Day: April 15, 2013

Incredible: Twitter pinpoints the minute of the attack

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As the death toll climbs to 3, including a child, and over 140 injured, Twitter is buzzing with news, pictures, and tweets about the attack–including a lot of truly baffling and vile commentary from media pundits. CNN’s live updates A search of Twitter has also turned up what appears to be the very first tweet … Continued

Fake Quote Files: V.I. Lenin on Inflation and Taxation

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It occurred to me, while researching alleged quotations from historical figures, that for every time someone cites a source for a quote, there are about 10,000 instances where people simply stick the purported author’s name under it with an emdash (—), as though it was a sufficient reference. This is quite maddening, because even if … Continued