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Boston Bombing Suspect Obama Supporter on Twitter?
By Victor Fiorillo 4/19/2013
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Report: @J_Tsar is Boston Bombing Suspect’s Twitter Account
By Victor Fiorillo 4/19/2013
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Was the Cesar Chavez Google Doodle an Insult to Christians?
By Joel Mathis 4/01/2013
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If the Easter story is true—and I’m an agnostic, so I neither confirm nor deny the truth of what I’m about to discuss—something really amazing happened roughly 2,000 years ago. The Romans put a Jewish preacher up on a cross, killed him, and buried him … only to see him leave his grave a few days later, visit some friends, then rise to heaven with a promise to return.
How to Score Last-Minute Reservations at Philly’s Most Popular Restaurants
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 3/28/2013
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A hip Vietnamese restaurant in Beverly Hills has begun "shaming" guests who no-show for their reservations, by revealing their names on Twitter. Upon consideration, the practice is absurd. Who would genuinely be ashamed about having this information made public? It's not very nice to the restaurant, sure, but would your friends or family would really give a damn if they found out you flaked out on a reservation? Besides, unless you've got an unusual name, who's to say you're the "Kyle Anderson" in question.
Hi Kyle Anderson (323), I hope you enjoyed your gf's bday and the flowers that you didn't
Top 5 Best Philly Parody Accounts on Twitter
By Erica Palan 3/26/2013
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Social media experts and holier-than-thou journalists (ahem) will tell you that Twitter changed the way we receive information. The rest of humanity will tell you that Twitter changed the way we receive jokes. Whether it's known local comedians like Chip Chantry or one of the many hilarious local parody accounts, Philly's web presence is teeming with humor. Here, five of the best joke accounts in the city.
You’ll Never Guess Philly’s Sole Representative on TIME’s “Twitter 140″ (Yes You Will)
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 3/25/2013
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And the award goes to...D.A. Seth Williams! For his fearless following of pornographic twitter accounts! Oh, nope, sorry that was just me dreaming. The real winner of Time's annual Twitter power rankings, of course, was Mr. Questlove:
Questlove tweets at a frenetic pace, whether he’s promoting his 9-5 gig on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, geeking out over drum gear or sharing Instagrams of his solo DJ sets and performances with The Roots. His enthusiasm is infectious.
There's something about Time magazine gushing about cool Twitter feeds that neutralizes any coolness they may have had. Time also makes the grievous error of
Seth MacFarlane Tweets He Won’t Host Oscars Again, But He Should
By Brian Howard 2/26/2013
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RT @crusephoto: @sethmacfarlaneWould you host the #Oscars again if asked? // No way.Lotta fun to have done it, though.
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) February 26, 2013
10 Most Socially Awkward Examples of Live-Tweeting
By Erica Palan 2/26/2013
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Hashtags are everywhere these days—from the Oscars #BestDressed coverage to a pamphlet I got from my doctor’s office. Whether you like it or not, Twitter's taken over the way we communicate. Last year, a Rhode Island theater gained fame for designating "Tweet Seats," where show-goers could tweet reactions during the actual performance. Closer to home, a Temple University professor encourages his students to tweet during class. Live-tweeting, it seems, is everywhere.
Royal Mayhem: Team Kate Middleton vs. Team Hilary Mantel
By Liz Spikol 2/20/2013
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Gather ’round, children, and I'll tell you a tale. In the Land Before Twitter, if someone clamped a hand over your mouth after you spoke 140 letters, you'd think he was a fascist and definitely not go on a second date with him. In the Land Before Twitter, reporters who covered foreign wars had to leave their bedrooms. And in the Land Before Twitter, intelligent, impulsive people made snap judgments—ill-informed judgments, stupid judgments—largely without consequence, having shared them only with a few drunk people sitting on a couch at a party.
The Congressman and the Bikini Model
By Larry Mendte 2/19/2013
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It was during the State of the Union speech, as President Obama was making his way down the aisle to the podium, that Congressman Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, got an excited tweet from Victoria Brink, a student at Texas State University. “I just saw you on TV.”
