We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Breaking: Jon Huntsman can't really speak Chinese. http://t.co/cJjEKFEe
The officially-sanctioned "only adult" in the GOP presidential field is actually a high school sophomore trying to impress his best friend's brainy older sister? If it were still October, this would be an October surprise.
NOT GOOD: Robot can walk, run, do pushups [VIDEO]: http://t.co/7LRNvp40 #welcomeournewrobotmasters
Why do we automatically assume the running, push-up enthusiast robot will be a bad thing? He could be just what Duke needs this year at power forward.
How the invention of barbed wire single-handedly ended the era of cowboys http://t.co/g3DRUj6W
And yet Cowboys & Aliens still got made.
The Slutty Pumpkin finally makes her debut! http://t.co/um0KGg7S
You heard it here first: this is the next Gretchen Mol.
Michael D Higgins is no poet http://t.co/f8W9c5Ao
This is what happens when Jewel gets her own column. Nobody's a poet except for her. And Skeet Ulrich, because they were in that Ang Lee Civil War movie together.
Crooks board train, make off with $200 worth of pigs' feet http://t.co/Ulhuh8pr
Oh come on: they saw that in Heat.
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