My Picks for Top Tweets: 10 September 2017

My Picks for Top Tweets: 10 September 2017

In New Zealand it’s tweets about a certain rugby game that are trending on Twitter at the moment, and if you’re a rugby fan, things are looking pretty good right now. The All Blacks met the Pumas (Argentina) last night and after a hard fought match, we won...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 9 September 2017

My Picks for Top Tweets: 9 September 2017

I’ve finally done a “proper” post for the first time in a while: ‘Is Islam a Feminist Religion’ So, there’s not much time left today for tweets. It was after 3.30 pm before the post was done, and by then I was badly in need of some...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 5 September 2017

My Picks for Top Tweets: 5 September 2017

I’m looking for a new name for this daily offering than “Top Tweets”. I want to reflect that there’s a current events comment here too. If any of you can think of something, let me know. I said I’d write about the North Korea crisis...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 30 August 2017

My Picks for Top Tweets: 30 August 2017

Tweets of the ongoing crisis in Texas following Hurricane Harvey is still, of course, the main thing on Twitter today. The Washington Post is so far confirming sixteen deaths as a result of the storm. One is a police officer (see below). I suspect we haven’t...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 27 August 2017

My Picks for Top Tweets: 27 August 2017

Well, rugby is trending in the Twitterverse in New Zealand for two reasons. One lot of tweets is because the All Blacks won again last night! We beat Australia 35-29, so the whole of New Zealand is in a good mood. That also means we retain the Bledisloe Cup for...