@DrMegKrausch
for writing this. A much needed bit of writing to contextualize this moment in Internet, social media and movement history.
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dr meg krausch
@DrMegKrausch
In my latest piece for @truthout I spoke w some really smart ppl about the chaos we've all experienced here. I learned a lot about how to think of social media as an institution, why it feels essential, & what we might do about how crappy it is truthout.org/articles/twitt
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Incredible news and an incredible gift to families fighting to stay connected with their incarcerated loved ones.
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Public Knowledge
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🚨Congress just passed the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act! This bill will help keep families connected by ending predatory pricing for calling incarcerated people. We urge @POTUS to sign this bill into law. 1/2
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It's important to call out whose interests are protected by failing to confirm Gigi Sohn to the FCC. There is no excuse for the Senate to delay any further.
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Free Press Action
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Free Press Action joins @ColorOfChange and @mediajustice in urging leaders to condemn the antisemitic, homophobic and racist campaign against @FCC nominee Gigi Sohn and confirm her to the federal agency before the close of the 117th Congress. ➡️ freepress.net/news/press-rel
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Must read thread on Musk & hits an important point. Musk's rise to being the richest person in the world was aided by media pundits who crowned him a genius. Coverage on Musk should've come with this disclaimer, to paraphrase Twitter, he "may or may not be notable."
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Karl Bode
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this is weird and overcomplicates it he's a red-pilled clown helping the global right wage an information and propaganda war against the kind of people who believe in crazy things like environmental and labor protections twitter.com/karaswisher/st…
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Whose interests are being protected by not advancing a vote for Gigi Sohn? Time is running out for Senate Democrats to move Gigi John's nomination through the lame duck session.
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Cristiano Lima
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New: Conservative groups took out at least $246K in Facebook ads bashing Gigi Sohn's FCC nomination in the past year, with ads shown millions of times One watchdog said that's a high mark for a post that often draws little fanfare. w/ @aaronjschaffer washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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