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more about #jennifer8lee more comments → skahammer: I don't understand how anyone can not love Jenny 8. Lee to pieces. more » raincoaster: That "pitching" reference reminds me of the study that came from Sweden years ago equating the pleasure of orgasm with the pleasure of sneezing. It ma... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Sarah, I have the ability and motivation to make you happy for at least a couple of weeks. Contact me @Fuddleducker more » Lysergic Asset: I posted this pic a couple days ago, but I never realized the Sarah Silverman connection until just now. more » raincoaster: A rube, duh. You're welcome. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more » jackbarber: nice one @aplusk That's why America loves u. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more » Astroblack: Props to LeVar Burton. At least he has a sense of humor about this. And the shit was funny. more » scroll_lock: If you really want to make LeVar Burton mad, call him Ben Vereen. more » lobstr: it's funny, I only knew of Levar Burton from his appearances on $25,000 Pyramid, usually following a dirty double-entendre couplet from Nipsey Russell.. more » random_play: I am totally on board with Ellen taking the reins of Girls Gone Wild from Joe Francis. more » Tedsallis: Here's a bit of trivia for you on LeVar Burton. Guy's a total dousche nozzle. At an even in Atlanta a few years back he was asked for ID when trying ... more » raincoaster: Is it only lesbians who can escape prison terms for that? Fat middle-aged white guys always end up doing 3 years for that kind of stuff. more » soonbanned: I think we have to recognize that we failed as a society somewhere along the way in the fact that Jennifer 8 continues to call herself that. more » ampersandparade: Oh I can imagine Anderson Cooper pulling anything off of me he wants. more » Trai_Dep: Considering that Apple just rolled out one of the most jaw-dropping suite of technologies to help the blind websurf (I know!), for what HAS to be a ti... more » -
#twitterati
Discussing the Blow-Jobby Part of Journalism
Sarah Silverman compared her feelings to quicksand; Rob Thomas compared President Obama to President Bush; and a newspaper staffer likened the story process to oral sex. The Twitterati turned up the contrast. More » -
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Ultimate Geek Porn Fantasy Haunts Twitterati
A Daily Show producer got caught listening; McSweeney's got caught exaggerating; and some nerdy erotica got caught being awesome. The Twitterati were sooo busted. More » -
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LeVar Burton Did Not Write That Onion Article, Upset Fans
The former host of Reading Rainbow had to explain The Onion to his fans, Sarah Gilbert felt like crying and Starbucks treated Jennifer 8. Lee like a ghost. The Twitterati were exasperated. More » -
#racebaiting
iPhone Gets First Racially Offensive App
Apple has taken flack for over-policing its iPhone App store. But sometimes the company under-polices, as well. As with LuckyFortune, a fortune cookie app built around what can only be descrived as a "ching-chong Chinaman" theme. More » -
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Squirrel Porn, Rappers Dot Twitterati Wish List
Jennifer 8. Lee sought a "20something architect... construction worker... rapper," presumably for her Village People tribute band ; Elliot Holt ran into two squirrels and snapped a money shot; and Marissa Mayer mulled literature. The Twitterati were definitely seeking something. More » -
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Blogger Grabs Shotgun, Hijinks Ensue
Gothamist took aim, Felix Salmon took a swipe and Jason Linkins took stock. The Twitterati were on the receiving end. More » -
#trendwatch
The Brand Called You-s of the New York Times
Frank Bruni is leaving the New York Times restaurant beat, but he's moving on to something even bigger: the Frank Bruni® beat. He's his own brand now! Brand You® is the NYT's highest reward. A list, we've made! More » -
#slackers
Twitter Slammed by Summer Doldrums
Lately it seems like everyone on Twitter is dropping the ball. Too little chatter and too much "living" of "lives." So we ran a very scientific survey and discovered that, yes, basically everyone missed their numbers this month. The shamed: More » -
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Lesbians Really Dig Kurt Andersen
All lesbians are Midwesterners who cotton to Kurt Andersen; all Apple copywriters should fear a Steve Jobs tantrum; and all people with cameras are unpaid Associated Press stringers. For the Twitterati, Monday was absolutely something. More » -
#shutuptwitter
Twitter Addicts Bringing Down New York Times Computers
How Twitter-addled is the New York Times newsroom? Well, it's gotten so bad that the newspaper's system administrators have cautioned the Twitter addicts against using their beloved Twitter syringe, "TweetDeck," to get on the microblogging service. It's crashing the system! More » -
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Tina Fey Joins Twitter
You can put Tina Fey on Twitter but you can't make her tweet. Chris Anderson, though? Don't even get the Wired editor started. More » -
#theinternet
How Long Before the NYT Shuts Down Its Scandalous Twitterers?!
In January, the New York Times' standards editor issued guidelines about how editorial staffers are allowed to use Facebook and other scary online tools. Is reporter Twittering making a mockery of those guidelines? Let's explore! More » -
#twitterati
The Twitterati Listen to Blowhard Electronica
This is the media life on Twitter: Readers daring to call on the phone, bloggers taking each other out to lunch, and blowhard predictions made about blowhard predictions! Today's Twitterati: More » -
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The Twitterati Want a Pumpkin-Chocolate Chip Muffin, Followed by the Blueprint Cleanse
After Facebook's redesign, when is Twitter's coming? We want a feature that filters for vapidity. We'd hate that, too, because we'd never see tweets like these from Jenny 8. Lee, Sarah Lacy, and Randi Zuckerberg: More » -
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The Twitterati Drink Alone, or with Jenny 8. Lee
What's Twitter good for? Knowing that your life of quiet desperation is shared by the rich, powerful, or merely well-read, for starters. Steve Case, Sasha Frere-Jones, and Rob Corddry deserve twitty pity: More » -
#geeklove
Twosome Try for Google-New York Times Merger
Who's dating Chinese-food obsessive New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee? We hear the eclectic reporter has gotten herself a Googler boyfriend.
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#twitterati
Refugees in Chad Could Have Used That Soup, Twitter Lady
What did the media overshare today? Jennifer 8. Lee thought about high school reunions instead of Snapple, Today's Ann Curry toured refugee camps, and Fast Company's Ellen McGirt got down with a lot of leather. More » -
#twitterati
Twittered to Distraction
Jennifer 8. Lee saw Cameron Diaz. Ashton Kutcher missed Demi Moore. Choire Sicha dreamed about his therapist. On Twitter, we are all the stars of our own movies. Today's narcissist watch: More » -
#mediacrack
The Thinly Veiled Autobiographical Thriller Is Still King
In your overstuffed Thursday media column: Obama cartoons have big lips, rumored (update: confirmed) layoffs at Incisive Media, John Dickerson's dramatic novel, and more! More » -
#twitterati
Welcome to the Twitternaugural
Are you sick of your friends who can't stop talking about the inauguration? Then you're really going to hate Twitter today. A special edition of the Twitterati to catch up with this morning's chattiness: More »
