Qatari official praised Daesh frequently on Twitter
Dubai: A Qatari government official publicly congratulated Daesh in 2014 for its takeover of Mosul in 2014, according to newly-discovered tweets. Hamad Lahhan Al Mohannadi, Deputy Chairman of the Central Municipal Council in Qatar, and the former director of the supply management department of … Read More
Twitter bashes Black Coffee for Israel performance
File: DJ Black Coffee has faced a backlash after performing in Israel, despite calls for a cultural boycott. Photo: Twitter / @RealBlackCoffee. JOHANNESBURG – Social media users have slammed DJ and record producer Nkosinathi Maphumulo, better known as DJ Black Coffee, for performing in Israel. Read More
Twitter’s young activists are chasing power players 140 characters at a time
It's no secret that Twitter is an incredibly powerful platform. A single tweet from Donald Trump can cause a company's stock to swan dive, and major geopolitical events are regularly announced via tweet. But Twitter also has a long history as a vehicle for activism—serving as a potent platform for …
Daytime Snaps is the hilarious Twitter feed celebrating surreal daytime TV
I would sometimes post odd things that I'd seen on This Morning from my own Twitter account. There are TVs on in my office, all on mute, and there's something about seeing something strange on TV that you can't hear for context that makes it really stand out. You know …
EDM Does April Fool’s Day, Spring Awakening Wins Twitter
It's April Fool's Day in case you haven't heard. If you've been keeping up, Swedish House Mafia is going on a world tour, Jack Ü is getting back together, and Rezz is actually an alien. Oh yeah, and deadmau5 has revealed himself as Marshmello. Read More
Twitter: North Arkansas cold … pedestrian killed … heads up!
Regional news from magnoliareporter.com Twitter feeds as of 3 p.m. Sunday. Check these sources for more information: advertisement. Multiple sources, North Arkansas temperatures in the 40s, South Arkansas in the 70s. … Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, State honors fallen firefighters. … Shreveport … Read More
Elon Musk makes light of Tesla’s woes in April 1 Twitter prank
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk, the flamboyant boss of Tesla and SpaceX, took to Twitter on April Fool's day to joke the electric car-maker, which has been rocked by bad news, was going bankrupt. "Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last-ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to …
Missy Elliott and SZA Discuss Dream Collaboration on Twitter
Twitter is often little more than a cesspool of memes and bad takes. But every once in a while something bright and shiny emerges from that desolate place, one of those things being the possibility of a SZA and Missy Elliott collab. SZA retweeted a fan who called on the …
Jenny Holzer: ‘How could I be on Twitter? I have watercolours to attend to, man’
Jenny Holzer: “I mostly practise self-loathing. It's a great thing for an artist”NEIL F DAWSON FOR THE TIMES. In the late 1970s a young art student went skulking through Lower Manhattan in the dead of night, pasting posters on the sides of buildings. The posters bore messages for the citizens …
NCAA women’s championship game: Twitter goes wild after Notre Dame wins title on last-second …
Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale hit the game-winner to stun UConn in the Final Four of the Women's NCAA tournament, sending the Irish to the national championship game. And yet somehow, it wasn't even her biggest shot of the tourney. That's because on Sunday night, Ogunbowale once again … Read More