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Social media in 2025 is just going to be us sending each other those algorithmically generated, Gmail-style niceties back and forth, isn’t it — PolitiTweet.org

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@ryanjtracy @johndmckinnon Congrats on the new gig and welcome to the beat! — PolitiTweet.org

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China's foreign ministry hits back at the U.S. over the FCC’s blockage of China Mobile, calling for an end to “unjustified oppression of Chinese enterprises": https://t.co/Bgh4jwwTMo (hat tip: @adschina) https://t.co/6CjIhPDrLU — PolitiTweet.org

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It’d be interesting if Chris Hughes ended up being the one to make tech regulation a major campaign issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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Haven’t you ever wondered what’s really on the other side of a Sarlacc pit — PolitiTweet.org

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(Zuckerberg is in Paris this week meeting with European officials.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s Facebook’s response on the Chris Hughes op-ed: https://t.co/7LDxeDkPPw — PolitiTweet.org

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The FCC has unanimously voted to block China Mobile from setting up phone services in the U.S. for American customers, over concerns it could pose national security risks. — PolitiTweet.org

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@srs2_ Thanks for the kind words! — PolitiTweet.org

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My first byline for CNN is a collab with @KatieLobosco on the impact that new tariffs could have on toys and electronics: https://t.co/fFVbJTN07Z — PolitiTweet.org

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I also meant to keep track of all the random facts that I wanted to look up on my phone during the day but couldn’t. But of course I gave up within 24 hours because we don’t keep a pad of paper in our house. All our lists just live in the cloud. — PolitiTweet.org

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A bunch of services will still let you log in if you’ve saved the backup codes. I’d remembered to do that for a couple of them, but not for all the services for which I have 2FA set up. — PolitiTweet.org

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So, just to tie this thread off — going phone-less for a week was really soothing in some ways, but not having access to 2FA was incredibly disruptive. — PolitiTweet.org

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I'll be able to log back in eventually when I reassign my old number to a new phone. But it means I won't be able to Venmo anyone for the next week. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today in Life Without a Phone: Some of the sites I need (like Venmo) I can't log into, because my disconnected phone number is the one I'd entered for two-factor authentication — and there's no option to change it to another number, like my Google Voice line. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think it'll just be more a collection of moments that reflect on the friction — or bliss — of Unplugged Life. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RogerEntner No! This is more fun — PolitiTweet.org

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So, I actually think communication won't be hard. I'll just have to be in front of a computer to do it. I'm also firmly committed to this not becoming one of those "I gave up social media for a week and it was the most amazingest thing!1!" sort of self-actualization stories. — PolitiTweet.org

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I'll still be able to take phone calls using Google Voice. I can also send text messages from my computer. And tweet from Tweetdeck, and go on Facebook, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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If I need a flashlight, I'll dig out my headlamp. If I need a camera, I'll… use my webcam? — PolitiTweet.org

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@joshsternberg It'll just be scribbles on a legal pad tweeted using the webcam on my Mac, lol — PolitiTweet.org

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@samuel_wade Ooh, this is an interesting thought — a "what's in your bag" for a digital journalist without a phone. (Though I'll be off and in between jobs, so it probably won't be the most normal situation.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Think about it: No Google Maps. No Lyft or Uber. No being able to look up random factoids on a whim. No scrolling through Instagram before bed. I might have to [gasp] pick up a *book* — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't own a personal cell, so for the next week I will be living life without a smartphone. I'll still have my computer, but for virtually everything else that I would use a phone for, I'll need to find workarounds. It should be interesting. — PolitiTweet.org

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Getting some understandable questions about this so here's some more context. I'm off the bus now and tweeting from my laptop at home. As part of my departure, I had to hand in my badge and my phone (heh, I sort of feel like a sheriff saying that) https://t.co/nWGKxMggvC — PolitiTweet.org

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@theleoji A little thing called Tweetdeck — PolitiTweet.org

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If this is something y'all would be into, lemme know. — PolitiTweet.org

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I expect I'll find other little moments like these throughout the week. If I can remember, maybe I'll keep updating this thread. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rjcc It was pretty great. — PolitiTweet.org

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Without a phone, I spent my time on the bus looking around. I watched a young girl pleading with her mom for a sip of soda and listened as two passengers exchanged numbers. — PolitiTweet.org