Here’s a hack art thingamabob from Martin Kaltenbrunner that allows an old-timey Morse code machine to turn finger taps into Tweets à la @TworseKey. Watch it go. Brilliant. Read more »
Last night, American airhead and child sex slave abolitionist, Ashton Kutcher, wrote some dumb shit on his Twitter (@Aplusk) about the firing of college football coach Joe Paterno, unaware that Penn State officials terminated him for not doing more to report the molesty ways of his colleague Jerry Sandusky. Read more »
The rapper known as Heavy D has died at the age of 44. Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan, put it best: “He was a relentlessly positive rapper. You and your mom could both like him.” And this was true to the very end, even when it came to his Twitter page. RIP!
Shouty actor Alec Baldwin is apparently having a rough morning. He tweeted earlier, “Starbucks on 93 and B’way. Uptight Queen barrista named JAY has an attitude problem.” Jay got off easy, Alec didn’t even bother calling him a pig or anything. Read more »
Indian Point Rapidly Responds To Quake Concerns On Twitter
The earthquake that lightly rattled the East Coast today really freaked New Yorkers (and Twitter users) out. It’s worth noting that earlier this year, a federal report put Indian Point at the top of a list of nuclear reactors that are most vulnerable to quakes. But whoever runs the Twitter account for the controversial facility is doing a proficient job of making sure everyone knows that there’s no danger of an imminent meltdown (yet). Read more »
Recently, BBC “credited” several photos of the Tottenham riots to “Twitter.” When reader Andy Mabbett complained, the BBC responded: “Twitter is a social network platform which is available to most people who have a computer… any content on it is not subject to the same copyright laws as it is already in the public domain.” Translation: Pffft. Also, bullshit, and so, BBC apologizes. Read more »
Last year, I interviewed Marina Abramović’s chair and now that Damien Hirst’s “pickled, rotting shark sold as art” is Tweeting, I’m obligated to investigate. Here’s what @Hirst_Shark has to say. Read more »
The Flickr Vs. Twitter World Atlas: NYC and Beyond
Map geek extraordinaire Eric Fischer is back, mapping out who Tweets (in blue), who Flickrs (in red), who does both (in white) and where — from New York City to Tokyo to Amsterdam to Moscow and on — for his new project See Something or Say Something. See it city by city below. Read more »
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been released by the Chinese authorities after his 80-day detention on speculative “economic crime” charges, but don’t celebrate yet. He is not allowed to Tweet, talk to reporters or travel for one year. Read more »
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, better know by their street name the Taliban, have officially joined Twitter (@alemarahweb) and are posting jihadi updates 140 characters at a time. As reported by the Guardian, a majority of tweets have been in Pashtu, but there’s some in English as well—no need to alienate a potential demographic. They also have a Facebook and a website, however, we warn you now, their movie section sucks.
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