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By Adrianne Jeffries 10/27/11 9:38am

Rainn Wilson Made a Very Funny Joke on Twitter Last Night [UPDATED]

Yesterday we learned that a link in a Gawker post can fetch $175; so how much do you think an A-list television star could get for a tweet? Last night, in between tweets about the McRib being made of people, washing his hair with baby urine, and recovering from the mental image of Bette Midler and Geraldo Rivera having sex, Rainn Wilson tweeted the above. Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 6/01/11 1:51pm

What Twitter Taught Us

Twitter Forensics: Rundown of the Evidence Around @RepWeiner’s Crotch Shot

What’s in a tweet? More data than you realize. Detectives in the media and political blogs have scoured the web for evidence to support or counter Anthony Weiner’s claim that he was the victim of a Twitter-jacking, which he initially called a “hack” but switched to calling a “prank.”

Was he or wasn’t he? The evidence: Read More

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