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Doop de dooooo...let's see what Tankie Twitter is up to today...
Oh God this guy is followed by several of my friends and gets thousands of retweets for saying the Hong Kong protests are a fascist death cult
Good for @wilfredchan for standing up to this crap:

Oh and of course the dude denies there are Uighurs in concentration camps, figures
...aaaaand, of course he's being paid by the Russians.

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1/OK, let us talk about robots and jobs, once again!

Andrew Yang is a good guy, and I like a number of his ideas (including UBI and VAT). But on the threat of automation, the math just doesn't check out. Here is why:

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
2/First piece of evidence that robots aren't currently taking human jobs overall: Employment levels are high right now. Prime-age employment rates are at or above their peaks in the mid-2000s and late-80s booms.
3/But what about wages??

Well, real median weekly earnings are going up, for the first time in a long time.
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I'm as big an advocate for trains over cars as you'll ever meet.

But if people think they might get stabbed on the train, they won't ride the train, and they won't support building more trains.

There can't be good public transit if there's no safe public transit.
And no this isn't just an isolated case of violence on BART.

sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Seems like this could be a factor in BART's ridership decline.

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Me: Macroeconomics is messed up

Leftists: YES

Me: We need a stronger safety net, higher taxes, and national health insurance

Leftists: GO OFF, KING

Leftists: Also we should abolish private property

Me: ...um...

Leftists: And North Korea is the true democracy

Me: help
"Noah stop making things up, no one actually says those things"
I'm KIDDING OBVIOUSLY, it's not the same leftists at all, I'm just making fun of how commonplace extremism and nuttery has become on Twitter 🤪
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Hong Kong protests are in their fifth month despite an escalating crackdown. How? One surprising answer: the fate of China's Uyghurs. Many talked to me about it. They watched and learned. They've decided that they "may as well go down fighting." My latest. theatlantic.com/international/…
By the way, Xinjiang also shows up in posters around Hong Kong. (I took this picture at Southorn Playground.)
Also there were attempts at Uyghur solidarity rallies in Hong Kong, as well as banners in other events. See poster below. Next to it is a banner raised on November 2nd. (Police ban everything but people march anyway).
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Estou no "Treinamento twitter para podcasters" e acho que vale fazer uma thread com algumas dicas!

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Hong Kong Protests misinformation and disinformation (fake news): A Thread

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July 11 2019 - An interview with media researcher and educator Masato Kajimoto of The University of Hong Kong poynter.org/ifcn/2019/misi…
October 23 2019 - As Hong Kong government and police officials continue to mislead the public, protesters respond asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cove…
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Every day I go out and see stuff with my own eyes, and then I go to report it on Twitter and see promoted tweets saying the opposite of what I saw. Twitter is taking money from Chinese propaganda outfits and running these promoted tweets against the top Hong Kong protest hashtags
What China is doing is clear. If these peaceful, extremely self-disciplined protesters who enjoy the clear backing of the overwhelming majority of Hong Kongers can be discredited, it will be easier to crack down. What the fuck Twitter thinks it's doing is less clear.
If you work at Twitter, I'm asking you on bended knee to make it stop. Don't be complicit in this.
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Hong Kong's "Summer of Dissent" [thread]. I'm starting a series of illustrations to explain some of the context of the current protests. I think what is happening right now is history in the making and I want to add perspective to some of the reporting I've seen. #hongkongprotest
1: The extradition bill and why HK people are still angry about it. Next up: how the relations between protesters and the police have deteriorated. #hongkongprotest

If you support this project, consider donating to it: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr… Thank you, and stay tuned!
2: The protests by the numbers and a look into how the relations between the public and the police have deteriorated. #HongKongProtests

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#HonKong Thread: Hong Kong protesters abandoned Facebook for other platforms - "Facebook is not a useful tool for the movement except for those celebrities and parties, on which they make announcements and deliver statements." euronews.com/2019/07/12/hon…
The 2014 Hong Kong generation was dependent on Facebook. Now, "most young people don't use Facebook anymore & turned to Snapchat or Instagram." At the core of the issue is Facebook's algorithm, which prioritizes posts triggering an intense debate in the comments.
"In 2014, Facebook amplified the disagreements between the various "school of thoughts". EconReporter wrote. "In 2014, the movement had no experience and leaders did not know how to handle it and promote democratic decisions within it," Han Mei said.
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