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A video of firefighters airlifting a 74-year-old hiker who had fallen went viral yesterday after Twitter users latched onto a clip of the stretcher wildly spinning while rescuers attempted to load the woman into the helicopter. Now, the firefighters of the Phoenix Fire Department behind the rescue are explaining to the press why the stretcher got out of control. The short […]
While researchers from Harvard have yet to put together a peer-reviewed article on the world’s most meme’d-character, Spongebob sure as hell seems to find himself (or his co-stars) as the visual source of many-a-social-media joke, from that Krabs meme to that mocking one. In fact, he (or at least his show) has found itself the center of […]
YouTube, Discord and Gmail all experienced outages today, due to apparent problems with Google’s Cloud service. The disruption effected not only Google‘s own properties in the G Suite (Drive, Gmail, Hangouts and other applications) but also took down prominent websites that run on the Cloud service on the backend, like Snapchat and Vimeo. The Verge reports […]
Applicants applying for U.S. visas may have to give the government social media information, according to BBC News. U.S. State Department has adopted new regulations that will require those seeking residency to submit their social media handles as well as the different email addresses and phone numbers they’ve used in the last five years. Only diplomatic and official […]
One would be hard-pressed to find someone that doesn’t think Kawhi Leonard is having a historic playoff run with the Raptors. Yet, the praises got a little out of hand for some, when Clippers’ coach Doc Rivers claimed that Kawhi is the closest thing the league has seen to Michael Jordan since His Airness retired. “[Kawhi] is the […]
Valee is defending his decision to dye his dog red after some people on Twitter came for him. The Chicago rapper shared a photo of his tiny pet dyed bright red yesterday, leading to a brigade of pet owners and activists who wanted to tell him he was out of line. They completely disregarded his […]
Iggy Azalea has decided to step away from social media. The move occurred shortly after topless pictures of her were leaked online this past weekend. Azalea deactivated both her Instagram and Twitter accounts, though she did also send out a statement explaining her thoughts. Within that statement, she said that the leaked images were produced during a […]
Michael Phelps opened up about his battle with mental health issues on Twitter and encouraged others suffering to seek counseling. The Olympic gold medalist said that he fought suicidal ideation with the help of licensed professionals, crediting therapy with saving his life. “I struggled with anxiety and depression and questioned whether or not I wanted […]
Throughout his career Kevin Durant has caught a lot of attention for his social media, frequently chiming in on conversations where he’s namedropped. He recently responded to Chris Broussard’s claims he had his phone number, tweeting, “U don’t have my number mannnnn.” The analyst is one of many who’s been the target of Durant’s social […]
A communications expert losing her book deal because she failed to realize how Twitter would react to her snitching on a transit employee is the 2019 definition of irony. And that’s exactly what happened to social media pro and author Natasha Tynes. Tynes’ book deal was revoked after she ratted out a DC Metro employee for eating […]
