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Too Daft to Menshn

Posted on June 20, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an MP named Louise/ Who thought microblogging a breeze/ But her intervenshn/ Is full of pretenshn/ The twitterverse broadly agrees. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18518162#TWEET162210

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Ill Tweetment

Posted on June 4, 2012 by twitmericks

A tweeter who came from Kuwait / Found minimal room for debate / Insult God or ruler? / 10 years in the coole r /Your tweets may endanger the state. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/kuwait-court-gives-10-year-sentence-for-twitter-posting-insulting-islam-gulf-allies/2012/06/04/gJQAY7wiDV_story.html

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Content of Court?

Posted on February 5, 2012 by twitmericks

QPR star Joey Barton Says he would turn into a martyr’n Be jailed over Twitter Farewell all that glitter & hello to conditions more spartan. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/05/joey-barton-john-terry-tweets

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Twitter Blackout

Posted on January 28, 2012 by twitmericks

The powers that be here at Twitter/Have made many users feel bitter/To censor a tweet/Is accepting defeat/An act not of fighter but quitter. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/twitter-faces-user-backlash-over-move-to-censor-messages-6295915.html

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Twit Tweets

Posted on October 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Chris #Huhne MP’s feeling the heat/For he sent a DM as a tweet/Dishing dirt on Theresa/He’ll have to appease ‘er/& also placate Downing St. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8816577/Chris-Huhne-apologises-to-Theresa-May-over-newspaper-tip-off.html Shame it’s not possible to work in the whole story, which is priceless. Huhne mistakenly … Continue reading →

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Bad Luck Yingluck

Posted on October 3, 2011 by twitmericks

Ms Yingluck, a sister to Thaksin/Joins Twitter & somebody hacks in/The Thai PM’s feed/Was hijacked indeed/Time Shinawatra went back 2 faxin? http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20111003-302932.html

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May or May not

Posted on August 26, 2011 by twitmericks

Home Secretary Teresa May/Concedes anarchy in the UK/Was not caused by #Twitter/So Dave’s a bullshitter/And social networks win the day. http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/08/25/u-k-pulls-back-from-threat-to-control-social-networks/?mod=google_news_blog

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Dave raves

Posted on August 11, 2011 by twitmericks

Addressing MPs, Mr Dave/Was quick to condemn the crime wave/He was even speedier/To blame social media/Which apparently tends to deprave. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/david-cameron-rioters-social-media

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Blackberry power?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

The riots in London don’t stem/From the tensions of us against them/Forget sociology/Blame the technology/Twitter, FB, BBM. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14442203

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Tuesday July 19, 2011

Posted on July 19, 2011 by twitmericks

Newscorp defences were cracked/When Lulzsec got in on the act/Sun’s site diverted/& Twitter alerted/As hacking hacks were themselves hacked. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/18/sun-website-hacked-lulzsec

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