This reflects my own experience with Twitter. Over the past few months I’ve got all the best news, commentary, analysis, links, and jokes from one simple source:
“And if you do it right, you almost don’t have to visit any other website, or even watch much TV. If you do it right, the best stuff, from the most brilliant minds, comes right to you.” (MG)
Jon Stewart returns from vacation as poignant and funny as ever. Watch a clip from last night’s Daily Show episode here (via Newser). Some jokes worth quoting:
“When we left, the world’s two biggest trouble spots were Wisconsin and the set of Two and a Half Men.”
“Odyssey Dawn? You really named a combat operation after a Yes album?!”
“Is that what you get a war for it’s anniversary? Another war?”
In custody since last Tuesday, two photographers, the Beirut bureau chief, and a videographer, were released today. They were announced found a few days ago, shortly after the Gadhafi’s government declared a cease fire and then went back on their word.
UPDATE: An article was posted at the NYT in which the 4 journalists give an account of their experiences over the past week.
“I was yelling to the driver, ‘Keep driving! Don’t stop! Don’t stop!’ ” Mr. Hicks recalled in a telephone interview from the hotel where he and the three others were recuperating. “I knew that the consequences of being stopped would be very bad.”
The recognition and recovery of six stolen icons in London reveals more of what may be the underground workings of a black market in stolen antiquities. Police in Athens are particularly concerned with “150 stolen icons” of religious significance that went missing from Epirus, in northwestern Greece. An online list of the stolen icons has helped authorities to recover the stolen pieces, but they admit there may be much more to the story. Who stole the pieces? How did they leave the country without proper permits? Most of them are still out there somewhere, waiting to be recovered.
If your sky was cloudy last night or you fell asleep early (we know how hard you work! achem), or for whatever reason you missed the biggest, brightest moon since 1993, Space has an article explaining the phenomenon:
‘The “supermoon” phenomenon occurred because the moon was in its full phase and just 50 minutes past perigee – the point of its orbit that brings it closer to Earth.’ (Space.com)
The moon was bright and clear enough here in western Germany to cast shadows at midnight, but I haven’t got the right lens to capture even a moon that bright. The image above was taken in Somerset, England (via Newser).
The Foo Fighters join ranks with Kings of Leon and Slash in refusing to to have their songs coopted by Glee. Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters’s frontman, says,
“And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f—ing show… f— that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.” (THR)
Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee, seems to take these snubs very personally. Don’t get your panties in a bunch, Ryan. Grown-up rock stars just don’t think your show is that cool.
“Are you gonna tell me what happened to your face?” Andrea asked her cousin.
Brendan slammed on the car’s brake. Traffic had come to a standstill on the 405. He looked at Andrea out of the corners of his eyes. “I need a smoke,” he said. “You want one?” —read on »
“The better work men do is always under stess and at great personal loss.”
William Carlos Williams
