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This is a preliminary result of the network of retweets with the hashtag #jan25 at February 11 2011, at the time of the announcement of Mubarak’s resignation. If you retweeted someone, or has been retweeted, it is possible that your username is in this network.

— Jody Avirgan, Brian Lehrer Show/It’s A Free Country

Reblogged from The Week

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Activist and Google employee Wael Ghonim explains Facebook’s crucial role in the Egyptian people’s movement.

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via @richardengelnbc

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aatombomb:

The world is watching.

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At 1:10, plainclothes police are seen dragging away a man who resembles Wael Ghonim (pictured here), a Google executive who has been missing since Thursday. [via @Sweetowl]

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Twitter List : Egypt

soupsoup:

I’ve created a list of the best Twitter accounts to follow for news out of Egypt.

Reblogged from Pantsless Progressive

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The other thing to worry, or at least wonder, about is how revolutions inspired by the Internet will change their countries. Movements that center around hashtags often don’t center around leaders. Who is the Václav Havel of Tunisia?

— Nicholas Thompson, in his post on Twitter and the Cairo riots (via newyorker)

Reblogged from The New Yorker

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