People drop things on the Internet and run all the time. So we have to ask. In this edition, IAVA digital engagement director and Tech LadyMafia co-founder Aminatou Sow tells us more about…

“Catchy hashtags are a hallmark and give clues that the tweeting in question is a Black Twitter thing.” [Related]

What Space Looks Like

The happy news that we will soon be able to use lasers to blow up all the garbage we have littered the cosmos with comes…

Opted out of swinging from the wrecking ball when I saw this waiver. A selfie isn’t worth dying for. pic.twitter.com/w4YhzHqTY0

— Gillian Lanyon (@gillianlanyon) March 9, 2014

There’s only one news report or image needed from SXSW, and…

“If you’re a banker today, many who once looked up to you as a success now think you’re evil; maybe you’re even the type who caused the economy to crumble.”

Cake Had, Eaten

“Letting Lis Smith go was De Blasio’s biggest mistake”

“De Blasio Deputy Acknowledges Hiring Process Has Been a ‘Bit Slower Than Some’”

Remember how, back when Google co-founder Sergey Brin turned 40, we noted that the occasion offered an opportunity for “those of us over 40 [to] feel confirmed in our own senses of failure in life,” and gave “those of us who have not yet turned 40… however many years until we do to have our failures…

— jasoncherkis (@jasoncherkis) March 10, 2014

Discuss.

“The bad news: In lieu of a debilitating snowstorm, Washington, Philly, New York, Boston, and points in between will get a lashing of cold rain, which will probably feel like just about the worst thing imaginable if you happen to be caught outside late Wednesday night. Winds could…

“A sturgeon which escaped from an aquatic centre during the floods which swept Britain has been found in a puddle a mile away, as experts hope another missing Koi Carp could still be found.”

Guess what’s artisanal now!

“Action star chides mayor for failing to visit carriage horse stables” is a news story that is happening to us here in the year two-thousand and fourteen.