If #occupyoakland was in Damascus, U.S. State department would be telling Wolf Blitzer how unacceptable it was to teargas peaceful marchers.

Police in Oakland apparently hired George Orwell as writer. They just announced: "You are all arrested. Please submit." #OccupyOakland.

RT @gollmann: CNN breaking news "We see a dog, it is barking. It could be a K9 unit. We don't know. It is a dog." < can't make this stuff up

Yes, death of W. Houston is news. But if CNN think it supersedes hundreds killed in #Homs, they should drop the word "news" from their name.

Egyptian Blogger, activist @alaa has been detained for 15 days by the military prosecutor. Background: http://t.co/guZX2pf8

Hey, people make a friend for life. Stranded in Boston?  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r2dbf7q2sIiiQWynPNgH74qNeheNycTyk7hXue9AJhs/viewform … Have a place to offer?  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dqIKVq6IqX4BVXqOW_a9-qmXt1KJ_4Nu3NPNnC1g1mw/viewform …

I've said this before: if what was happening in Oakland was happening in Tehran, State dept would be condemning it to Wolf Blitzer. #oo

This is what effective anti-terrorism looks like. Suspect, captured alive, on his way to a hospital. Not a martyr, not a twisted legend.

Here's the sequence of pics showing Army stripping, beating a woman wearing hijab. RT @ramyraoof: http://t.co/Q3WE4QWa #Tahrir

Just went thru many feeds of journalists at Zuccotti. Journalist after journo reports police violence, being denied press recognition. #ows

Also: @alaa's wife, @manal is nine-months pregnant. @alaa may miss the birth of his first child b/c of a military trial for activism.

What isolates people is TV, suburbanization, long-commutes, increasing working hours, mandatory two-income families... Not social media.

Everyone's looking for big political links but this shows how easy it is for any lost soul to make a small bomb & terrorize. Yet so few do.

Helpful visualization of what Twitter has actually taken down so far. Every. Single. One. is. a. DMCA. request. http://t.co/w9fk4LOK

"We Are All Armenians": Huge march in Istanbul on the 5th anniversary of murder of Armenian journo #Hrant Dink. http://t.co/IXNms4Vc

FBI reportedly suggested #ows evictions be: "coordinated for a time when the press was the least likely to be present" http://t.co/idfxLHjC

Almost all journalists I follow who have applied for a visa to cover #Feb14 in #Bahrain have been denied. Anyone granted a visa? Anyone?

Here's a photo of Hrant's dead body. My grandma said: "I cried for days. Who could kill a man with holes in his shoes?" http://t.co/GBYjfda0

Best one. RT @katies: OMG. Hillary Tumblr + Romney Binder = Internet awesomeness  http://bit.ly/SZeywY 

This is civilization. It did not happen easily. --> "The suspect is arrested"