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SocialFlow Company Blog: Breaking Bin Laden: visualizing the power of a single tweet

socialflowteam:

A full hour before the formal announcement of Bin-Laden’s death, Keith Urbahn posted his speculation on the emergency presidential address. Little did he know that this Tweet would trigger an avalanche of reactions, Retweets and conversations that would beat mainstream media as well as the White…

Eating Your Cultural Vegetables

“Do you watch ‘Phineas and Ferb’?”

“No.” 

“You have to watch it!”

Upon hearing those words — uttered by her friend Cassie, just a year older but, in her eyes, impossibly sophisticated — my daughter Lyra became infatuated with a TV show of which she can barely make heads or tails. 

Maniacal Rage: Fuck You, Tiny Wings

maniacalrage:

I hate this game. I hate it so much. Every time I open it, I tense up. I dread touching for sunrise. I hate the night. It’s a fucking bastard, the night. And what about the sun? The sun is a lazy bitch who only helps you out in the beginning and then no matter how well you fly it just sits up…

Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: The best journalism-job want ad ever ever.

motherjones:

You should, like, strongly consider applying to work for this guy:

We want to add some talent to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative team. Every serious candidate should have a proven track record of conceiving, reporting and writing stellar investigative pieces that provoke change….

YouTube - Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)

You have to have an unbelievable amount of patience to subject yourself to installing this many versions of Windows!