I found three tweets that were very difficult to not want to know more information about. That is the key for me, more than a clever one liner by a comedian. I want to treat a tweet like a long headline that either makes me invest in further research or realize that it is inconsequential to my life and interests.
A tweet from the Libertarian Republic stated: Parents Convicted Of The Same Crime - Male Gets Jail, Female Gets Off. This was worth looking deeper into because injustice fascinates me and I love to get stories that would usually be buried by some political minded media outlet. Reverse gender inequality is pretty rare so it was worth checking out.
A tweet from The Onion's sports blog was a bit more meta and clever than normal, so I felt the need to retweet it. It said that the Baltimore Ravens' Biggest Strength: The NFL’s outlook on domestic violence prior to August 28, 2014. This is a tongue in cheek reference to a Ray Rice incident that happened in the off season with his wife that the NFL handled poorly. I found the headline and the article to be very poignant so long as you're in on the joke.
And finally a tweet from i09 stated that the first successful demonstration of brain to brain communication in humans has been achieved. This is massive for many reasons ranging from ESP human evolution to the very cool idea of telepathy becoming science reality rather than science fiction. A groundbreaking concept that was worth sharing, I felt.
The Onion is one of my favorite news sources! By making me laugh it also makes me think about issues in new and different ways, and keeps me from falling into a rut.
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