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7 Jun, 5 tweets, 1 min read
The establishment is gearing up for "the next great emergency"
More:
Put into this perspective -- the power outage in Texas was a sign of things to come.
Timing: peak summer/winter (max utilization) + extreme weather event + a series of big hacks
This 'emergency' will introduce the social infrastructure needed to live with and enforce electricity rationing -- as opposed to incentivizing more/robust production and/or a resilient, decentralized grid.

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19 May
"a message appeared in a new WhatsApp channel called “Death to the Arabs.” The message urged Israelis to join a mass street brawl against Palestinian citizens of Israel.

That evening... black-clad Israelis smashing car windows and roaming the streets"

nytimes.com/2021/05/19/tec…
"at least 100 new WhatsApp groups have been formed for the express purpose of committing violence against Palestinians"

"The WhatsApp groups, with names like 'The Jewish Guard' and 'The Revenge Troops,' have added hundreds of new members a day over the past week"
"On one new WhatsApp group that The Times reviewed, “The Revenge Troops,” people recently shared instructions for how to build Molotov cocktails and makeshift explosives. The group asked its 400 members to also provide addresses of Arab-owned businesses that could be targeted."
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29 Apr
Digital Rights

Here's the first pass I made last fall

patreon.com/posts/44495131

Digital rights are a way to stabilize the online environment. To turn it into a place that generates positive returns over time.
Right now, the online environment is unstable, prone to non-linearity in the public sphere, and extractive (to the extreme) in the economic sphere.

How do digital rights emerge? Three pathways:

1) Government mandate.
2) Internet standard.
3) Crypto backdoor.
What are digital rights?

1) Identity + rights (access, speech, adjudication). Anonymity still exists, but it doesn't get the rights associated with identity.
Read 5 tweets
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19 Apr
DeSantis: “If you riot, you are going to jail, and you are going to have to spend time in jail. If you assault law enforcement in a violent assembly, you are definitely going to go to jail. You burn down somebody’s business. ...”

sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/…
Harsher punishments if committed 'in furtherance of a riot.'

"For instance, a burglary committed by a rioter would be elevated from a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, to a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison."
New definitions for a riot:

"a public disturbance of at least three people with a “common intent.." A new crime of aggravated rioting... if the disturbance involves nine or more people and results in “great bodily harm,” property damage over $5,000 or blocks traffic..."
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12 Apr
Aligned Analysis from @CSIS

The @washingtonpost has a big story claiming a massive rise in right wing terrorism.

washingtonpost.com/investigations…

However, the data tells us that attacks have been declining since 2016. Why did they claim the opposite?
@CSIS @washingtonpost Here's the ADL's data on extremist-related killings.
@CSIS @washingtonpost Here's the @CSIS data in the @washingtonpost showing a massive uptick in right wing terrorism (yellow dots).
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19 Jan
This video is a good example of the extremist rhetoric being used to fuel hysteria in the US.

"Trump will lead his army of domestic terrorists"
@donwinslow crosses the line between the public debate over a complex issue and agitprop aimed at inciting violence against Americans.
The fact that this video still has a platform after being seen by ~3m people shows that the social networks aren't trying to stop violence, they are trying to gain political favor.
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13 Jan
Non-sequitur of the day.

Always loved this quote by Manstein.

"There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm…"

1/n
"Second, there are the hard-working, intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered."

2/n
"Third, there are the hard-working, stupid ones. These people are a menace and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody."

3/n
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