Chris Cannon
@cannonwriter
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I have left this dumpster fire. Please follow me at https://t.co/K3nbgmKFib
Vancouver, BC
Joined June 2011
Twitter quit me. Follow my human art at: https://t.co/XtELrGtUIn
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23 Followers • 30 Threads • Satirist, portmanteau aficionado. cannonwriter.com americabutbetter.com. See the latest conversations with @cannonwriter.
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A Child’s MVP, or How Not to Build a Murderbot https://t.co/qLnH1UxQf5 - @cannonwriter #lean #innovation #parenting
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The War on Terror Only Created More Terror in America How the Capitol riot was a natural consequence of the country’s response to the 9/11 attacks by Chris Cannon @cannonwriter / January 14, 2021 https://t.co/NSTrhKbQjY
newrepublic.com
How the Capitol riot was a natural consequence of the country’s response to the 9/11 attacks
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Read my new feature on how we need to make A.I. accountable to the people who use it. "AI was created mostly in secret, mostly for profit, and mostly from data we didn’t realize we were feeding it." https://t.co/f91Cq1vK3Y
@UBCMagazine
magazine.alumni.ubc.ca
“May you live in interesting times” – one of the most deliciously back-handed of English blessings. Interesting times smacks of adventure and fulfillment, inferring the imagined prospect of uninter...
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Best line from the @nytimes this morning: "But my A.I. girlfriends mostly seemed designed to manipulate me."
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We were so excited to hear @billmaher talk about us on his show that we made a response video. Sorry. So sorry. #canadaforpresident
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. We can mitigate the human cost of war, genocide, and resource extraction by holding accountable the businesses that profit from misery. My piece for Columbia Magazine. https://t.co/HJpOhlDdbq
magazine.columbia.edu
How do you stop genocide before it starts? Legal theorist James Stewart, a former war-crimes prosecutor, has revived a forgotten strategy — and The Hague is listening.
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Election stress? Recenter yourself with this short meditation session. Namaste. #CanadaForPresident
https://t.co/IAvE8bJgBS via @YouTube
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I get a daily newsletter from the @nytimes and I don't think I've ever seen a more offensive headline.
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It would be really refreshing to hear people say "it's genocide but I'm fine with that" instead of just pretending it isn't.
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Goodness us, has it been 14 years? #Flashback #MoreToCome #CanadaForPresident
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Wrote this four months ago -- one week into the war -- warning of the coming civilian massacre. We are really failing at this.
How we choose to navigate our pain and anger today casts the die for the world that inherits our choices. If we want to stop terrorism, we need to stop creating terrorists, @cannonwriter writes.
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If gnats believe in hell, I'm sure there is a circle called "Guy with a Hand-Vac Just Trying to Enjoy His Microgreens in Peace"
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"Ireland could become the first country in the EU to enshrine the rights of nature into its national constitution." Read more: https://t.co/ozd6XPcl7I
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My latest: On intellectual automation and algorithmic deans. @UBCMagazine
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magazine.alumni.ubc.ca
Potent new technologies are redefining education.
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How old are you? Are you sure? Really enjoyed writing this piece for @UBCMagazine on measuring age chemically instead of chronologically. Check out the science of epigenetics. https://t.co/t8F0qign1n
magazine.alumni.ubc.ca
It’s been 20 years since the completion of the Human Genome Project, one of the most ambitious and fruitful scientific endeavours in all of human history. The mapping of the human genome in 2003...
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My dream is to stop writing stories like this.
How we choose to navigate our pain and anger today casts the die for the world that inherits our choices. If we want to stop terrorism, we need to stop creating terrorists, @cannonwriter writes.
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