The London Royal Opera House is using Twitter to write an opera

Posted at 4:57pm

And, of course, it won’t be over until the failwhale sings

…someone said Sarah Palin’s web site had talked about the House bill having death panels on it where people would be euthanized. How someone could take an end of life directive or a living will as that is nuts. You’re putting the authority in the individual rather than the government. I don’t know how that got so mixed up.

Posted at 2:29pm

…someone said Sarah Palin’s web site had talked about the House bill having death panels on it where people would be euthanized. How someone could take an end of life directive or a living will as that is nuts. You’re putting the authority in the individual rather than the government. I don’t know how that got so mixed up.

—Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) in an interview with Ezra Klein on euthanasia and Obama’s so-called death panels.

AugAugust 10

tr.im is shutting down

Posted at 8:52am

tr.im is shutting down

Turns out there’s no money to be made in redirecting URLs. They claim that since they don’t have an inside connection at Twitter, they have no motivation to continue developing features.

AugAugust 7