Leela (लीला) M. (@leels_mcc) 's Twitter Profile
Leela (लीला) M.

@leels_mcc

Researcher, Coffee Drinker, and Smithie

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calendar_today30-09-2019 08:05:26

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Z (@zschwitzky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Looking forward to The Soufan Center's Global Security Forum next week. And the opportunity to share a stage with Michael Isikoff and Marc Owen Jones to discuss the threats and risks of online disinfo and conspiracies on 10/14. Full agenda: globalsecurityforum.com/2021-agenda/

Z (@zschwitzky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dexter Filkins and Ali Velshi discussing Afghanistan at #GSF2021. Last year, Dexter wrote about our work with Ali H. Soufan, after Ali was the target of a Saudi influence operation. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

Jason Blazakis (@jason_blazakis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Recently, the Intercept published #Facebook’s DIO list. First, it is sad that we have to read these things from news outlets and not the org itself. Here’s the story to the article and the beginning of a long🧵theintercept.com/2021/10/12/fac…

Z (@zschwitzky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An honor to participate in #GSF2021. Thank you to the entire The Soufan Center team for the platform to discuss the threat and impact of (mis/dis)information. And to Marc Owen Jones and Michael Isikoff for the interesting conversation.

Z (@zschwitzky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Taking this a step further, what's the next impactful conspiracy theory? By quantifying the potential impact of individual narratives, you can forecast the future resonance of conspiracy theories. Follow The Soufan Group and @LimbikHQ for more. #GSF2021

The New York Times (@nytimes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amherst College announced on Wednesday that it would end legacy admissions, becoming one of the first highly selective colleges in the U.S. to abandon a practice that has been a persistent barrier to increasing student diversity. nyti.ms/3E3MHWR

Touré (@toure) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just saw a tweet saying “Both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated can catch Covid.” A doctor responded: “Both Serena Williams and I can play tennis."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The suggestion that any job is “low skill” is a myth perpetuated by wealthy interests to justify inhumane working conditions, little/no healthcare, and low wages. Plus being a waitress has made me and many others *better* at our jobs than those who’ve never known that life.

Anjana Rajan (@anjaninna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Separating fact from fiction can save trafficking victims and our democracy. My latest OpEd for The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/nation…

Kesa W. (@whitekesa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Being a POC in this field is a double edge sword because we understand the historical implications of these incidents and can be a potential target by the same people we are researching.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is no such thing as being “pro-life” while supporting laws that let children be shot in their schools, elders in grocery stores, worshippers in their houses of faith, survivors by abusers, or anyone in a crowded place. It is an idolatry of violence. And it must end.

Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman (@rabbimarkasherg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Judaism, if you say a prayer over something, then fail to do the requisite action that follows, like blessing bread and not eating it, it’s a bracha levatla - which is a sinful act. If you pray for victims of gun violence but do nothing, it is a sinful act.

Leela (लीला) M. (@leels_mcc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

All of the work that we do, all of the *scholarship* we produce, means absolutely nothing if we aren't actively advocating for a country free of guns. We don't need platitudes and Instagram infographics. We have to fight for change.

Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you think it was "classless" for Beto O'Rourke to confront Governor Abbott at a press conference but don't think it was classless for the Governor to attend a fundraiser last night after the shooting, or to say today that "it could have been worse," well, that's pretty telling.