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Megan

  1. The cutest animals ever, in art: bit.ly/LNwze4 about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Joe Biden's soon to be son-in-law is a 45-year-old plastic surgeon/cowboy who likes clubbing, techno music, and rodeo: bit.ly/KDRfTS 2:41 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
  3. Facebook is Mobile After All: Shares Travel To $28.84 observer.com/?p=242913 2:13 PM May 29th via Tweet Button
  4. Unforgivable Bitly Redesign Angers Internet, Causes @rogerebert to Give It Two Thumbs Down bit.ly/LDglUQ 12:41 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
  5. In this week's Observer, @adrjeffries looks at Etsy's handmade legacy, and what it's doing to keep things authentic: bit.ly/N7tTqG 11:56 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  6. How do we revert to old Bitly? 10:53 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  7. @thejoywriter They changed the site, now the main box is for searching, not shortening. (But thanks) 10:20 AM May 29th via TweetDeck in reply to thejoywriter
  8. boom! RT @weareyourfek: DOES HENRY BLODGET HATE JEWS? NYO EXCLUSIVE: nyob.co/N6Jzug 10:18 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  9. Wait, how do you shorten a link in the new bitly? This is really confusing. 10:12 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  10. No slideshow on that @hblodget? 9:53 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  11. @CeeLew Toy or not, it's bizarre. 8:18 AM May 29th via TweetDeck in reply to CeeLew
  12. WTF? RT @mikenizza: High School yearbook photo of Mitt Romney pointing a revolver at his head and smiling bit.ly/MVpvxs 8:06 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  13. GM looks silly, Facebook heroic in this version of why GM pulled their ads from the social network: bit.ly/KnXFIJ 6:35 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  14. Manhattanhenge starts tonight! bit.ly/KC7Wz8 6:24 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  15. Now that @glichfield will finally have a byline (instead of hiding behind G.L.: econ.st/KmWt8o ) it's time to spell his name right 9:46 PM May 28th via TweetDeck
  16. @glichfield Whoops! Many apologies! (This is what happens when you use the computer after taking out your contacts.) 9:42 PM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to glichfield
  17. Congrats to @quartznews for landing the awesome @glitchfield! What great news! 9:38 PM May 28th via TweetDeck
  18. @alexismadrigal @schneidan You think that might be an issue with Omniture's sampling data? 2:42 PM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to alexismadrigal
  19. @alexismadrigal thought the t.co change fixed that? 2:07 PM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to alexismadrigal
  • Name Megan McCarthy
  • Location NYC
  • Web http://www.observ...
  • Bio Now: News Editor at the New York Observer. Then: Mediagazer, Techmeme, Wired.com, Valleywag. Always: owner of nerd cachet.
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