Hi y’all! 👋🏽 On Friday, Sam Chavez (she/they/he) sat down with Joe Cardillo (they/them) to discuss the media & tech drama from the fallout of Kirk's murder. As always, we offer organizing action and a lens behind what the mainstream media is saying. In the free version, we discuss:

• 04:41 - Navigating Overwhelming Times
• 09:21 - The Kimmel firing and Media Control
• 16:29 - Chicago, Collective Action and Community Responses
• 20:47 - Creative Strategies for Organizing
• 24:28 - The Importance of Independent Media

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Deep Dives

• Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
• Elite Capture: How We Hack a Game Not Designed for Us
• They Not Like Us | Art as Movement Resilience
• TikTok Ban: a Harbinger for the Social Future
• The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump
• Cyber Security Resources

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• 404 Media
• Civil Eats
• The Tiny News Collective
• Healthy Media Alternatives

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