The Flatline : Home to an Array of My Bullshit

How About That of the Day: Abbottabad resident Sohaib Athar, AKA @ReallyVirtual, unwittingly live-tweeted the US assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound.

“Uh oh, now I’m the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it,” he later tweeted.

Best epitaph ever.

[spiegelman.]

Hahaha Jason Segel made my morning on Twitter!

Opinion: On Bullies trending topics

I’ve seen a lot of posts on bullying trending on twitter & even making its rounds on blogs and my own facebook news feed. I figured i’d offer my own personal opinion on the matter…hell we’re all entitled to right?

I was a victim of bullying for most of my early childhood, and has shaped me into who i am today. Do i regret that? Not at all, but has it scarred me? Absolutely, and in some ways I can fix some of that by just moving on, but in some ways i can’t. I mean for example I tend to fall into most peer pressure when in almost any given scenerio that isn’t going to hurt my life as a person (ie: substance abuse) However i fall into the opinions given by others out in the open, because i refuse to debate them, because i know they won’t listen to me, or better yet; reason.

the saddest thing about all this is i’m seeing people with bullying tendencies to be delivering the message ‘not to bully’ are you fucking kidding me? Can someone stop this ride? I want off..

Fun Fact of the Day: Also, the word bed looks like a bed.

[@petergriffin / nerdvana / thd.]

DVR’ing this now. Follow @howardstern on twitter. As someone who has only used it for a few weeks he’s definitely living to the throne of king of all media.

comedycentral:

This Week on The Daily Show: Howard Stern

For the first time since 2005 (seen here), Howard Stern returns to The Daily Show tonight to talk about the future of satel—BABA BOOEY! BABA BOOEY! BABA BOOEY!

So last night, someone at helm of the American Red Cross’s Twitter feed accidentally (drunkenly? Red Cross says no) tweeted this.

It’s since been deleted, natch, but the best part? It resulted in a veritable flood of blood donations. Dogfish Head Brewery made a meme out of the hashtag #gettngslizzerd, asking people to donate. And donate they did: “After I drop off a pint of blood to the @RedCross, I’m replacing it with a pint of @dogfishbeer #gettngslizzerd,” tweeted @ereed812.

God bless America.

[haveyoumetmissjones / thanks margaret!]

(via thedailywhat)

Breaking News of the Day: Despite the Egyptian government’s attempts to block Twitter (live status updates), thousands of protesters, who coordinated their efforts through Facebook and other social networks, took to the streets of Cairo and elsewhere to express their displeasure with President Hosni Mubarak’s leadership and call for an end to his 30 years in power.

From AlJazeera:

The rallies had been promoted online by groups saying they speak for young Egyptians frustrated by the kind of poverty and oppression which triggered the overthrow of Tunisia’s president. Egyptian blogger Hossam El Hamalawy said technology was important in facilitating “the domino effect” needed for demonstrations like this one to progress.

Bolstered by the recent social media-propelled revolt in Tunisia, many Egyptians took to social networks to organize a national “Day of Revolution” on January 25th, co-opting what is formally Police Day. Twitpics and YouTube videos of clashes between demonstrators and riot police have been circulating widely in an effort to maintain momentum.

An official count of arrest or injuries has not yet been released, but many bloodied protesters could be seen in photos, and reports have surfaced of two protesters killed in Suez and a fatally-wounded soldier in Cairo. A report that Mubarak’s son fled to London with his family could not be confirmed.

The protest’s official Facebook page is providing fresh reports on events which continue to unfold at this time. The Twitter hashtag #cairo is also being used to provide streaming updates. Additional social media updates can be found here.

[nyt / rt / boingboing / rrw / photo: afp.]

I got a response from Keith Olbermann on twitter for responding to his video he left in response about Gabrielle Giffords which you can view here

‘Special Comment’ from MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann

My biggest problem with him, and not just him in particular is the fact he is using this as a launch pad attack on Republicans/Conservatives….mind you Tea Party crazies, but in all honesty this is what’s wrong with America right now. We let people like Keith Olbermann, Bill O Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow have news networks that lean to a political side, and people watch them as if its unbiased reporting, and the fact is…this is what makes the melting pot that is america a horrible stewed pot. I didn’t answer Olbermann back after getting his attention because why doesn’t he just let the buck stop? Instead as i already figured it out to be prior to the conversation; he decides to answer as if the Right Wing folks need to stop first. I mean correct me if i’m wrong, but when both sides don’t throw up a political white flag……doesn’t that just mean constant war and bickering? I can’t answer like that in the 140 characters that twitter gives me, but give me a break. I just don’t understand how The TV became bigger than the government, and the fact that National News is now in fact a Reality Show thats even worse than Keeping up with the Kardashians.

Wedding Announcement of the Day: A year and two days to the date of their engagement, Amanda F. Palmer and Neil “Himself” Gaiman finally did the deed in Ayelet Waldman’s parlor.

Congrats to the creepy couple!

[@neilhimself.]

So it begins…

agentmlovestacos:

Bald Genius Brigade: The beginning.

1960’s twitter would have been really trippy and political.

juliasegal:

birdonaguitar

John Mccain coulda been our president…think about that….

So This Happened of the Day: A week early, but it’s the thought that counts.

[@senjohnmccain.]

Midwest Mom Mistakes Neil Gaiman for Neil Patrick Harris

A woman named April Roller may be one of the last remaining souls on earth to not know who Neil Gaiman is, but that’s okay with Neil — he simply charmed her over to his side. Here’s their amusing conversation:

via(ensignau)

kanye west…being well….kanye west….

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