05/04/09 | Breaking Tweets

May 4, 2009

Featured TwitPic: West Coast of Ireland

"Inis Óirr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway. Spent 3weeks here learning Irish as it is a Gaeltacht region(they only speak irish). Time of my life :)" (Posted by @leanneEve91, of Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, May 4, 2009)

Swine flu shows signs of slowing in Mexico

Per BBC, Mexico City plans to reopen restaurants and cafes on Wednesday - and libraries, museums and churches a day later - as cases of the swine flu influenza outbreak have been dropping, according to health officials.

Mexican Twitterers are interpreting this news differently:

MarcoAlberto (Mexico City, Mexico) Ojalá la influenza se lleve a las almas malas de este país!! (Hopefully, the flu is done carrying to the souls of this poor country!) 04 May 2009 from web

AnaCristinaMo (Guadalajara, Mexico) ¿Se acuerdan de aquellos tiempos cuando todos teníamos pánico de la influenza? (Remember those days when we all had the flu panic?) 04 May 2009 from web

JesusT (Mexico City, Mexico) influenza, regresame mi ciudad, ya quiero ir a comer como dios manda!!!!! (Influenza, regresses my city, I go to eat as a god send !!!!!) 04 May 2009 from Do

victorpv (Puerta Vallarta, Mexico) Siempre dije, que eso de la influenza solo era propaganda politica... Por eso, Yo Tambien Anulare Mi Voto... (Always said, that the influenza was only propaganda political ... So, I ring my vote) 04 May 2009 from web

jorgehero (Mexico City, Mexico) Influenza: "Bueno, pues gracias por participar, regresan a clases el jueves". (Influenza: "Well, thanks for participating, return with classes on Thursday") 04 May 2009 from web

Some added that they are sick of hearing news about the flu.

Staurofila (Tlalnepantla, Mexico) Cada día soy mas adicta a las noticias, ya estoy trabajando; esto de la influenza tiene que acabar!!! Nos estamos volviendo locos!!! (Every day I am more addicted to the news, I'm working, that the influenza has to stop! We are becoming crazy!) 04 May 2009 from TwitterFon

aceram (Mexico City, Mexico) @Ruleiro en mi humilde opinion yo creo que ya contamos con la info suficiente para lo de la influenza. Gracias (o ya chole, no?) (@Ruleiro in my humble opinion I think that we already have enough for the info about the flu. Thanks (or Chol, no?) 04 May 2009 from TwitterBerry

Despite the news, many Twitter accounts continue to distribute information on swine flu and how to combat it.

El_Universal_Mx (Mexico City, Mexico) Aquí una expliación general del Sistema de Alerta Sanitaria del DF. #influenza #h1n1 http://tinyurl.com/ccg8kb (Here a general explanation of the Alert System Sanitary City) 04 May 2009 from web

RunMX2 (Mexico City, Mexico) De acuerdo a la UNAM se puede hacer ejercicio al aire libre, solo mantenerse alejados de otras personas http://tinyurl.com/d54a7g #influenza (According to UNAM exercise can be done outdoors, just stay away from other people) 04 May 2009 from web

el_economista (Mexico City, Mexico) Tips para vivir con la influenza en cines, teatros y auditorios: Las reuniones colectivas son difíciles de evita.. http://twurl.nl/j58pu2 (Tips for living with influenza in cinemas, theaters and auditoriums: The group meetings are difficult to avoid) 04 May 2009 from twitterfeed

Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda resigns

Per Thaindian News, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has resigned, just hours after sacking the nation's army chief Rookmangud Katawal. Prachanda was the nation's first Maoist PM and made the announcement on national television.

@bopsource was the first to report the news, and she followed up her initial tweet with more context from Nepal:

bopsource (Kathmandu, Nepal) Breaking news: Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda just announced resignation 04 May 2009 from web

bopsource (Kathmandu, Nepal) #nepalcrisis Prachanda has resigned. Shouting in the streets 04 May 2009 from web

Other Twitterers in Nepal were quick to tweet about the news:

saradthapa (Patan, Nepal) Nepal PM just quits the government. Prachanda is no more PM. New coalition government is forming up. hope for the best. 04 May 2009 from TweetDeck

RajSudip (Nepal) PRACHANDA QUITS- ego Problem in Nepal's Politics 04 May 2009 from web

freddie_b (Kathmandu, Nepal) Damn right! that was ego. RT @RajSudip: PRACHANDA QUITS- ego Problem in Nepal's Politics #nepalcrisis 04 May 2009 from Twitterfall

nepalsites (Kathmandu, Nepal) Prachanda steps down as prime minister of Nepal. ok. who's next on the hot seat? 04 May 2009 from web

Twitter buzzing about Star Wars Day

Some Twitterers are waking up this morning to an unusual top trend: "Happy Star Wars Day."

Between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. local time in London, there were more than 1,500 "Star Wars" tweets. Most came from early-risers in Europe, but others were tweeting as well.

Some were confused, but quickly caught on to the significance of May 4 being Star Wars Day, thanks to Twitter:

gmsarli (Denton, Texas) Happy Star Wars Day! (Why today, you ask? "May the 4th be with you!" Nyuk nyuk nyuk!) 04 May 2009 from TwitterFox

brightondoll (U.S.A.) And so it was... awake at 4 am giggling over how I just now got the whole "Happy Star Wars Day - May the 4th be with you" Nerdy & I like it! 04 May 2009 from web

lelro (England) oh oh? star wars day? EPIC. happy star wars day, meng 04 May 2009 from web

KingTutsWWH (Leeds, U.K.) Happy Star Wars Day to one and all, especially to my geeky other half. Might be celebrating with a little lightsaber combat later on...hehe 04 May 2009 from web

Hux333 (Australia) Apparently it's Star Wars day, so for all my fellow nerds, Happy Star Wars day!!! (Why do i even bother?!?) 04 May 2009 from web

LolaLalau (Shanghai, China) Who knew today is Star Wars Day? May the 4th be with you... 04 May 2009 from web