Microsoft’s ability to make itself look terrible, even when doing something good, is already legendary, but they still manage to reach for new heights. Example! On Saturday morning, Microsoft posted this on their Bing Twitter account: The Internet went ballistic of course, and I don’t blame it. I guess if only 50,000 people retweet their […]
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Charlie Sheen on the Disaster in Japan (Oh, No…)
Don’t forget! Today is also National Unfollow Charlie Sheen on Twitter Day! UPDATE: Oh, and too soon, 50 Cent! Too… soon. (Better yet, how about never?)
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Today in Kanye West’s Twitter Account
Apparently both Kanye and Justin Bieber have interesting views on abortion. Umm… “Luxuryrealness?”via and via
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Discographies Is Funny! And Alarming.
Although its existence threatens the livelihood of every music writer, the Discographies Twitter feed is pretty damn funny, rendering us music critics useless 140 characters at a time. Who needs in-depth, prattling, wordy record reviews when you’ve got all the info you need boiled down to the bare essentials? Some more of our favorites: Nine […]
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Hey, Portland Theater Owners: EBERT IS WATCHING YOU.
Illustration by Kalah Allen. Hey, I wonder what Ebert’s up to? Oh. He’s reading I, Anonymous, apparently. That’s my favorite I, Anonymous in a long time, ’cause it echoes a lot of complaints I hear (and have) about various theaters in town. I’ve had it happen to me, tooโyou go to all the bother of […]
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Live-Tweeting an Execution by Firing Squad
Ronnie Lee Gardner, a convicted murderer, made history at midnight last night by being the first person in 14 years to be executed by firing squad in the US. He specifically requested the form of execution, which garnered the case some last-minute national attention. Then there was a series of Twitter updates from Utah Attorney […]
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“Scott Baio Has More Class in His Piss Than All of You All”
This might be the fight that brings down the internet. Trying to craft a narrative around this madness is like so much proverbial nailing of Jell-O. So gather round the lockers, children. I bring you a tale of anti-Christs and lesbian shitasses. God bless you, Jezebel. First, Scott Baio said this: Then Jezebel commenters said […]