http://twitter.com/#!/JFoTheShow/status/462121526876045313 Craig Ferguson has announced that he won’t be renewing his contract with CBS and will end his run as host of “The Late Late Show” in December. Twitter users have been calling on CBS to name comedian and SNL alum Norm Macdonald as Ferguson’s replacement. The push started lightly a couple of days ago […]
http://twitter.com/#!/DavidM_55/status/406949256319500288 Following this afternoon’s last-second loss to Auburn on a 110-yard field goal runback, it looks as though Alabama kicker Cade Foster has blacked out his Twitter profile and changed his name to “aaa.” http://twitter.com/#!/RobbyAmity11/status/406952597837205505 http://twitter.com/#!/PotterTre0/status/406948657414406144 It’s understandable why Foster would want to keep a low profile, but that can’t prevent him from trending on […]
http://twitter.com/#!/SoylentSage/status/512306616319086592 #AskDrMann What's a hashtag without a graph? pic.twitter.com/uLVfNJr5s4 — Scottie Mhic Leòid (@variouspenguins) September 17, 2014 Columnist, author and radio host Mark Steyn is being sued by man-made global warming alarmist and grand designer of the “hockey stick” graph, Michael Mann. Today, Mann solicited climate questions using the #AskDrMann hashtag: Looking forward to #AskDrMann […]
http://twitter.com/#!/TwitchyTeam/status/499255354174078976 Are you a Twitter-savvy writer who’s fully engaged in politics and pop culture? Do you follow a vast array of journos, activists, politicos and celebs? Then we want you on our editorial team. The ideal Twitchy editor will write clean copy on a tight deadline, know how to push back against false media narratives and […]
http://twitter.com/#!/awmorrell/status/451726915443777538 Um, what? That didn’t really happen, did it? Oh yes. It did. http://twitter.com/#!/GoddamnedBear/status/451727041038401537 Salon.com’s verified Twitter account promoted an interview with Suey Park, the Korean-American activist and writer behind the #CancelColbert and #NotYourAsianSidekick Twitter campaigns. A few quotes from the interview: http://twitter.com/#!/gabrielmalor/status/451753792607113217 http://twitter.com/#!/Salon/status/451746977005699072 Read the whole thing for context. But we’ll put that aside […]
http://twitter.com/#!/graciestyle/status/510641073501528064 Cutting off heads and persecuting religious minorities doesn’t leave much time for a social life. Thankfully there’s a new matchmaking service for today’s jihadi on the go. My name is Achmed and I enjoy killing infidels, rioting, explosions, and long walks on the beach… Roundup: ISIS takes to Twitter to find mates for militants […]
http://twitter.com/#!/bob_owens/status/509529360701743104 Panera Bread is the most recent business to ask criminals — um, customers, that is — to leave their guns at home. Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said she was thrilled that “months of discussions” had finally convinced the company to implement a new gun policy. Tuesday night […]
http://twitter.com/#!/barrycunningham/status/521395916113072128 You’d think Americans would want a break from the non-stop MSM coverage of Ebola and the threat of an uncontrollable disease, but nope. Fans of “The Walking Dead” are ready for Season 5 to begin, regardless of what’s happening on the national news: @WalkingDead_AMC Walking dead vs Sunday night football Edge= #TheWalkingDead — Elite Matt […]
http://twitter.com/#!/derekahunter/status/499730382519283713 Wait a second. Are you saying reporters aren’t special and don’t have special rights? Politics editor Stefan Becket at .Mic seems to think otherwise—or else he did until he said it out loud on Twitter. The tweet was prompted by a couple of reporter who were arrested briefly in Ferguson Missouri for not complying with […]
The internet is IRL. It always has been. View this image › I started navigating the internet — really, the earliest versions of social media — early in my life, and before most people even really knew what the internet was. I was 11 when I first logged on in 1993 — I’m 32 now […]