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Jun 6 • 3 tweets • 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
“Basically, @Twitter’s own lawyers are admitting in a court filing that the guy who owns their company is spewing utter nonsense about what the #TwitterFiles revealed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this.”-@mmasnick
techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twi… 🧌 👑 has no👕👖 ImageImageImageImage
“not a single document revealed has shown what people now falsely believe: that the US government & @Twitter were working together to ‘censor’ people based on their political viewpoints.”

In a court filing, @Twitter’s lawyers just acknowledged the #TwitterFiles were bullshit. Image
“@Twitter’s filing is like a beat-by-beat debunking of the conspiracy theories pushed by the dude who owns Twitter.”-@mmasnick

“@elonmusk’s own lawyers are admitting [Musk] is completely full of shit, or too stupid to actually read any of the details in the #TwitterFiles”

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Jun 4
I heard a thunderclap in DC on a sunny day.
It appears it was a sonic boom from @DeptofDefense fighters scrambled from Andrews @airforce Base to intercept an unresponsive Cessna that overflew DC.

@FAANews (via @PenguinSix) confirmed a crash in SW Virginia.

@NTSB to investigate. Image
This is the least useful PSA I’ve encountered in some time, @AlertDC — could you please investigate and then elaborate when you confirm what has happened, @DC_HSEMA @SafeDC ?
🚨✈️🛫💨💥?
I take it back, @AlertDC: it was useful to hear that “there is no great at this time,” but being aware of reports of a loud “boom” doesn’t add much context for millions of people wondering what we heard.

If you know there was a sonic boom from scrambled fighters, please say so. Image
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May 23
I’m at the historic @WarnerTheater in DC to bear witness what @PowerUSAID invited all Americans to learn about this morning:
How Ukraine is delivering services online in a democracy at war with @USAID.
@karaswisher live now:
usaid.gov/diiaindc
19M Ukrainians using DIAA now ImageImageImage
As @karaswisher said, there has a been backpack against disruptive technologies like the Internet, smartphones, & social media.
We now worry about AI.
But all governments must harness these technologies to provide critical info & deliver services to networked publics, everywhere. Image
Today, @PowerUSAID says delivering services showed how “robust & secure digital public infrastructure” enabled Ukrainians to access services in a war while minimizing corruption.
She says @USAID supported in e-gov in Ukraine since 2016. “
The result: “Government in a smartphone.” ImageImage
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May 8
The @opengovpart launched its new strategy & encouraged people to engage multistakeholder fora about it.

The USA never established such a forum, & @WhiteHouse has declined to restore @OpenGov44 & lead a U.S. government revival of #OpenGov domestically: obamawhitehouse.gov/open Image
As with #SunshineWeek, this @WhiteHouse is not hosting any public events for #OpenGovWeek, despite the US government being elected to @opengovpart leadership: groups.google.com/g/us-open-gove… & the void in public updates on US commitments. @POTUS isn’t leading by the power of our example. Image
Ongoing efforts to improve public participation in rulemaking at @WhiteHouse OIRA are a ray of sunshine: governing.digital/2023/04/25/pub… as are efforts across agencies, from @USNatArchives to @CommerceGov.
This #OpenGovWeek, this @POTUS should be building on @OpenGov44, not ignoring it.
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Mar 28
Despite @WhiteHouse45: opengovpartnership.org/members/united… & @WhiteHouse acting "contrary to process":
in the last 2 cycles – which @OGP_IRM didn't sanction – folks voted to add the US to @OpenGovPart steering committee?
Um.
NB: #OpenGov 404: wh.gov/open
I find it encouraging to see @USAID @StateDRL rejoining international open government circles.
It’s discouraging @OpenGovPart @OGP_IRM have said so little about @WhiteHouse45 @WhiteHouse acting contrary to process after @POTUS45 made a mockery of the US being in “good standing.”
In 2022, @WHOSTP didn’t reference @opengovpart or past US #OpenGov commitments in its press release whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…
In 2023, @opengov44 is history: obamawhitehouse.archives.gov
& @WhiteHouse never delivered any self-assessments for the 3rd & 4th plans: opengovpartnership.org/members/united…
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Jan 9
Twitter added verification to prevent impersonation: being @verified confirms authentic identity, not truthfulness or authority.

@ev @jack & @paraga neglected it, but @elonmusk’s approach to @TwitterBlue enables impersonation, as @geoffreyfowler showed: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Today, @elonmusk confirmed @SenMikeLee's personal Twitter account was mistakenly suspended today for impersonation.

It's Musk's fault.

Lee, @CNN @thehill & others omit a key detail that explains what happened: @BasedMikeLee was @verified through @TwitterBlue, not @TwitterGov. ImageImage
No #AprilFools: @Twitter to remove @verified status from journalists, after enabling anonymous accounts to spread misinformation & lies using @elonmusk’s ill-designed pay-to-get-seen system “to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility” apnews.com/article/ohio-t… Image
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Dec 23, 2022
Dear @nytdavidbrooks,
Democracies *have* been teetering for over a decade, & have not stopped. Authoritarians continue to be on the march, from Russia to China to Iran to Myanmar to the streets of our union.
Please review the evidence:
freedomhouse.org/report/freedom… & write a followup In an opinion column, David...ImageImageImage
"Advances in global levels of democracy made over the last 35 years have been wiped out."
"The world has more closed autocracies than liberal democracies for the first time in more than 2 decades"
Global level of democracy "back to 1986"
@vdeminstitute: v-dem.net/documents/30/V… Image
Each bullet @katieharbath breaks out from the @vdeminstitute report could be a headline about the state of democracy on Earth: open.substack.com/pub/anchorchan…
EDEM ranks USA 23rd globally on key democratic indicators - & falling. cc @MeetThePress @FaceTheNation @nytimes @USATODAY @WSJ ImageImageImageImage
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