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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 23 Aug 2020

      Well. So this happened.😀As I told @benyt, I feel charmed that I get to do this: do my best to call things as I see it regardless of considerations of popularity. It's a privilege and an honor. Much gratitude to so many who supported me for so long. 🙏https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/business/media/how-zeynep-tufekci-keeps-getting-the-big-things-right.html …

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Aug 2020

      Also, as the NYT piece mentions I had a pretty rough childhood but I did have the best grandmother. She passed away last year (after a long and healthy life till almost the end). I wrote about her for my newsletter. One champion can make such a difference. https://tinyletter.com/zeynepnotes/letters/in-memory-of-my-grandmother-educate-your-girls-cherish-your-good-memories …

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Aug 2020

      I also want to add to this point, bringing back a piece I wrote about, uhh, Game of Thrones.(It was a good example!🐉🤷‍♀️) We're naturally drawn to individual narratives but they don't illuminate as much as one would hope. Similarly, institutional solutions are better than heroism.pic.twitter.com/E0YwX9ZzT6

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Aug 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      People to my work because of the NYT article (still 🙃) may be wondering about my new "cause", ventilation. Here's a thread with my article and some updates since. Mitigations stack, and ventilation is an important layer that urgently needs more attention.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1288829829912113154 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      We urgently need to focus on ventilation. Six months into a respiratory pandemic, we're still not given sensible and practical guidance against short-range aerosol—airborne—transmission of COVID. I wrote about the science & what it means we should do now. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/ … pic.twitter.com/3W2NOs85tN
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Aug 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ben Smith

      For many of you who kindly inquired: @nytimes updated the article, calling me "Dr." instead of Ms. No strong personal feelings but in a world where women's—especially non-white women's—expertise and smarts is so easily dismissed, titles can be necessary.https://twitter.com/benyt/status/1297907751482544128 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Ben SmithVerified account @benyt
      Replying to @RobotsSonia @zeynep @doriantaylor
      You're right — I am new here, and was going with the old newspaper tradition. We're changing it. Here's policy fwiw: pic.twitter.com/NFHqWLZ6Fh
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Aug 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      Indeed. Ironic, but genuinely: the world we should strive for isn't the one focusing on the hero/billionaire/rouge agent but rather one where we build institutions that work, that we tend to, and and that we keep improving. For digital technology/AI too. https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/1297906444587737088 …

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Aug 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kingshuk Das

      After a headline that says I keep getting things right, I'm surely going to screw up something big soon. No amount of🧿is enough to ward that off😃. That's fine. I'm not a futurist. We should strive for deep & complex analyses, not nods to betting markets.https://twitter.com/kingshukdas/status/1297942473759547392 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Kingshuk Das @kingshukdas
      I love true intellectualism as much as I hate preening puffery. @zeynep’s clear, non-arrogant, silo-busting thinking has been wondrous. Wish the NYT piece focused less on “Being Right” all the time — that’s like laying a trap — counting on her to disregard such imperatives! :) https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1297699380045189120 …
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Aug 2020

      Hearing from many friends. Yes, I have other work, too. Role of business models; machine learning and AI (both implications and bias); automation/AI and work; election integrity; computer security etc. I'm gonna go put all my stuff on a page. (Yes, I should have years ago).😃🤷‍♀️

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Aug 2020

      I'm truly honored and lucky! I've also both experienced and witnessed how women's contributions get minimized. Happens all the time, no matter the track record. We should strive to value our own work along with that delicate balance of being open to challenge and with humility.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Aug 2020

      People asking why my rent was in the article! It came up because my landlord is trying—imo, quite illegally—to evict me! Yes, in the middle of a pandemic! Yes, I'm paying my rent, he just has more lucrative plans and doesn't care. (So now need an eviction lawyer in Orange Co🙄).

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Aug 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Democracy & Reparation

          Hasn't happened yet but he may try soon. He's one of those absentee landlords—generational wealth/expat in Mexico says he's filmmaker/app developer—who doesn't care. I will live tweet the eviction if it comes to that but hopefully my legal rights prevail!https://twitter.com/ArthurKnapp14/status/1298311430542733313 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Democracy & Reparation @ArthurKnapp14
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          I wish the potential eviction was mentioned in the @nytimes story. Good luck.
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Aug 2020

          About the Zapatista quote in the NYT piece. It refers to the start of *networked protests* not modernity (that would be haha😃) It's the first time grassroots opposition could cheaply communicate *and* then gathered in large numbers, beyond institutional actors. Book has chapter.pic.twitter.com/bNKBzfmMZP

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Aug 2020

          Bit of a word usage overlap there: Ben using the word modern to mean current era—which I'd be referring to networked protests—but someone may think I mean modernity in the academic sense (though I obviously would not & could not think that!). Clarifying because asked! Book page:pic.twitter.com/sNQrDAlGA7

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Aug 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted The New York Times

          Life goals.✅😃 (Yes, it really is k before c ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1298485581123481600 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          The New York TimesVerified account @nytimes
          Correction: We deleted a previous tweet that misspelled the name of Zeynep Tufekci.
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Aug 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Úrsula 0'Kuinghttons

          I'll make another plug for how so many of our key topics are, in essence, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary. Before all this, I had been teaching about R0/Re, for example, as an interplay of societal factors and virology because.. well, it is.https://twitter.com/Ursulaok/status/1299091968035901440 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Úrsula 0'Kuinghttons @Ursulaok
          She has taught epidemiology as a way to introduce her students to globalization and to make a point about human nature: Politicians and the news media” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/business/media/how-zeynep-tufekci-keeps-getting-the-big-things-right.html?smid=tw-share …
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        2. Mystery‏ @Misstereon 25 Aug 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Reprehensible. Good luck🙏🏻

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Aug 2020
          Replying to @Misstereon

          Thank you. It's incredible. From all I can tell, he's doing just fine with a lot of generational wealth, Quaker school grad, seemingly liberal family/friend/neighborhood. I've tried to make every amicable suggestion, but he is completely uncaring about the risk/upheaval to me.

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        1. Democracy & Reparation‏ @ArthurKnapp14 25 Aug 2020
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          I wish the potential eviction was mentioned in the @nytimes story. Good luck.

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        1. Alex Afouxenidis‏ @Alex_Afouxenidi 25 Aug 2020
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          Thanks for info. Best of luck with that!

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        2. Karen McGrane‏Verified account @karenmcgrane 25 Aug 2020
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          Does this man not understand what will happen if he pokes the Zeyhive?

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Aug 2020
          Replying to @karenmcgrane

          Ah, you're very kind. I'm engaging lawyers now & fingers crossed that's enough, but not sure. (What kind of a person goes out of their way to try to evict people in the middle of a pandemic—no rent dispute. Pure greed over imagined small future machinations as far as I can tell.)

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