Megan McCarthy @Megan Twitter profile

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

9 years

Do it, Chris. Give in. Push Donald aside and take the mic back. In front of everyone. You know you want to.

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4 years

Just walked by a woman wearing a bright green shamrock shirt that said "Kiss me, I'm vaccinated"

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6 years

This blurry girl is Marsala.

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@felixsalmon That's breaking my brain

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@karaswisher @SEP Kara, are you hanging out in the air vents again?

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4 years

Because of course you want to know more about the calamari guy

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Twitter eras: Fail Whale (2006-1/15/2009) Golden Age (1/15/2009-11/8/2016) Doomscrolling (11/8/2016-10/27/2022) Flail Whale (10/27/2022-current)

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10 years

For every Ebola joke you make on Twitter, please donate $50 to @MSF : http://t.co/WKQkIaM6LW

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3 years

@nycsouthpaw Coffee milk is the official state drink of Rhode Island and they served it to us in public school kindergarten.

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8 years

How can someone keep the homeland secure if they can't even secure their own notes?

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5 years

If you need a Halloween costume for your pup, this list is for you. Check out little Penny with the @UPS delivery!

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5 years

@TaylorLorenz Honestly, I far prefer a staged proposal to an actual surprise one.

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8 years

A little boy at the playground next door keeps screaming out his friend Stella's name and it sounds like a Kindergarten version of Streetcar

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Megan McCarthy

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7 years

Personal news! I am thrilled to be joining @techreview as executive editor later this month, and I couldn't be more excited to work with @glichfield and the amazing team there. Next stop: Cambridge!

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Technology Review recently hired a new editor in chief @glichfield , formerly of @qz and as of today we will have a new executive editor, @megan , formerly of Reuters, Techmeme, etc.

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2 years

Every player in the Netherlands/Argentina match should get their own souvenir yellow card.

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2 years

@JanetPhD @WillOremus And scammers trying to get identity info for Twitter employees.

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4 years

@sacca Elon announcing that he's leaving

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@Megan

11 years

Siri is the first woman onstage at WWDC

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3 years

@JasonIsbell How are you planning on getting out of that dinner alive?

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@Megan

9 years

With any luck, Facebook's new media thing will help kill the "pageview" as the lone metric for publisher success: http://t.co/uWFeKKilIk

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@Megan

4 years

@RadioFreeTom It tells you that the writer can't tell letterhead from the bottom of a scratch pad

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@PopulismUpdates Henry George wins the 1886 NYC mayoral race.

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9 years

A Tesla parked on 5th Ave with the license plate "LOLFUEL"

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@Megan

8 years

Unofficial results from the neighborhood coffee shop tip jar poll show Clinton with a commanding lead.

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@Megan

8 years

@hunterwalk @LilJon This seems like the clearest, most straightforward, and non-hyperbolic statement this election so let's forgive the typo

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@Megan

9 years

Does the Pope's airplane have a special name? Prayer Force One or something like that?

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

3 years

@darth Yet it's also the middle of September... How did that happen?

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2 years

@jdesmondharris Bright Flight

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@Megan

8 years

So Trump gets to back out of the "surprisingly complicated" health care mess while putting the blame for keeping Obamacare on Ryan.🤔

NBC Politics

@NBCPolitics

8 years

BREAKING: President Trump issues ultimatum to House Republicans: Vote Friday or Obamacare stays

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12 years

NBC did not bid for the Olympics to show the games to us. NBC bid for the Olympics to show McDonalds, Visa, P&G, etc to us

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@Megan

9 years

Oh hey, I joined @alleydev : http://t.co/JQ0GVi0YjC

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

7 years

Cool, Elon Musk invented the subway.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

9 years

Did they change the logo because Larry and Sergey are at Burning Man?

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@Megan

4 years

@JessicaHuseman Is it the faith in elections that are the root of the violence? Or is it some people's realization that they are not in the majority and their response to that? Transparent elections night not calm people upset about losing power.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

13 years

So looks like at least one Twitter user ( @ReallyVirtual ) live-tweeted the Osama raid yesterday without knowing what it was.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

6 years

If you're interested in the future of computing -- supercomputers, quantum, exascale, etc -- you should follow @martingiles and read his latest piece on the race between China and the US to build an exascale machine

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@Megan

9 years

I would watch a Supreme Court-based reality show.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

10 years

Medium sold advertising to BMW using time spent on the article, not pageviews, as its sales metric: http://t.co/lyXi3vqUxG

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@Megan

3 years

@TheStalwart Hockey sends people to the penalty box pretty much every other game and it's an exciting advantage, but not an automatic obliteration.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

10 years

Tim Cook said he's gay. In 29 states, you could be fired for doing the same via @FortuneMagazine http://t.co/nhWvKqBVPx

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@Megan

11 years

Personal career news - I am thrilled to be joining the team at @FortuneMagazine next month: http://t.co/KP79TicLdk

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@Megan

10 years

How we got that sweet shot of the Millennium Falcon: http://t.co/ADwbQC9ngU http://t.co/R2N4MKlgDY

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

12 years

Some personal news: I'm joining Reuters and working with their digital team. First day is today!

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

4 years

Fail Whale? <takes long drag on a cigarette> I haven't heard that name in years. <exhales>

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

5 years

I've had Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus stuck in my head for the last few days except my brain keeps rephrasing the chorus to be "Reach out and touch face" and it's like NO BRAIN STOP IT

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@Megan

3 years

@emilynussbaum I completely forgot they dated until I read your post and instantly remembered a candid photo of the two of them where Ben was talking to Gwyneth and she had an exasperated eye roll expression that was just an iconic meme at an early-aughts message board I lurked on.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

11 years

Just to be safe, went through my entire iPhone contact list and changed everyone’s entry to their Carlos Danger name: http://t.co/Nk7YObGDNi

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

6 years

If you’ve read Mediagazer in the last eight years, you likely read @LyraMcKee ’s work. Lyra joined as an editor when I left in 2011. We never met in person, but it was clear how deeply she cared about the world and how journalism could shape it. This news is devastating. RIP.

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@Megan

4 years

@amandamull @annehelen I'm curious if many parents of Old Millennials listened to Talk Radio in the car driving to soccer practice and if podcasts are the subconscious response to that.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

8 years

Funny how alt-right idiots mock minority fear, yet can't handle any discomfort themselves:

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@Megan

4 years

I was lucky enough to know @sarahcpr back in my Silicon Valley days. She's a brilliant satirist, keen, and witty. She deserves all the accolades:

TikTok star Sarah Cooper's first Netflix comedy special is a triumph

Sarah Cooper got famous lip syncing to President Trump quotes, but now she has her own Netflix special that goes way beyond her viral shtick.

www.usatoday.com

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@Megan

8 years

Issue with "blow shit up to build it again" is that the people who want it aren't the ones destroyed in the process

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

12 years

Same student, different schools. http://t.co/IkZdiOT0UX

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

9 years

Thank you Title IX. #USAvJPN

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

10 years

To be fair, the fact that he now has the top results in a google search of the terms “Mohammed” and “Islam” is kind of worth $72M.

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@Megan

4 years

@brianstelter As if it's okay that anyone is killed by police?

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@Megan

2 years

@baddestmamajama LL Bean if you want the classic New England look. They seem to have some thick cotton fisherman sweaters that could fit the bill.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

9 years

Anyone who thinks that @taylorswift13 shouldn't have influence at Apple forgets that they named their iOS language after her.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

10 years

This town! Justice Sotomayor shopping at the same Costco where Hillary Clinton is signing books RT @maggiepolitico : http://t.co/AY1wuoCN2H

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

9 years

Petty scandals are the best scandals and there's a perfect volcano erupting in the crossword puzzle world right now:

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

7 years

Anyway, it's smart of Bezos to let Bodega test out the practical execution of this idea before Amazon designs and launches their own version

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

10 years

Hey media nerds, here's a peek at the NYT's CMS: http://t.co/VVrh5vH5Yy (thanks to @eringriffith who knew I would find that fascinating)

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@Megan

6 years

Watch a hacked voting machine spit out the tainted results:

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@Megan

11 years

Is the big surprise that 60 Minutes is getting into native advertising?

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@Megan

12 years

What if Color is really just an elaborate prank that a few bored Silicon Valley veterans decided to pull on the entire tech press?

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@Megan

5 years

@davewiner @sarahkendzior Out of curiosity, could you share the example? I can't think of an example off the top of my head that I would consider mean, so I'm curious what I'm missing.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

12 years

The most amazing subway ad, ever. http://t.co/YdoG6zO2

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@Megan

2 years

Now imagine the loudest of them drunkenly overpays for the bar and tries to make his money back by firing half the bartenders, watering down the drinks, charging a $20 cover, and replacing the house band with his buddy with a laptop who saw Solomun in Ibiza once.

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8 years

@Fahrenthold @realDonaldTrump Was Don Jr. or Eric in a troop that sold something that cost that much?

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@Megan

2 years

So a clown car and a cybertruck drive into a gold mine....

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

10 years

Heineken's largest shareholder is a woman worth $11B: http://t.co/HkzvsWdjFv

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

6 years

Very clever, @photomatt

Automattic

@automattic

6 years

Automattic is proud to announce the location of HQ813 -- our 813th office. It's this scuba diving boat off the coast of Greece: #HQ2 #HQeverywhere #WeAreHiring #DistributedWork

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

7 years

France, China, the UK, and Canada are all drawing up plans for an Artificial Intelligence future. Trump? The opposite. Can the US catch up in time?

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

6 years

I see you, news outlets that timed a push notification to 2:18:30

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

5 years

Unfortunately, this article is not about how Kate and Rooney Mara are outscheming their cousins.

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5 years

The New York Giants Are About to Live Their Own Season of ‘Succession’ via @ringer

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@Megan

4 years

As a Rhode Island native, I suggest you try a johnnycake, Del’s lemonade, quahogs, and steamers along with your calamari.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

7 years

The judgmental guy behind the counter eyeing my 2am purchase is preferable to Bodega's data collection master plan:

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@Megan

4 years

Barista just asked me, with alarm, if I “really wanted 30 oz of iced coffee?!” like we’re not in Boston.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

12 years

Rex Reed, who doesn't like anything, loves @SethMacFarlane 's Ted: http://t.co/C1lRjjR6

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@Megan

10 years

Coca-Cola started selling in communist China 35 years ago today. Fascinating story of how they reintroduced the brand http://t.co/K6jPwOasfL

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@Megan

3 years

Man, I can't wait for 2020 to be over.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

8 years

Politics aside, can't we all agree this is an A+ headline?

New York Daily News

@NYDailyNews

8 years

Tomorrow's front page... WEAK END AT BERNIE'S: Backers turn against him, say time to unite

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@Megan

10 years

Godspeed to all friends heading to Austin. May the lines be short, the tacos plentiful, and the device batteries above 20%.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

12 years

I interviewed @scrawford on Internet infrastructure, why broadband speeds are too slow, and how to fix it all: http://t.co/AIjUcC7tCo

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@Megan

8 years

Who else would happily take 4 more years of Obama?

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@Megan

6 years

"Also, I think we need all of our voices to call out, frankly, Facebook for still allowing Infowars and similar sites to profit by spreading misinformation. Because profit is definitely part of it."

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

6 years

I just watched a robin pluck a worm out of the ground at 6:29pm— take that Morning People.

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@Megan

11 years

Guys, what if the plane is still there and we’re the ones who have disappeared?

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@Megan

11 years

How the Pentagon’s payroll quagmire traps America’s soldiers: http://t.co/hB67CNAa7v

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@Megan

6 years

@espiers Protect kids from guns by making them less able to escape a fire!

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

12 years

Wondering if NBC is going to edit out this salute to socialist health care and replace it with McDonald's commercials tonight

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

2 years

Twitter isn't the Town Square. Its appeal is that it's the online version of your city's best bar, with killer vibes, cheap, tasty drinks and cool regulars. It's cozy enough to chill with all your friends and big enough to avoid that loud group across the way.

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Megan McCarthy

@Megan

12 years

Can't wait to see GOB wear Google Glasses in the Arrested Development movie

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