The parallels with the secrecy with tech industry data center projects are uncanny.
Tag: public discourse
Pennsylvania American Water needs to just stop with the pathetic PR.
PA American Water keeps reminding me with their many commercials, now the ads on Youtube seem to be claiming that they Scranton from the EPA or some…
Attorney for a developer threatens end to democracy if the people of Covington Township don’t allow their property values to zero out.
WVIA reports that the company that will run the proposed data center in Lackawanna County has already had the developer sign a NDA (nondisclosure agreement).
Anti-vax propaganda has been a deliberate campaign with loads of big money behind it.
Public health measures that have saved lives are not to blame for anti-vax sentiments; what happened is a disinformation campaign and a lack of a proper public health campaign against it.
We were wrong for thinking convincing people was the answer.
We know now that there’s no apparent tipping point where things just go the right way naturally because nobody opposes common sense.
Don’t listen to bad advice on civic engagement.
If you want to engage in democracy, consider carefully about where you get advice.
Tiktok is dead, long live tiktok.
All the platforms with their black box manipulative algorithms are problematic.
Community notes is not freedom and social media algorithms do not make for a community center.
Almost any flawed org, coffee klatch, or chat group is going to have more social ROI and less disinformation than mixing it up with fake accounts and targeted marketing on the big platforms.
Letters to reps.
each person who writes really makes a larger difference than you might expect
Why are people in the dark on urgent matters? It often comes down to elite panic.
One explanation for this is typically if there’s a danger that people in charge are inadequately informing the public about, it’s likely a case of elite panic…
“Repeat it often enough and it becomes undeniable – something “everybody” knows.“
Political campaign basics from Rand Waltzman on Linkedin.
Public comment at PA DEP environmental justice meeting
Public comment at a public meeting of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Troll Farms, Sock Puppets, and Botnets – The Internet of Fakes
Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 005