June 2010
16 posts
Traditional media is having a field day on Tumblr →
In social media, engagement has its rewards →
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is NOT a...
soupsoup:
ronworkman:
Dear John Boehner (R-OH), Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Mike Pence (R-IN),
Concerning this: Please look up what “Natural Disaster” means. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is NOT a natural disaster. The same way that Chernobyl was not a natural disaster. Using PR terms for sympathy is not the same as action. Do you expect us to trust in your abilities to create policy when...
“BP Oil Spill palate cleanser: http://www.zooborns.com/”
– tomterrific
Joe Barton, who once consulted on deregulation for...
(via ericmortensen)
Video of oil hitting the shores of a beach resort... →
Celebrities’ Twitter Followers Have Zero Influence... →
soupsoup:
Social media analytics company Sysomos used its platform to analyze the Twitter followers of celebrities, social media heavyweights and news sources. Sysmos found that the Twitter followers of social media heavyweights were the most influential of the bunch and followers of celebrities by contrast, have little to no authority.
Sysomos assigned authority rankings from zero to ten for...
Robert Reich: The Obama Plot for a Carbon Tax →
soupsoup:
Teachable moments are rare in America. George Bush missed the chance right after 9/11 to call for a new era of service to the nation; he asked instead that Americans do more shopping.
Tuesday night, President Obama did not call for a tax on carbon. He didn’t even ask the Senate to pass the…
“Call me old fashioned but I still think democracy is better than corporatist...
“Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I...”
– Warren Buffett (via joshmohrer) (via rachellehruska) (via blakeley) (via soupsoup)
“I’m not speaking for anybody in the House of Representatives but myself, but I’m...”
– Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward during his opening statement at the House hearing on the oil spill this morning. You stay classy GOP! (via cajunboy) (via soupsoup)
wow. just…wow.
Out-of-work job applicants told unemployed need... →
geezush:
Seriously messed up.
The End of the Best Friend? School officials... →
“No one can teach you what a great friend is, what a fair-weather friend is, what a treacherous and betraying friend is except to have a great friend, a fair-weather friend or a treacherous and betraying friend,” said Michael Thompson, a psychologist who is an author of the book “Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children.”
“If I didn’t know better, I might think Republican lawmakers actively dislike —...”
– Republicans Just Don’t Like the Unemployed (via ryking) (via soupsoup)
ESPN to broadcast live from WOODWORK BK this...
For those who don’t know I started and ran a soccer club that was called Harchester United (after the fictional team in the BBC drama “Dream Team”) in 2007 that mutated to a team called the Brooklyn Gunners around 2008. The club has two teams. One in the Gotham Soccer League. One in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. We haven’t won any trophies yet but the head of the club,...
