Joe Augustine

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Music/Media exec., factivist, progressive idealist aging rapidly into pragmatism. Pro empathy, decency, and democracy.

@anneapplebaum

I am not religious, but still praying Maher is wrong this time... very worried.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.
It is an organised form of structured contestation in lieu of violence. So go out there and contest.

Dear America,

Polls are unreliable. Ignore them and #vote like democracy depends on it.

- A pollster

In recent years, we became too comfortable letting #Twitter define journalism & media. Algorithms often dictated the narratives we collectively paid attention to.

Absurd trends were covered by news outlets & ballooned into major stories while we missed so much real substance. And the quick takes of uninformed politicians & bad actors were forced upon anyone participating in the network.

It was bad for democracy. The #Mastodon model makes me hopeful we can do better. #twittermigration