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Twit Lit: 14 Authors We Wish Were on Twitter

Novelist Jennifer Egan is teasing us with her latest work, the short story “Black Box” — slowly releasing it in 140 character bursts on Twitter. And that got us thinking: what other authors — living or dead — would we like to see tweets from?

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Jennifer Egan Writes Short Story for Twitter

The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s latest effort will come in 140-character increments.

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Is Tweeting While Hiking Underrated?

An essay in ‘Outside’ magazine prompts the question: why can’t our technological life mix with the great outdoors?

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Tweets in Space: Contacting E.T., 140 Characters at a Time

Meet the pair of digital artists trying to raise enough money to send your online musings across the cosmos.

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National Zoo Live-Tweets Artificial Panda Insemination

What may be a first for Twitter, the National Zoo offered tweet-by-tweet updates as Mei Xiang the giant panda underwent her eighth artificial insemination procedure.

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#JuiceGate: Michael Wolff Gets Thrown Out of Movie Theater

The journalist and Rupert Murdoch biographer live-tweeted his altercation with the NYPD; somehow, Mark Cuban is involved.

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French Twitter Users Outsmart Election Law With Cheese, Flan References

Just how did the French manage to skirt a law prohibiting voting predictions in the first round of the presidential election?

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Wednesday Words: Non-Surrogate Surrogates, the App Gap and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

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Reading While Eating for April 11: Think Twice

Wednesday’s links challenge common conceptions about love — and steak.

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Welcome to Twitter, Betty White

There’s a new Golden Girl on the Twitter block, and it’s the beloved Betty White herself.