May 26, 2012

Parody accounts

Adelaide bus

I follow four parody accounts, or fake identities, on Twitter. They are all amusing and cleverly written. The author of the Fake Penny Wong account actually secured the user name @Penny_Wong. This seems to be a breach of the Twitter guidelines. I guess adding “fake” to the description has made it acceptable, or Penny Wong has not objected. The fake account makes much of perceived rivalry between Senator Wong and Peter Garrett. The @FakeFielding account is clearly identified as such and parodies the wacky fundamentalist Senator.

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Old loons and newspapers

How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? Tweet Pin It

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Mr American by George MacDonald Fraser

Mr American

Mr American by George MacDonald Fraser is a pleasant wander through 585 pages. Not in the same league as the Flashman series, the story meanders, tackles social issues, skirts around social issues, entertains and frustrates, but generally leaves the reader feeling good. The main character is Mark Franklin, an American who sets tongues wagging in [...]

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Gullible information

The last few posts have been on the serious side, so here is some light relief. Unsurprisingly (because the web is all encompassing) there’s a web site devoted to discussion about rumours and so-called facts. It’s called Gullible.info. There’s a Fact Check Forum to discuss which are true or otherwise. I’ve extracted a few discussion [...]

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Stumble upon God’s law

I’m having a lot of fun with Stumble Upon, which connects people with web sites according to their areas of interest. Mine for starters were politics, technology, internet, journalism and satire. I think it was the last of those which led me to this site headlined: Why can’t I own a Canadian? Think New Zealander [...]

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