After a nearly 3-year hiatus...this newsblog has returned to TWITTER... https://twitter.com/hyperobserver.
The account is currently following 13: 7x economics-minded observers...Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, Robert Reich, Roben Farzad, Ian Bremmer, Naomi Klein and freakonomics; 4x USA comedians...Bill Maher, Sarah Silverman, Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld; and 2x world news watchers...Bill Keller and Fareed Zakaria.
It will be very fluid.
More are sure to be added.
Constant heavy self-promoters will be ruthlessly deleted.
One alleged advantage of linking some stories to Twitter instead of this newsblog...is that paywalled websites can be shared and accessed freely...without visit limits...eg. the NYTimes and LATimes.
But...caution...this is an untested premise.
Another reason for rejoining Twitter...the imminent July demise of Google's Reader...already kaput from gmail's pull-down menu.
Popular Posts
- RUSSIA : 14 March UPDATE: Court Refuses To Release 2 Punk Rockers; Orthodox Church Calls Singers...'Sinners.'
- ITALY / BELGIUM / EUROZONE : Ouch! Roma Forced To Pay 7.814% On 2 Yr; S/P Downgrades Belgium.
- URUGUAY: 20 March UPDATE: 2 Male Nurses Held Without Bail For Killing At Least 16 Patients
- EUROZONE / GERMANY / GREECE : Athens' Go Slow Mode...Exasperates Merkel.
- MEXICO : 09 May UPDATE: Gas Tanker Explodes On Ecatepec Highway, Killing 24, Injuring 36.
- BRASIL: Piranhas Attacking Tourists In Mato Grosso River Beach.
- CUBA / BRASIL : Castro Allows Odebrecht...To Upgrade/Run Cienfuegos Sugar Mill For 13 Years.
- PERU: Mine Opponents Feel Betrayed After Humala Declares State Of Emergency In 4 Provinces Over Conga Mine Protests.
- MUSIC FOR MONDAY: Os Ritmistas Serenade Brasil Of The 60's.
- USA / HOUSING/ MEDIA : Is Bloomberg/Businessweek Cover...Racist?