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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

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pinboard

      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,

      Pinboard @Pinboard
      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. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Sep 2019

      Tonight’s rally in Hong Kong on detainees and police misconduct, was pretty large. But the big one is tomorrow: a “global anti-totalitarianism march” followed on October 1st by a “wear black” day on the anniversary of mainland China’s founding. Big weekend for #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/zkfBv8zTxJ

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Sep 2019

      The crowd coming out of the subway for the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella revolution rally is so big and dense that we can barely move. Popular chant: “five demands, not one less.” More and more protesters tell me the fifth, universal suffrage, is the most important to them.pic.twitter.com/DJ1C8iYUI4

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Sep 2019

          The rally had barely started, but I already saw the red flag and police are already using pepper spray on people entering the rally. Meanwhile, a small orchestra (right past the pepper spray) is practicing “Glory to Hong Kong”—the anthem that didn’t even exist until recently.pic.twitter.com/OsoVrHPo5E

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Sep 2019

          On its fifth anniversary, the Umbrella movement is back where it started, occupying Harcourt road. It’s tear gas, pepper spray, water cannons (blue water laced with something that burns) against a sea of umbrellas. But the movement is different—tenor, goals & methods all evolved.pic.twitter.com/kuo8CrrwlY

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Sep 2019

          Causeway “anti totalitarian” march. An hour before scheduled gathering time and the tear gas warning flag is up already. 🙄 #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/YIHWe9gYhV

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Sep 2019

          See the rifles for Hong Kong police are holding? Made in Pennsylvania, USA. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Yf3yYQLuYL

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Sep 2019

          So we got tear gassed again. Ugh. In the middle of the shopping district. This woman was caught in the middle, and very badly affected. I watched a Hong Kong journalist give her his mask. He went out to work again without a mask. (We got her a medic.) #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/lBrfzYmNEZ

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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          Hong Long protesters ended up marching anyway, despite the teargas. They had a contingent with United Nations and world flags. I also watched the Hong Kong police shoot rubber bullets and tear gas canisters directly at the protesters. Their weapons are made in Pennsylvania, USA.pic.twitter.com/WVoq34rAWd

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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Wall Street Journal

          I think this belongs in this thread. #HongKongProtestshttps://twitter.com/wsj/status/1177357178975457285 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          5:43
          The Wall Street JournalVerified account @WSJ
          Some classrooms in China are equipped with AI cameras and brain-wave trackers. While many parents and teachers see them as tools to improve grades, they’ve become some children’s worst nightmare. #WSJWhatsNow pic.twitter.com/q1wyQcWdZw
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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted LO Kin-hei 羅健熙

          I was very near this—police disguised as protester was discovered, pulled gun. Live round reportedly fired. People rushed towards us to tell us. Hong Kong protesters keep coming up to me to plead with me to tell the world what’s happening.https://twitter.com/lokinhei/status/1178286307061055488 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          LO Kin-hei 羅健熙Verified account @lokinhei
          a photo from @mingpaocom showed a police disguised at protester pointing a gun towards people around. #HongKong #HongKongProtests #929GlobalAntiTotalitarianism https://m.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20190929/s00001/1569754764179/%e3%80%90%e9%80%83%e7%8a%af%e6%a2%9d%e4%be%8b%e3%80%91%e7%81%a3%e4%bb%94%e8%a1%97%e5%9d%8a%e7%a8%b1%e7%9b%ae%e6%93%8a%e8%ad%a6%e5%93%a1%e7%96%91%e5%96%ac%e8%a3%9d%e7%a4%ba%e5%a8%81%e8%80%85-%e7%8f%be%e5%a0%b4%e6%9b%be%e5%82%b3%e6%a7%8d%e8%81%b2 … pic.twitter.com/XuQgRDlxI4
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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          Today’s theme in #HongKongprotests was global anti-totalitarian solidarity. There was a lot of posters on that.pic.twitter.com/lJBfqSN9Se

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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          Also, Hong Kong protesters are pretty clear in their demands. They have five enumerated ones, of which they already won one. It mostly comes down to preserving their autonomy as promised under two systems one country. But they also want universal suffrage.pic.twitter.com/KsowGOSkKw

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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          Here’s a great investigation of the Pennsylvania factory and its poorly-paid workers brewing teargas that is being used on Hong Kong protesters. I took that picture of that canister here in Hong Kong. #HongKongProtestshttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/tear-gas-hong-kong-made-in-usa …

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        13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bruno J. Navarro

          Sad news! Seems the Indonesian journalist shot in the eye by the Hong Kong police may have permanent damage.😢Hong Kong police are using tear gas/rubber bullet rifles made in the USA. Same time as she was shot, I witnessed them shoot directly at people.https://twitter.com/Bruno_J_Navarro/status/1178355997225697280 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Bruno J. NavarroVerified account @Bruno_J_Navarro
          Veby Mega Indah, a 39-year-old associate editor with Suara Hong Kong News, told the Post that her right eye was injured by a projectile during the day’s street violence and she needed three stitches near her eyebrow. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3030864/indonesian-journalist-demands-answers-after-she-was-shot …
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        14. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

          Just a note of #ff appreciation. I find her Twitter feed to be among the most useful ones for following Hong Kong. She seems to be everywhere, or always come through with explanations and context.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1178501449992400897 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu
          The grey hair man #CarrieLam took a selfie with is CEO of Sing Tao Daily Siu Sai-wo. And the woman who joined the selfie at Lam's right appeared to be pro-Beijing columnist Chris Wat. https://twitter.com/HAOHONG_CFA/status/1178499324621115393 …
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        15. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Sarah Zheng

          At the 45 second mark, you see the Hong Kong police, under no threat, turn right around and shoot directly into the gaggle of journalists, injuring in the eye Veby Mega Indah, journalist with Suara HK News—a local paper read especially by domestic workers.https://twitter.com/_szheng/status/1178348910407897088 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          0:45
          Sarah ZhengVerified account @_szheng
          Video shot by a medic from earlier showing police firing a shot from the Gloucester Rd overpass and hitting the Indonesian journalist in her right eye #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/DWL8GOe7L3
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        16. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          There was a Christian prayer meeting in Hong Kong today. They prayed, sang “the anthem”—hand over heart, some in tears—and then a masked protester announced a new charter they are calling for with universal suffrage and accountable government. (Last pic has charter QR code).pic.twitter.com/kYlMjz4bG2

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        17. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jerry Miller

          My dude, they sang their own new “anthem.” There are Christians in Hong Kong, try Wikipedia. I’ve been watching hundreds of thousands of people march and many young people put everything on the line for months. Shocking, people want freedom on their on. 🙄https://twitter.com/jerrymi12784651/status/1178645975042347008 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Jerry Miller @JerryMi12784651
          Replying to @zeynep
          Yet … you don't see the hand of the CIA in this??? The US Anthem??? Christian prayer??? Conveniently taped for a US Audience?? Maybe, you should go to France, Yemen, Gaza, OR Flint, MI! You could uncover some REAL injustice that flag waving and sloganeering can't fix!
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        18. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          Someone please write a profile of Uncle Chen and the defenders group. (These are elderly people who form human chains to protect youth against the police). He’s always recognized. People go up and thank him. I’ve seen him pepper-sprayed and just hold his line. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/KUzhqcMZ5c

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        19. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          Prince Edward station in Hong Kong has again been turned into a shrine, as protesters demand answers on what happened on August 31 when the police locked down the station with many people inside, not allowing medics in. Many I talked with want the CCTV recordings to be released.pic.twitter.com/rf5JXIh9Im

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        20. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          There’s a police station right next to this subway stop, the focus off so much controversy over 8.31. The authorities keep tearing down the shrine and the protesters keep rebuilding it. Here, the candles spell out one of the slogans: “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.”pic.twitter.com/QQjOxDxEaN

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        21. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted AFP News Agency

          Hong Kong today will see widespread protests coinciding with the 70th anniversary of mainland China’s founding (though it’s not at all a communist country anymore). The authorities have shut down many subway stations already and pepper spray already out.https://twitter.com/afp/status/1178825723844288512 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          AFP News AgencyVerified account @AFP
          As celebrations start in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China, pro-democracy protesters begin to rally in Hong Kong. By 8am pepper-spray was already being used. Local officials have had to move a flag-raising ceremony behind closed doors pic.twitter.com/p3oK6UjmVq
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        22. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          It’s 1p in Hong Kong and a large, defiant crowd started marching from Causeway where some legislators said they had a right to freedom of assembly and would defy the police ban. I walked here with a crowd wearing black—subway is closed so it’s a day to get all your steps in. 😄pic.twitter.com/3ZMvo4TODn

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        23. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          Protesters in Hong Kong are so used to walking with all the transit shutdowns. I’ve had days of 10+ hours of walking! It’s like almost every tactic by the authorities—police, tear gas, MTR shutdowns—is just designed to get people upset and more committed. https://twitter.com/tominmedill/status/1178903035717672960 …

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        24. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019

          A crowdsourced map in Hong Kong, @hkmaplive, shows all the road closures, teargas, police blocks, everything. But you don’t need to check the map to know there’s police ahead—protesters immediately start chanting “corrupt police” at them and the chant travels back in a wave. 🌊

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        25. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

          Terrible news. So far on Hong Kong island, where I am, it’s been pepper-laced blue-dye from water cannon and tear gas. Police cannot solve the political problem. Having watched the evolution of this, it doesn’t feel like protesters will be easily cowed.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1178954262941843456 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu
          A man was shot in the chest by a live round fired by police on Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan, according to a source. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3031044/chaos-expected-across-hong-kong-anti-government-protesters …
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        26. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2019

          Not what a political solution for Hong Kong looks like. The government response seems to be tasking the police with clearing protesters, but the protesters are tenacious and feel legitimate. Police just came and pushed around the press, and then left. No tactical rhyme or reason.pic.twitter.com/1ZhKlface4

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        27. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2019

          The police just keep throwing around teargas, and a protester was shot in the chest earlier with a live round. (Luckily, he seems to have survived). I saw a family with a small child caught in the middle of this. Meanwhile, most protesters have gas masks. Not a sane path forward.pic.twitter.com/gltTuYmSW6

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        28. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2019

          Many parts of Hong Kong Island are died blue by the pepper-spray laced blue water from the water cannons. Graffiti left behind. I’m headed to Mong Kok. Still stunned at the news the police shot a protester in the chest at close range (luckily missed his heart!) #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/osVwHwaw9Q

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        29. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2019

          Nathan road on Kowloon side is all barricades, protesters and police lines. Hard to convey the scale. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Yf9ezMblFc

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        30. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2019

          Protesters started a fire in front of the Cheung Sha Wan Government Office. The firefighters came and put it out quickly. Like the medics, they are not impeded in their work. (They sometimes serve an intermediary function between the police and the protesters). #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/8xvqZJv7FO

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        31. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2019

          Still a lot going on. I was trying to step away for a minute, ended up getting teargassed. Again. At this point I’m so used to it I just held my breath and walked away. A passerby caught in it asked me to wash his eyes. The city is basically awash in tear gas. #HongKongProtests

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