Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין

Music, products, and programs. Formerly at @icfj, @pbs, @nokia. Music tweets @ohljazz. Tweets are personal & don't represent any organization.

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

A periodic reminder that Tech Can't Fix People https://t.co/n91OnFhuIV

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

קום והתהלך בארץ
בתרמיל או עם תיקים.
וודאי תפגוש בדרך
שוב את ארץ פלסטין.
יחבקו אותך דרכיה
של הארץ הטובה,
היא תקרא אותך אליה
כמו אל ערש אהבה.
Palestinians explore the pleasures, and perils, of hiking the West Bank

https://t.co/AckrQG92uN

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

But what if I wanted to say "duck"? https://t.co/e9HGWFYxV3
"Apple says new iPhone autocorrect will know you don’t mean ‘duck’"

https://t.co/nI3PpgsU2T

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

@ForeignAffairs @abuaardvark @ShibleyTelhami Makes a strong case for focusing on the rights of people rather than the number of states. "A better U.S. policy would advocate for equality, citizenship, and human rights for all Jews and Palestinians living within the single state dominated by Israel"

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Good advice from @rabbijilljacobs in @jdforward on what we in the US can do to counter the threats to Israeli democracy and secular culture: "stop being afraid of being too 'political' and start putting our money where our values are." https://t.co/NZwKMvOdV4

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

.@Haaretz spells it out in case it wasn't clear enough: "Netanyahu is the best gift our enemies could ask for. He is accomplishing what Nasser, Arafat, Saddam Hussein and two Assads couldn't." https://t.co/D8liiIpdjl

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Now I understand the "1870" pin I saw in the audience of #SOTU

[NAACP @NAACP]

Tonight, we're thinking of Henry Truman & the countless lives we've lost since #1870. Over 150 years since we secured the right to vote & we still haven’t conquered the pattern of being killed by those tasked with "protecting and serving" us. https://t.co/YAo3tLRZ4J

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

If "better" means "still not reliably true, but more convincing ," then I think it's still very risky https://t.co/uroSh8GGe3

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

On #VR @ReedAlbergotti asks if lack of demand is a consumer interest or hardware problem. I remember the exact same question from the mid-1990s. Maybe there's just a natural limit to the number of people who really want to use it https://t.co/PWRRPDbjOc

[Oren Levine @ohljazz]

Lots of truth here from @doctorow even if I don't agree that the challenge of leaving Facebook is just like the challenge of leaving Anatevka because of pogroms
https://t.co/UJgHrwAi0i via @wired

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

@Yair_Rosenberg I can hear the music now...

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Already sharing #Tunesontuesday on #mastodon (and learning how that community works) @[email protected]

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

To my fellow ex-#Nokia people - some "burning platform" energy here? But more desperate and less competent. Empathizing with Twitter employees watching as their company is being driven off a cliff. https://t.co/nlVCjiWB8P

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Empathizing with the #Twitter engineers left to maintain the system under increasing pressure https://t.co/hA95O19viV

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

The US general election is today! 2022! Make your plan to #vote: https://t.co/uuXjZWEtmo via @nextgenamerica #ElectionDay

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

My only thought on the #TwitterTakeover: Tech Can't Fix People https://t.co/n91OnFhuIV

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

"אסור לוותר על השאיפה להפוך את ישראל למקום ראוי, הוגן והגון לכלל תושביה, בלא הבדל דת, גזע ומין, כפי שהבטיחה מגילת העצמאות. ייתכן שיעבור זמן רב עד שהתהליך הזה יבשיל, אך לשמאל חפץ חיים זוהי האפשרות היחידה. אין פתרונות קסם."
https://t.co/ntbdnfi0vZ

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

If you favor secular democracy in Israel (like I do), we can learn from our friends from Iran, Turkey, Hungary and others: love and support the people in those countries working for positive change https://t.co/FbeBWO6WjA

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Brilliant. Now go vote.

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

This brilliant but brutal PSA from 2018 aimed to motivate young people to vote with some reverse psychology

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Now holding my breath for the Israeli elections on Nov. 1 and the US midterms #vote #בחירות2022

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Breathing a big sigh of relief and thinking of my friends and colleagues in #Brazil https://t.co/vKDS9MfnGe

[Oren Levine | اورن لوين | אורן לוין @olevine]

Breathing a big sigh of relief and thinking of my friends and colleagues in #Brazil https://t.co/vKDS9MfnGe