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Read More: #68, digital self-defense in the time of trump neededFollowing close on the heels of #100hardtruths #67, by Jacque Wernimont, I now share the work of Equality Labs, “the first South Asian Women/Gender Non-Conforming/Trans Technology Startup.” They have created…
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Read More: #67, watch those who are monetizing their watching from the shadowsThis #100hardtruth was shared with me by my friend, the feminist scholar, network weaver, and digitrix, Jacqueline Wernimont: “My topic is ‘tracking and surveillance aka “who’s watching from the shadows…
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Read More: #66, make sure to fact-check the trump archiveAccording to Nancy Watzman, from the Internet Archive, in: “By providing a free and enduring source for TV news broadcasts of Trump’s statements, the Internet Archive hopes to make it more…
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Read More: #65, #fakenews #realtalk #realtruth about black girls’ liberationThis #100hardtruths was shared with me by my often-collaborator, the filmmaker, Cheryl Dunye. “Although the numbers of girls that are missing are unclear and the circumstances of their disappearances are…
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Read More: #64, efforts to parse truths, reveal contradictions, or negotiate with this mode of power are disguise what it is: a new fascismIn “Eleven Theses on Neo-Fascism and the Fight to Defeat It,” Lia Haro and Romand Coles write: “The new regime bears important similarities to classic fascism: rapid, rabid intensifications of…
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Read More: #63, the health of nations demands knowledge applied to decision-makingThis #100hardtruths was shared with me by my friend, a scholar and leader within Digital Humanities, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Associate Executive Director and Director of Scholarly Communication of the Modern Language…
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Read More: #62, don’t lookIn “How Do I (Not) Look? Live Feed Video and Viral Black Death,” July 20, 2016, after the viral visibility of the Diamond Reynold’s live feed video of Philando Castile’s…
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Read More: #61, connect voting rights, disability and the market place of services
This #100hardtruths was shared with me by my friend, and the new media theorist and practitioner, Anne Balsamo: “Two people, both citizens, one votes, the other can’t, but is more…
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Read More: #60, spot a #fakenews site in 10 stepsClaire Wardle is the Research Director of First Draft, a nonprofit dedicated to building tools and resources to help people verify the information they are finding online, writes in “How…
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Read More: #59, silicon valley’s entrepreneurial capitalism leaves rubble in its wakeThis #100hardtruth was shared with me by the artist, Natalie Bookchin: “Silicon Valley has their cake and wants to eat it too. The tools they create, promote, and that enrich…