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It's history, not a viral feed
BY SARAH WERNER For months now I’ve been stewing about how much I hate @HistoryInPics and their ilk (@HistoryInPix, @HistoricalPics, @History_Pics, etc.)—Twitter streams that do nothing more than post...
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Website that churns out terrible Twitter bios is a real time-saver
The faux-profound (and profoundly stupid) Twitter bio is quickly becoming the art form for our age. Twitter comedian Rob Delaney memorably skewered the popular one-word-sentences approach with the...
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Cops in Rome count on Twitter for reports of illegal parking
Automotive congestion in Rome is the stuff of legend, with narrow streets the norm and triple-parking not uncommon. Now police are tapping social media in order to punish traffic violations: any...
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Lay's is looking for a new flavor, and the Internet has some amazing ideas
It’s a classic promotional gambit: let the consumer pitch a product. Lay’s, a ubiquitous brand of potato chips, is crowdsourcing ideas for a new taste sensation in their #DoUsAFlavor campaign, with a...
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'Selfie' the sitcom is happening, and it's all your fault
Television studios have long puzzled over how best to co-opt the popularity of an Internet that otherwise robs them of passive, dead-eyed attention. For instance, do you recall that week in 2012 when...
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'Palpable bitchery': What exactly is Stephen King saying about Dylan Farrow?
Stephen King is stirring up tense feelings on Twitter tonight. Fans and critics alike reacted with outrage after catching wind of a frustratingly vague tweet King made in reference to an opinion piece...
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Here's why all your friends have purple Twitter and Facebook pics today
In 2008, Misty Mondok overcame a diagnosis of uterine cancer. Five years later, the Pennsylvania resident is battling stage II ovarian cancer. And her medical bills are mounting. This tale has become...
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Facebook won't crack down on a deadly online drinking game
Combine alcohol, social media, daredevil thrills, and peer pressure, and you’ve got a solid recipe for untimely death: NekNomination, a sort of online binge-drinking game that appears to have...
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LeVar Burton hemorrhages Twitter followers over Philip Seymour Hoffman jokes
If you’re a beloved celebrity with some two million followers on Twitter, you can probably leave the tacky jokes to its formidable army of assorted trolls. But since Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton...
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How to troll Twitter in ways you've never even imagined
Twitter has given me so much. Not even bragging, it made me a local patrician of the youth, as I coined a few exclusive youthemisms for my fans, idioms such as YOLT (you only live twice), YODA (you...
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Spanish woman found guilty of 'glorifying terrorism' on Twitter
Spain's most prolific angry communist Twitter user has been found guilty of "glorifying terrorism," according to national news reports. Alba González Camacho, aka @albacorazonegro, is a moderately...
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The Internet had a lot of fun with Bill Nye's Creation Debate
Science person Bill Nye and Christian fundamentalist Ken Ham went toe-to-toe last night on the question of evolution versus creationism, and the best part about the debate—other than Nye’s bowtie...
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Students cyberbully @NYCSchools after finding out it's not a snow day
Back in my day, you knew the schools weren’t closed for snow if you never got a call saying so. There was nobody but your parents to complain to when the thing didn’t swing your way, and they pretty...
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Say it ain't 'Psych'! USA series set to end March 26
It’s no Psych-out: the show that taught you how to tell when people are lying and confirmed that you will never be as well-dressed as Dulé Hill is officially ending in March.GIF via...
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#ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin is the greatest hashtag
This story contains material that might be NSFW. The sentiment that “this could be us, but you playin’”—i.e., messing around when you could be settling into a deeply meaningful relationship like the...
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Twitter threatens to take government to court over NSA data
Twitter is steamed at the Department of Justice for not letting it say how often it gets secret court demands for users' data. In a screed published alongside its new transparency report, Twitter...
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Uh, guys? @IOC is not the International Olympic Committee
As the 2014 Winter Olympics kicked off, people had quite a few gripes about the decision to hold the games in Sochi, Russia—what with the unfinished hotels, oppressive political climate, and general...
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A complete history of the subtweet war between Ashton Kutcher and Charlie Sheen
Some two years ago, Charlie Sheen took us on a wild ride. In the weeks leading up to Sheen being fired from Two and a Half Men, the seemingly unhinged actor went on many a no-holds-barred rant, and we...
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Home intruder took selfie on victim's phone while she was putting her kids to...
With the rise of the selfie in 2013 came many occasions where such photos, and even explicit videos, become evidence in criminal investigations. In most cases, smartphone thieves accidentally uploaded...
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No, this Olympian's name isn't actually a hilarious string of curses
Guys, I know we all love a good Photoshop, but this Olympian’s name is not Cunty Spunkfuckshitpiss. It’s actually Andreas Wank, and that should be funny enough. (Heh, Wank.) Wank, a German ski jumper,...
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