zeynep tufekci
"Perhaps the only good amateur epidemiologist." Professor at @UNC. Writer at @TheAtlantic & @NYTimes. Book:TwitterandTearGas.org. Signup: zeynep.substack.com
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WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting
Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.
Knight Foundation @knightfdn
LIVE NOW: On “The Future of Democracy,” @zeynep + Knight’s @thesamgill talk #tech, democracy and 2020. Watch + tweet questions w/ #knightlive.
CDC study suggests Covid-19 can be passed in brief interactions
The findings have prompted the agency to expand how it defines a “close contact” of someone with Covid-19.
McConnell-Linked Super PAC Fundraising Alarms Senate Democrats
Party officials warn that grassroots fundraising by Democrats may be swamped by big checks collected by Mitch McConnell allies.
Welcome to Insight
A newsletter for thinking deeply about complex puzzles worth pondering
zeynep tufekci
I'll write a few times a week on @insight & have open threads. It's an experiment: a different scale and focus than what I can do elsewhere. For the intro, I tried to write a "pitch" but ended up with a call for complex discussions in an uncertain world.😃
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zeynep tufekci
I'm launching a newsletter, called @insight. I want to try to create a space for thinking deeply about complex, thorny but important puzzles, along with a community. Something between public writing and social media: some of both but neither. Sign up here
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Future of Democracy: Science, technology, and social inequality. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
How is the pandemic changing our nation’s social structures? Does access to technology change who can succeed now and in the future? On Episode 22 of “The Future of Democracy,” we’ll talk with Alondra Nelson, president of the Social Science Research...
How Xinjiang’s gulag tears families apart
So many parents have been locked up that officials struggle to cope with the left-behind children
Experts, Publics and Trust During the Pandemic: Sociological Perspectives
Join the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar on Trust and Mistrust of Science and Experts at Columbia for a discussion on trust, expertise and COVID-19.
How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics
Facebook’s CEO long left politics and policy to deputies. No more. As the company’s influence has grown, and with it controversies, political acumen has become an essential tool.
“If I speak out, they will torture my family”: voices of Uyghurs in exile
The Uyghur diaspora lives in fear of the Chinese state. 1843 spent months recording the stories of London’s nervous community
How were so many infected? Everything you need to know about Hamilton’s SpinCo outbreak
The SpinCo outbreak appears to be one of the worst in Canada, with as many as 100 riders and staff exposed. As the story evolves, we’ve compiled every...
zeynep tufekci
"If they were following guidelines, how did the outbreak happen?" "This remains unclear." Maybe something wrong with guidelines that allow "distanced" people panting indoors on very very very clean bikes? Seems mostly young people but won't always be. thestar.com/news/canada/20… pic.twitter.com/5qBwVxEm8k
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As Virus Spread Early On, Reports of Trump Administration Briefings Fueled Sell-Off
A hedge fund consultant’s summary of private presentations by White House economic advisers fanned investor worries.
When NIMBY Met MAGA on the Upper West Side
A group of liberal residents wanted to oust hundreds of homeless men from a local hotel. Then Tucker Carlson took up their cause.
What to Know: New Guidelines at Reopened San Francisco Playgrounds
San Francisco’s 180-plus public playgrounds reopened Wednesday with a host of new guidelines in place due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
NBC Says Trump Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday, Competing Against Biden
The candidates were set to debate on Thursday night until President Trump bowed out. Now they will take part in dueling town-hall-style meetings, with Joe Biden taking questions from voters on ABC.
Occupational Exposure to Disinfectants and COPD Among US Female Nurses
This cohort study evaluates data from the Nurses’ Health Study II to investigate the association of occupational exposure to disinfectants and other cleaning products with the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among female US...
zeynep tufekci
March, 2020: "Let's wear masks for a respiratory disease". "NOOO, they are harmful."
Evidence? *crickets*
October, 2020: "Let's drown everything in bleach and disinfectants!"
Wait, there's tons of evidence this isn't that safe or necessary. *crickets*
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‘Potentially 100 members’ of downtown Hamilton spin studio community exposed to COVID-19: public health
Studio’s owners said those who may have been exposed have been notified
‘Patient zero displayed no symptoms’: Hamilton’s SpinCo superspreader outbreak reaches 51 cases
The growing outbreak at SpinCo comes amid a stretch of surging case counts in Hamilton.
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zeynep tufekci
Canada allows indoor spin class with lower capacity, six-foot radius around bikes and sanitation. So panting crowd indoors but, hey, on clean bikes! Go ahead, require throwing salt over one's shoulder and hang a🧿. Index patient had no symptoms: 51 cases. thestar.com/news/canada/20… pic.twitter.com/FN0PItiKzk
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