Hillary Ronen
@hillaryronen.bsky.social
Former San Francisco Supervisor District 9; working to ensure AI and tech work for the well being of human beings and not just corporate interests.
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Unlike Rep senators + reps lying on national media outlets, I actually dealt with Medicaid work requirements as a legal aid attorney when they caused mass chaos in 2018 in Arkansas. I wrote about it in this recent NYT OpEd. Any chance a major network would have me on to shed light + tell truth?
Opinion | We Saw Medicaid Work Requirements Up Close. You Don’t Want This Chaos.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Unlike Rep senators + reps lying on national media outlets, I actually dealt with Medicaid work requirements as a legal aid attorney when they caused mass chaos in 2018 in Arkansas. I wrote about it in this recent NYT OpEd. Any chance a major network would have me on to shed light + tell truth?
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Relentless positivity, an unapologetic focus on economic justice, and widespread inclusion wins! Zohran provides some hope and a path forward when we all really really need it. Good stuff.
June 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Relentless positivity, an unapologetic focus on economic justice, and widespread inclusion wins! Zohran provides some hope and a path forward when we all really really need it. Good stuff.
Don’t miss this brilliant report that names the myths propping up AI’s current “inevitable” trajectory, exposes how Big Tech is rigging the system, & outlines what we must do to take back our future from unaccountable power.
NEW REPORT: Artificial Power, our 2025 Landscape Report, is out.
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
June 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Don’t miss this brilliant report that names the myths propping up AI’s current “inevitable” trajectory, exposes how Big Tech is rigging the system, & outlines what we must do to take back our future from unaccountable power.
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It took just 15 years to get from Citizens United to this
Here it is: Musk thinks he is owed a say in Trump’s policy because of how much he spent on the campaign.
June 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It took just 15 years to get from Citizens United to this
Bravo Carole Cadwalladr!
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Carole Cadwalladr - Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State | The Daily Show
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June 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Bravo Carole Cadwalladr!
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Route 50 coverage of @localprogress.bsky.social and @ainowinstitute.bsky.social report on how local elected officials can take action to steer the adoption of AI and protect constituents from the harms.
Report: How local governments can prioritize responsible AI adoption
Local officials can play a role in how AI tools are adopted and deployed among government agencies, even amid the federal government’s efforts to ease regulations on the tech, a new report says.
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May 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Route 50 coverage of @localprogress.bsky.social and @ainowinstitute.bsky.social report on how local elected officials can take action to steer the adoption of AI and protect constituents from the harms.
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We launched a new report with @localprogress.bsky.social : Local Leadership in the Era of Artificial Intelligence & the Tech Oligarchy. Watch our webinar with @hillaryronen.bsky.social and @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrdF...
Local Leadership in the Era of Artificial Intelligence & the Tech Oligarchy
YouTube video by Local Progress
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May 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We launched a new report with @localprogress.bsky.social : Local Leadership in the Era of Artificial Intelligence & the Tech Oligarchy. Watch our webinar with @hillaryronen.bsky.social and @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrdF...
Looking so forward to sharing how local elected officials can work to protect communities from the harms of AI. Excited to be joined by @smw.bsky.social and Councilmember Jennifer Gutierrez, Chair of NYC's Committee on Technology. Join us.
As AI and Big Tech's influence grows, our communities are the ones harmed through unaffordable housing, job loss, and surveillance. Join us and @ainowinstitute.bsky.social on May 27 as we launch our new report and learn more on how to protect our communities: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Looking so forward to sharing how local elected officials can work to protect communities from the harms of AI. Excited to be joined by @smw.bsky.social and Councilmember Jennifer Gutierrez, Chair of NYC's Committee on Technology. Join us.
“The provision…would strip the public of any meaningful recourse in the face of AI-related harm…
It’s a decade-long permission slip for corporate impunity. The provision is a message to the states…shut up while Big Tech writes its own rules or continues to lobby Congress to have none at all.”
It’s a decade-long permission slip for corporate impunity. The provision is a message to the states…shut up while Big Tech writes its own rules or continues to lobby Congress to have none at all.”
Buried in Congress’s Budget Bill is a Push to Halt AI Oversight | TechPolicy.Press
J.B. Branch and Ilana Beller argue against a federal moratorium on state AI laws.
www.techpolicy.press
May 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“The provision…would strip the public of any meaningful recourse in the face of AI-related harm…
It’s a decade-long permission slip for corporate impunity. The provision is a message to the states…shut up while Big Tech writes its own rules or continues to lobby Congress to have none at all.”
It’s a decade-long permission slip for corporate impunity. The provision is a message to the states…shut up while Big Tech writes its own rules or continues to lobby Congress to have none at all.”
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April 27, 2025
April 27, 2025
Last night a new club opened in the wealthy Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
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April 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
April 27, 2025
The stakes are high. Time to focus on shaping the direction of AI is now.
In the 19th century, Luddism raised the question of how to maintain the legitimacy of an economic system where workers create value yet remain subjugated to the market and the prerogatives of capitalism. Now, A.I. poses the same inquiry.
How to Survive the A.I. Revolution
The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?
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April 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The stakes are high. Time to focus on shaping the direction of AI is now.
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On X, VP Vance falsely claims that Mr. Abrego was a "convicted MS-13 gang member."
In fact, Mr. Abrego has no criminal record at all. He was arrested (but not charged) while looking for day labor outside a Home Depot in 2019. Local cops then said a "confidential informant" said he was in MS-13.
In fact, Mr. Abrego has no criminal record at all. He was arrested (but not charged) while looking for day labor outside a Home Depot in 2019. Local cops then said a "confidential informant" said he was in MS-13.
April 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
On X, VP Vance falsely claims that Mr. Abrego was a "convicted MS-13 gang member."
In fact, Mr. Abrego has no criminal record at all. He was arrested (but not charged) while looking for day labor outside a Home Depot in 2019. Local cops then said a "confidential informant" said he was in MS-13.
In fact, Mr. Abrego has no criminal record at all. He was arrested (but not charged) while looking for day labor outside a Home Depot in 2019. Local cops then said a "confidential informant" said he was in MS-13.
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This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.
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Thank you @chenoweth.bsky.social and company.
Our research shows: the resistance is alive and well | Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman and Soha Hammam
Street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thank you @chenoweth.bsky.social and company.
I feel like this almost everyday but today feels like a good day to thank Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez for their patriotism and service to this country. @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I feel like this almost everyday but today feels like a good day to thank Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez for their patriotism and service to this country. @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social
My SF peeps - see you noon-2 at Tesla Showroom 999 Van Ness!
YOU HEARD HER FOLKS!
March 29
500 global actions
Every. Showroom. In. America!
LFG!
Join the call to hear more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo...
#teslatakedown
March 29
500 global actions
Every. Showroom. In. America!
LFG!
Join the call to hear more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo...
#teslatakedown
March 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My SF peeps - see you noon-2 at Tesla Showroom 999 Van Ness!
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YOU HEARD HER FOLKS!
March 29
500 global actions
Every. Showroom. In. America!
LFG!
Join the call to hear more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo...
#teslatakedown
March 29
500 global actions
Every. Showroom. In. America!
LFG!
Join the call to hear more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo...
#teslatakedown
March 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
YOU HEARD HER FOLKS!
March 29
500 global actions
Every. Showroom. In. America!
LFG!
Join the call to hear more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo...
#teslatakedown
March 29
500 global actions
Every. Showroom. In. America!
LFG!
Join the call to hear more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHo...
#teslatakedown
As a former member of the San Francisco Democratic Central Committee, I’m incensed by the party’s current leadership and will reregister as an independent if there are not major changes and consequences for Schumer, et al.’s stunning betrayal.
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
As a former member of the San Francisco Democratic Central Committee, I’m incensed by the party’s current leadership and will reregister as an independent if there are not major changes and consequences for Schumer, et al.’s stunning betrayal.
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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Can’t wait to read this book! Recommend a listen to this conversation between two brilliant technologists. @cbracy.bsky.social
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VCs Are World Eaters w/ Catherine Bracy
Podcast Episode · Computer Says Maybe · 03/07/2025 · 48m
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March 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Can’t wait to read this book! Recommend a listen to this conversation between two brilliant technologists. @cbracy.bsky.social
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While Elon Musk aggressively pursues “AI-first governance,” the American people remain skeptical of AI and Big Tech. “The administration’s current AI blitzkrieg may intensify this antipathy,” @kevindeliban.bsky.social writes. thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
While Elon Musk aggressively pursues “AI-first governance,” the American people remain skeptical of AI and Big Tech. “The administration’s current AI blitzkrieg may intensify this antipathy,” @kevindeliban.bsky.social writes. thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Ran into this student led protest in Boyle Heights! The youth know what’s up.
February 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ran into this student led protest in Boyle Heights! The youth know what’s up.