Tag Archives: Twitter

A tea party protester in Oklahoma has been arrested for making terrorist threats via Twitter. An Oklahoma City man who announced on Twitter that he would turn an April 15 tax protest into a bloodbath was hit with a federal charge of making interstate threats last week, in what appears to be first criminal prosecution to stem from posts on …

Mock Twitter all you want, but when the most popular teen star in the world says something like this, millions and millions of LGBT rights supporters are born. (Via – Boy Culture)

Via Tech Crunch: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding. Twitter turned down an offer to be bought by Facebook just a few months ago for half a billion dollars, although that was based …

I meant to mention last week that all JMG posts are now automatically tweeted. Follow me at Twitter.com/joemygod if you like.

A Seattle church is encouraging congregants to Twitter throughout the service. The Mars Hill Church in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is not your grandma’s church. On Sunday, the pastor’s sermon was being broadcast on large video screens to accommodate his laryngitis and the congregants in church were broadcasting on their iPhones. They weren’t talking, but “Twittering,” typing in brief thoughts or …

Via Brainz, who also breaks down LinkedIn, MySpace, Digg, and Slashdot.

Anthony Hecht at Slog writes: “A fascinating mix of exactly what you’d expect McCain to Twitter (‘I am working in my office on Capitol Hill today.”, “I’m traveling today with Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator Joe Lieberman.”, “GET OFF MY LAWN!”), and bizarre use of internet acronyms that no one over 25 uses (ICYMI).”

HuffPo has the story. Damn kids! UPDATE: Twitter explains how the hackers did it. Oldest trick in the book.

Another of my New Year’s resolutions for JMG was to update my Facebook status and Twitter feed more frequently, particularly when there’s a big news story involving LGBT folks. Y’all feel free to follow along. I’m also publishing my complete posts via RSS if you use a reader to follow your favorites.

The Army thinks that terrorists could use Twitter to coordinate an attack. Could Twitter become terrorists’ newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks. For years, American analysts have been concerned that militants would take advantage of commercial …