Thursday, August 15, 2019

Don't Tweet Me, Bro!

'I've Seen The Worst In Humanity': The Hard Reality Of Being A Brand Social Media Manager, The Day Philadelphia Bombed Its Own People, and more.
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'I've Seen The Worst In Humanity': The Hard Reality Of Being A Brand Social Media Manager
digg.com
"The worst has to be death threats or threats of sexual violence with really graphic footage."
61 HOMES WERE DESTROYED
The Day Philadelphia Bombed Its Own People
vox.com
An oral history of a 1985 police bombing that changed the city forever.
HOW THE KIDS GO ALT RIGHT
The Meme App iFunny Is A Huge Hub For White Nationalists
buzzfeednews.com
The Russian-owned image-sharing application is extremely popular with teen boys. It's also full of far-right propaganda.
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A WHOLE WEIRD WORLD
PUTTING THE SANE IN INSANE
My Wild Weekend At FairyCon
gen.medium.com
Greetings from the Fairy & Human Relations Congress, where the fairies may be pretend but the magic is real.
SIZE OF TWO TENNIS COURTS
A Visit To The World's Tiniest Nation
theatlantic.com
The absurd and remarkable story of Sealand, a "micronation" on an eerie metal platform off the coast of England, tells us plenty about libertarianism, national sovereignty and the lawlessness of the ocean.
PUTTING A FACE TO A MEME
The Nigerian Film Stars Behind Some Of Twitter's Greatest Memes
vulture.com
In the good old days of Vine, one of the most popular clips was that of what appears to be a kid holding up a machete. The origin of these videos has remained obscure — except to those familiar with the Nigerian film industry, a.k.a. Nollywood.
TAKING A PAGE FROM HER BOOK
Thank God For The Sex I Found In My Mother's Romance Novels
lithub.com
My mom handed me the book without instructions. She was a children's librarian, and was always handing me books. This one was different only in that I had seen her with it before. This book had a purple cover with a man snaking his way around a woman.
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Johnny Marr Pulls Fan On Stage To Play 'This Charming Man,' Fan Absolutely Crushes It
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Marr told the fan, "You better be good, bro," and boy, he was.
IN THE NEWS
Miracle Escape As Russian Jet Crash-Lands In Field Outside Moscow After Striking Flock Of Gulls
Autopsy Finds Broken Bones In Jeffrey Epstein's Neck, Deepening Questions Around His Death
Philadelphia Shooting: Gunman Who Injured Six Surrenders After Stand-Off
US Applies To Seize Iranian Tanker Held In Gibraltar
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