Steven Renderos

So great to sit down with @stevenrenderos.bsky.social to hear about his work and the work of @mediajustice.bsky.social leading up to these AI-soiled midterms and more generally how they have helped build the political foundation for the epic pushback we are seeing around the world.

So grateful to be a guest on @themaybe.org to talk Brobots, tech money in politics and my journey to this work. Take a listen!

How candidates talk about data centers now will preview how our fights show up in the 2028 elections. @thenation.com featured our Executive Director, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, who centers organizers in overcoming political divides to build coalitions. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

"While it might seem like a new thing with Larry Ellison bankrolling the purchase of Warner Bros Discovery, it's actually an old playbook," says @stevenrenderos.bsky.social of @mediajustice.bsky.social. How to push back against "media capture": unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/figh...

What does digital freedom actually look like? 👀💻 Our Executive Director, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, recently spoke with the 35 Mile Foundation about technology, power, and the fight for digital equity. He shares why communities deserve a greater say in the systems that shape our lives.

"Separate reporting in @wired.com magazine revealed that this year’s Dialog event, to be held in Dublin this August, will range across topics including nuclear power, world war 3, sex, and cults."

What does the firing of Scott Pelley by Ellison-owned CBS News have to do with data centers? In an age of media capture, "the data centers and the newsrooms are not separate projects," says Media Justice's @stevenrenderos.bsky.social. Here's how to push back unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/figh...

Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, joined the Spare a Thought podcast to break down our latest report, Media Capture: Who Controls the Story Controls the Future.💡 Together, they outline how tech oligarchs are capturing media outlets: spareathought.podbean.com/e/who-owns-t...

We're bringing #TakeBackTech III to you! Over the next 3 weeks, we’re livestreaming main stage moments on LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. First up is our opening conversation with award-winning author @naomiaklein.bsky.social THIS TUESDAY, 5/21, at 7PM ET | 4PM PT. streamyard.com/watch/ETqCBv...

Read free: How to resist the likes of Andreessen and Musk and "reclaim our media and technology for the collective good." My interview with @stevenrenderos.bsky.social. (It's not on Substack, it's on Ghost.) unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/figh...

#Tech billionaires want control over media narratives to uphold their power. Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, joins Andrew Callaghan on @channel5bluesky.bsky.social to talk about how tech oligarchs have bought our media system and what alternatives look like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CpV...

@stevenrenderos.bsky.social: "There is a push at this moment to build data centers at a scale that hasn't happened before, using quantities of water and electricity that are just unprecedented." He also notes that while data centers aren't new, the current erosion of planning and public process is.

"There's a real necessity for local elected officials to pay attention to community concerns and design a process that actually feels democratic." - @stevenrenderos.bsky.social

The promise of data center jobs are attractive to local governments, but @stevenrenderos.bsky.social of @mediajustice.bsky.social notes that local governments are spending roughly $2M per permanent job that's created to attract data centers to their towns. All in all, that's not a great trade-off.

I went vulnerable on this one, hope you enjoy it.

Larry Ellison just became the most powerful media owner in the world. CNN, CBS, and thousands of other media outlets under one person's control. This week, AP leaders told its reporters resistance to AI replacing their writing is "futile." We wrote a report about exactly this and it dropped today.

Sometimes this thing is too on the nose

Our ED @stevenrenderos.bsky.social joined Anne Pasmanick's @powerstation.bsky.social podcast to break down MediaJustice’s lineage and how our work has evolved to partner alongside on-the-ground organizers resisting the #Tech Oligarchy and #DataCenters. powerstation.libsyn.com/the-deportat...

Those are small shoes to fill

I can confirm that Willian Giménez González, beloved day laborer leader and advocate for his fellow workers, has been freed from ICE detention and is back in Chicago! For those interested in supporting him and his family, here is a GoFundMe.

“This is a story about who gets sacrificed along the way in that [AI] arms race.” Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social joins our new staff + @nodesertdatacenter.com member, Vivek Bharathan, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social's podcast on the real story behind #BigTech's data center expansion.

So excited to see a byline from @aurabogado.bsky.social. And wow what a story. A hotel turned ICE detention center. And unsurprisingly tech plays a role in the end. Great read please check it out!

The most overhyped tech? How should our government step in during this moment? @politico.com asked our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social‬, 5 pressing questions about our current tech reality and what it will take to reclaim our tech future: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Aura is among the best investigative reporters so this news excites me. We desperately need to understand what is happening to immigrants, to better understand the political moment we all are in.

Today’s Sunday news shows featured a bunch of people talking about Salvadoreans. Yet, not one of them was Salvy. It’s not for a lack of experts, only a lack of trying. Here are a few names in case you were wondering.

Wait, I thought this was satire

And @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, Executive Director of @mediajustice.bsky.social, shared how the choices of the current presidential administration are wrecking protections around tech infrastructure: www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/14/1...

Van Hollen and Bukele couldn’t be more different, but both get to author the story they want to tell. Abrego, meanwhile, is seen but not heard. A visit is nice. Coming home is better.

Chele is a common nickname in El Salvador and one that has nothing to do with gang affiliation. Using that as evidence is like claiming every guy who goes by Tony is in the Mob.

The most enduring image of Salvadoreans is as prop for Kristi Noem propaganda. To be Salvadorean in the US means to be hypervisible yet voiceless. I created this starter pack as a way to remind everyone that we’re real people and that we exist. If you’re Salvadorean reach out so I can add you. 🇸🇻

In less than an hour we’ll be going live with the next webinar in our political education series, WTF: The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy. I’ll be hosting a conversation alongside some amazing groups talking about what we’re seeing at the intersection of tech and immigration.

Y'all, you are CRUSHING IT! HUGE energy today, and we're already 40% to our US goal for the March 29 #teslatakedown GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION! Reminder—you can use this map to see where there are locations that still need a host to step up! (This map updates 2x daily) www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

Check out the latest episode of @citationspod.bsky.social. Who knew talking about tech dystopia could be so fun! In all seriousness, grateful to Citations Needed for helping us make sense of the current moment we're living in. We talk about the grift of AI and the real harms it enables.

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵