Thursday, April 30, 2015

tweets



World Economic Forum (@wef)

4/27/15 6:50 AM
How can the public-private sectors work to soften the blow of future #disasters? wef.ch/1OvcdZm #NepalQuakepic.twitter.com/mY0vH7clrr




http://fusion.net/story/125475/ai-weiwei-jacob-appelbaum-and-laura-poitras/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thisisfusion&hootPostID=3b5d6c95347588b56024b62ae69cbe6c

Ai, who is convinced that his phone is tapped because of police visits stemming from messages he received on it, nevertheless believes that the sheer volume of his self-documentation will protect him, by overwhelming the police with information. “I don’t think it’s possible to evade surveillance,” he says. “It becomes like a Cold War. They make a bigger effort. I am the one with no secrets. They have secrets. It is only because they have secrets that they can imagine everyone having them too.”

In #Madagascar, communities are being empowered to help themselves end #opendefecation. http://t.co/Qy9Ae0NsFhhttp://t.co/ppxlU6R6Ks

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/TheGPP/status/592805929864814592


Excellent new interview with Chomsky ranging across the world: http://t.co/8EoHgausNc

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/johannhari101/status/592806457600520192


http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/27/aid-groups-knew-an-earthquake-in-nepal-would-be-a-disaster-they-also-knew-they-could-never-raise-enough-money-to-help/?postshare=7321430180547807

how is it we can bail out banks.. but we can't bail out disaster refugees..?




"I want to talk for a minute about human beings and about riots..." worth re-watching: https://t.co/kacFGSndBH (thank you, @jsmooth995)

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/butwait/status/592884484795736065


Illustrated version of my "Domestic Terrorism, Youth and the Politics of Disposability," in... http://t.co/F8TueI9BOF

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/HenryGiroux/status/592901647354966017


stop calling for peace when you really mean silence.

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/mychalsmith/status/592828298578796545


http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/?fb_ref=Default#disqus_thread


You definitely want to read Ta-Nehisi Coates on Baltimore.
"When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con. And none of this can mean that rioting or violence is "correct" or "wise," any more than a forest fire can be "correct" or "wise." Wisdom isn't the point tonight. Disrespect is. In this case, disrespect for the hollow law and failed order that so regularly disrespects the rioters themselves."



rather... who is/does your child want to be..
krishnamurti for parents ness



Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep)

4/27/15 6:58 AM
Forget the anectodes. A (natural) experiment shows that college brings "large benefits" even to "marginal students."nytimes.com/2015/04/26/ups…
I fell in love with learning.
expensive detox (if you can call it that) program from first 12 compulsory yrs.. no..?

and what if voting and marriage.. and... the way we do them today... are not signs of success..


@willrich45 welcome aboard... are we lurking or diving in?

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/davecormier/status/592852186331258881

how do we know lurking isn't more diving in than diving in..
not that it matters via words sake or appearance sake.. but mindset sake..

curious what we think about these words.. and how that changes us. no?


painting this as part of the @karamfoundation's Zeitouna program for Syrian refugee kids http://t.co/z3IFOlnwTJhttp://t.co/93GNaTpg5j

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/593047822896910336


"I’d rather focus my energy on the sharing rather than the licensing of the sharing." http://t.co/OD0nN24xE2 via @cogdog

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/George_Haines/status/593058464005361665


"If only we were rich, this wouldn't happen to my daughter" - mother of one #Bali9 drug convict facing execution tonight, via @jetdsantos

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/reportedly/status/593064066178011138


Room filling up for #OccupyLSE Festival of Radical Ideas! @Emps_NewClothes Film Screening followed by @davidgraeber http://t.co/rjE1VZTo1C

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/LSEOCCUPATION/status/593077429759008768


http://www.ebony.com/news-views/baltimore-been-burning-503/2#axzz3Ychs9NQu
ontinuing to perpetuate the myth of “act good, get treated that way” does nothing to protect us from the reality of police terror and mass incarceration, which work hand-in-hand. This is not a case for riots, but acknowledgment that they aren’t the work of thugs and ne’er-do-wells, but an SOS call. The question is, are we willing to listen? We should, because our people have finally changed their mind.



If you were at the Deeper Learning Conference at High Tech High last month...rewatch keynote speaker (and Big...http://t.co/BfIO97W2kn

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/bigpiclearning/status/593097229654712323


11am PT: Loving Both Innovation & Security w/ @WardCunningham @jeffreycarr @matthewburton @byrne_tweets & others http://t.co/kxcXw6N1N9

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/reinventorsnet/status/593108061453099011


Police source confirms Mary Jane Veloso was not among the eight executed #bali9

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/JewelTopsfield/status/593111660455337984




#OccupyLSE thank you for watching Emperor's New Clothes  #ThingsCanChange http://t.co/Vah7S7TaIB

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/rustyrockets/status/593118753677778944




http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/28/1380944/-The-Dominant-White-Response-to-Baltimore-Shows-Why-Black-Residents-are-Justified-in-their-Anger#

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*It's some combination of historical illiteracy and racial animus that drives the response. The prevailing white view has been tragically non-curious from an intellectual perspective. Rather than asking what might cause a people to risk life and limb in an effort to smash to bits their own neighborhoods, we've responded with a stupid, incredulous look on our faces. "Look at them," we've said. "Burning down their own city."


"Looting is wrong" say citizens living on stolen land, built by stolen labour, powered by stolen resources from poor countries.

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/Crommunist/status/537293752331948033


ReachScale (@ReachScale)

4/29/15 6:30 AM
#Verizon Waives Call Charges, Enlists Employees, Customers to Assist #Earthquake Victims in #Nepal v @CSRwire -klou.tt/143dtkblanw4c #CSR


Johann Hari (@johannhari101)

4/29/15 6:35 AM
1yr on from #BringBackOurGirls, a great interview with Nigerian-anerican journalist alexis_ok on @longformlongform.org/podcast



Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo)

4/29/15 6:39 AM
"For Refugees, Education Serves As Refuge — Bright — Medium" medium.com/bright/educati…
oh my.
pearson ness


Borders never look so ridiculous, or so cruel, as when you can see one from above. People living or dying according to a line in the dirt

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/593076469959655425


.@SoundCloud has finally opened up its podcasting features to everyone: http://t.co/FiQhSZDC0N (I highly recommend this)

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/jonbarilone/status/593445189261340672


#Nepal: Earthquake Toll Tops 5,000 as Aid Reaches Epicenter http://t.co/DUWyfotq8u http://t.co/VRWhG5qoiI

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/593445819807879168


Your heartbeat is your password - the story of @nymiband a graduate of our @creativedlab http://t.co/WvXd1AzsgG cc: @KarlTheMartian

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/rotmanschool/status/593450199546241024




Richard Wolff takes on economics, economists & capitalism http://t.co/mcxWnULY2K "my tune hasn't changed"

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/hjarche/status/593525810255892480


"You are suggesting this idea that broken windows are worse than broken spines"

Well done, @deray! Well done!!

http://t.co/7HjBi9CzON

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/sallykohn/status/593437783756247040




"We were out here protesting all last week for 6 days straight peacefully, there were no news cameras, there were no helicopters, there was no riot gear... why does it take a catastrophe like this in order for America to hear our cry? Enough is enough."


Even with all the capabilities and tools in place, we are drowning in data and starving for insight." https://t.co/dcqsp78gLPvia @declara

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/ramonapierson/status/593587766467825665


. @wolfblitzer hey, 2 things: 1. @deray kicked your ass; 2. Why don't you EVER ask anyone in power tough questions or treat them like that?

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/593590549510230017


The way "journalists" demand Black people condemn violent protests is how they should question US officials on their wars. But they won't.

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/593591567316852736


@doctorow Today, in Brazil, Military Police is attacking teachers. Our media don't make a peep about it.http://t.co/qnbiLjOsE6

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/filhotedelua/status/593530801611870209


Maybe automation will help us figure out what we really want to do with our lives - find work we are passionate abouthttp://t.co/QnMGh1s019

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/jhagel/status/593745823445458945


Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald)

4/29/15 6:45 AM
Always bizarre what Rugged Individualists in the Land of the Free consider normal & acceptable: Curfew Editioneschatonblog.com/2015/04/curfew…


deray mckesson (@deray)

4/29/15 6:45 AM
Unarmed #HectorMorejon, 19, killed by Long Beach, CA officers. m.huffpost.com/us/entry/71651…pic.twitter.com/1TDkYir193


deray mckesson (@deray)

4/29/15 6:56 AM
I need to learn how to be calm when people tell me the DOJ justified Mike Brown's murder. Like, something in me snaps when I hear that.



Will Richardson (@willrich45)

4/29/15 6:58 AM
Sort of. But don’t we want to know that we’re on the track? I like the freedom. Just noting the tension. @Bali_Maha#rhizo15
on paying attention w/o expecting it to take you anywhere...
unlearn ..delearn.. or perhaps just detox.. detox ourselves back to us.. 
oh words.


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (@ASE)

4/29/15 7:04 AM
Hulu pays nearly $180 million for online rights to 'Seinfeld'
variety.com/2015/tv/news/h…


Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain)

4/29/15 7:04 AM
"the near-obligatory reference to Nazis in any anti-agreement writing about Iran" nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pill…


Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain)

4/29/15 7:05 AM
Overstretching the Spectre of Iranian Imperialism: nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pill…

UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees)

4/30/15 6:06 AM
Footage taken by 1 Syrian family gives insight into their boat journey on the #Mediterranean trib.al/uuho9Bwpic.twitter.com/4qIEAPQQgz


reported.ly (@reportedly)

4/30/15 6:28 AM
Turkish journalist Sedef Kabaş case for a tweet now sent to High Criminal Court - she risks 5 years in prison:hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-journa…

Daniel Wickham (@DanielWickham93)

4/30/15 6:28 AM
An Israeli sniper admitted to shooting dead a Palestinian civilian, intentionally and without provocation, on 20 Julychannel4.com/news/gaza-isra…


MIT Media Lab (@medialab)

4/29/15 3:00 PM
On Friday, 5/1 at 10am, the @medialab is hosting a #Nepal Buildathon to brainstorm ideas for relief and recoveryow.ly/MiILr


In #Turkey, arrest orders for judges who ordered the release of journalists and police officers held for monthshttps://t.co/UNky9sVZTz

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/reportedly/status/593803990611206144


Judges who falsely released police who were falsely imprisoned for falsely imprisoning people will now be falsely imprisoned. #Turkey.

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/AChristieMiller/status/593804108097835009




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