Deborah Smith-Webber

Policy wonk, lawyer, fmr civil servant, recovering academic. Tweets mine. RTs + ♥ ≠ endorsements. "The important thing is not to stop questioning" (Einstein).

[Deborah Smith-Webber @dsmithweb]

“If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments... Such assumptions are often full of holes, but remain most precious to the convinced.”
~ Children of Dune

[David Plouffe @davidplouffe]

It’s great so many people want to help @KamalaHarris become our next President.

First, make sure you’ve contributed what you can.

Want to volunteer your time and talent? Do so here. https://t.co/guzfKjmSJa

Interested in working on the campaign full-time? Here are the open roles. https://t.co/CwWS4Zjlvs

[Herbie Ziskend Archived @HerbieZiskend46]

TODAY - @POTUS calls for three bold reforms to restore trust and accountability when it comes to the Supreme Court and Democracy.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Old man wants to end American democracy

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

This is how you do it. Country over party🇺🇸

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

UK said no to fascism
France said no to fascism
It's our turn 🇺🇸

[Deborah Smith-Webber @dsmithweb]

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[Jonathan Rosenthal @rosenthal_jon]

I have been struggling to articulate the complex emotions I've been feeling since Saturday morning as a Jew, a liberal/progressive, a believer that Palestinians and Jews have a right to a homeland, to safety and dignity. A thread 1/

[WIRED @WIRED]

People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen. https://t.co/AXh6XPU3w5

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

So this is terrible news — for the reading public and her journalistic colleagues, though not I trust for Chantal. There's no shrewder observer of the political scene, anywhere, and coverage of Canadian politics will be immeasurably poorer for her (fortunately not total) absence.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

I’m tired of the trolls, aren’t you? There are lots of alternatives to Twitter now, so which to go with? For my longer form, rich content, I like Post – where we can build a community that actually cares about each other. I’m really looking forward to seeing you all on the other side. You can sign up for free here: https://t.co/57Wpidki6e

[martin grasser @martingrasser]

Today we say goodbye to this great blue bird

This logo was designed in 2012 by a team of three. @toddwaterbury, @angyche and myself,

The logo was designed to be simple, balanced, and legible at very small sizes, almost like a lowercase "e", a 🧵

[Deborah Smith-Webber @dsmithweb]

@airalocom need help asap with SIM problem I emailed you about yesterday.

[Alexandra Posadzki @alexposadzki]

SCOOP: TekSavvy puts itself up for sale amid industry turmoil /via @globeandmail #telecom https://t.co/xfHLzTwZID

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

When I look at this jet stream the word insane comes to mind. It's even more astonishing when you consider it's mid June! This configuration, likely enhanced by climate heating, is fueling a record heat dome so extreme that even experts are astonished!

[Eve Fairbanks @evefairbanks]

Somebody simply has to write the ultimate catch-all essay on disruptive, libertarian, private-sector-touting entrepreneurs simply begging and demanding for state intervention at the end of their journeys. (This is the Titan sub company's adviser.)

[❤️ @umairh]

It seems like there are three different kinds of people out there in the world these days. A world that’s melting down at astonishing speeds. Democracy’s on the brink. Ocean temperatures off the charts. Emissions, still rising. Economies, stagnating. 🧵(1/)

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

1. @FTC has taken action against @amazon for tricking users into signing up for Prime subscriptions—and then deliberately making it hard to cancel. We charge that these deceptive tactics violate the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act. https://t.co/ud2j3xmFQ0

[Ken Whyte @KenWhyte3]

Indigo has been backing out of the bookselling business for a decade. That departure is now likely to accelerate @KenWhyte3 https://t.co/PL0Dh9VBjz

[Ryan Calo @rcalo]

What if you could regulate AI

[Jesse Brown @JesseBrown]

If you are exiting Bell, CTV, Pushkin, Gimlet, or Parcast, I'm so sorry about these miserable circumstances.

But if you are taking a news story or a podcast series with you, please know that our growing company values what you make & wants to talk to you. https://t.co/E7fpr5tTUd