The moronic inferno, pt. 1,478
Is it the stupidity of Americans, or the stupidity of people who use social networking sites, that is responsible for the following letter, sent shortly after the Boston bombers had… Continue reading
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Tweeting can seriously damage your health
Members of the World’s Most Rational and Peaceable Religion © have been going berserk in the lovely Bangladeshi town of Cox’s Bazar. Some bloke put a photo of a burned… Continue reading
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It’s still you, Professor Beard
It’s time to panic. I read at the weekend that sophisticated hackers have burrowed their way into no less than 250,000 Twitter accounts. What shall we do? Henceforth, when we… Continue reading
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Suing Twitter for Libel is a Mug's Game - Spectator Blogs
Rod Liddle asks a question of the kind one frequently sees raised by media types: [W]hy is [Lord McAlpine] not suing Twitter itself? It is not Philip Schofield who the… Continue reading
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Why isn’t Lord McAlpine suing Twitter?
I understand entirely why Lord McAlpine would wish to sue individuals such as George Monbiot for having wrongly tweeted, or re-tweeted, his name in regard to allegations of child sex… Continue reading
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What kind of regime imprisons people for what they tweet? Oh, hang on…
The King of Bahrain certainly doesn’t seem to like it up him. In this week’s Spectator, Kirsty Walker said her last complaint – before quitting journalism — was from the King objecting… Continue reading
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Giles Coren’s Twitter Eulogy
The saying goes that the only silver lining at the end of a political career is the chance to read your own obituary without actually dying. For Giles Coren, the speculation… Continue reading
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The media need to stop deeming everything a hate crime
There was a news report on BBC South East last week expressing outrage that two people had not been arrested and charged for posting allegedly ‘homophobic’ comments on Twitter about… Continue reading
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Who will rule the 21st century?
This is a nice big question to ponder on the holiday beach or in the rented villa. A vast amount has already been written on the rise of China and… Continue reading
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The court of Twitter
It is wrong to insult an Olympian who has just missed out on a medal, and worse to bring his dead father into it. But, as Melanie Philips and others… Continue reading
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It is becoming increasingly clear that Twitter might be the greatest threat to civilised life in Britain. Take just 24 hours of news: A 17 year-old has been arrested (and… Continue reading
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Penny’s non-violent clash with Starkey
The self-styled enfant terrible of the new radical left, Ms Laurie Penny, has taken her one-woman revolution to the heart of the establishment. Yesterday, she caused quite the ruckus at… Continue reading
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Bad timing
Since corrected, but an embarrassing end to an embarrassing week for Ed Miliband: And RIP Bob Holness, the second James Bond. Hat-tip for the screengrab: Mark Wallace
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Abbott’s Twitter troubles
That Diane Abbott tweet that Pete mentioned earlier (‘White people love playing divide and rule’) has made her the centre of attention this morning. She may have deleted it, and… Continue reading
82 CommentsChris Huhne: an apology
I have apology to make. I wrote on Friday that I suspected Chris Huhne’s mistweet “fine, but I don’t want my fingerprints on the story” was the Climate Change Secretary… Continue reading
17 CommentsTweet of the Day
Courtesy of an Anglo-Italian historian in lovely New Hampshire. She tweets here and blogs about New England history here: [Via Oliver Burkeman]
1 CommentFacebook diplomacy
William Hague is an unlikely sort of technophile. Truth be told, for all his strengths he simply does not look like a signed-up member of the Twitterati. His history-dripping, gold-covered… Continue reading
6 CommentsTwitter had the riot covered
The revolution may not be televised, but the riot was tweeted pretty well last night. I was up at 3am (don’t ask), and BBC News hadn’t even interrupted their normal… Continue reading
28 CommentsTottenham smoulders
London has become used to protest recently, but there was still something terrible and unexpected in the images emerging from Tottenham last night. Here we had firebombs, missiles, riot police,… Continue reading
52 CommentsPMQs live
A change from the Coffee House norm for this last PMQs before the summer recess. Instead of the usual live-blog, we’ll be live-tweeting the session, and our tweets will appear… Continue reading
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