Be my twitter?

As I have been suspended from Twitter, I’d like to ask your help so that a Q&A on my book can be heard about. I was heartened that over 80 people joined me to discuss “Breaking Together: a freedom-loving response to collapse.” The event was hosted by Katie Carr of the Deep Adaptation Forum. The video follows below.

Why have I been booted from Twitter? Short answer: dunno. I received no warnings and no explanations. The text on my account says “After careful review, we determined your account broke the Twitter Rules.” Although I can be radical and forthright, at times responding to what I consider unfair criticism, I aim to be civil. Without further information, I’m curious as to the reason. Possibilities include some censorship code from old Twitter being triggered by a recent uptick in attention to my account. Or perhaps new Twitter doesn’t like my views on the unfortunate limits of renewables and electrification to transition humanity to sustainability. Another possibility is that the account was hacked in a sophisticated way so Twitter suspended it. I have submitted an appeal.

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The wider issue this situation reminds me of is the power of global bigtech in shaping how people around the world experience information and ideas. In Chapter 13 of the book I describe the evidence for how ‘visibility filtering’ and ‘shadow banning’ is targeting views that don’t align with an ‘ecomodern’ perspective. Worse, US government-funded agencies are seeking to demonise such perspectives as ‘extremist’. That means we have a job on our hands to help people hear not only sober analyses of the environmental predicament but also the more radical suggestions for how to respond.

As I can’t tweet to my 13.7K followers, can you help me get the word out about the Q&A? Please share the video or this blog in whatever ways you usually do that.

While I am writing, I’d like to share with you one of the highlights of the book launch in Glastonbury.. Satish Kumar’s opening comments. Well worth 5 minutes of your time!

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