Océane (@oceane)

Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

"But there’s one more thing—the Internet will make it impossible to go back. The Internet, once in place, guarantees that communication and empowerment become the law and the practice of your country."

"I’m convinced that you are all in for the ride of your life."

Eric Schmidt, Yangon, Myanmar, 2013

Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

This was, incidentally, the year after Myanmar started its slide into what would become an internet-enabled genocide. But in 2013, the tech companies still have three more years before things get really bad to help turn it around.

Not super difficult to guess what they did instead.

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Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

I'm wrapping the draft of the first post in a series about all of this today, and digging into the next part. Hoping to start releasing them next week.

(9k words in the first post alone :blobcatsweat: )

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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

@kissane Oh wow that's a lot of words

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Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

@oceane It's been a wild few weeks

Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

@kissane Gosh I hope you're ok

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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

@kissane (I may lack sleep to finish important posts)

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Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

@oceane I'll be better once it's all done! It's hard not to just work all hours on stuff like this, but fingers crossed that the series is done within the week

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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

@kissane Yeah sometimes it's hard not to spend a few hours dumping people about a topic you know and care about, especially when you feel you could get into the flow™

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