markcareaga

Cambridge architect, global perspective. Design, culture, art, travel, science, technology, spirituality. Principal / Founder of @marcararc. Views: mine.

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

I’m about done with @Twitter. @elonmusk appears to be an erratic and untrustworthy new owner whose commitment to unfettered free speech suggests a juvenile understanding of the US Constitution. Reinstating The Former Guy can only make things worse. #freedom #responsibility

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In Opinion

Donald Trump’s return to Twitter “could escalate the likelihood of political violence,” writes Brian L. Ott, a communication professor who has studied Trump’s Twitter use. https://t.co/4BSkEDsK9D

[Davis Center @DCRES_Harvard]

Tonight at 7pm!

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

.@elonmusk could respond to my tweets but failed to respond to my letter by yesterday’s deadline and answer basic questions about Twitter verification. Congress must end the era of failed Big Tech self-regulation and pass laws that put user safety over the whims of billionaires.

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

@scottjshapiro Musk: “Um, yeah. Meant to do that.”

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Misinformation about the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi came from all levels of Republican politics. More than 20 elected officials, candidates and other prominent figures cast doubt on what happened and in some cases spread unfounded theories. https://t.co/zEe43A3Vfm

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

She's been a Republican all her life. She just voted for us.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

"It's a humanity issue."

#VoteBlueToProtectYourRights

[John Fetterman @JohnFetterman]

President @BarackObama is 💯 right.

I got knocked down, but I got back up.

And when you get knocked down, I will be there to help you get back up.

That’s what this election is all about.

[Mark Careaga Architecture LLC @marcararc]

Productive and thoughtful take on the problems and challenges of advertiser-algorithm-fueled social media, beyond simply heaping blame on ⁦@elonmusk⁩, by ⁦@zeynep⁩ via @NYTOpinion
#socialmedia https://t.co/eEks8RwLJp

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

Dark days at @Twitter. Thoughts are with the thousands laid off today, thanks to @elonmusk’s little vanity project. Seriously reconsidering my social media footprint – this isn’t a healthy ecosystem, and anything but social. #CorporateReaponsibility

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

Yet another reason to consider leaving @Twitter for good. The cesspool deepens …

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, Twitter would be minting money!

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

I seem to remember there were other ways to share news and information other than Twitter. If it’s a swamp, maybe we just all walk somewhere else.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Three days after Elon Musk purchased Twitter, he posted baseless allegations about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi. The tweet on Sunday raised questions about how, or if, Musk will combat misinformation and hate speech on the platform. https://t.co/ygT0jXDou4

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

How many days since ⁦@elonmusk⁩ bought ⁦@Twitter⁩, and he’s already posting (and retracting) misinformation? Head for the hills! This #socialmedia cesspool is becoming irredeemably toxic!
via @NYTimes https://t.co/LHwg7H3Zaq

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

@reneeygraham which of these doesn’t belong with the other?

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

photo credit: Chris Jackson (@ChrisJack_Getty) / Getty Images, via @nytimes, a sublime photograph

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

I remember how it felt like the world stood still on August 31, 1997, in the wake of Princess Diana’s death. More than two decades later, that eerie sense of a seismic shift in the world order returns, with the passing of the unsurpassable HM Queen Elizabeth II. #QueenElizabethII

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

@MemphisNose yes, and?

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

@MemphisNose yes

[markcareaga @markcareaga]

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