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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 4 Sep 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Daniel Victor

      Carrie Lam has finally announced the withdrawal of the extradition bill that initially sparked the protests. But no amnesty for arrestees, no independent inquiry into police, and no democratic reforms. I don’t think they’re reading the public mood well.https://twitter.com/bydanielvictor/status/1169192151386746881 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Daniel VictorVerified account @bydanielvictor
      This is a big win for Hong Kong protesters, but don’t expect the demonstrations to stop. It’s just one of their five demands, and it’s one that had been taken off the front burner lately https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1169188131557511170 …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Sep 2019

      Ugh this nonsense now has a "Bernie's Tweets" version—vinegar rather than liquid nitrogen, but still "chemistry grads". 7.5 million views! See upthread on why this kind of fetishization—via alt-right or via geek fantasies—is harmful to Hong Kong's brave but vulnerable protesters.pic.twitter.com/2wKdZPKmI1

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Sep 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Also, see my other thread on how the copypasta "experts" following Hong Kong only via journalists (who often exaggerate or focus on what's visually attractive or sounds novel to them) or tweets can end up being harmful, too.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1169323269297717248 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Scary state of the "security advice" sector. This person who gets funding to provide security advice/training to activists has no idea about the *standard* police warning flag in Hong Kong and thinks it's a protester tactic. Such ignorance would be funny if it weren't dangerous. https://twitter.com/roryireland/status/1165270513792557063 …
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Sep 2019

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      Hong Kong protests aren’t dying down because their other demands are no less important to them—especially the independent investigation into police conduct and amnesty for the “riot” charges. 1100+ were arrested and some of face 10+ years. Not over by far.https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/1170324067674537984 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

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      Another night another fight. Prince Edward station has become the locus of nightly protests. Soon they'll need to build a press box. Half of Nathan Rd is closed pic.twitter.com/tLLqsOhkCN
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Sep 2019

      Crowd waiting outside the Queen Elizabeth Stadium where Carrie Lam had a dialogue with 150 people inside. They’re all holding up their hands in a gesture of five, chanting five demands, not one less—including universal suffrage! Fourth month. #HongKongProtests still high energy.pic.twitter.com/XLhCahBczI

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Sep 2019

      Yes, yes, I’m back in Hong Kong. I should probably start a new thread. 😬 With a 12 hour time difference, I need some “ga yao” myself but preferably in the form of a bottle of Pocari—a protester staple here.

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Sep 2019

      Protest research is hard to plan. Who knows when they’ll pop up? How long will it last? You do what you can while it continues. Gratitude here to my colleague @smalljones who guest lectured to cover my classes during the Arab Spring! He’s still doing it! (Win for the students!)

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Sep 2019

      The protesters just sang “Glory to Hong Kong” which has become their anthem. A few weeks ago, this didn’t exist. Now they all know it, and often sing it hand over heart.pic.twitter.com/7rUd9iJfqW

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Sep 2019

      MLK, Mandela, Havel, Churchill and others as voiceover for the promo for the 9/29 protests! It is going to be a busy weekend, with the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement and the 70th anniversary of mainland China both coming up! https://twitter.com/tomgrundy/status/1177239068846878720/video/1 …

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    10. End Qualified Immunity‏ @RobertPresthus 26 Sep 2019
      Replying to @zeynep

      MLK’s calls for freedom is so fucking different than what the protesters in HK are calling for.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Sep 2019
      Replying to @RobertPresthus

      They want universal suffrage and inquiry into police misconduct so I’m gonna say you are pretty wrong here.

      9:16 AM - 26 Sep 2019
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        1. End Qualified Immunity‏ @RobertPresthus 26 Sep 2019
          Replying to @zeynep

          MLK’s struggle was about racial equality.

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