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George Carlin Discovers Twitter

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George Carlin: Does Twitter auto-censor? I can fit 7 words into 140 characters. Here goes…

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on August 12th 2009

Posted In: 1970s, Entertainment

Muhammad Ali: The Twitta in Manitta (What?)

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Muhammad Ali: First draft: float like a boat, sting like a well-constructed insult. Thoughts?

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on August 11th 2009

Posted In: 1960s, Sports

Twitter, We Have a Problem.

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eugenekranz (Eugene Kranz, NASA): @apollo13 yeah we have a problem: someone didn’t turn off his cell phone before takeof. #toldyouso

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on August 7th 2009

Posted In: 1970s

Fan Tweet Thursday: John Hughes

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Victoria Bracknell sent in this ode to John Hughes (1950-2009) just before the end of the day…

From Matthew Broderick to Hughes in 1985:


MattB (Matthew Broderick): @JHughes Love movie idea re: skipping school. But what kind of name is Ferris? re: clarinet – never had one lesson

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on August 6th 2009

Posted In: 1980s, Submitted

Fan Tweet Thursday: A Freudian Tweet

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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.

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on August 6th 2009

Posted In: 1800s, Submitted


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