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Month: 2017-08

2017-08-29

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https://civichall.org/civicist/taiwanese-civic-tech-not-re-inventing-democracy-yet/

Civic Hall

Taiwanese Civic Tech is not Re-inventing Democracy, Yet | Civic Hall

High-level collaboration between hackers and the government helped Taiwan to become the darling of the global civic tech community. But projects like vTaiwan still struggle to scale up nation-wide, and increase their scope outside digital economy issues.

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2017-08-30

itsmisscs 05:44:07
great thread of resources https://twitter.com/morehshin/status/902599699026280449

twitter

Hello! What is your favorite reading/lecture for 'Introduction to Critical Thinking + Technology'?

itsmisscs 05:45:13
Douglass Ruskoff is here. Danielle is connected to him. I’ve been wanting to read some of his work…more motivated after this
itsmisscs 05:50:23
some audio stuff there too 🙂
dzn 21:15:17
https://ourrevolution.com/about/

Our Revolution

About

The next step for Bernie Sanders' movement is a new group called Our Revolution, which will fight to transform America and advance the progressive agenda that we believe in.

2017-08-31

thebestsophist 01:55:06
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thebestsophist 09:22:29
very interesting to read the civic hall “not reinventing democracy yet” piece together with http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=186441&sid=6

The Standard

Young Taiwanese adjusting sights

Taiwan has long seen allies switch ties to Beijing, but now there are fears of a brain drain to the mainland. Cross-strait tensions have soared since China-sceptic Tsai Ing-wen took power in Taipei la...

thebestsophist 09:23:33
a thing i think about: fascism is always around the corner—especially when a community is under distress