such a bad, bad, bad idea:

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Tweets can now be cited in academic papers, using the following format:

For example:

Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet.

via, you guessed it, the MLA website

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The door to the apartment of Hector Monsegur aka Sabu, hacker turned FBI informant, who lived in Manhattan and whom the NY Times published this not-so-flattering profile on last week:

Hector Xavier Monsegur, or Sabu, lived in Apartment 6F at 90 Avenue D in the Jacob Riis complex in Manhattan.

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The Rube Goldberg of wine de-corking and pouring machines:
http://youtu.be/ZNUdowYZJlw

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On the Homeland Security’s “Long, Long List of Social Media Watch Words” includes the gem “social media”, because, you know, “We heard you like social media with your social media so we put social media in your social media so you could social media while you social media.”

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What is “computer virus”? Whatever it is it doesn’t translate to TV:
http://youtu.be/G2i_6j55bS0

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On the history of GIFS, who says PBS is dead?

Also, it’s pronounced “GIF” – wait. I mean Ghif. As in not-the-peanut-butter. Because “graphics” is pronounced “Guh” not “Juh” and the G in GIF stands for Graphics. So who cares what the Compuserve “jiy” or “guy” says. Get it?

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