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3 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
a jewish and muslim high school student wrote me about how they saw teens consume news on israel and palestine. born into social media, they recognize how it’s a tool for activism, but also erases nuance and causes more hate

they write #InTheirOwnVoices
thestar.com/opinion/contri…
they break down social media algorithms and how teens consume news via flashy infographic IG posts; but that the sources are sometimes inaccurate. also, the more you engage with certain topics the more it feeds you things you want to see thestar.com/opinion/contri…
to all parents/older people, these high school students shed light on how teens consume news. it’s not to say that social media is bad — “it’s a good starting point for research,” but that more work should be done to think critically thestar.com/opinion/contri…
it’s not just teens either. people my age do this and especially with older generations in facebook groups. this is a breakdown that everyone can use in to remember what it means to be human using the internet
thestar.com/opinion/contri…

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i have no words really
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the FACT im saying ✨ good luck y’all ✨ to my friends who haven’t slept worried about being rejected from this 18+ ontario vaccine booking is insane. lmk how it goes
this my friend’s set up since 730 am this morning:
people calling by phones to get a booking:
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so many people thought that the 18+ hot spot announcement from the beginning of april would be something that would be available by end of week / the next week. almost a month later, it’s here and perhaps if that premature announcement wasn’t made it wouldn’t feel so chaotic
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literally no one asked for this and yet we’re still gonna scapegoat foreign students and people who could help build us up (and back) with their knowledge. racist backwards policies
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