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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Sep 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤

      See thread on “Hong Kong’s Dunkirk.”https://twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/status/1168156914158469120 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

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      Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤Verified account @rhokilpatrick
      Look at this fleet of supports and kind-hearted strangers trying to get protesters out of the Tsing Ma Bridge toll plaza and #backhome safe. pic.twitter.com/7VDTYT696S
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Sep 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted t  💉 💉 💉

      The eye-patch (referencing the medic girl who was shot in the eye in Tsim Sha Tsui) has been everywhere in the Hong Kong protests.https://twitter.com/myetcetera/status/1168171242160975873 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      t  💉 💉 💉Verified account @myetcetera
      Via. https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156573973305334&id=578130333&set=a.10151384171700334&source=48 … pic.twitter.com/LhrKVsS07B
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Sep 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

      Today's the first day of school in Hong Kong and the student have called for a school strike. One sees riot police in robocop gear around town now, and ID checks and searches. It's a striking shift in how the city feels. (Below, Carrie Lam's alma mater)https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1168363475459923968 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Hong Kong Free Press HKFPVerified account @hkfp
      At St. Francis' Canossian College - Carrie Lam's alma mater - students in helmets knelt and held up a placard reading: "Chief executive, are you willing to listen to the voices of your younger classmates?" In full: http://bit.ly/extraditionhk . Photo: Apple Daily. #hongkong pic.twitter.com/fLbC66YMBf
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2019

      Today in Hong Kong, secondary school students held a rally. Some were wearing the eyepatch. 😢 Now in a long, snaking line of protesters waiting to go over the footbridge to the rally in Tamar. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/xgPVt6LdHP

      4 replies 17 retweets 97 likes
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2019

      The rally at Tamar was pretty large (one of multiple simultaneous rallies today in Hong Kong). We want democracy—that’s what I hear most often from the protesters. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/GiBSzic6Rv

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2019

      Here in the Hong Kong protests, Pepe isn’t a symbol of alt-right. They adopted him as just a frog. Most have no idea of its US connotation. It’s taken some time but I’m no longer startled by it. Here are some Pepes with eyepatches from today—for the medic who got shot in the eye.pic.twitter.com/BZP1QpUUpg

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted antiELAB

      This from last night. This morning, there are more reports of arrests of organizers of peaceful protests. Hong Kong's government is simultaneously: not democratically elected; not responding to *very* large peaceful rallies; arresting peaceful dissidents.https://twitter.com/anti_elab/status/1168569274778079232 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

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      antiELAB @anti_elab
      9.2 in Prince Edward. A female, pressed onto the ground by riot police. She was not resisting, but reached to the hem of the officer’s trousers for help - the officer then stepped on her hand, which gave a cracking sound. #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/jxzxZih4g4
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2019

      That's the context in which, the Hong Kong protesters tell me, they've turned to more confrontational tactics. There's a lot of discussion here about what might finally make the government respond to the people. After this morning's press conference by Carrie Lam, a muddier path.

      3 replies 14 retweets 92 likes
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2019

      I'm seeing a lot of nonsense like this. Hong Kong protesters are tenacious and brave. They use water against tear gas canisters just like protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo—not liquid nitrogen ffs. So many comments about how "Asian protesters" are smart, high-IQ—alt-right themes.pic.twitter.com/cPvl1pcLsN

      18 replies 540 retweets 1,184 likes
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    10. Ataraxis‏ @ataraxisfinch 2 Sep 2019
      Replying to @zeynep

      It’s not “alt-right” to highlight displays of creativity, cooperation, civility, kindness and non-violence. These are signs of humanity amidst the bloody protest carnage that media generally likes to highlight.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2019
      Replying to @ataraxisfinch

      It’s alt-right to assume that’s something that happens only in Hong Kong due to “high-IQ” or whatever. But otherwise yes, I agree. The media sometimes ignores the very human side of protests—a universal.

      10:15 PM - 2 Sep 2019
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        1. Space Force Squadron Leader Brian E. Ford‏ @brianericford 3 Sep 2019
          Replying to @zeynep @ataraxisfinch

          Maybe not, but the person who posted that comment about liquid nitrogen is an alt-right racist who shouldn’t be allowed to shit-post his nonsense on Twitter, so ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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