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A Tweet Wilford Brimley Would Love

Twitter Historian — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:01:49 +0000

PollyWannaQuaker? (Quaker Oats): New woman in colony known only as @Scarlet_A suggested new methods for sowing oats. Headed to her place for explanation.
By Darnell Brisco

Thomas Jefferson Rates His Purchase

Twitter Historian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:15:01 +0000

TJeff_USA (Thomas Jefferson): Amazon Marketplace Review of Louisiana Territory: HALF-CONTINENT IN GOOD CONDITION. FRANCE = GREAT SELLER! WOULD BUY AGAIN!! A++++
Submitted by Everett White

RT @historicaltweet Black History Month: Harriet Tubman

Twitter Historian — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:15:20 +0000

This tweet is from our forthcoming book Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World, hitting shelves on April 27 (but you can pre-order online now!).

Happy Black History Month!
Harriet Tubman: Sorry for the lack of tweets. Wi-fi sucks underground.

A Tweetup You Should Avoid

Twitter Historian — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:02:45 +0000

Donner Daddy (Donner Party): After a blind taste test, @Heinz does indeed make the best condiments
by Darnell Brisco

Gustave Eiffel Mulls Over Reactions to His Tower

Twitter Historian — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:44:27 +0000

TowerOfPower (Gustave Eiffel): How did my reviews go from “Genius” to “Compensating?”
From: Darnell Brisco

Dickens Gets All Crowdsourcey

Twitter Historian — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:40 +0000

It’s not quite Fan Tweet Thursday, but we’ll give you this: another fan tweet submitted by Sean Tucker…. the word “prolific” comes to mind… see his previous submissions on our site!

WritesLiketheMe (Charles Dickens): Check out the instapoll on my Facebook page. Writing new book about a few cities and can’t decide whether it was the best or worst of times. Leaving it up 2 u

Fan Tweet Thursday: Nietzsche

Twitter Historian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:45:48 +0000

Another fan-submitted tweet, this time from Philippe Rau, in reference to what Nietzche might call “the deepest tweet ever tweeted.”

Zarathustra:@Nietzsche44 Thus.

Fan Tweet Thursday: Kafka

Twitter Historian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:15 +0000

Boom! Another tweet from Sean Tucker.

Kafka: Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaid

Picasso’s Unique Tweets

Twitter Historian — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:00:26 +0000

Picasso: Just complimented a woman on her big head and weird ears. She was insulted. Must create visual style to justify myself.

Name That Tweet: Sacagawea & Nokia (“Sacagokia?”)

Twitter Historian — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:23:24 +0000

Our friends at Nokia’s Ovi Blog made a few more Historical Tweets. We love the design and visuals, but you said last week that you thought the product integration was a little strong…

So how about generating your own? What message would you put in the Sacajawea image below? Let the comments begin!

We’ll start it out:

“I know it doesn’t look like the Pacific Ocean, but we have time for some poker, right?”

“I’m lost. Leading these chumps in circles so I have time to check Ovi Maps.”
(there’s some product integration + smirkable humor…)

“Just go down to that mountain range and make a left…. or is it a right?”

Henry David Thoreau vs. Wild

Twitter Historian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:45:23 +0000

Henry David Thoreau: Ugh. Should have named Walden book “Survivorman.” Would have sold better.

New Twitter Icon: The Raven!?!!?!

Twitter Historian — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:06:15 +0000

Edgar Allan Poe: There’s a bird stuck in my study. Calling animal control.

Marie Curie’s Lab Tests

Twitter Historian — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:05:28 +0000

MarieX (Marie Curie): Foreign lab assistant keeps asking for “two more” every time we give him an x-ray. Give it a rest, man!

PS — When said by a non-native English speaker, “two more” might sound like “tumor” and visa versa.

Harriet Tubman Gets More Done With Less

Twitter Historian — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:15:53 +0000

Harriet Tubman doesn’t tweet that often… view her first tweet.

Conductor H. (Harriet Tubman): I’d tweet more, but Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 limits me to 84 characters.

See: the Three-Fifths Compromise on Wikipedia.

Apple Denies Another Historic App

Twitter Historian — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:50:01 +0000

Catch Alexander Graham Bell’s first tweet.

Alex GB1 (Alexander Graham Bell): @GoogleVoice Don’t feel too bad. Apple rejected my dialer app, too.

If General Custer Played World of Warcraft…

Twitter Historian — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:35:21 +0000

General Custer: Leeeeerooooy Jeeeeennnnkins!!!

Retweet: Oscar Wilde Plays Around With Twitter

Twitter Historian — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:59:25 +0000

Oscar~Wilde: Critic just said my new work was exciting and gay. LOL
[originally posted on January 29, 2009]

Blast from the Past: Custer Tweets

Twitter Historian — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:35:53 +0000

Historical Tweets is hitting the books and taking short hiatus this week.

We’ll be re-posting some of our favorite (but not most viewed) tweets, because, as you well know, those who don’t understand Historical Tweets are doomed to repeat them.

@sitting_bull I warn in advance, this battle will make me famous.
[originally posted October 5th 2008]

Fan Tweet Thursday: A Freudian Tweet

Twitter Historian — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:01:49 +0000

From Twitterstorian Victoria Bracknell…

SiggyF (Sigmund Freud): Streets very much ice today. Almost slipped walking to office. People laughed. I still don’t know why that’s funny.

John D. Rocketweeter

Twitter Historian — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:00:09 +0000

J-ROCK (John D. Rockefeller): i hope to be as big as @jay-z some day

Fan Tweet Thursday: Napoleon

Twitter Historian — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:15 +0000

Thanks again to Sean Tucker for “uncovering” this rare Historical Treat Tweet:

Napoleon (Napole1): New lifts arrived today. Feeling confident. Will tweet more from Waterloo

Napoleon’s Tweets Are a Little TMI

Twitter Historian — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:00:55 +0000

Napoleon Bonaparte: Can anyone recommend a cure for persistent nipple itch?
Napoléon Bonaparte: Peut-on recommander un traitement pour le mamelon démangeaisons persistantes?
Réécriture, en français: “Peut-on recommander un traitement pour les démangeaisons persistantes des mamelons?” (Merci, Nemo)

(TMI = “Too Much Information”)

Alexander Hamilton Tweets: You Should See This One Coming

Twitter Historian — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:15:10 +0000

Alex Hamilton: @aaronburr nice shot….
(Alexander Hamilton)

Dots and Dashes Might Require More Than 140 Characters

Twitter Historian — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:30:46 +0000

Samuel Morse: @alfredvail Dot dot dot dash dash dash… oh screw it. HELP!

Survival of the Tweetest

Twitter Historian — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:45:49 +0000

ddddarwin: Witnessed @captainfitzroy pick his nose. Ate it. Thought it was so funny, he fell overboard. New theory becoming clearer. (Charles Darwin)

Apple Week: iPhone (really, really beta)

Twitter Historian — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:45:14 +0000

This week is Apple Week at Historical Tweets: the best moments* from history.
* made better by Steve Jobs.

Alex_GB: @Watson Come here. I need you to see my new iPhone apps. (Alexander Graham Bell)

Twitterstoric Facts About Blagojevich Impeachment (3 of 4)

Twitter Historian — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:30:30 +0000

The third of our Twitterstoric moments regarding Rod “Blago” Blagojevich’s impeachment trial in Illinois.

Here’s yet another now-awkward statement made by hardened Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln…

Honest Abe: Ah, the noble tradition of Illinois politics, it will never be tarnished.

Twitterstoric Facts About Blagojevich Impeachment (2 of 4)

Twitter Historian — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:30:20 +0000

We’re back with more Twitterstoric moments regarding Rod “Blago” Blagojevich’s impeachment trial.

Here’s the latest Historical Tweet from fellow Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, who had just lost again for government office…

Honest Abe: Lost again. There’s got to be an easier way to get into the Senate.

What causes Oscar Wilde to LOL on Twitter?

Twitter Historian — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:45:47 +0000

Oscar~Wilde: Critic just said my new work was exciting and gay. LOL

John Adams Twitters About His Newfound Fame

Twitter Historian — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:45:47 +0000

@HBO Thanks. All I ever wanted in life was a little publicity.

Lincoln Asks Twitter Followers for Speechwriting Help

Twitter Historian — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:21 +0000

anyone got a more creative way of saying “87 years?”

Thomas Edison Twitters Inspirational Moment

Twitter Historian — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:00:28 +0000

Damn candles! Another dinner date, wasted. Will never get lucky unless I can ’set the mood’ w/o setting bed on fire.

James Naismith Fails Again (on Twitter)

Twitter Historian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:00:52 +0000

Short stint at mortuary yielded yet another failed game: casketball.

Brevity is the Soul of Mark Twain’s Twittering

Twitter Historian — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:00:28 +0000

@DeQuille If I hard more time, I would have written a shorter tweet.

Lewis & Clark Discover Google Maps – Doh!

Twitter Historian — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:19:38 +0000

@Clark have u seen this? http://maps.google.com ugh. last six months, wasted.

Harriet Tubman Twitter Messages Emerge

Twitter Historian — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:15:35 +0000

Sorry for the lack of tweets. Wi-fi sucks underground.

Sacagawea Twitters Success

Twitter Historian — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:13:27 +0000

Whew. Got @Lewis and @Clark to west coast just fine. Definitely coin-worthy.

Lincoln Twittering at the Ford

Twitter Historian — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:13:02 +0000

gr8 show tonite. the Ford is the perfect venue for AAAAARRGH!!