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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 9 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Simonᵛᵉˡᵈᵗ

      After more than a decade of teaching/researching/writing about pandemics, and after months of writing academic and popular articles about this pandemic that I proudly stand behind, and have more than stood the test of time, I still get random white dudes telling me this.🙄https://twitter.com/Simon_Veldt/status/1270433204764389376 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Simonᵛᵉˡᵈᵗ @Simon_Veldt
      Replying to @zeynep @cmyeaton
      As is writing in the middle of a pandemic for an audience of millions with a self-proclaimed authority about subjects which aren't within your field of expertise. For many many months. You should practice what you preach.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2020

      I don't normally highlight these, but imagine what if, instead of writing maybe the earliest mainstream article explaining need to "flatten the curve" and also one on the need for masks due to asymptomatic spread, I had made a human mistake or two. There'd be packs of vultures.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2020

      I'm highlighting this one partly because, yeah, I'm sitting pretty comfortably on my own track record right now. But imagine what these packs of vultures would do if they found the slightest issue to peck at. I get these *all the time* and they don't even have a wound to peck at.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2020

      To be a woman in the public sphere is like this: everyday people are out to undermine your confidence and get you to give up, to tell you to sit it out. No track record can keep them off, and again, if heaven forbid there is a mistake (which happens!), they descend in packs.

      12:37 PM - 9 Jun 2020
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2020

          And I don't have it worst! Read this on what black women in the public sphere routinely face. I usually get people to try to shut me up, but hers are not just about the usual death/rape threats, but specifically about violently destroying her brain.https://adanewmedia.org/2015/04/issue7-mcmillancottom/ …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kevin Werbach

          Thank you! One big reason I can go occasionally go public like this is to remind people on behalf of those who cannot. I'm confident in my work, securely employed, and happy to stand on my record. But this stuff wears down people before they have a chance.https://twitter.com/kwerb/status/1270441377105694720 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Kevin Werbach @kwerb
          Replying to @zeynep
          So sad that exceptional talents like you have to go through this. Even more sad are the other exceptional talents we'll never know about because they're women and people of color who can't endure it.
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jun 2020

          For most, it's a no win situation. You get undermined an unreasonable amount but if you highlight it, it looks whiny. If you ignore it, you get worn down. If you make a mistake, and a pack descends, you look defensive if you react. I can highlight because I don't have to care!😃

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        1. Paula Fagerberg‏ @PaulaFagerberg 9 Jun 2020
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          Word!

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        1. (((Luke Ford)))‏ @lukeford 9 Jun 2020
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          How is this different from what men experience in the public sphere?

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        1. 3 Moderna, 1 Flu‏ @jgreetham 9 Jun 2020
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          You go girl!

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        2. Kevin Werbach‏ @kwerb 9 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          So sad that exceptional talents like you have to go through this. Even more sad are the other exceptional talents we'll never know about because they're women and people of color who can't endure it.

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        3. Aguas de março‏ @aguasdemarco 9 Jun 2020
          Replying to @kwerb @zeynep

          So sad most women, not just exceptional women, have to go through this.

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        1. Fire Over Light‏ @FireOverLight 9 Jun 2020
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          Part of what makes your work so valuable is you take the time to engage around your work. It’s rare and refreshing.

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        1. Norman Yarvin‏ @NYarvin 9 Jun 2020
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          As if you've never done anything like that... https://twitter.com/kaepora/status/1268564113652883457 …

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