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Nov 18, 2022

The thing is ... I love this site. It's the most favorite thing I've ever worked on. I wrote this almost the same week I started working on Twitter (then Obvious 1.0). Despite everything I still believe it. And I still believe no matter what the dream won't die here.

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Dustin Moskovitz

@moskov

Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this... if I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these bastards from the start.

Dustin Moskovitz

@moskov

We've been sleeping. We've had each other, and Twitter, our work, our days. We had each other, and they left us alone. We took their features, and ignored them, we kept their feeds churning, and the moment they pulled away, we forgot them.

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southpaw

@nycsouthpaw

Suffice it to say Twitter’s current leadership is adjusting a dial marked “overt Nazis” and checking to see how the crowd reacts.

sabrmattrics.xlsx

@sabrmattrics

"have fun staying poor" was the rallying cry for six incredible months, what happened?

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hayden.eth

@haydenzadams

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People rooting for crypto to be shut down are incredibly cringe. Like no one is trying to shut down the dumb fiat system you use, no one is forcing you to buy crypto, no one is forcing you to read crypto news or follow crypto twitter. Let people do what they want and chill…

Greg Sargent

@ThePlumLineGS

What??? nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/

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Wait? Is that where you’re supposed to wear the Oura ring? businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-

The Internet Is Breeding Hordes of Adult 'Bluey' Fans

We cover the theatrical sensation Bluey’s Big Play on the next Dune Pod (and attempt an Australian accent challenge)

wired.com

Sure, three-year-olds and critics love this animated series about a family of dogs. But its most vocal fans may be grownup commenters on TikTok.

Patrick Dillon

@mpdillon

The degree to with which people have talked themselves into the “certainty” of a recession has an awful lot of parallels to the way there was certainty about the inevitable Red Wave

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Conor Sen

@conorsen

Q4 real GDP growth 2.9%, initial jobless claims 186k. Really not sure why anyone thinks the economy is weak or even slowing.

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zeynep tufekci

@zeynep

Why write about this—seemingly so far from my interests? Harry and Meghan? Because it's not. Corrupt media ecology is THE topic of the day. Murdoch also owns Fox News. And because too many are dismissing The Spare as mere oversharing based on a few irrelevant details. It's not.

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That first fancy dinner after seeing The Menu hits different

Kyle Tharp

@kylewilsontharp

A reminder for reporters working on this story: Facebook has allowed Trump to buy millions of dollars worth of ads *since* he was de-platformed in 2021 - including ads saying the election was rigged.

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FWIW

@FWIWnews

However, let's not forget that @Meta has allowed Donald Trump to continue to advertise despite his "ban" on the platform. His team has spent millions of dollars on ads since January 2021: twitter.com/FWIWnews/statu

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Now listening to the Hackers soundtrack and it's important that people know it came out a year before Trainspotting. Hackers fucking knew.

Congrats

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! Look forward to listening.

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Evelyn Douek

@evelyndouek

So I've been working on a project with @knightcolumbia that is finally out in the world—it's a schmancy style podcast (far schmancier than my usual work!) about what happens when the First Amendment collides with tech platforms. You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vie

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Alex Stamos

@alexstamos

Now that Twitter is censoring users on behalf of the Modi government in India, I'm reupping this October prediction that Musk's international entanglements would be the Achilles heel of Twitter. Twitter should release all communications with governments regarding censorship.

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Alex Stamos

@alexstamos

Oct 28, 2022

I think @elonmusk has made a huge mistake, making himself the global face of content moderation at a critical moment of struggle with governments, while maintaining massive personal exposure to challenging countries.

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Oh word? People weren’t rushing to get a terrible deal closed by Christmas?

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla

(Dow Jones) -- Elon Musk's team has been exploring using as much as $3 billion in potential new fundraising to help repay some of the $13 billion in debt tacked onto Twitter Inc. for his buyout of the company, people familiar with the matter said. wsj.com/articles/elon-

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“We located all of your mutuals past and present. The first thirst trap you faved, all your reply canoes. Anyone who would remember you after you were gone. As we speak every member of your personal constellation is under our surveillance and at my signal will be shadowbanned.”

The existence of the University of California Regents implies the existence of the University of California Child and/or Mad King.

Jay Rosen

@jayrosen_nyu