This is terrible, to tear gas a subway station. Lots of people will be stuck within a confined space. #HongKongProtestshttps://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1160538322906669056 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted isabella steger
This is terrible, to tear gas a subway station. Lots of people will be stuck within a confined space. #HongKongProtestshttps://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1160538322906669056 …
zeynep tufekci added,
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Two huge dangers associated with tear gas are using it in confined spaces and the canister being shot straight—instead of upwards, about 45 degree angle, so it doesn't directly hit someone. This picture from the #HongKongprotests seems to show both. :-(https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1160543890065068032 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Dear #ASA19. I appear on the schedule but I couldn’t make it this year due to #HongKongProtests, and couldn’t change it on paper on time. (Protests don’t lend to scheduling ahead of time
!) Also the subway here runs better in the middle of huge protests than the usual in NYC. 
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Samson Yuen
zeynep tufekci added,
In an unprecedented move, the Hong Kong airport has been shut down to all flights as thousands protesting police actions yesterday have flocked to it. I saw a line of protesters walking back/waiting for buses about a mile deep. Thousands still here. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/WjvE3t3AQL
Airport protesters are still greeting the last arrivals, chanting “stand with Hong Kong, fight for freedom.” #antiELAB #Hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/aur2C3IQ2w
Flight board shows cancellations and lots of protesters have left, but many still here. #antiELAB Lots of people on their phones, trying to figure out next steps. (By the way, even with extra thousands, the WiFi here still works better than almost any US airport on a good day.)pic.twitter.com/FS3ozAp6Gl
I know there are lots of rumors about the Hong Long airport but as of 6:55p—lights are on. WiFi is fine. No overt police. Protesters have left by the thousands but many remain. People still arriving. Here’s my contribution to the facial recognition algos. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ZhiaXmN7Ib
The heartbreaking case of the young medic who lost her eye yesterday is prominent and seems the biggest motivator of today’s otherwise spontaneous protest—airport protests were slated to end yesterday. So many have lost eyes—in Tahrir, in Gezi, now in Hong Kong. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Ru7JftyVWl
Not forgetting the #S21-protests in Stuttgart, Germany, where 4 protesters had severe eye injuries - one has lost his sight completely.https://www.thelocal.de/20101006/30295
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