Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
@specificpix.bsky.social
Documentary filmmaker, professor and founder of the Social Documentation Lab at UC Santa Cruz, USC Annenberg Journalism alum, wannabe jazz bass player, taco truck owner en mis sueños.
I finally got to test tequila as a solvent for removing super glue from fingers and it actually worked.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I finally got to test tequila as a solvent for removing super glue from fingers and it actually worked.
Tennis omg what an amazing sport
August 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tennis omg what an amazing sport
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What are we even doing?
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
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Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What are we even doing?
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Weimar "illustrates the dangerous logic of abdication: the belief that, faced with a rising threat to democracy, surrender is strategy, cooperating with an autocrat is survival, and sparing oneself or one’s party from immediate punishment is worth opening the door to long-term authoritarian rule"
Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Weimar "illustrates the dangerous logic of abdication: the belief that, faced with a rising threat to democracy, surrender is strategy, cooperating with an autocrat is survival, and sparing oneself or one’s party from immediate punishment is worth opening the door to long-term authoritarian rule"
Jackson State: A Tragedy Widely Forgotten : NPR
August 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Jackson State: A Tragedy Widely Forgotten : NPR
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The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
August 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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It’s Way Past Time To Scrap The Cap…
August 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It’s Way Past Time To Scrap The Cap…
Awww que en paz descanse
Leonard “Flaco” Jiménez died Thursday at the age of 86.
He was more than simply a master accordion player and an exceptionally versatile session musician. He was a steward of the joy his music brought to others and the power it had to bring people together.
He was more than simply a master accordion player and an exceptionally versatile session musician. He was a steward of the joy his music brought to others and the power it had to bring people together.
Remembering Flaco Jiménez, Tejano Music’s Heart and Soul
Could the genre have picked a more jovial, warmhearted ambassador?
www.texasmonthly.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Awww que en paz descanse
Treasury Secretary Says Trump Accounts Could Pave Way to Privatizing Social Security www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b...
Treasury Secretary Says Trump Accounts Could Pave Way to Privatizing Social Security
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Treasury Secretary Says Trump Accounts Could Pave Way to Privatizing Social Security www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b...
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My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Opinion | My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
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A “shift” never happened. A chaotic raid at a worksite and a warrantless sweep in our communities have the same outcome. Bullshit rhetoric aside, they’re hunting us down while we’re trying to feed you.
Who’s actually in charge?
Who’s actually in charge?
June 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A “shift” never happened. A chaotic raid at a worksite and a warrantless sweep in our communities have the same outcome. Bullshit rhetoric aside, they’re hunting us down while we’re trying to feed you.
Who’s actually in charge?
Who’s actually in charge?
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The president of a meat-processing plant in Nebraska says there's "no playbook" on how to move forward after 76 workers were arrested.
How a city in Nebraska is recovering after the state's largest worksite immigration raid
The city of Omaha is trying to forge ahead following the raid's chilling effect on the local workforce and the community at large.
www.nbcnews.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The president of a meat-processing plant in Nebraska says there's "no playbook" on how to move forward after 76 workers were arrested.
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If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.
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“… you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, cooks, day laborers in California and the rest of the country …”
PADILLA: "If this is how this admin responds to a senator with a question, if this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, cooks, day laborers in California and the rest of the country. We will hold this administration accountable."
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“… you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, cooks, day laborers in California and the rest of the country …”
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Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
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This is very bad
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast
Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is very bad
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame
Trying not to see French Open results in the daytime in California and catch up with the repeat broadcasts in the evenings
June 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trying not to see French Open results in the daytime in California and catch up with the repeat broadcasts in the evenings
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Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.
May 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.