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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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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Sep 2017

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    !?!_"_^_!?!? https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/909831196925923328 …

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    1:42 PM - 18 Sep 2017
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Sep 2017

        FWIW, i'm skeptical of this claim.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Sep 2017

        I honestly don't see how there's a large enough contingency of "bombmakers" for Amazon to make such inferences reliably. Not buying this

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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Sep 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted 𒃲𒌋𒅗𒆪𒁉 🐜 🐻

        See plausible explanations.https://twitter.com/ultimape/status/909892114934321157 …

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        𒃲𒌋𒅗𒆪𒁉 🐜 🐻 @ultimape
        Replying to @rseymour @zeynep
        There are a LOT of people who make DIY bullets using ball bearing mills (and cheap pressure cookers) to grind black powder.
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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Sep 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pinboard

        Misplaced panic.https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/909893332284801024 …

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        Pinboard @Pinboard
        Replying to @thegrugq @zeynep
        there’s a big enthusiast community of people who mill black powder. Musket nerds, stump haters, mini cannon owners
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      1. Steven M. Bellovin‏Verified account @SteveBellovin 18 Sep 2017
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        And it's just an algorithm that doesn't know the context...

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      1. Mary Branscombe‏ @marypcbuk 18 Sep 2017
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        Hobby explosives, tree surgeons or terrorists; do we let the algorithms decide?

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      1. Mike Staresinic‏ @MikeStaresinic 18 Sep 2017
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        The irony remains even if the taste is fake.

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      1. Jason Miller‏ @Euthydemu5 18 Sep 2017
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        TFW you can't tell if it's cursing or a Regular-Expression-as-metaphor of an algorithm's patterned continuity in a new-and-worse usage... 🤔

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      1. Ben‏ @Gridlock 18 Sep 2017
        Replying to @ncweaver @zeynep

        I know, but I didn’t research further.

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      2. Sean T. McBeth‏ @Sean_McBeth 18 Sep 2017
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        This has happened to me. I needed iron oxide powder to make magnetic silly putty and the suggestions became components to make thermite.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Sep 2017
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        hah!

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