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episode 21: 8.21: Twitter and Tear Gas—Examined
The things we learned from Zeynep Tüfekçi’s examination of social media and sociopolitical change. (We liked this book a lot.)
Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep Tüfekçi Show Notes- Zeynep Tüfekçi
- her recently-launched newsletter Insight
- 52-Cent Party
- Cultural Revolution
- Tianenmen Square
- Twitter and the 2020 US election
- Twitter’s own take
- Hunter Biden
- Electoral college
- Ben Thompson
- Matt Levine’s newsletter Money Stuff
- His latest issue before going on parental leave back in August
- profiled in the New York Times
- December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.
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