Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. In St. Louis, weather is a social media event. Tweets immediately pick up at the first sign of change, whether that’s rain, hail, snow or sun. #STLWX is widely used to tag those tweets. The WX abbreviation can be traced back to the days of the telegraph. Here’s a… Continue reading Follow the latest weather tweets
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Kurt Greenbaum (@KGreenbaum) and I (@EricaSmith) will be reporting (and tweeting) live from Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con. That’s a mouthful — we’ll be using the hashtag #wwstl, and encourage you to join us. Tweets about “#wwstl OR #stlww OR #stlouiscc” We’ve also created a Twitter list of… Continue reading Who’s ready for comic con?
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This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Sports blogger Matt Sebek recently noticed the machine that served up Internet access at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport had disappeared. So he took to Twitter to ask where it had gone. @flystl People demand the truth: what happened to the Internet machine from the Southwest terminal? pic.twitter.com/oHGLH2Jtgf — Matt… Continue reading Blogger seeks Internet machine
Several fans of “The Bachelor,” “New Girl” and “NCIS” were upset when Kansas City stations interrupted the shows for breaking coverage of an explosion at Country Club Plaza. At least 14 people were hospitalized; at least one person died in the blast. [View the story “Restaurant explosion vs. TV shows” on Storify]