Apple’s New Emoji Have Created Brand New Ways to Be Culturally Insensitive Online
More than half of Americans are in possession of a smartphone, with many using emoticons. It is fair to say that while all races are […]
Pink Shuts Down Body-Shamers On Twitter
Doylestown pop-rocker Pink (known around those parts as Alecia Beth Moore) has taken to Twitter to put some folks in their place who decided to take some […]
Trevor Noah and the Never-Ending Cycle of Twitter Shame
The thing about people is that they’re fallible; they do bad things, both intentionally and unintentionally. As we were all taught as children, people make […]
Mo’ne Davis Just Wrote the Book on Twitter Trolls
By now, I’m used to Mo’ne Davis making me feel bad about myself. At 13, she throws a 70 miles-per-hour fastball, has been on the […]
Amber Alert for Kidnapped Girl Disrupts People’s Sleep [UPDATED]
UPDATE: 6ABC is reporting that the Amber Alert for Elinor Trotta has been cancelled and that she and her father were located this afternoon in Spencer, Massachusetts. Elinor […]
13 Great Tweets About the DNC Coming to Philadelphia
The Democratic National Convention is coming to Philadelphia! We’ve commented on the cheesesteak introduction video and reminisced about the 2000 RNC. Now, we look at […]
George Takei Retweets Brian Sims Photo that Leads to Astroglide Advertorial
A few hours ago Star Trek legend and super out advocate George Takei tweeted something that looked awfully familiar: Yep, that’s our very own State […]
10 Very Chilly Philadelphia Tweets
We told you this morning that it’s so cold out that Cecily Tynan has resorted to wearing fleece footie pajamas (with duckies, no less). How’s the […]
Jim Kenney Tweets: About Pot, Soft Porn, Jasmine Oil and the Pope
Almost three years ago, writing for the Daily News, Citified’s own Holly Otterbein and DN staffer Will Bender broke the news that City Councilman Jim […]
31 Best Philadelphia Tweets of 2014
Last year, I named my top 10 Philadelphia tweets of 2013. In 2014, I planned to keep track of my favorite tweets week by week. […]
Gay Sports Bar Boxers in Hot Water for Offensive Tweets
Boxers NYC, the father bar of the Gayborhood’s newest gay watering hole Boxers PHL is feeling the heat after a series of offensive messages were […]
Jill Scott Stands Up For Bill Cosby On Twitter
Philly-bred singer/actress Jill Scott took to Twitter yesterday to defend Bill Cosby following a string of sexual assault allegations against him that have been resurfacing recently. It […]
Diplo Chides Taylor Swift On Twitter, Lorde Responds That He Has a Small Penis
There was a little local-celebrity drama happening in the blogosphere last night. It all started when DJ Diplo, who studied at Temple University and created Philly’s […]
On Twitter, Curt Schilling Battles Philly Bloggers over Evolution
Last night on his Twitter account, former Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling (aka @gehrig38) got into it with some Philadelphia Phillies bloggers. They weren’t talking about […]
Twitter Mailbag: The Foles/Sanchez Dynamic
For a chance to have your question published on Birds 24/7, send it to @Tim_McManus.