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You Can Now Hear Harvey Dunne’s Thoughts on Twitter…
4 Sep
Yes, that’s right. Harvey Dunne now has a twitter account.
He thought it was about time he joined the techno age.
Harvey’s posting thoughts about his life and thoughts about the world. I know Harvey as a very unique and compassionate person. But it took him half a lifetime to learn to love himself, and to not be afraid to love and respect others. To value them for who they are. Regardless of what the rest of the world might think.
And Harvey’s learned for others to accept you, you’ve first got to accept yourself.
If you find his tweets interesting, or heartbreaking, or funny, or inspirational, or something that touches your own life, maybe you’d like to read about his journey in the novel written about him, Is Harvey Dunne?
Let me know what you think!
Tehran in Tragedy…The Twitter Reporters
21 JunI only realized it now, with the terrible situation in Tehran, how social media and the internet is playing such a big part in global politics. No longer can oppressive governments quash the reports of journalists. Or maybe they can, but they cannot totally suppress all first-hand reports, pics, and videos of people who are there. Who are watching, and hearing, and seeing their people get abused by their authoritarian government. Email, and YouTube, and Twitter now make it possible for news and information to travel at the speed of light. Now the world can see and hear the abuse as it happens, and network with supporters all over the globe.
However, it appears that ability comes with a price. A woman with the Twitter screen name Mirriaam was reporting via Twitter during the last few days of violence, and then yesterday, her account was discontinued. Just like that. Apparently without a word from her to anyone in the Twittersphere. Many people are worried about her. Maybe, and hopefully, she discontinued her own account for safety reasons.
But maybe not. I might understand her cell phone or computer being confiscated, but how would her account just disappear? We all hope she is OK and just laying low.
Twitter has certainly brought the real-time reality into my direct line of vision. Now it’s not just the news reporting from half a globe away, but real people who are living it – sending us the sad testimony of their oppression, right to our phones and laptops. In essence, we are plunged into the action, but from a distance which is safe. While the courageous Twitterers in Tehran are not. But thanks to them, the world is watching.
