"山大校园中的孔夫子塑像。" (Alexander the campus statue of Confucius.)
(Posted by @chinewinelover, Jinan, China)
April 23, 2009
Scientists puzzled over giant space blob
The 4th largest object in the universe has been dubbed 'Himiko', after a well known Japanese queen, reports National Geographic. The article also says that Himiko is the size of a mature galaxy, but scientists believe that is a young galaxy from the cosmic dawn.
The Twitterverse had a variety of reactions, but most seem just as confused as the scientists:
thestapeliaco Just read this headline: "Giant space blob found near dawn of time." Is this actual news or the title of the latest Orson Scott Card novel?
leahshull Giant space blob?!? Where is Jean Luc when we need him? http://bit.ly/5sKOq
PopSci A warm PopSci hello to 12.9-billion-year-old ultra-massive primordial space blob Himiko! http://bit.ly/VyvNh -PDA
SubverseRadio @tefkas Stubbed my toe earlier. Think it was Space Blob anxiety. For the sake of the kids, please can someone resolve this Space Blob crisis
tempestreverie A "space mystery blob" 12.9 billion light years away is named Himiko. Hah!
mgstack1980 I'm so glad we discovered the blob in space. Take that Big Bang theory!
Suicide bombers rock Iraq
The Baghdad bombing claimed 28 people's lives, while the Diyala explosion targeted Iranian pilgrims north of the Iraqi capital, leaving 45 dead.
Approximately 50 people were wounded and at least five children were among the dead, according to Iraqi police reports, per Al Jazeera.
Twitter users speak out about the day's horrific events:
@azzi (Beirut, Lebanon)@octavianasrCNN why all this violence iraq today?? Is this day something specific and coordinated or is it just random violence
@CitizenWayne (Washington, US) Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq is arrested, but the media focus is on the bombings? Success is not interesting news? http://tinyurl.com/cxe39t
@JDudd (Mississippi, US) I just saw that dozens were killed in Iraq by suicide attacks. This makes me wonder if my brother is okay. Haven't heard from him in a month
@americankestrel (Undisclosed) How will this be ignored?: Two terrorist incidents in Iraq left almost 200 people dead or injured, including Ira.. http://tinyurl.com/cydgeb
U.S. Army: Missing virus samples potentially deadly
American Twitterers welcomed the news with sarcasm.
cinebo (San Antonio, Texas) Well that's always a sentence U wanna hear...RT @cnn: Virus samples missing from lab, Army says http://tinyurl.com/dbw6pc
JonHutson (Cambridge, Mass.) Just. Stay. Calm. DoNotPanic. Yet. US Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Ft. Detrick http://alturl.com/epyc (via @lsaldanamd)
firepile (Wisconsin) CNN gives the first hint of the 12 Monkeys apocalypse: "Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facility" Just AWESOME.
chrissytinne (Washington, D.C.) I feel like the army is the type of institution that cant just be like oops! missing a deadly virus! no worries http://tiny.cc/79gVh
At least one Twitterer wondered if there's a connection between this story and the mysterious deaths of 21 horses in Florida, also being reported by CNN today.
ElChingon (San Diego, Calif.) Deadly Equine Virus missing at Army lab: http://tinyurl.com/cun4hd 21 horses died this weekend: http://tinyurl.com/da6y8n -connection?hmmm?
Strike ends for popular Tube line in London
Some were able to simply refresh their Twitter stream to hear the news.
BBCTravelAlert #Tube - Morning faithful traveller. Let's start with the good; normal service on the Victoria line
all_tubes Victoria line has Good service
taywhit off to work and very glad that the Victoria line isn't on strike.
On Wednesday, London Twitterers noted the inconvenience of the Victoria Line strike, tweeting obscenities and personal stories.
Tyron11 victoria line suspended, it cost me four hours of my life... im gna [expletive] on the tube in protest next time im drunk
Article_Dan Balls. Forgotten the [expletive] victoria line debacle. On heaving tube going nowhere I want to go.
stustap TFL are conspiring to stop me getting home tonight. No victoria line? Balham and Tooting closed?
Peet81 Victoria line still closed [expletive] [expletive]! 88 dont fail me now!
geoffrebbeck Delays to Euston and no Victoria line so not home until 9.30pm. Sigh... Now to prepare for AAV. at college
m80her ... and wtf have Victoria line staff got to strike about!?! Get the [expletive] on with it and be glad you've still got a job, [expletive] unions...
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