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    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/06/02/teacher-cant-use-computer-to-check",
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        "text": "teacher can't use  computer to check  email let alone do instructional design work we need to ask, \"Why are you still employed? How are you not fired?\" Web is almost three decades old....not enough PD is a crappy excuse #edtechchat",
        "html": "teacher can't use  computer to check  email let alone do instructional design work we need to ask, \"Why are you still employed? How are you not fired?\" Web is almost three decades old....not enough PD is a crappy excuse <a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/tag/edtechchat\" class=\"p-category\">#edtechchat</a>"
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        "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267616214366457856"
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    "content": {
        "text": "A2 Broken record, but you need to find out if municipal wifi is illegal in your state, if so fight those laws, you need to engage in efforts \"to take back the poles\" https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-municipalities-hail-broadband-legal-victory #edtechchat",
        "html": "A2 Broken record, but you need to find out if municipal wifi is illegal in your state, if so fight those laws, you need to engage in efforts \"to take back the poles\" <a href=\"https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-municipalities-hail-broadband-legal-victory\">https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-municipalities-hail-broadband-legal-victory</a> <a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/tag/edtechchat\" class=\"p-category\">#edtechchat</a>"
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267616673189724163",
    "content": {
        "text": "teacher can't use  computer to check  email let alone do instructional design work we need to ask, \"Why are you still employed? How are you not fired?\" Web is almost three decades old....not enough PD is a crappy excuse #edtechchat (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/26OB6f)",
        "html": "teacher can't use  computer to check  email let alone do instructional design work we need to ask, \"Why are you still employed? How are you not fired?\" Web is almost three decades old....not enough PD is a crappy excuse <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edtechchat\">#edtechchat</a> (<a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/26OB6f\">quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/26OB6f</a>)"
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-06-02T00:37:31+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite/status/1267616296964747264",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/EliStokols/status/1267592939527712773",
    "content": {
        "text": "Not my president. Not my religion. Not my god.\ntwitter.com/elistokols/sta\u2026",
        "html": "Not my president. Not my religion. Not my god.\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/elistokols/status/1267592939527712773\">twitter.com/elistokols/sta\u2026</a>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jared White",
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            "content": {
                "text": "It's official: the protesters were teargassed and cleared for Trump to walk to St. John's for a photo op."
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267616214366457856",
    "content": {
        "text": "A2 Broken record, but you need to find out if municipal wifi is illegal in your state, if so fight those laws, you need to engage in efforts \"to take back the poles\" hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-mun\u2026 #edtechchat (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/1ftCwe)",
        "html": "A2 Broken record, but you need to find out if municipal wifi is illegal in your state, if so fight those laws, you need to engage in efforts \"to take back the poles\" <a href=\"https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-municipalities-hail-broadband-legal-victory\">hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-mun\u2026</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edtechchat\">#edtechchat</a> (<a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/1ftCwe\">quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/1ftCwe</a>)"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite/status/1267615771644985345",
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        "text": "For many decades, people in America have mused on how someone like Hitler could rise to power in 1930s Germany and turn that country into an engine of white supremacy, brutality, and death.\n\nWell, here you go. We're reliving it now. Which side are you on?\ntwitter.com/cbsnews/status\u2026",
        "html": "For many decades, people in America have mused on how someone like Hitler could rise to power in 1930s Germany and turn that country into an engine of white supremacy, brutality, and death.\n\nWell, here you go. We're reliving it now. Which side are you on?\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1267590281265889283\">twitter.com/cbsnews/status\u2026</a>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jared White",
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                "text": "President Trump says he wants mayors and governors to establish \"an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence has been quelled,\" and if they don't, \"I will deploy the United States military, and quickly solve the problem for them\" cbsnews.com/news/trump-sta\u2026",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267612028992176129",
    "content": {
        "text": "Greg from East Haddam, CT. Coming to #edtechchat after watching so many of my edits about George Floyd protests get rolled back on wikipedia, (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/gUzL9)",
        "html": "Greg from East Haddam, CT. Coming to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edtechchat\">#edtechchat</a> after watching so many of my edits about George Floyd protests get rolled back on wikipedia, (<a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/gUzL9\">quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/gUzL9</a>)"
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    "published": "2020-06-02T00:14:37+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/anomalily/status/1267610535123533824",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/DrToddACurry/status/1267123290914643970",
    "content": {
        "text": "I have never met a generation that CARES more than Gen Z. Anyone who uses Tumblr or works with teenagers knows this is a the opposite of an apathetic generation."
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Lillian Karabaic \ud83e\udd44\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 BLM",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/anomalily",
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    },
    "post-type": "note",
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        "https://twitter.com/DrToddACurry/status/1267123290914643970": {
            "type": "entry",
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            "url": "https://twitter.com/DrToddACurry/status/1267123290914643970",
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                "text": "These kids aren't apathetic. They care more about issues  than you could even imagine. They just have no efficacy in government. And why should they. Every lesson they have learned through lived experience is that government won't solve these problems and their is no easy way./10"
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                "type": "card",
                "name": "Todd A. Curry",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-06-02T00:07:48+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil/status/1267608818550267905",
    "content": {
        "text": "My response to a Facebook recruiter just now on LinkedIn: cleverdevil.io/s/bZXT004j0p4B\u2026",
        "html": "My response to a Facebook recruiter just now on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://cleverdevil.io/s/bZXT004j0p4BMivNTTdQOQKVdCZqXkYQQf0XYzmNhWFOFmD3BsYRub443wNYXSIXovCwtlvN6PdDnkvajXzQoARez2RUivUlICX1.png\">cleverdevil.io/s/bZXT004j0p4B\u2026</a>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
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    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "12077171",
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    "published": "2020-06-02T00:04:46+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1267608056495390720",
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        "https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1267607396823601152/pu/vid/1280x720/d3iE2EMJpyU02UHv.mp4?tag=10"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Crowd at Oakland Tech before the march toward the police department starts:"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Zo\u00eb Schiffer",
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        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/808466807119978496/nmhE7XbI.jpg"
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-06-02T00:03:03+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267607624708698114",
    "content": {
        "text": "Maybe I will add a subsection under Stewart about monuments, but maybe any city article about US needs a leagacy of racism section as no city is abest this history except on @wikipedia. (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/238F4a)",
        "html": "Maybe I will add a subsection under Stewart about monuments, but maybe any city article about US needs a leagacy of racism section as no city is abest this history except on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Wikipedia\">@wikipedia</a>. (<a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/238F4a\">quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/238F4a</a>)"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "https://jgregorymcverry.com",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-06-02T00:03:00+0000",
    "url": "https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/06/02/maybe-i-will-add-a-subsection-under",
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        "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267607624708698114"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Maybe I will add a subsection under Stewart about monuments, but maybe any city article about US needs a leagacy of racism section as no city is abest this history except on @wikipedia."
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-06-01T23:53:01+0000",
    "url": "https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/06/01/majority-of-my-edits-describing-protest-actions",
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        "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267605113469894664"
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    "content": {
        "text": "Majority of my edits describing protest actions at confederate monuments have been erased on @wikipedia. Read the articles on cities in e South and  never know of the racist past. Read articles on Robert E Lee comes off glowing."
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    "published": "2020-06-01T23:53:04+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1267605113469894664",
    "content": {
        "text": "Majority of my edits describing protest actions at confederate monuments have been erased on @wikipedia. Read the articles on cities in e South and  never know of the racist past. Read articles on Robert E Lee comes off glowing. (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/2kvjAG)",
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    "published": "2020-06-01T23:45:00+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/fluffy/status/1267603082168262659",
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        "text": "I mean, TECHNICALLY it was Rebecca Sugar, Danny Cragg, and/or Becky Dreistadt...  #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch",
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        "type": "card",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/scott_gruber/status/1267600667343851520",
    "content": {
        "text": "\u201cThere is cause to be thankful even for rebellion. It is an impressive teacher, though a stern and terrible one. The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.\u201d\n\u2014Frederick Douglass"
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        "name": "Scott Gruber",
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    "url": "https://v2.jacky.wtf/post/f9685042-3106-47cc-be80-f6fd1f0e753a",
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        "text": "This is \u2026..",
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        "name": "",
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Normal is a Privilege

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    "name": "Normal is a Privilege",
    "content": {
        "text": "I just wish things would get back to normal.Its a refrain we\u2019ve all heard since the emergence of COVID-19. The world has been thrown into chaos, our way of life has been threatened, and many people have lost their jobs. The best minds in medicine and science are encouraging life-altering precautions like social distancing, wearing masks, and staying home. People are having to adapt to this \u201cnew normal\u201d quickly, working from home, perhaps balancing the pressures of parenting children, or taking care of family members who are at higher risk. While its obviously the right thing to do to be cautious, and not re-open the country too quickly, protestors have taken to the streets to demand that things go back to \u201cnormal,\u201d even if it puts others at risk.Life in a global pandemic is not comfortable, convenient, or fun. We can all agree on that. The \u201cnew normal\u201d sort of sucks.But, what of the old normal? Well, consider George Floyd.Last week, our chaotic world erupted into further chaos with the brutal murder of George Floyd by a Police Officer in Minneapolis. Make no mistake, I absolutely believe that this was a murder, and one that was the direct result of a fundamentally flawed system that demands reform. There must be justice for George Floyd, and it cannot just come in the form of punishment for the killers, it also must come in the form of radical, systematic change.For many people, going back to \u201cnormal\u201d is, on the surface, quite appealing. Returning to our privileged lives, where we feel safe to go out to eat, walk with our friends and family at shopping malls, gather in our places of worship, and to do it all with a strong sense of security\u00a0\u2013\u00a0after all, the police, and all other systems of power, are there to protect us.But, for a huge portion of our country, \u201cnormal\u201d means avoiding the police because they cannot be trusted to protect you. It means less opportunity at work. It means overcoming an unequal system to fight for the same benefits that others readily receive.You know what? The old normal sucks, too.It is no surprise to me that many people who are calling to \u201cre-open our country\u201d in the midst of a global pandemic are also telling protestors to calm down, or to \u201ctone down\u201d their methods of protest. These demands often come from a position of privilege; of preserving a system that fundamentally benefits them at the expense of others. They like things just the way they were.But, this time, we can\u2019t let the cries for a \u201creturn to normalcy\u201d win. As an ally, I cannot sit idly by, or demand that the oppressed respond to their generations-long oppression with calm, non-violent protest. It\u2019s been nearly 30 years since the police brutalization of Rodney King, and it\u2019s clear that nothing has fundamentally changed in that time. Peaceful protest isn\u2019t enough. Voting isn\u2019t enough. Patient conversation isn\u2019t enough. Incremental change isn\u2019t enough. Now, I am not advocating for violence, but I am advocating for persistent, enduring commitment to driving change.We must listen to what Martin Luther King Jr. said in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail in August of 1963:I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro\u2019s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, \u201cI agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can\u2019t agree with your methods of direct action\u201d; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man\u2019s freedom; who lives by the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a \u201cmore convenient season.\u201dSo, fellow white people, it is time to step up. Acknowledge your privilege, speak up, and demand radical, fundamental change. Amplify the voices of people of color. Fearlessly support Black Lives Matter. Embrace the fact that creating a more just, equitable, and fair society likely means that you will need to sacrifice your own privilege for the benefit of others.Let\u2019s not go back to normal. Let\u2019s create a better normal.",
        "html": "<blockquote><p>I just wish things would get back to normal.</p></blockquote><p>Its a refrain we\u2019ve all heard since the emergence of COVID-19. The world has been thrown into chaos, our way of life has been threatened, and many people have lost their jobs. The best minds in medicine and science are encouraging life-altering precautions like social distancing, wearing masks, and staying home. People are having to adapt to this \u201cnew normal\u201d quickly, working from home, perhaps balancing the pressures of parenting children, or taking care of family members who are at higher risk. While its obviously the right thing to do to be cautious, and not re-open the country too quickly, protestors have taken to the streets to demand that things go back to \u201cnormal,\u201d even if it puts others at risk.</p><p>Life in a global pandemic is not comfortable, convenient, or fun. We can all agree on that. The \u201cnew normal\u201d sort of sucks.</p><p>But, what of the <em>old</em> normal? Well, consider George Floyd.</p><p>Last week, our chaotic world erupted into further chaos with the brutal murder of George Floyd by a Police Officer in Minneapolis. Make no mistake, I absolutely believe that this was a murder, and one that was the direct result of a fundamentally flawed system that demands reform. There must be justice for George Floyd, and it cannot just come in the form of punishment for the killers, it also must come in the form of radical, systematic change.</p><p>For many people, going back to \u201cnormal\u201d is, on the surface, quite appealing. Returning to our privileged lives, where we feel safe to go out to eat, walk with our friends and family at shopping malls, gather in our places of worship, and to do it all with a strong sense of security\u00a0\u2013\u00a0after all, the police, and all other systems of power, are there to protect <em>us</em>.</p><p>But, for a huge portion of our country, \u201cnormal\u201d means avoiding the police because they cannot be trusted to protect you. It means less opportunity at work. It means overcoming an unequal system to fight for the same benefits that others readily receive.</p><p>You know what? The <em>old normal sucks, too</em>.</p><p>It is no surprise to me that many people who are calling to \u201cre-open our country\u201d in the midst of a global pandemic are also telling protestors to calm down, or to \u201ctone down\u201d their methods of protest. These demands often come from a position of privilege; of preserving a system that fundamentally benefits <em>them</em> at the expense of others. They <em>like</em> things just the way they were.</p><p>But, this time, we can\u2019t let the cries for a \u201creturn to normalcy\u201d win. As an ally, I cannot sit idly by, or demand that the oppressed respond to their generations-long oppression with calm, non-violent protest. It\u2019s been nearly 30 years since the police brutalization of Rodney King, and it\u2019s clear that nothing has fundamentally changed in that time. Peaceful protest isn\u2019t enough. Voting isn\u2019t enough. Patient conversation isn\u2019t enough. Incremental change isn\u2019t enough. Now, I am not advocating for violence, but I am advocating for persistent, enduring commitment to driving change.</p><p>We must listen to what Martin Luther King Jr. said in his <em>Letter from a Birmingham Jail</em> in August of 1963:</p><blockquote><p>I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro\u2019s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, \u201cI agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can\u2019t agree with your methods of direct action\u201d; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man\u2019s freedom; who lives by the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a \u201cmore convenient season.\u201d</p></blockquote><p>So, fellow white people, it is time to step up. Acknowledge your privilege, speak up, and demand radical, fundamental change. Amplify the voices of people of color. Fearlessly support Black Lives Matter. Embrace the fact that creating a more just, equitable, and fair society likely means that you will need to sacrifice your own privilege for the benefit of others.</p><p>Let\u2019s not go back to normal. Let\u2019s create a better normal.</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
        "url": "https://cleverdevil.io/profile/cleverdevil",
        "photo": "https://cleverdevil.io/file/fdbc7696a5f73864ea11a828c861e138/thumb.jpg"
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-06-01T23:17:29+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/andigalpern/status/1267596159754764288",
    "content": {
        "text": "Hiring managers for designers and design program managers:  When you view a resume, what format do you like it to be in? (aside from LinkedIn)"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Andi Galpern",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/andigalpern",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1162560868543893504/uo_XA_EA.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "12075849",
    "_source": "2773"
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-06-01T22:55:35+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/aaronpk/status/1267590647201984512",
    "content": {
        "text": "If you run a community Twitter account, this is a good time to:\n\n1) Make sure you 100% know everyone who has access to it\n2) Enable two-factor authentication\n\nYou do *not* want to be in the position of having to explain that your account has been taken over by racists"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Aaron Parecki",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/aaronpk",
        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1103120425846857728/X3d0a2Tr.png"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "12075151",
    "_source": "2773"
}