{"id":1598,"date":"2011-11-18T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icantinternet.org\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2016-11-11T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T11:29:10","slug":"twitter-accounts-worthy-of-a-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beheydt.be\/en\/twitter-accounts-worthy-of-a-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Accounts Worthy Of A Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Twitter is great, but who to follow? Here are a few suggestions to get you started.<\/h2>\n<p>Twitter is great, 140 characters to let the world know how you feel, what you&#8217;re doing or where to get off. Admittedly though, we don&#8217;t always use those characters eloquently and wisely, or engagingly and wittily. However, here&#8217;s a selection of tweeps who do&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>@nathistorywhale<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nathistorywhale\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nathistorywhale<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/62904109@N00\/288967289\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/111\/288967289_f023ef82ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yup, that&#8217;s right, the mighty Blue Whale tethered to the ceiling in the Natural History Museum in New York City has a twitter account. Come on, why wouldn&#8217;t he?!<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: Starting to see some people carrying jackets lately. From what I&#8217;ve heard about fall, I think I might like it.<\/p>\n<h2>@factsandtrivia<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/factsandtrivia\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/factsandtrivia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A daily source of interesting facts and trivia, kind of as you&#8217;d expect from the name, but they&#8217;re really, really good.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: On average, it takes five trips to the mall to complete all holiday shopping.<\/p>\n<h2>@newsongoftheday<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/NewSongOfTheDay\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/NewSongOfTheDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the music lovers among you, a feed that delivers right to you a new song more or less every day.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: &#8220;Paradise&#8221; by @coldplay &#8211; In honor of tonight&#8217;s @nbcsnl performance<\/p>\n<h2>@astropicoftheday<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/apod\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/apod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Backed by Nasa @AstroPicOfTheDay delivers to the stargazers of Twitter an image of the universe in all its wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: Orange Sun Scintillating : http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap111115.html<\/p>\n<h2>@thewordoftheday<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/thewordoftheday\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/thewordoftheday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is your vocabulary leaving you tongue-tied and word-shy? Then follow @TheWordOfTheDay and be speaking like a bard in no time.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: 14\/11 &#8211; fatuous &#8211; adj: foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.<\/p>\n<h2>@deathstarpr<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DeathStarPR\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DeathStarPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, this is fictional, but that really doesn&#8217;t detract in the slightest. The passive aggressive feed of those responsible for the Empire&#8217;s public relations. Genius.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: Darth Vader wasn&#8217;t named #SexiestManAlive. Is it the asthma? The Jedi murdering? It&#8217;s because he wears black, isn&#8217;t it? Racists.<\/p>\n<h2>@god_damn_batman<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/God_Damn_Batman\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/God_Damn_Batman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/puuikibeach\/2711970109\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3069\/2711970109_b90f685aeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dark Knight delivers his vigilante style of justice via the micro-blogging service.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: Are you a Batman or a Batcan&#8217;t? That&#8217;s right. You heard me.<\/p>\n<h2>@1coolthingaday<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/1coolthingaday\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/1coolthingaday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If there aren&#8217;t enough cool things in your Twitter feed, then follow these chaps and by the end of the week you&#8217;ll have seven!<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: Today&#8217;s Cool Thing: Carbon Fiber Stormtroopers!<\/p>\n<h2>@drunkhulk<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/drunkhulk\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/drunkhulk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hulk isn&#8217;t just angry, he&#8217;s also drunk. Typing, as you&#8217;d expect from mighty green genetic mutation, in all uppercase, @DrunkHulk offers his take on the world and it isn&#8217;t always what you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: CONGRESS SAY PIZZA IS VEGETABLE! THAT CRAZY! EVERYONE KNOW IT BREAKFAST!<\/p>\n<h2>@mrsstephenfry<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/drunkhulk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MrsStephenFry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Stephen Fry, arguably gave Twitter to the world. His wife (fictional, naturally) now gives us her unique view in 140 characters.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Tweet: After 200 metres turn left, then right, then boldly go where no man has gone before&#8217;&#8230;I knew we shouldn&#8217;t have bought this Shatnav<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully a few of these will have you following like crazy and retweeting like the Twitter hero you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter is great, but who to follow? Here are a few suggestions to get you started. Twitter is great, 140 characters to let the world know how you feel, what you&#8217;re doing or where to get off. Admittedly though, we don&#8217;t always use those characters eloquently and wisely, or engagingly and wittily. 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