04 February 2010 ~ 3 Comments

How Social Media Can Change The World

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A few months ago Nestle invited a group of moms to a little get together, fed them some half truths and misinformation, and tried to pretend they were a sunny, happy, family friendly company and everyone loved.
It didn’t work out so well.
A group of loud and outspoken people fought back on Twitter, [...]

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15 July 2009 ~ 6 Comments

I Have Made The Twitter Gods Angry

I Have Made The Twitter Gods Angry

Monday night there was a chat on Twitter for homeschooling parents. All you had to do to join in was add #hsc at the end of your posts. Sounds simple enough, right? Except none of mine were showing up. I tried TweetGrid, TweetChat, and the basic Twitter Search. Nothing, nada, zip, zilch. Not a single [...]

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22 April 2009 ~ Comments Off

Human Rights Campaign Announces #FightHateNow Twitter Hashtag

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today announced the #FightHateNow hashtag for Twitter users to contribute to and stay current on the status of the federal hate crimes bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (LLEHCPA), now pending in the U.S. House. [...]

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01 February 2009 ~ 10 Comments

Breastfeeding Support is Hard to Find

photo credit: Raphael Goetter
There was a pretty lively discussion last night on Twitter about breastfeeding support. It started when lil gruntlings shared her annoyance at someone in a parenting group trying to sell new moms some pretty horrible advice.
Someone on a group I’m in is pushing her book of advice on how to get [...]

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