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Play the Oddest Seinfeld Game That Ever Was
And hear Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend doing an a cappella version of the theme song.
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You've got to have thick skin.
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The student paper is going "web-first" and journalism's resident dinosaur does not approve — at all.
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They're cutting down the print edition to once a week.
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Plus the funniest tweets about our website outage!
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You tweet, you learn.
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When social media outreach goes wrong.
By Joe CoscarelliVice President Biden’s Aviators Join Instagram
He's still got it.
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"It was an honest mistake."
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Like, really, really hardcore.
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Two, from the 1800s, salvaged from Montana.
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The 14-year-old troll really is a teenage girl.
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For two years, leaving regular internet users vulnerable.
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The wonk king speaks in-depth about his new explanatory journalism site.
By Joe CoscarelliTurkey Is Turning Twitter Back On
YouTube remains blocked.
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Remember? Homestar Runner?
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