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Entries in Iran (2)

Friday
19Jun2009

Iran Pictures ... and some Green Avatars

Quick note --

Amazing pics of Iran protests, both in Iran and around the world:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/19/744656/-Tehran-Street-PhotosOn-the-Brink

If you want to reset your Twitter or Facebook avatar to support the Iranian protesters, go here:
http://creativebits.org/twitter/green_support_icons_twitter_iranelection_campaign

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Monday
15Jun2009

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised -- But It Will Be Twittered

Sorry to all for not getting the longer C-J article up. (It's coming, I promise, and I think it will be worth the wait.) I had planned on working on it this weekend, but my schedule got completely blown away by two things: yardwork (much soreness) and following the events in Iran via Twitter (much amazement, fascination, and concern).

Some of you may remember the CNN coverage of the first Gulf war and how we all tuned in, both amazed and shocked at watching the opening of a war in real time. That's something of how I felt over the weekend: while the traditional media were almost completely blocked and only able to tell what the Iranian government allowed, I was reading tweets like these in real time:

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