This might be a good time to 'ping' or 'nslookup' twitter[.]com and record the IPs in case you need to make a quick hostfile entry.
@inthecloud247 @marshray @sleevi_ http://nytimes.com is down now
2:33 PM - 27 Aug 2013
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