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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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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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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Life goals.

(Yes, it really is k before c ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1298485581123481600 …Show this thread -
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 …
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Bless his heart. Does he have a clue as to how you are and who you are???
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Amazing what generational wealth plus a mental scheme about how he can perhaps make a bit more money can do. Seems like nice family who sent their kids—including this guy kicking out rent-paying single parent in the middle of a pandemic—to a Quaker school but also left them $$$$.
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Good luck with everything. I hope you won't get evicted.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Zeynep, I’ve benefitted v much f yr insightful commentary on AI & social media, & even more since C19. Great to see u get this recognition
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Hope your landlord issue gets resolved, horrible thing to hear.
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) 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.
) 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.
is enough to ward that off
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