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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 11 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Philly Transit Riders Union

      Any mandate to wear masks has to recognize that throwing people off transportation for not wearing masks is wrong, counterproductive, and also absolutely unacceptable. It’s not people’s fault there is both a shortage and confusing messaging. Hand out masks. No disaster fascism.https://twitter.com/phillyTRU/status/1248689954294726658 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Philly Transit Riders Union @phillyTRU
      we're asking our members to email the Philly police chief and the SEPTA GM to say cops should hand out masks and not assault transit riders. you can too it's easy https://phillytru.org/action/email/policing_riders_during_covid_19/ …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

      If you ever wondered how incompetence and authoritarianism could get us to pandemic fascism real fast, look at what's happening around masks. First they were useless, and suddenly cops are dragging people off trains for not wearing one―meanwhile hospital still don't have enough.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Pandemic fascism, accompanied by pandemic theater, is the worst of all possible worlds. We'll get counterproductive policies that appeal to anxieties as justification rather than being evidence-based or sustainable. Look at what's happened to parks/trails.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1247546543051345926 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      All over the world, the authorities are closing down parks and trails—but that's unsustainable, counterproductive and probably even harmful. Instead, we should adapt to the pandemic and retool them for social-distancing. My new piece on why and how. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/closing-parks-ineffective-pandemic-theater/609580/ … pic.twitter.com/Va2r4a6mT7
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

      We should wear masks especially in crowded indoor spaces like trains and stores. That should happen with education and availability of masks! We should be able to go outdoors with policies to manage congestion and enable distancing—not imprison people indoors which is unhealthy.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Katherine Cross

      I like this thread. Taking the pandemic seriously shouldn't mean taking evidence, sustainability or rights less seriously.https://twitter.com/Quinnae_Moon/status/1248378220505731073 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Katherine CrossVerified account @Quinnae_Moon
      This @zeynep article is an important read and illustrates a criminally underrated perspective on the pandemic: accepting the severity of COVID-19 while calling for more thoughtful mitigation. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/closing-parks-ineffective-pandemic-theater/609580 …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

      "I take the pandemic seriously so the policies that sound most severe must be the best, and btw let me share that medium piece with the scariest sounding faux science that's not based on evidence or epidemiology" cannot be the way forward. We really need to ground ourselves.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted MKKare

          Yes, but that *is* how you get fascism—by mobilizing human nature and anxieties into a draconian state that is explicitly and implicitly supported not just by hate, but also anxiety and fear. Fascism is not alien to human nature. It's one version of it.https://twitter.com/MKKare/status/1248989493962530817 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          MKKare @MKKare
          See, problem is people, including cops, feel really helpless about all the shit happening now. Doing this is a watt I feel they’re doing something. I think it’s just human nature rather than fascism. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1248972575788720129 …
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

          Any idea that the "liberal" politics as they're currently constructed in Western nations are any kind of bulwark against pandemic fascism is not true. Look at your Facebook feeds, people. It's full of anxiety-fueled scolding that's waiting for the "correct" authoritarianism.

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

          US right/admin seems to want to go with "let's let mass deaths cleanse the economy" which is one scary form, but it's plausible that the opposite will then be construed a "let's pick whatever sounds most severe and punish all violations"—which also *won't* work and is also scary.

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

          In Feb and March, locally, I watched with despair as some on the liberal side traveled/gathered and people who tried to caution were scolded with "what about the flu" and "don't be racist." Now, "can I go for a walk?" is met with a version of "you murderer what's wrong with you!"

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020

          I'm not saying this is everyone, but the strains are there for a realignment that ends with broad-based pandemic fascism. I don't see Western nations as immune to this, and not being a fan of this admin is by itself not immunity to being a potential part of that realignment.

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        2. Just say no to experimental drugs  🇺🇸‏ @matt4etc 11 Apr 2020
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          Pandemic theater is the new security theater (as in airport security)

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Apr 2020
          Replying to @matt4etc

          Thank you for explaining my point back to me. I don't know what I would do without many people doing that many times a day!

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