Rare fish caught on film for first time

Per National Geographic, the Pacific Barrel Eye fish has been caught on film for the first time off the coast of California by scientists. Pictures were released today of the incredibly strange fish with a head that National Geographic described as a "fighter plane cockpit".

The Barrel Eye lives 2000 feet down and a fully intact, live specimen has never been seen before this. It was discovered in 1939 by fishermen dragging up catches from the bottom of the ocean.

@fldhtrsxl: (Sheffield, UK) http://tinyurl.com/bowgw9 Macropinna microstoma: A deep-sea fish with a transparent head and tubular eyes - nature is WEIRD


amandakoh: (Seattle, Washington) Wooo! Checking out the coolest deep sea fish with a transparent head, housing big green tubular eyes!

awessendorf: (Baltimore, Maryland) Mindblowingly-cool photo of fish with transparent head. First ever found alive & with head intact. Looks unreal..wow!

cciepursuit: (Twin Cities, Minnesota) Fish with transparent head? Sure, why not? http://bit.ly/9UOYZ (expand) Truth IS stranger than fiction.

Bob_The_Bee: Today I have learned that there's a fish with a transparent head so that it can see prey through its own skull. Creepy.

chatoyant:(Norfolk, Virginia) RT @scifri Fish with transparent head http://is.gd/kH7G (expand) (I like how hes making a little :3 smoochy face in the first slide!)

doshdosh: (Toronto, Canada) I think its pretty. Deep sea fish with a transparent head. http://bit.ly/SlGl6 (expand)

Rare fish caught on film for first time

Six shot at New Orleans parades

Per AFP, "A baby and five other people were shot during the Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans but none of the injuries are life-threatening, police said Tuesday."

Here was some of the reaction near the scene.

@IMNEWORLEANS (New Orleans): shooting on St. Charles and 2nd at end of Rex. people injured and the shooters have been caught. stop the violence. #mardigras



@EFCuttin (New Orleans): MAN!!! Somebody got shot round 2nd st. and St.Charles- 3 blocks from where I was posted. They got arrested tho-Only In New Orleans!!!



@zorak303 (New Orleans): great...two people shot on 2nd and St. Charles. I could tell it would happen by the ghetto-ass crowd there all day. gets more violent every



@SaraOdette (New Orleans): 1 year old got shot WHAT THE [expletive]! that is some [expletive]. i hate BAD [expletive] MINDED PEOPLE.

Six shot at New Orleans parades

Google Outage: Twitterverse reacts

Per PC Magazine, Google's own-brand email system Gmail was hit was an outage early on Tuesday morning, a problem which took several hours to resolve. Here's the official Google explanation for this morning's problems.

To show the near-ubiquitous nature of Gmail and Google, here's how 7 Twitter users in 7 different countries responded in 7 different languages (translations by Google, of course!):


@shintajiri (Tokyo, Japan) Gmail 世界規模で障害？ まだ影響は出ていないみたい (Gmail failure on a global scale? I still will not affect the)




@jarofed (Kiev, Ukraine) за результатами сьогоднішніх ранкових подій Gmail тепер потрібно називати не інакше, ніж Gfail... (the results of today's morning events Gmail now need to call no differently than Gfail)




@ladyrasta (Sao Paolo, Brazil) é o apocalipse chegando...(tenho medo de ter emails importantes no gmail e não poder acessá-los...) (the apocalypse is coming ... (afraid to have important emails in gmail and can not access them ...)




@Carcadons (Bologna, Italy) ha avuto attimi di panico con Gmail down per ben due ore. (had moments of panic with Gmail down for two hours ....)




@bonarni (Copenhagen, Denmark) 113.000.000 mennesker verden over kan ikke bruge GMail lige nu. Google "is working hard to resolve this problem" - forståeligt nok..! (113,000,000 people around the world can not use GMail right now. Google "is working hard to resolve this problem" - understandably enough ..!)




@tassaramar (Buenos Aires, Argentina) A la mañana no pude entrar a Gmail y pensé en formatear la compu. Resulta que el problema era de Google, pero en su blog no decía nada..(In the morning I could not go to Gmail and I thought of formatting the computer. It turns out that the problem was Google, but his blog did not say anything ..)




@marccc (Paris, France) Il parait que Gmail était down. J'ai rien vu. Ca a du bon de dormir toute la journée ! (It seems that Gmail was down. I have not seen anything. It's good to sleep all day!)

Google Outage: Twitterverse reacts

Twitter revives historic coup d'etat in Spain

Per Soitu.es, Twitter revived minute by minute the historical coup d'etat, on February 23, 1981, of the Spanish government, remnants of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship. On this same day, 28 years ago, about 200 soldiers and paramilitary members of the Spanish Civil Guard stormed the lower house of the parliament, firing automatic weapons and shouting for a new government.

During Franco's quasi-fascist government all cultural activities were subject to censorship and many were plainly forbidden on various grounds (political or moral). Today this Twitter profile, @23f, provided a space to share thoughts and historical facts about what happened in real time. Here are just some of the many 23-f tweets:

@23f: 23:00 Sigue la ocupación militar en Valencia. Carros de combate y efectivos militares siguen en puntos neurálgicos del casco urbano (23:00 Follow the military occupation in Valencia. Tanks and troops remain in key areas of urban)


22:45 Hay policías con metralletas en tejados y guardias civiles ocupan lugares estratégicos de la ciudad. La radio emite músicas militares...(22:45 There are policemen with guns on roofs and civil guards occupy strategic locations in the city. The radio broadcast military music ...)

@brujodoncarlos Tan claro tienes que el golpe fracasará? Yo lo quiero ver (clear that the coup have failed? I want to see)

21:33 Contestación de un guardia civil en la tribuna de prensa: '¿Democracia? ¿Para qué? ¿Para que sigan matando a nuestros compañeros?'...(21:33 Response of a civil guard in the press gallery: "Democracy? Why? So they continue killing our fellow ?'...)

21:10 '...La tranquilidad es total y no se pueden difundir noticias contrarias a las que son verdaderas, que son las aquí relatadas.' (21:10 "... The peace is absolute and can not be contrary to the news that are true, which are reported here.")

Mi tia me ha enviado esta otra foto http://23-f.com/mas-tanques Tenéis fotos para pasar? Algún video de móvil? (My aunt sent me this other photo http://23-f.com/mas-tanques you have pictures to pass? Some mobile phone video?)

Here are some reactions to the project from Twitter users:

@verowhite (Sevilla, Spain): @23f Me ha gustado mucho el trabajo que habéis hecho. Yo no había nacido, así que no pude experimentar lo que fue aquello. Felicidades! (@23f I liked the work they have done. I was not born, so I could not experience what it was. Congratulations!)



@ma_garcia (Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain): @23f ¡Lo habéis hecho genial! Creo que esto pasará a los anales de la historia... de Twitter. Y en virtual todo ha sido mucho más divertido! (@23f You have done great! I think this will go down the annals of history ... of Twitter. And virtually all have been much more fun!)



@jsblanch (Barcelona, Spain): @23f gracias por vuestra iniciativa, ha sido genial (@23f thanks for your initiative, has been great)

Twitter revives historic coup d'etat in Spain

North Korea missile capable of hitting U.S. bases

Per CNN, South Korea is saying that North Korea deployed a new ballistic missile capable of hitting U.S. military bases in Guam.

United States and South Korean officials have also reported that North Korea is preparing to test-fire its long-range missile, according to CNN. The Taepodong-2 is thought to have an intended range of 4,200 miles (6,700 kilometers), giving it the capability to reach Hawaii or Alaska, per the article.

Also in recent news, North Korea warned South Korea that it is ready for war, per Deutsche Welle.

Twitter users in the U.S. worry about North Korea and South Korea's fates as well as the impending danger to the United States:

@jenbeau (New York): is continually praying for Korea (both North and South)



@humancell (Charleston, Utah): N. Korea is a major worry ... we have to get China in these conversations. Missiles are gaining range, they have nukes ... http://ow.ly/qiz



daniellesmyname (Columbia, MO): at #newsy worrying about North Korea



@Tom_Sweatman (Washington, D.C.): What’s North Korea up to? These capabilities do not appear to be defensive in nature. http://bit.ly/oHjPv



@Lawrence_n_DC (Washington, D.C.): N.Korea has developed mid-range ballistics capable of hitting Guam, Hawaii, and Alaska. Whose watch did this happen on?

North Korea missile capable of hitting U.S. bases