WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Ben Sasse is known as one of the more prolific Twitter users in Congress, often writing his own tweets himself to chime in on policy issues, crack jokes, and in some cases, rebuke President Donald Trump. But over Christmas weekend last year, Sasse stopped tweeting and has not picked up the phone since. “We don’t have smartphones in our house much on Sundays,” Sasse told Business Insider. “Christmas weekend I decided to take a longer-than-just-Sunday social media Sabbath. And after it had gone on four days it felt pretty great.” Sasse disabled notifications on his phone and no longer writes his own tweets on his personal account, @BenSasse. He said that occasionally a friend or colleague will send him a link to a tweet via text or email or that sometimes he will read embedded tweets in news articles, but otherwise stopped looking at Twitter altogether. The first-term Nebraska senator looked at his sabbatical from Twitter … [Read more...] about One of Congress’ most prolific tweeters and frequent Trump critics tell us why he quit Twitter
Gordon Ramsay has sparked a furious debate on Twitter after mocking vegans and animal rights group PETA
He’s not afraid to speak – or shout – his mind, and now celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has found himself in a furious debate on Twitter after upsetting both the vegan community and animal rights organisation PETA. It all started when Twitter user “Ray” @thiccqueer posted a photo of a dish and asked Ramsay: “How does my vegan lasagna look?” how does my vegan lasagna look pic.twitter.com/sonis2E52I — ray (@thiccqueer) February 2, 2018 Ramsay responded with: “I’m a member of PETA ! People eating tasty animals……” I’m a member of PETA ! People eating tasty animals…… https://t.co/t9xCuVWDtq — Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) February 2, 2018 His response has been retweeted over 44,000 times and liked more than 149,000 times. It has prompted a mixed response, and, naturally, a number of memes. And now we wait pic.twitter.com/3XtQxwHNuP — Jamie jones (@mrjamiejones) February 2, 2018 … [Read more...] about Gordon Ramsay has sparked a furious debate on Twitter after mocking vegans and animal rights group PETA
Twitter had a field day mocking Tom Brady’s Super Bowl pregame outfit
Though Tom Brady has become a fashion icon over the course of his 18-year career, the Twitter world had fun roasting his pregame Super Bowl outfit. Brady arrived at the U.S. Bank Stadium before the Super Bowl wearing a heavy coat, turtleneck, and sunglasses. Naturally, Twitter was ready to mock him. brady looks like the overconfident european assassin who dies in the last twenty minutes of an action movie pic.twitter.com/dXvX47xtxS — Mina Kimes (@minakimes) February 4, 2018 Who wore it better? pic.twitter.com/zX0aMNLCDy — Sporting News (@sportingnews) February 4, 2018 the fake melania was in fact tom brady in a wig: a conspiracy theory pic.twitter.com/uckyQXD8PW — KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) February 4, 2018 pic.twitter.com/gpCotJcAUL — keithlaw (@keithlaw) February 4, 2018 pic.twitter.com/58TFAVkisw — Jason Gay (@jasongay) February 4, 2018 pic.twitter.com/XS6BaSToPs — Melissa Stetten (@MelissaStetten) February 4, 2018 Brady has a chance to win … [Read more...] about Twitter had a field day mocking Tom Brady’s Super Bowl pregame outfit
Jay Cutler roasted on Twitter for acting uninterested during a play
On Sunday the NFL brought its second game of the year to London with the Miami Dolphins taking on the New Orleans Saints. During their first drive of the game, the Dolphins attempted a play out of the wildcat formation, and Jay Cutler was not at all amused with the decision. The wildcat calls for the quarterback to be split out wide with a running back or receiver taking the snap. As Miami ran their wildcat play, Cutler split out wide, put his hands on his hips, and basically refused to move at all on the play. Jay Ajayi would lose a yard on the play. You can watch the play unfold below. Cutler, who had become something of a meme among football fans with many joking about his apparent disdain for the sport, was quickly roasted online for his disinterest in the play. Cutler really selling his role in the Wildcat at the bottom of the screen pic.twitter.com/WgHxXvxlHLOctober 1, 2017 Cutler, on wildcat play, hands on hips, not moving, is most Cutlerian thing of all time.October … [Read more...] about Jay Cutler roasted on Twitter for acting uninterested during a play
Cryptocurrency scams on Twitter are so common, this guy built a tool to help detect fraudsters
As members of the cryptocurrency community look to curb fraud and exploitation in the emerging community, Harry Denley has come up with a rather old-school solution: JavaScript. Denley’s script, EtherSecurityLookup, runs as a browser extension on Google Chrome. The extension catches Twitter accounts that impersonate established users or companies. In the crypto community, this is usually done to plug fraudulent projects, or just straight up ask strangers to send them money. In some cases, the fraudsters often promote a specific cryptocurrency, and then sell their personal stashes once their false endorsements send the price skyrocketing. In others, they create a fake company and raise money for a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO), before disappearing. The browser extension, which Denley plans to publish here on Sunday, is related to his existing EtherAddressLookup extension, which protects users from sharing their cryptocurrency passwords and addresses with scammers and … [Read more...] about Cryptocurrency scams on Twitter are so common, this guy built a tool to help detect fraudsters