Freedom should mean healthcare, food, income, support, and the right to challenge systems that deny them. One year after H.R.1 became law, low-income people have to fight even harder for care, access, and dignity. Rights don’t protect themselves. We do.

TechTonic Justice is growing! Help us welcome Maya Hazarika Watts, our new California Staff Attorney. Maya brings deep experience in legal aid, public benefits, public health advocacy, and economic justice to the fight for systems that give people power to access the resources they need.

Today is the 27th anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C., the Supreme Court case that confirmed unjustified institutionalization of disabled people is discrimination and that states must work to integrate disabled people into community settings Decades of disability rights organizing made this possible.

TechTonic Justice is growing! Help us welcome Ryan, our new Arkansas State Organizing Director. Ryan brings deep roots in Southern organizing, faith work, advocacy, and a commitment to building power in the fight for systems that help people access the resources they need.

TV news alert! Meet Nick, the disabled man suing the state of Nebraska for using algorithms to cut his Medicaid home-care, his sister, and the Legal Aid of Nebraska attorneys fighting alongside. Proud that TechTonic Justice is co-counsel on the case. Brief cameo from me here.

TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Nicholas Bessey faces a nearly 40% cut after an assessment his sister says had serious errors. Watch the story, featuring a cameo from TTJ president Kevin De Liban: https://www.1011now.com/2026/05/16/nebraska-lawsuit-challenges-interrai-waiver-cuts-after-disabled-mans-funding-drops-40/

Landmark day! Alongside wonderful state + nat'l partners (see below), TechTonic Justice just filed our first lawsuit in our short existence. We're representing Nicholas, a Nebraskan w/ developmental disabilities whose Medicaid home-care services were gutted due to a secret AI-related system. 1/

TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our new lawsuit challenges Nebraska’s use of an AI-related assessment that cut one disabled Nebraskan’s Medicaid home-care funding by 35%. We’ve joined Legal Aid of Nebraska, Nebraska Appleseed & NHeLP to fight for transparency, due process, and accountability. https://bit.ly/49Dypya

my team at @ainowinstitute.bsky.social is hiring three new roles: a program associate, comms associate, and senior operations director. come join us in the fight to shape the future of AI in the public interest! more details here: bit.ly/49jMZe7

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Join us in this pivotal moment in the fight to shape the future of AI and its role in society.

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Grateful that ON COURAGE, as well as Julia and I, were profiled in this wonderful piece. www.jta.org/2026/05/03/i...

New books by Jewish authors revisit the rules of protest in a polarized era - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

How-to books for would-be dissidents draw on a Jewish tradition of making good trouble.

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Work with us! This Chief of Staff role supports the entire team, but the person will be working most closely with me on the day-to-day. I've never had a dedicated CoS before, so I'm excited to learn from, grow alongside, and support this new colleague. Full details and application link below!

TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW JOB! We seek a Chief of Staff to join our fight against AI injustice. The CoS will support us, esp. President @kevindeliban.bsky.social, to raise money, manage relationships, and coordinate teammates + projects. Details in link. $110-130K, DOE. 5/17 deadline. Please share!

Matthew is one of the realest, most committed advocates I’ve ever met: saving lives, reducing harm, educating folks, and moving policy. If you can support, please do.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 4mo ago

Help Matthew Cover Emergency Surgery Costs If, and only if, it would NOT at all be a financial hardship, and you find what I do valuable ⤵️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-matth...

On #TDOV, TTJ calls for trans futures built on care, safety, healthcare, and freedom from AI that denies, flags, surveils, or erases them. Trans joy and dignity are required for a better future for everyone.

AI-based cuts harm people seeking Medicaid home care by delaying support and increasing denials. You and your loved ones pay the price when disabled people and elders lose care, and women are forced to fill the gap. People deserve fully funded care.

AI isn’t gender neutral. It shows up when benefits systems block people over “mismatches,” when automation flags “fraud,” and when hiring tools inherit old assumptions about who counts. Check out TTJ’s Tips for identifying AI Use: www.techtonicjustice.org/resources

Want a dose of alternate reality? Look no further than the gender divide. AI tools use biased data that makes it harder for you to have equal access in hiring, healthcare, credit, face and voice recognition systems, and other systems that shape everyday life. Swipe through, read the stats, & share.

Opening for a CA-based lawyer with @techtonicjustice.bsky.social! Pay $100-130K. Great benefits. Looking for ~3-5 years experience in civil legal aid. Involves path-breaking work at the intersection of anti-poverty advocacy + AI. Full details in link. Deadline=Sunday, 2/22, by 11:59 pm PT.

This tax season, your dollars are doing the most 💸 Not for childcare. Not for healthcare. Not for the safety net or your retirement. They’re using your dollars to build undemocratic systems that track dissent, give bonuses to kidnappers, and throw immigrants into inhumane warehouses.

Move fast, break wages, bad bots do it well ❣️The algorithm catches the blame. The billionaires keep the bonus.

Landlords adore AI. After all, the math is simple: Black-box tenant scores + unexplained rejections + higher rents = more money in their pockets. Whether they box you out or box you in, they can always send you packing.

Want to know the latest happenings at TechTonic Justice? We've got job openings in California and Arkansas, new teammates, new resources to fight coming Medicaid cuts, new media appearances, and a whole bunch of general freshness! Check it out in our latest newsletter. Sign-up link in thread

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TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s a new year, and it’s time for some new introductions! At the end of 2024, our founder, Kevin De Liban, started TechTonic Justice. It’s incredible how we’re starting 2026 with an outstanding team of Do-gooders ready to fight to end poverty and for justice for all.

DC folks, join me at a lecture Georgetown on Tuesday, 2/10, at 4 p.m. My talk is called "Rebuilding Tomorrow: A Blueprint to Resist AI Injustice." I'll discuss the how powerful people use AI to drive mass injustice, how folks fight back, + how this may be the best hope for renewing U.S. democracy

Loewy Lecture - Rebuilding Tomorrow: A Blueprint to Resist AI Injustice

STIA Presents the 2026 Loewy Lecture Rebuilding Tomorrow: A Blueprint to Resist AI Injustice Powerful people are using artificial intelligen...

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As we build upon such radical imagination, we have to understand a key truth: there’s no AI in freedom.

Job opportunities for people in California or Arkansas to come fight AI-related injustice with us! We're looking for one CA-based attorney with a civil legal aid background, one CA-based state organizing director, and one AR-based state organizing director. Details below. Deadline is Sunday, 2/22.

TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We’re looking for new additions to our team of Do-gooders this year as we expand and focus our work on key states in 2026. There are two positions in California and one in Arkansas. Come join us! More details below 🧵 Link to apply in bio. Deadline to apply is Feb 22nd.

CTA Defend Trans Kids: If you're a clinician, a parent, a trans adult, or just someone who cares, I wrote a guide on how to submit effective comments opposing the federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Deadline 2/17/26 🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗

My first album in 11 years, The Good Fight explores the stories, struggles, and joy of fighting injustice from the trenches, particularly during these evil days. Out now everywhere!

Authoritarians love AI.

TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 6mo ago

AI’s usefulness as a tool of authoritarianism couldn’t be clearer: ICE is using AI to abduct people off the streets, out of their homes, and at schools, and to retaliate against anyone who stands up to them.

Angry about all the oppression? Let’s devour all the Vultures. Produced by C maJor. New album, The Good Fight, drops 1/27.

Another song preview from The Good Fight album dropping 1/27. Dance Away is produced by Kid Maestro. It’s super personal for me. It’s an homage to and reconstruction of the lives of two people dear to me who lived through and died as a result of the AIDS epidemic: my uncle Rick + mentor Joe.

Talking AI harms on TV with the MS NOW Weekend Primetime team.

TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Starting off 2026 right! Here’s the link to an MS NOW (MSNBC) interview with TTJ president @kevindeliban.bsky.social about the powerful people pushing AI and the hurt they’re inflicting on real people right now. This is the heart of our work. Let us know what you think! youtu.be/dXvZYpHWb8c?...

Caucus Mountain Devils?!?! What are those?!?! Listen to this song preview from the new album, The Good Fight, which drops on 1/27. Produced and mixed by C maJor.