<![CDATA[Gawker: we read twitter so you don't have to]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: we read twitter so you don't have to]]> http://gawker.com/tag/wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto http://gawker.com/tag/wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto <![CDATA[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.

The most "polite" thing about Rob Thomas' snub of the president was probably the way he tweeted it years later for maximum humiliation.

Tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey hearts Twitter. Whoever invented that thing deserves mad props.

Jennifer 8. Lee may work for the New York Times, but her sometime Googler-boyfriend Craig Silverstein actually prefers the bagels in Montreal. A lot. Fact checking is called for, clearly.

Judging from this posting at Overheard Newsroom, there's at least one reporter out there whose pitches are WAY more engrossing than yours. Or whose blowjobs are WAY worse. Either way.

Sarah Silverman might be depressed, but at least she started a cool Twitter-tag meme.



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<![CDATA[Hidden Forces Baffle the Twitterati]]> Neel Shah got his scandal-phone returned; Kevin Marks got retweeted by ghosts and Al Yankovic was surrounded by nobodies. The Twitterati were haunted, in a good way.

Neel Shah, Page Six gossip and former Gawker and Radar-ite, was glad his phone didn't end up with the likes of his present or past employers. (He should be.)

Tech pundit and Berkeleyite Andrew Keen articulated an ideology of what might be called, if you're avoiding Rush Limbuagh-isms, "femifascism."

British Telecom's Kevin Marks hopes that's an iPhone you're discreetly working in your pocket.

Singer Weird Al Yankovic does this every time he flies.

Wired's Dylan Tweney is bookmarking your comments for future reference, haters.


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<![CDATA[Why Google's New OS Is For Losers]]> A Twitter engineer said Google's new "Chrome" OS is something you resign yourself to; a CNET writer said it's something you are infected with; and Mediaite might hang out awkwardly on Tumblr with it. The Twitterati were ruthless.

Twitter engineer Alex Payne is, needless to say, not impressed with Google's new "Chrome" operating system.

Financial writer Heidi Moore is, needless to say, as unimpressed with Best Buy as Alex Payne.

CNET's Rafe Needleman is, needless to say, as unimpressed with sleazy sales tactics as Hedi Moore, as unimpressed with Google Chrome as Alex Payne and, for all his angst, unable to even ask for a refund.

The Onion's Joe Randazzo wants you doing blow by the time he returns to this bathroom an hour from now, or there's going to be hell to pay.

The Huffington Post's Jason Links accused Mediaite of having ZERO Tumblarity. Or maybe negative Tumblarity. Ya, that bad.



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<![CDATA[Just 'Chill' About Adam Lambert's Gayness]]> Rachel Sklar went without pants, Julia Allison went without sleep/discretion and Adam Lambert said you can go without him being too obviously gay in your magazine. The Twitterati were deprived and depriving.

Singer Adam Lambert issued Out a non-dential denial about him purposely keeping lady fans in denial about his not-very-well-hidden-or-surprising homosexuality.

Writer and enthusiastic Michael Chabon sexer Ayelet Waldman cannot get over her ability to procrastinate. All thanks to Twitter.

Would-be lifecasting mogul Julia Allison is not above talking about her period if it means promoting her new TV pilot thing.

...and Mediaite's Rachel Sklar is not above talking about her lack of pants if it means promoting her sense of humor.

Dancer Lacy Mae Schwimmer dropped the phrase "ouivey." We can only assume that's what chic French Jews say when they stub out their clove cigarettes in an angsty but blasé manner. Explain it to us sometime, Lacey.


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<![CDATA[Calling Out Anderson Cooper and Conan O'Brien]]> Playgirl's spokesman made a crack about Anderson Cooper's sexuality; Kirstie Alley went ballistic on Conan O'Brien and Kevin Rose dissed Mike Arrington. The Twitterati had their claws fully extended.

Playgirl's Daniel Nardicio turned the tables on CNN.

Kirstie Alley, meanwhile, wants a piece of a certain NBC redhead.

Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt passed along some good old fashioned bitching about Mike Arrinton, the TechCrunch publisher, from Kevin Rose, the Dig founder (and former CNET personality).

30 Rock's Grizz and Dot-com have a very specific niche within the show: bringing the funny.

Geek TV host Olivia Munn confirmed that it's an "ASS WORLD." So true.



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<![CDATA[If You Lie on Your Expense Report, Maybe Don't Tweet About It]]> A CBS News personality lied on his expenses; Mary J. Blige severely mis-typed an impassioned defense of her "intelligents;" and Billy Bush made some confusing Sarah Palin statements. The Twitterati were terrible correspondents.

Slate's John Dickerson complained about the "lying on your expense report" part of his job. He's presumably OK with the "have work give you money under false pretenses" part.

The New York Times David Carr, meanwhile, provided some perspective on the terrible ordeal of expene reports.

When she's not having such a rough time, singer Mary J. Blige will look back on tweets like "people always understand estimate my intelligents" and laugh.

Yes, that was really actress Haylie Duff in your spin class.

A sloppy copy/paste job made George W. Bush's cousin sound like a critic of Sarah Palin's recent media appearances.



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<![CDATA[Republican's Abortion Joke Positively Uproarious]]> A Bush-Cheney operative let loose a zinger about orgies and abortion; Kurt Andersen finally watched The Wire; and Neel Shah was discovered something unusual in Oprah's hold music. The Twitterati found some low-hanging fruit.

Writer and radio host Kurt Andersen has, at long last, discovered The Wire, approximately 40 years after everyone else. Luckily his job does not involve being abreast of media or culture, or this would be embarrassing.

Michael Turk, "eCampaign Director" for Bush-Cheney 04, made an abortion joke. Quick, someone make an equally funny comeback involving Congressional pages!

Oprah taught Page Six's Neel Shah the definition of real media power: when you can get the Black Eyed Peas to cut a custom version of their song for your phone-hold music.

In addition to having to cope with looming holiday layoffs, Electronic Arts staffers have been asked to please keep Veronica Belmont physically awake at all times.

You heard Engadget's Joshua Topolsky right, ladies: His cable BRINGS IT. Get freaky with the coaxial!


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<![CDATA['Rapist Killer' and Other Crazies Stalk Twitterati]]> Lev Grossman lost his whole novel when he changed flights; Rob Pegoraro carefully unfriended a touchy Facebook user; and a UK journalist discovered there are Twitter accounts worse than "rapist killer." The Twitterati battled a crazy world.

Novelist and journalist Lev Grossman really needs a computer backup strategy. Sounds like a consultation with massive computer nerd Susan Orlean is in order.

Just when CNN's Larry King thinks he understands The Twitter it... does... THIS! Oy.

If you weren't such a psycho about making friends on Facebook, the Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro might still be your friend on Facebook.

The definition of Bridezilla: When someone like the Daily Post's Debbie James would rather be followed by "rapist killer" than by your wedding-research Twitter account.

Demi Moore can't wait for you to get your "Being a Terrible Paparazzo in Public" ticket from the police. That's like eight million points on your DMV record, punk.


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<![CDATA[Interns and Robots Stoke the Twitterati]]> Joel Madden walked out on a radio interview; Alexis Ohanian enjoyed some robot bartending and Bucky Turco did something we'd rather not think about with one of our interns. The Twitterati were especially excitable.

Next time, Bucky Turco of Animal New York will just live-tweet the entire makeout session.

Tech investor Paul Kedrosky did not entirely enjoy his flight, but he certainly enjoyed it more than some.

Meanwhile, in Japan, the air travel scene still managed to provoke childlike wonder in Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian. One assumes his former Wired office colleague @beerrobot will take the insult in stride.

Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden is not your clown, Australian morning radio DJs. Maybe Sony BMG's clown, but not yours.

Potty-mouthed tennis star Serena Williams may need to shove some fucking pills down her fucking throat.



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<![CDATA[Foreigners Seduce, Reject Twitterati]]> Brooke Hammerling was once beguiled by an accent; Sarah Lacy was charmed by Middle Eastern calls to prayer and Wired locked the doors between print and online. The Twitterati reconsidered that which is foreign.

Wonderwall's Alex Blagg was just trying to be social, geeez.

Print media is to remain in its room until it feels well enough to stop destroying the company. Wired.com's Brian X. Chen didn't specifically say that, but it's the sort of Si Newhouse conference call we like to imagine.

Ubiquitous Silicon Valley flack Brooke Hammerling, recently tweeting from Mexico, got burned by some kind of suave foreigner.

TechCrunch's Sarah Lacy, recently tweeting from India, said overemotional self-centered Americans could learn a thing or two from waking up in another country. Let's hope so!

Lt. Dangle's R&B career was stillborn

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<![CDATA[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.

Daily Show producer Miles Kahn frantically tweeted to hide from his shame.

Io9's Annalee Newitz found something that could bring together mind control fantasists and anime fetishists. Finally! It's the chocolate+peanut butter of nerd porn.

Food blogger Kathrina Manalac called bullshit on McSweeney's twee literary "newspaper."

The New York Times' Jennifer 8. Lee continued to fearlessly cozy up to the sort of software that runs the internet.

Ashton Kutcher has something for your mother.


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<![CDATA[Michael Lohan is a Cheap Sellout and Women Are Baffling, Say the Twitterati]]> Celebrity gossip merchant Bonnie Fuller slammed Michael Lohan for selling celebrity gossip; Gina Tripani was baffled by women, as a group; and a journalist tried to pull rank at a very nerdy ropeline. The Twitterati re-examined their bona fides.

Bonnie Fuller, once and future member of the celebrity media, admonished Michael Lohan for selling out too cheap, to the celebrity media.

Smarterware's Gina Tripani, founding Lifehacker editor, was basically all, "$%!@#&*!@ing WOMEN. What are you gonna do, knowdamean?? Pffffft." So now everyone's allowed to say that.

In fairness to whomever Venture Beat's Anthony Ha overheard, we'd be pretty pissed, too, if we couldn't even get into something called "Enterprise 2.0 2009."

Tech writer Paul Carr discovered a creepy new use for Twitter Lists. Quite inadvertently. And quite involuntarily.

Former Newsradio and Kids in the Hall star Dave Foley was indeed hacked, and left up one tweet as a kind of memorial. The sleazy pyramid marketing links came down, however.



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<![CDATA[Twitterati Get Nasty Pictures After Seeking Free Liquor]]> Free booze was sought for Gothamist; freaky flasher pics were sent to Gizmodo; and Busy Philipps' day was ruined. The Twitterati asked for one thing and got something else entirely.

Gothamist's Jake Dobkin apparently thought better of asking liquor companies for free product, as he's deleted the tweet in question. But you still know where to send the bottles, flacks.

Actress Busy Philipps was forced to admit that she does look a bit like Perez Hilton in drag. It was not a happy process.

Try to digitally flash Gizmodo's Rosa Golijan, and she will remember your distinguishing marks.

London-born MIT Technology Review editor Jason Pontin asked Economist veteran Chris Anderson, now of Wired, to agree that Americans generally have terrible design taste. It must be nice to edit for such an undiscerning audience.

Tech writer Milo Yiannopoulos's conversation partner probably didn't see it coming.


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<![CDATA[Cursing at Birthday Well-Wishers and Gym Machines]]> Kevin Pollak swore at someone who wished him happy birthday; Deborah Gibson swore at her elliptical machine and Fred Durst's waiter swore (probably) at him. The Twitterati were curse machines.

If you're going to wish touchy actor Kevin Pollak a happy birthday, remember to spell his last name correctly. It's as written previously, or, colloquially, "Kevin WHO?"

Actress and singer Deborah Gibson has had it with her lying workout machine. (It totally sucks when that happens.)

Your "Twitter Latte" intrigues Twitter CEO Ev Williams. So he'll either be ordering one, or suing you. Or both!

Singer Fred Durst forgot to pay his check. He apparently didn't have time to go back and pay or tip or whatever, but he had time to tweet "Oops." Uh, LOL?

Business Insider (and former Valleywag-) contributor Alaska Miller wants less predictable cable news talking heads. Like maybe a redhead!


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<![CDATA[Jeremy Piven Is Too Professional for Halloween]]> A Brit commented happily on American girls; an actual mayor commented pessimistically on foursquare and Jeremy Piven commented critically on Halloween. The Twitterati were flexing their credentials.

Your Halloween party bores and frustrates Jeremy Piven, who in case you weren't aware is an actual working professional actor with little awe for costumes.

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay will maybe join foursquare just if they grant him the honorific "Mayor of Everything."

Tech writer Paul Carr is quite enjoying his survey of California girls. Or maybe it's the German editors he likes, though we very much doubt that.

Wired's Brian X. Chen totally looked a gift horse in the mouth.

Hyperblogger Robert Scoble is already asking about an upgrade to a product from Twitter that is, itself, not even released yet.


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<![CDATA[Kevin Rose Rides Tony Hawk's Special Tunnel]]> Verena von Pfetten found Levi Johnston "adorable;" Susan Orlean fell in love with a bird; and Kevin Rose rode a symbol of Tony Hawk's prowess; The Twitterati were crushing hard.

We'll bet Tony Hawk taught you to "ride his halfpipe," Kevin Rose. But did he also teach to adjust his riser?

Yahoo's Marco van Hylckama Vlieg gave himself an impromptu performance review.

No matter what Levi Johnston tried to do with his tongue, Air America's Verena von Pfetten could not hate him.

Podcaster Scott Simpson wouldn't put it past Richard Branson. Neither would we.

Animal obsessive Susan Orlean saw a bald eagle and, better still, it did not try and kill her or drop dead under her lethal gaze!


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<![CDATA[Foodies Get Smug, Then Porn]]> Ruth Riechl got smug over her soul-food meal on a train and Michael Bauer's readers got porn from his tweets. The Twitterati learned to watch what they ate.

San Francisco Chronicle food and wine editor Michael Bauer blamed a "gremlin" for the porn surprise in his Twitter feed. His readers blamed themselves for not consuming his feed when it was fresher (and more porny).

Radio host Billy Bush basically said you're either with Twitter or you're with the terrorists.

Writer and former Valleywag-er Melissa Gira Grant finally observed mass-market gossip in its native habitat.

Former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl might not have her food magazine, but she still has her "smug" sense of culinary superiority.

Science writer Mark Drapeau will not join your stupid "wave."



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<![CDATA[Ayelet Waldman Now Fantasizing on Twitter About Screwing Husband]]>

Ayelet Waldman transferred her hubby lust to a new medium; a Twitter engineer got "sexy" in the office and Matt Cooper is "a terrible suck up." The Twitterati were all about overtones.

Berkeley writer Ayelet Waldman is now microblogging her insatiable lust for husband Michael Chabon, and feels appropriately conflicted about it.

Twitter's Alex Payne spent some time in the office with fellow software engineer Harper Reed, and it was "sexy." How could it not be?

Talking Points Memo's Matt Cooper is still terrible at naming his sources.

Air America's Ana Marie Cox graduated during a recession.

Australian journalist Harley Dennett is getting to know our nation's capital better than most actual Americans — and better than most actual DC residents.



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<![CDATA[MC Hammer in Demand As Business School Lecturer]]> Ben Huh ate spoiled mayonaisse; KFC inspired a foodie; and MC Hammer knows more about social media than some MBA students. The Twitterati displayed questionable taste.

I Can Has Cheezburger founder Ben Huh learned a hard lesson about food spoilage and expiration dates, while the rest of us cringed.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is truly a man of many talents.

San Francisco Chronicle contributing food writer Derrick Schneider found a KFC concept he could get behind.

Not just a reality TV draw any more: MC Hammer is now in demand in academia.

NYU online communities guru Clay Shirky crossed his social software streams. Don't do that!


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<![CDATA[A Surreal Night with Arianna Huffington]]> The Huffington Post's tech reporter attended a wild Los Angeles party with Arianna and woke up without all his belongings; MySpace made a reporter feel dirty and Choire Sicha got not-quite-solicited advice on his vagina. The Twitterati were bewildered.

Huffington Post tech editor Jose Antonio Vargas was recently hired from the Washington Post and is still getting used to his new, glamorous LA lifestyle. He capped a wild night by apparently losing his BlackBerry to a Twittering thief.

Erica Smith os the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will compromise certain standards in pursuit of a good story.

Actor Rainn Wilson tweets his viral mash-up ideas in real time.

The Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray reported on an altogether different sort of analyst estimate.

A urinary tract infection taught The Awl's Choire Sicha about the glories of America's world-class health care for the uninsured (a/k/a Google and WebMD).


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