Kevin De Liban
@kevindeliban.bsky.social
founder @techtonicjustice.bsky.social | defeated Medicaid care-cutting algorithm | legal aid lawyer | rapper | economic + racial + AI justice | sci-fi + fantasy | Warriors | he/him
Learn more of how AI harms low-income people: techtonicjustice.org
Learn more of how AI harms low-income people: techtonicjustice.org
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Kevin De Liban
@kevindeliban.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Here's our basic ethos about do-gooding: Do right by people because you're not gonna wear us out, you're not gonna outwork us, we're not going away, we're smarter than you, and we're coming for you.
I said this several years ago and feel it even more deeply now after fighting various other battles and becoming a dad.
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.
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.
Staff Attorney (Licensed in California) at TechTonic Justice, Inc.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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.
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.
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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.
February 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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.
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Move fast, break wages, bad bots do it well ❣️The algorithm catches the blame. The billionaires keep the bonus.
February 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Move fast, break wages, bad bots do it well ❣️The algorithm catches the blame. The billionaires keep the bonus.
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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.
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.
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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.
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.
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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.
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TechTonic Justice: 2026 So Far
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February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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.
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Meet our full team!
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.
February 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Meet our full team!
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
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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February 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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
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
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As we build upon such radical imagination, we have to understand a key truth: there’s no AI in freedom.
February 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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.
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.
Link to apply in bio. Deadline to apply is Feb 22nd.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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.
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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... 🔗
Deadline 2/17/26
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
January 27, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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... 🔗
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!
January 27, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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.
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.
January 23, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Authoritarians love AI.
Angry about all the oppression? Let’s devour all the Vultures. Produced by C maJor. New album, The Good Fight, drops 1/27.
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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.
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.
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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.
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.
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!
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TechTonic Justice’s Founder Kevin De Liban on Trump’s AI Deregulation: What It Means for Real People
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January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Talking AI harms on TV with the MS NOW Weekend Primetime team.
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.
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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.
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Feeling overjoyed to share that we made it to the 🔝
We're one of the most-listened-to podcasts of 2025—and it happened because people are ready to confront tech power.
Listen here: www.techpolicy.press/interrogatin...
We're one of the most-listened-to podcasts of 2025—and it happened because people are ready to confront tech power.
Listen here: www.techpolicy.press/interrogatin...
Interrogating Tech Power and Democratic Crisis | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Jacob Metcalf, Reem Suleiman, Kevin De Liban, and Tamara Kneese.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Feeling overjoyed to share that we made it to the 🔝
We're one of the most-listened-to podcasts of 2025—and it happened because people are ready to confront tech power.
Listen here: www.techpolicy.press/interrogatin...
We're one of the most-listened-to podcasts of 2025—and it happened because people are ready to confront tech power.
Listen here: www.techpolicy.press/interrogatin...
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💫New Year New Us—We’re hitting the ground running. From shaping a bold strategic plan to building the team that will bring it to life, 2026 is about momentum and purpose.
January 6, 2026 at 9:12 PM
💫New Year New Us—We’re hitting the ground running. From shaping a bold strategic plan to building the team that will bring it to life, 2026 is about momentum and purpose.
New album coming January 27! Titled “The Good Fight,” it’s filled with tales and reflections—all in banger form—of my life as a do-gooder. Pre-saves and pre-orders at all the major outlets go live on January 6 (aka Tuesday). 1/
January 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
New album coming January 27! Titled “The Good Fight,” it’s filled with tales and reflections—all in banger form—of my life as a do-gooder. Pre-saves and pre-orders at all the major outlets go live on January 6 (aka Tuesday). 1/
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"Nobody is using this responsibly": @kevindeliban.bsky.social's warnings on A.I. and the lessons he took from beating the state of Arkansas in court after it denied benefits to Medicaid recipients because of decisions made by an algorithm.
December 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Nobody is using this responsibly": @kevindeliban.bsky.social's warnings on A.I. and the lessons he took from beating the state of Arkansas in court after it denied benefits to Medicaid recipients because of decisions made by an algorithm.
Talking AI tonight (Sunday) on MS NOW Primetime (formerly MSNBC) at 5:20 pacific / 8:20 eastern. Tune in and let me know what you think!
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Talking AI tonight (Sunday) on MS NOW Primetime (formerly MSNBC) at 5:20 pacific / 8:20 eastern. Tune in and let me know what you think!
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Big Tech is rapidly building out data centers to power AI—without adequate oversight, transparency, or accountability. @publiccitizen.bsky.social has released a new report revealing who truly benefits from the acceleration of AI across all sectors of society, and who is left to pay the price.⬇️
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Big Tech is rapidly building out data centers to power AI—without adequate oversight, transparency, or accountability. @publiccitizen.bsky.social has released a new report revealing who truly benefits from the acceleration of AI across all sectors of society, and who is left to pay the price.⬇️
Rounding out our recap and look forward is Andrea Reyes, our senior organizing strategist, who previews a small part of what we have in store for 2026!
As we celebrate one year, we’re also looking ahead.
The challenges before us are real and urgent, but so are the opportunities. Our next chapter is about scaling our impact, deepening our partnerships, and pushing for lasting change. But we can’t do it alone. We need your story — & your commitment.
The challenges before us are real and urgent, but so are the opportunities. Our next chapter is about scaling our impact, deepening our partnerships, and pushing for lasting change. But we can’t do it alone. We need your story — & your commitment.
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Rounding out our recap and look forward is Andrea Reyes, our senior organizing strategist, who previews a small part of what we have in store for 2026!
AI is not inevitable. As Sue Garcia Nofi, our senior attorney, explains here, we have a plan to stop powerful people from using it to decide the key aspects of our lives, like our health, work, housing, and education. Tune in to learn more!
Our work begins with a simple, but bold idea: powerful people using AI to decide our fates is not inevitable. At TechTonic Justice, we’re working for a better today and a better tomorrow. And, we want you to join us!
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
AI is not inevitable. As Sue Garcia Nofi, our senior attorney, explains here, we have a plan to stop powerful people from using it to decide the key aspects of our lives, like our health, work, housing, and education. Tune in to learn more!
Here's @clarenceokoh.bsky.social , our senior attorney, talking about the real-life harms that AI causes low-income people and the need for people-led action that prevents, mitigates, and repairs the damage done.
We’ve seen the harms that happen when powerful people use AI to decide how low-income people live, learn, work, and survive. We need more than simple guardrails around AI; we need meaningful ways to reduce, disrupt, and repair the harms people suffer. That’s what our legislative agenda stands for.
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Here's @clarenceokoh.bsky.social , our senior attorney, talking about the real-life harms that AI causes low-income people and the need for people-led action that prevents, mitigates, and repairs the damage done.