Twitter raised eyebrows last month when it suggested that many of its active users aren’t actually human. Now we know how many.
In a new filing, the company said that “up to approximately 8.5%” of the accounts it considers active are automatically updated “without any discernible additional user-initiated action.”
“Roughly 8.5%” translates as around 23 million Twitter accounts, apparently. (From here.)
The dining experience of one McDonald’s customer in Carteret County, N.C. took a bizarre turn recently when she reportedly found a swastika drawn in butter on her chicken sandwich.
New Bern, N.C. television station WCTI reported on Sunday that Charleigh Matice discovered the Nazi symbol drawn on the bun after opening up her sandwich to apply some mayo.
“I really didn’t have an appetite at that point so I said I rather have my money back,” Matice told WCTI.
Rest in Peace, Robin Williams
One of the first comedy albums I was ever given was “Reality… What A Concept.” I loved it. I loved “Mork & Mindy.” I even loved Robert Altman’s “Popeye.” Robin Williams meant a lot to me when I was a kid. I knew nothing of drug use or depression. It never occurred to me that comedians, these…
Much has been made about the idea that mainstream comic books are driving all of pop culture – and they are. Superhero movies might seem silly and airy, but they’re extremely powerful. They have an impact on a whole lot of people (look at “Guardians’” $94 million opening weekend for the latest proof). Given that, we have the obligation to take them just as seriously as any other significant force in our culture. We have to talk about this stuff – be it diversity, gender politics, social commentary or any of the other larger issues these works may raise. It’s not a distraction or a digression, it’s a bare minimum expectation – and just as much of a relevant and necessary of a conversation for fans to be having as wondering when we’ll finally see “The Infinity Gauntlet” on the big screen.
The idea that the only reason to have these discussion is to “appease” some nebulous entity reduces the importance of these matters to a false “us vs. them” mentality. There’s nothing inherently political about wanting to see positive, diverse representation in popular entertainment, be it movies, television, video games or the comic books themselves that so much of them are based on. It’s life. It’s reality. It doesn’t have a left or right wing bias. I don’t want to see minorities in a superhero movie because I’m a minority; I want to see it because I live in society. Much like Peter Quill’s reason for wanting to save the galaxy – because he’s one of the idiots who lives in it – it benefits everybody.
Biddle-ee-bum, biddle-ee-bum, diddle-ee-dum, biddle-ee-bum, etc.
