People moan about Twitter being toxic etc, but it has become the best (only?) source for real-time news. You cannot get any quicker than learning information from people already on the ground and posting about what they are seeing.

Twitter knew what was happening before legacy media had even got out of bed.

if it goes down, we have lost an incredibly important source of news.

And all because of a giant manbaby throwing a tantrum

@Scientits

as the old saying goes... necessity is the mother of invention... it may take a moment.. but something else will come along... we once received breaking news on the wire... but you know all this. maybe a new wire.. who knows... for right now it's fun to watch #ChiefNiTwit's rocket crash