Ben Werdmüller

The ACLU agrees: flag-burning is protected speech and banning it is un-American. https://medium.com/aclu/no-president-elect-trump-people-cannot-be-punished-for-burning-the-flag-f3085fdc25c1#.7na8j9szq

Bots will be the operating system for a new generation of internet users (I get a very kind shout-out): https://medium.com/@marccanter4real/ai-natives-and-the-age-of-disinformation-8c7b123e9891?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9d-1480452380 #bots #ai

This #givingtuesday consider:

ACLU: https://action.aclu.org/donate-aclu
Planned Parenthood: https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Donation2?df_id=12913&12913.donation=form1&s_src=Evergreen_c3_PPNonDirected_banner&_ga=1.165096255.1260662193.1480439568
SPLC: https://donate.splcenter.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=463

I'm on board with all of this. Not really mentioned: stay true to your values. Don't be a survivalist. http://qz.com/846940/a-yale-history-professors-20-point-guide-to-defending-democracy-under-a-trump-presidency/

Neat! https://mailinabox.email/ #indieweb

ICYMI: a lot of people want a cooperative to #BuyTwitter. I don't think that's a plausible idea. https://words.werd.io/wearetwitter-is-a-fairy-tale-cb684ff0c854#.ac4qurybn #WeAreTwitter

California is huge, both physically and financially. Easy to forget. https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/california-has-the-same-size-economy-as-france-how-do-other-us-states-compare-3ed7c643b3d6#.z2txxstbv