Category Archives: Twitter

Midday Recipe Round-Up

Posted on July 25, 2022 by tengrain

Scissorhead MDavis sends us this recipe for … well, I’m not sure what to call it. I Was Left Unsupervised: A Twitter Thread (don’t worry, it’s been unspooled and is not presented on Twitter, and it has a valuable object-lesson at … Continue reading →

Posted in Twitter | 13 Comments

News That Will Drive You to Drink

Posted on July 24, 2022 by tengrain

Happy Hour News Jeebus, when I looked at Twitter, the trending hashtag was #ForeheadMcRapey, and I immediately knew that America’s Aging Prom Date Matt Gaetz must have said something odious, or more odious, and yup, nailed it: Gaetz: "Why is … Continue reading →

Posted in Matt Gaetz, Sex fiends, Twitter | 7 Comments

Musk Pulls Out

Posted on July 9, 2022 by tengrain

No, this is not a dick joke about all of Musk’s secret babies in his attempt to change genetic history, but rather his desperate attempt to pull out of his Twitter take-over: Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon … Continue reading →

Posted in Bastards, Billionaire Bastards, Twitter | 5 Comments

SCOTUS Discovers Social Media, What The Hell Is It?

Posted on June 1, 2022 by tengrain

To injunct or not to injunct, that is the question. An injunction is basically a quick and dirty judgment call based on a superficial examination of a case. The SOTUS — by a vote of 5-4— has temporarily blocked enforcement … Continue reading →

Posted in SCOTUS, Social Media, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy, Twitter | 8 Comments

Coinkydinks or Grifters Gotta Grift

Posted on May 13, 2022 by tengrain

It’s (probably) no coincidence that as the crypto pyramid scheme collapses that Elon Musk is signaling that he is (probably) pulling out of buying Twitter: Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent … Continue reading →

Posted in Crypto, Grifters Gotta Grift, Social Media, Twitter | 7 Comments

Some Post-Prandial Stupid?

Posted on May 6, 2022 by tengrain

Lord Damp Nut sued Twitter to get his account back, and, well… A judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trumpseeking to lift his ban from Twitter… The suit alleged that Twitter violated the plaintiffs’ First Amendment … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Failed Social Media, snark, Social Media, Truth Social Media, Twitter | 9 Comments

One Lump of Stupid or Two, Junior Mints?

Posted on April 27, 2022 by tengrain

Word Salad, Dressing on the Side The morning quote: ”I mean, I know what my algorithms do… I’m a force against what people there [at Twitter] stand [for].”

Posted in Junior Mints, Our Failed Political Press, Our Failed Social Media, People Dumber than Dolphins, Twitter | 4 Comments

GOP Worried That GOP Will Have To Deal With The Leader of The GOP

Posted on April 26, 2022 by tengrain

As long as we are talking about Fails and Whales, Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) morning email thingie leads with the prospect of Fat Nixon returning to Twitter now that Elon Musk owns $45B Ameros of free speech: … Continue reading →

Posted in Hair Führer Donald Trump, NeoCons, Social Media, The Coup Klux Klan (Republicans), The New Confederacy, Twitter, Wingnuttia, Y'all Qaeda and Talibanicans | 4 Comments

Richest Man In World Buys The Internet Town Square

Posted on April 25, 2022 by tengrain

As I said earlier, “Every billionaire = a policy failure” Thought I should re-up that while I still can. https://t.co/RoFEGRxs0Y — ✂️ 𝙏𝘦𝘯𝘨𝙧𝘢𝙞𝘯 🇺🇦 Wolverines! (@Tengrain) April 25, 2022

Posted in Our Failed Social Media, Social Media, Twitter | 20 Comments

Tweet, Twit, Twat

Posted on April 25, 2022 by tengrain

Well, this is not good: NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has called … Continue reading →

Posted in Bankster Bastards, Billionaire Bastards, Our Failed Social Media, Social Media, Twitter | 2 Comments