Nov 07
Nov 06
Your President for the Next 4 Years Barack Obama Just Probably Tweeted the Most Popular Tweet of All Time
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After the networks gave the presidential victory to President Barack Obama, his Twitter account sent out a few tweets talking about the victory. One of those tweets has been retweeted so much in the past hour that it’s very probably the most popular tweet of al time. More »
Nov 06
Cable news is typically a spewing valve of yelling heads in strategically fair and balanced suits screaming franken-words that sound intelligent but really only exist to make your blood curdle and/or ooze out of your ears. A lot of people hate that. I don’t because they’re all freaking hilarious when it comes to using technology. Seriously, it’s pure comedic gold and half the reason I watch. And the best night to see really smart people struggle with really ridiculous technology is Election Night. Which is, um, right now. More »
Oct 24
Good news—there are only 13 days left until the election! Bad news—there are 13 days left until the election. If you’re on political overload, you can use a handy Chrome extension called Unpolitic.me to remove all the politics talk from your Facebook and Twitter feeds. More »
Oct 16
The second presidential debate is tonight, so make sure your bullshit detector is on full blast. No matter the candidate you’re rooting for, politicians are politicians—they’re full of it. You certainly want to watch the Lehrer-directed circus with a discerning eye, which is exactly what a new site called reconstitution2012 will help you do. More »
Oct 02
Oct 02
Tumblr will be covering tomorrow’s presidential debate in the best way possible—by live-GIFfing it. And suddenly, the election became almost tolerable. More »
Sep 28
Iranian News Agency Copies the Onion, Says Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama [WTFriday]
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The semi-official Iranian news agency FNA has just published this news item: “Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama.” But of course they do! Here’s their complete text: More »
Sep 19
Do You Actually Care About a Politician’s Social-Media Presence? [Chatroom]
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Seriously. I mean, we rag on these politicians all the time for their social media gaffes, but does anyone really care? Does it matter to you, when it comes to actually punch your ballot, whether Romney’s app misspelled America or Obama was a little loose with his volunteers’ kinda private information? More »
Sep 08
You know how trends start? Someone just does something, a lot. It doesn’t even have to be cool. Or accurate. Take Joe Biden, for example. Biden used the word “literally” so many times in his speech at the DNC, last night, that it literally began trending on Twitter, reports the Washington Times. Literally. More »
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