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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Mar 12

I wrote about this! "The disenfranchisement of marginalized voters is a feature, not a bug, of the American reality. Denying these groups full & free participation in democracy isn’t breaking news—in fact, it’s a problem as old as journalistic myopia itself." electorette.substack.com/p/from-econo...

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · 19d

Listen to our entire convo on the Electorette substack, and support **independent, billionaire-free, women-led media** by subscribing while you’re there 💪🏽🤗 (It’s free!) bit.ly/4nMqcwC

Can the Voting Rights Act Survive This Supreme Court Term?

Sophia Lin Lakin on How the Supreme Court Could Dismantle the Law Protecting Voters

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · 19d

Don’t forget! Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear Callais v. Landry — a case that could gut the Voting Rights Act by stripping key protections against racial discrimination. I spoke with Sophia Lin Lakin of the @aclu.org about what this could mean for voters.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · 26d

Listen to our entire convo on the Electorette substack, and support **independent, billionaire-free, women-led media** by subscribing while you’re there 💪🏽🤗 (It’s free!) Electorette.substack.com

The Electorette | Substack

The Electorette Newsletter. Click to read The Electorette, a Substack publication.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · 26d

The Supreme Court is back in session 🫤 — and one of the first major cases on its docket could gut what’s left of the Voting Rights Act. Callais v. Landry (Oct 15) targets Section 2, which protects voters from racial discrimination.

I spoke with Sophia Lin Lakin of @aclu.org about what’s at stake.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Oct 1

That isn’t “just politics.” That’s the darkest, most vile stance one can take — republican or not. So, by aligning with him, they can’t just say “we share the same politics/are in the same party”— this is beyond politics. They have to stand with the whole man.

Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Oct 1

If people are going to frame Charlie Kirk’s positions in a political light, we should be clear that he wasn’t just politically conservative or a Republican — his views are clearly and firmly in the realm of white supremacy. He embraced radical white nationalism and an unapologetic brand of misogyny.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Oct 1

And I had to read this quote from Ida B. Wells at least a half dozen times. It’s that powerful. Watch my full chat with Dr. Keisha N Blain, here: Electorette.substack.com

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Oct 1

ICYMI: Have you heard my latest interview the Dr. Keisha N. Blain about her latest book, “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights?” Listen to the entire thing on Electorette.substack.com.

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Stacy B. @stacyblanco.bsky.social · Sep 9

This 👇🏽

Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 9

International human trafficking of children with some of the world’s largest corporate players involved in the coverup. This is why people and companies who seemingly have so much to lose by supporting this president, are still protecting him. This is a bfd…

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 9

Until next time. 🍻

Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 9

Truly…

Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you for the solidarity!

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 6

But I am pleased to know he was alive to see how feverishly we embraced the possibility of his demise.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 6

He’s done a lot of terrible things, but undoubtedly the cruelest was his resurfacing after we’d all but written his obituary. What a joyful long weekend that was.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 6

The technological leaps we’ve in the last 5 decades (since 1975 when MSFT was founded) could have done so much more good in the world, yet here we are. I believe that’s due to tech companies shutting out diverse players & concentrating power among white men (and those adjacent).

Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’re living the reality of decades of tech advancements being used to primarily advance the interests of wealthy men at the top, and the rest of us have essentially been cogs in the machinery to build their wealth.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 6

That meeting between tech CEOs and Trump reminded me of one thing: We need more women in STEM. We need more women-owned tech companies.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Sep 6

⚠️ PSA: To all my French-film cinephiles out there — François Ozon has a new movie out! “When Fall Is Coming,” starring the legendary Hélène Vincent and Ludivine Sagnier is streaming NOW! It’s everything my little Francophile heart desires: moody, mysterious, and murderous. youtu.be/dEGhDL1WdnQ?si

WHEN FALL IS COMING | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters April 4

YouTube video by Music Box Films

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Aug 30

Take comfort in knowing that it’s a holiday weekend at the WH, too, and we’re merely one cholesterol-laden meal away from freedom. 🤗

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Aug 30

The kindest thing I can offer in this moment is the hope that, wherever he is, he knows we’re thinking of him. 🤗

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Aug 30

Tonight, I’m going to sleep like 5-year-old on Christmas Eve.

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Aug 26

And support independent, *women-led* media by subscribing to The Electorette on Substack! electorette.substack.com

The Electorette | Substack

The Electorette Newsletter. Click to read The Electorette, a Substack publication.

electorette.substack.com

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Jenn Taylor-Skinner @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Electorette is on Substack! Check out my recent conversation Jessica Orozco Guttlein from The Hispanic Federation: "Four Decades Without Reform: What America’s Immigration Failures Are Doing to a Generation" open.substack.com/pub/electore...

Four Decades Without Reform: What America’s Immigration Failures Are Doing to a Generation

A Conversation with Jessica Orozco Guttlein, on America’s Broken Immigration System

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