Hope she has the best of birthdays!

And in this age of disinformation, we need researchers and UI experts to do network analysis of the latest outrage: track back to where it started AND see who's responsible for amplifying it. Treat disinformation like a severe weather outbreak as it's happening!

Anyhow, that's enough 🧵 for now.

In this era of Trumpian politics, for example, we need trusted resources who can describe the steps required for the latest executive order (or whatever) to actually take effect. And then we need dedicated trackers to maintain a timeline of those steps we can refer back to. 🧵...

We need something in between: a New Journalism that follows Topics, aggregating AND ANALYZING the latest hot events as part of a larger whole in a way that combats the forgetfulness of people who are blasted every day with noise. 🧵...

Some day, years from now, an investigative reporter will write up a chunky, pithy summary of today's events, complete with a human interest focus story to weave it all together. Too late to impact the horrors currently under way. 🧵...

It's newsworthy because journalism is failing to meet the moment. Journalists are always busy scrambling for the latest outrage to get ad clicks and subscriptions. They're not circling around to what's happened before, to put it in context, to add to the total. 🧵...

I bet you a footlong would fit into one of those T-shirt guns!

Antifa showing up to fight:

Force the con's hand: Try to get dozens of people to stop making noise, or remove the idiot who's the reason for the noise.