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Social media has once again given us an example of why dry snitching is a cardinal sin. A worker at the Taco Boy in Charleston, South Carolina was fired after tweeting about tampering with local councilman Harry Griffin’s order. “Harry Griffin came to my restaurant tonight I asked the kitchen to put bleach on his food but I […]
Once again, a tweet from leading coronavirus downplayer Donald J. Trump has been hit with a user warning due to violating the site’s rules about spreading “misleading and potentially harmful information.” On Sunday, Trump claimed to have received a “complete sign-off” from “White House Doctors” related to COVID-19. In the same tweet, Trump claimed that […]
For those paying attention, the lack of a phones-related announcement during Apple‘s special “Time Flies” event on Tuesday came as no surprise. Word on the proverbial street for months now has been that—thanks in large part to COVID-19—certain production elements were being hit with understandable delays. Then, in late July, comments from CFO Luca Maestri during the […]
Tuesday began in the same fashion as any other pandemic era Tuesday, with the morning bringing with it the reminder that today is no different from any other day, save for one notable exception for certain lucky La Flame fans. Indeed, Sept. 8 marked the launch of the much-discussed Travis Scott and McDonald’s collab campaign. […]
In the wake of actor Chadwick Boseman’s tragic passing after succumbing to a 4 year battle with colon cancer on Friday evening, his final tweet sent by his estate delivering the news is now the most-liked tweet in the social media services history. Garnering over 5 million likes and 2 million retweets in 20 hours thus […]
Jim Gaffigan, who’s not typically known for directly confronting the poisonous idiocy of the Trump era that continues to consume many around the country, has had enough of “asshole trolls” of the fascism-supporting variety. In a series of tweets on Thursday night, the comedian and actor—whose latest special The Pale Tourist launched on Amazon Prime […]
Twitter has launched a sweeping crackdown on the far-right conspiracy theory movement QAnon. According to NBC News, the social media platform has permanently suspended more than 7,000 affiliated accounts and intends to limit the reach of other QAnon accounts. Twitter will reportedly do this by blocking URLs associated with the conspiracy theory group, and keeping QAnon-related accounts/content off of emails, trending lists, and follow recommendations. […]
Kanye West has teased a collaboration of some sort between his own Yeezy brand and GAP, marking what longtime fans will recognize as a lyrically documented full-circle moment. Early Friday, West—using the hashtag #WESTDAYEVER—shared a photo in which clothes could be seen being pulled from a bag marked “developed by Yeezy and GAP.” The bag […]
Audio tweets are about to be a thing. In fact, for select iOS users, voice-tweeting in 140-second increments is already an option as of Wednesday. In a statement announcing the new feature, Twitter’s staff product designer Maya Patterson and senior software engineer Rémy Bourgoin said the idea started with the thought that perhaps 280 characters […]
J.K. Rowling has found herself in hot water for yet again doing something that makes her look transphobic. The Harry Potter author made a highly questionable and seemingly anti-trans tweet on Saturday in response to an opinion editorial article discussing a “more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.” “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a […]
