Twitter: RT @nytimes: NYT NEWS ALERT: Dow Jones Industrials End Turbulent Week Down by 5.5%; Loss on Friday is 1.3%
Twitter: RT @pourmecoffee: Thank you, science, for answering my question: it just *seems* like earthquake activity is high. http://bit.ly/9OZT0Y
Auto-tweets are turned off right now, but CNN just sent out a Breaking News Alert staying simply: “New York’s Times Square evacuated.” What now??? UPDATE: “Times Square has been evacuated because of a suspicious package. Watch live: http://on.cnn.com/cnndcl1.” “Suspicious packages” usually turn out to be nothing, but we’ll see. P.S. LOL: “You have to wonder about the folks who are… Read more »
Twitter: If Dow Flash Crash had been 60 pts steeper & 15 minutes earlier, trading would’ve halted — so, no instant rebound. Counterproductive? Hmm.
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — UK election ends in hung parliament; official returns show no party can obtain a majority
Twitter: Pet peeve: an individual blog post is not a “blog.” It’s a post ON a blog. So it’s incorrect to describe a new post as “my new blog.”
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — A containment dome has been lowered into Gulf of Mexico at site of oil leak, says BP spokesman.
Twitter: “The US market dropped 481 points in 6 minutes and recovered 502 points just 10 minutes later” http://bit.ly/99Tacg
FriendFeed: It appears that no one has a freakin’ clue what happened on Wall Street today, which is scary. Perhaps @planetmoney can explain things. Anyway, here are some WSJ articles on the Flash Crash of 2010: http://bit.ly/bFViWB http://bit.ly/bkoVP0 http://bit.ly/9xmnXE http://bit.ly/anlawC
Twitter: RT @dmataconis: Breaking: Amid voter confusion, Pat Buchanan elected Prime Minister of Great Britain #GE2010