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Twitter shuts down 5,000 pro-Trump bots retweeting anti-Mueller report invective | Ars Technica

Twitter has suspended over 5,000 accounts tied to a network amplifying a message denouncing the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as a “RussiaGate hoax.” According to a researcher, the accounts—most of which had only posted three or four times in the past—were connected to other accounts previously used to post pro-Saudi messages. Source: TwitterContinue reading “Twitter shuts down 5,000 pro-Trump bots retweeting anti-Mueller report invective | Ars Technica”

Realtime Coverage of the Oakland Riots

Courtesy of @OaklandBeat, from newest to oldest. MehserleVerdict: RT @nikosuave89: Nd tha riots begin… They down there throwin M-1000s at tha police smh10 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone RT @SFBART: 19th St Station is now closed to customers. Some entrances at 12th Street Station remain closed, but service continues there.12 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhoneContinue reading “Realtime Coverage of the Oakland Riots”

Microsoft Copies Twitter; Retreats into Jungle then Begins Quoting T.S. Eliot

“We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats’ feet over broken glass In our dry cellar Shape without form, shade without colour, Paralysed force, gesture without motion;” MicrosoftContinue reading “Microsoft Copies Twitter; Retreats into Jungle then Begins Quoting T.S. Eliot”