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Hi, I'm Heather Burns

— yes, that one.

On unexpected unemployment

21 November 2022

Estimated reading time: < 1
Category: Musings

“Getting rid of public policy people when you’re claiming to do ‘real free speech’ is the stupidest move ever.”
Audrey Herblin-Stoop,
ex-Twitter France public policy

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