1. Neera Tanden, mon semblable, — ma sœur! Like @sunraysunray I had some complicated feelings about Tanden's failed nomination. I don't agree with her politics but (for obvious reasons) also don't like to see a fellow obsessive tweeter crash & burn. https://twitter.com/sunraysunray/status/1362963477241946117 …
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4. Also lost in the larger narrative is that the real problem was never Tanden's tweets (strongly worded but usually within bounds of fair comment) but the truly unhinged Tanden Trolls that she cultivated and encouraged. But you have to be as online as her to know that.
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5. I had originally wanted to pay tribute to the hymn "Nearer, My God, To Thee" by titling this "Neera, My God, To Tweet." But I was victimized by cancel culture so now it ran The Importance of Logging Off.https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/neera-tanden-twitter-biden/ …
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6. Speaking of the problems of social media, I should mention that
@leninology's The Twittering Machine is excellent and didn't get (I think) the attention it deserves. A very deep book. https://www.versobooks.com/books/3229-the-twittering-machine …Show this thread
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