Edward Perez

Democracy. Elections.Tech. Commentary & analysis. Likes: Civil society, facts.   Ex-Twitter Director for civic integrity. Board Member @OSET.

Typically discerning. Occasionally shitposting.

#elections #voting #democracy #disinformation #socialmedia
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2024-08-26 13:45:40

“We thought with this presidential election coming up in 2024, there could be no better place than the National Postal Museum to have an exhibit where we talk about voting by mail and how it's not a new thing. It's been around for over 160 years in various forms.”
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5060433/voting-by-mail-history-absentee-smithsonian-national-postal-museum

2024-05-09 20:44:09

I realize that it’s too many words, but I was wish there was a way to succinctly say “anti-asymmetrical killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians…”
…instead of simply “pro-Palestinian.”

2024-05-01 16:47:45

Spreading lies & casting doubt on the legitimacy of U.S. election outcomes is perhaps the most un-patriotic, un-American, & damaging thing one can do to our values, history, and democracy...and to the thousands that have died for our flag. Voting and democracy are inseparable.

2024-05-01 16:46:24

Here’s my single best recommendation for improving voter confidence in US elections (among many others):
Elected representatives should stop lying about “stolen elections” and conspiracy theories, and media outlets should stop amplifying their lies to make a profit.

2024-05-01 04:10:10

34,000.
Civilians.
In 7 months.
But, but… the *protesters*!

2024-04-28 18:49:23

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@npub1vxz…3jn3 Hi, Babs! Thank you for the warm welcome. 🙏

2024-04-26 21:29:17

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@npub1cd3…796k Thank you!

2024-04-26 17:00:33

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@npub1042…lq9h Glad that’s helpful, Bart. You make a good point; and I was trying to balance hard trade-offs. 🙏

2024-04-26 16:59:43

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@npub1qmn…vk3l Thank you for the warm welcome!

2024-04-26 16:56:29

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@npub1en5…q5em Thank you for the warm welcome, Simon!

2024-04-26 16:56:06

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@npub1a4t…q9yj That’s all very well-said, William. Thank you.

2024-04-26 16:55:10

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@npub1rf3…znhq Thank you for the warm welcome, katze! 🙏

2024-04-26 16:53:30

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@npub1r80…5vj9 Thank you, Javier. I appreciate you writing! 🙏

2024-04-26 16:53:01

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@npub13vq…nrsa Thank you, Ben!

2024-04-26 16:52:10

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@npub1elf…uv64 Lol. 😉

2024-04-26 16:51:40

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@npub1ecp…59pq And thank you for the kind welcome, Shannon! 🙏

2024-04-26 16:51:01

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@npub10yr…4rgj Thank you, Jack. That means a lot. 🙏

2024-04-26 16:50:22

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@npub1g57…y839 🙏

2024-04-26 16:50:06

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@npub105x…myt0 Thank you, Michael, for your thoughtful and kind post. It has been a difficult experience. I appreciate you taking the time to write, and for offering the kind words. 🙏

2024-04-26 16:47:28

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@npub18ct…f8z6 🤙
Nice to hear from you, Kat. Thanks for writing!

2024-04-26 16:46:42

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@npub17sk…z7vk Thank you, Laurie, for writing such a warm and thoughtful post. I greatly appreciate it. I’m glad that you found my thread valuable. I appreciate the kind words.🙏

2024-04-26 16:45:07

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@npub1msk…ruyn Thank you, Jocelyn.🙏

2024-04-26 16:36:16

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@npub16c5…yww9 Thank you for the kind words, Micah. I appreciate the support, and the warm welcome. 🙏

2024-04-26 16:34:19

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@npub1qgr…s7d7 Thank you for the kind words, Ben. 🙏

2024-04-26 16:33:22

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@npub1x47…x3zf Thank you, Mark, for your thoughtful and kind response. I appreciate it.🙏

2024-04-25 21:41:15

As a former director for civic integrity at Twitter, I’ve been disturbed for some time about what Elon Musk is doing with his private global platform.
Today, I took the step of leaving Twitter, completely.
Why?
Here’s my last tweet:
https://mem.ai/p/e83QTrTPntGEmmZYQUEc

2023-04-30 19:15:23

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Not my video, but this perfectly captures the vibe! Thank you @Sunkisses7676 for sharing!
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RT @Sunkisses7676
🪘🪘🪘🧡🤘🏻#eeyore’s birthday
https://twitter.com/Sunkisses7676/status/1652520432921346050
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/288/890/853/774/242/original/1af252b874eaafe4.mp4

2023-04-30 19:15:18

Austin’s soul is timeless:
“Before Austin was a tech hub, Austin was a hippy haven…And for decades, Austin’s crunchiest residents have gathered together in the park, and made Eeyore’s birthday a high holy day on the Bohemian calendar.”
— Mark Boyden, Friends of the Forest
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RT @npub1hde…de0r
I love Austin.
#Eeyore’s.
58 years.
https://twitter.com/eddie1perez/status/1652383328148783105
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/288/890/610/362/309/original/4584c5f78deabdf7.jpeg

2023-04-27 15:38:37

RT @djrothkopf
Important point...when they try to silence any individual for whatever reason, they are sending a message that each of us whose views differ from theirs could be next. https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1651425102792146945

2023-04-25 06:00:08

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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/257/452/285/893/508/original/90399bf8f502ed67.jpeg

2023-04-22 03:42:20

It’s open-season for authoritarian propaganda on Twitter.
And it was Musk’s deliberate decision.
Read the whole thread.
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RT @AlyssaKann
After months of declining follower counts, some state-affiliated media outlets on Twitter started to gain more followers, all around the same date. Here's the sudden shift of an account from Russia's RT, beginning a period of follower growth March 28 and onwards:
https://twitter.com/AlyssaKann/status/1649521481427169282
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/239/923/418/357/568/original/3ae8651c38b6e077.jpeg

2023-04-22 00:46:28

Can journalists please stop recycling the phrase “free speech absolutist” since it’s clearly bullshit?
Every single time this phrase appears in any news article, it is distracting from the reality of his actions, which are driven by whimsical, selective, money-driven duplicity.

2023-04-21 23:03:14

RT #[0]
Not the odds, but the stakes.
That's my shorthand for what we most need from election coverage in 2024. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes.
This report is getting there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/04/21/trump-agenda-policies-2024/

2023-04-21 12:13:22

RT #[0]
Techie, bro, so-called “libertarian” cryptocurrency/NFT evangelists make me roll my eyes.
This is how some (male, of course) crypto enthusiasts talk to each other about women.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/236/270/671/711/071/original/2c6f12908b84c997.jpeg

2023-04-21 07:38:14

RT #[0]
The far right is in a panic over Generation Z and they're doing anything they can to stop them from voting. https://twitter.com/lawindsor/status/1649075730687352833

2023-04-21 05:46:17

He’s a menace.
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RT @Mike_Hixenbaugh
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick:
“I believe that you cannot change the culture of the country until you change the culture of mankind. Bringing the Ten Commandments and prayer back to our public schools will enable our students to become better Texans.” https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/20/texas-senate-passes-ten-commandments-bill/
https://twitter.com/Mike_Hixenbaugh/status/1649240612930035715

2023-04-21 05:03:35

Yup. My political values. Laura Ingraham is like a genius anthropologist.
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RT @Acyn
Ingraham: They don’t want you to get married. They don’t want you to go to work. They don’t want you to have kids. They want you at home smoking pot and playing video games..
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1649241896613556224
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/234/580/637/132/727/original/b27c7684cc5decfa.mp4

2023-04-21 05:03:30

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Trigger warning:
cringe-worthy
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RT @atrupar
just two dudes sitting around, talking about getting down
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1648489776289558530
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/234/580/379/184/314/original/ce0f81c7a8ed7053.mp4

2023-04-21 04:40:18

RT #[0]
“What is this young people effort that they do? They basically put the polling place next to the student dorm so they just have to roll out of bed, vote, and go back to bed.”
Name another functioning democracy arguing to make voting harder.
Gift link: https://wapo.st/3MWIuf5

2023-04-21 04:40:16

Following Elon Musk’s example with Twitter Blue for celebrities like Shatner and LeBron, I’ve happily paid Elon Musk’s membership to the Society of Family Planning @SocietyFP.
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RT @RollingStone
In the second night of the two-part interview between Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, the two traded notes on their shared impulse to impregnate as many women on Earth as possible. https://trib.al/PW6Ltgx
https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1648668451643301888

2023-04-21 03:14:26

RT @atrupar
It really sunk in for me today that Elon is trying to be Trump. A chaos agent with an endless thirst for attention and validation. The grievances. The narcissism. The incessant punching down and bigotry. The shady business connections. It's the same toxic brew.

2023-04-21 01:45:49

Verification and the foolishness of Twitter Blue may seem like a big joke, but here’s an example of why INFORMATION INTEGRITY really counts.
(And why you shouldn’t have an immature dilettante with deep pockets mucking around with serious issues.)
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RT @Shayan86
This seems like it could be a problem, particularly during an emergency (@nycgov is the genuine one).
https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1649176247119802371
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/233/803/056/319/208/original/d3a6dcb43da73993.jpeg

2023-04-20 23:56:21

Nice. 🙄
👇👇👇
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RT @washingtonpost
Exclusive: A top Republican legal strategist told a roomful of GOP donors over the weekend that conservatives must band together to limit voting on college campuses, same-day voter registration and automatic mailing of ballots to registered voters, according to a copy of her… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649074059517231105
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1649074059517231105

2023-04-20 23:56:21

RT @PostRoz
'They basically put the polling place next to the student dorm so they just have to roll out of bed, vote, and go back to bed.'
Top GOP lawyer decries ease of campus voting in private pitch to RNC
Via @jdawsey1 + @AmyEGardner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/20/cleta-mitchell-voting-college-students/

2023-04-18 19:54:12

Twitter’s so-called “new” policy to moderate the reach of tweets that may violate the rules is not all that diff from what Twitter was doing anyway.
Most impt? Musk needs to check himself.
I spoke with @stokel for @FastCompany.
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RT @stokel
Is Twitter's newly-announced policy around throttling the reach of tweets that breach its rules a good thing? For @FastCompany, I spoke to experts who say it may not be the worst idea in the world (w…
https://twitter.com/stokel/status/1648310164221579266
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/221/095/816/541/982/original/88bca93a94c4fcbf.jpeg

2023-04-18 00:01:33

RT #[0]
On April 3rd, the "Twitter Files" wrote a story claiming Renee DiResta "Leads the Censorship Industry."
On April 17th, Twitter stole a headline she came up with five years ago to announce its new moderation policies — which are basically its old moderation policies.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/216/405/988/437/262/original/5c6d92aafb5da015.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/216/406/096/817/900/original/5267806cf6cef3c1.jpeg

2023-04-18 00:01:29

RT @TexasObserver
For the millionth time, if you want to turn things around here then Texans needs your support not your scorn. https://twitter.com/ncardenastx/status/1647933475738071044

2023-04-16 21:47:27

Legislators: Don’t write bills about technical specifications that you don’t understand.
Especially when the impulse is based on fact-free election denialism in the first place.
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RT @TexasTribune
In 2021, Texas lawmakers passed a law that is set to require counties to purchase vote-counting equipment that does not yet exist. It would cost taxpayers more than $100 million.
Now, legislators are reversing course.
https://bit.ly/3U…
https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1647619358980558850

2023-04-12 22:27:47

A few days ago, few people across the country knew the names Justin Jones or Justin Pearson. Nor did we give the TN legislature a second thought.
Now both men are re-energized, to a new level, with national attention — and Tennessee’s many sins are now under scrutiny.
Nice job.