Topic: Twitter
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Behind the Mask: @UrbanismAvenger Speaks!
The voice behind our favorite new Twitter feed won't reveal his or her true identity, but does offer casting notes for an all-urbanist superhero team.
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How Twitter Helped One Man Become Chicago's Most Popular Cab Driver
Rashid Temuri has more than 4,100 followers and more service calls than he can handle.
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What Twitter Means to Detroit
It may only be a small office, but the deal is a high profile win for entrepreneur Dan Gilbert.
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Democracy in America
Sheboygan's Odd, Addictive Police Scanner Chatter
@Sheboyganscan posts shocking, head-scratching and zen tweets from the Wisconsin city's police scanner.
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Why Twitter Chose Berlin
The city's affordability and edgy culture is helping turn it into a world-class high-tech center.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Philly Outlaws Feeding the Homeless Outside
Plus, Los Tigres del Norte Rancho are banned in Mexico for singing about drugs; it's forbidden to sleep in your car in Santa Margarita; get those cars off of your front yards, Muskegon!
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What's the Worst Service Alert a Transit System Can Send?
L.A.'s Metro Rail system offered up a serious contender this morning.
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Maps
Map of the Day: How People Travel Around a City
An artist and cartographer lays out 10,000 tweets to map cities' most popular routes.
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'I Hate the Blue Line' and Other Things Transit Systems Can Learn From Twitter
Public transportation riders aren't shy about expressing their displeasure when things go wrong
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The Social Media Avalanche and the Mayoral Communications Office
As criticism over the handling of Occupy camps heated up, not every mayor's office was prepared to deal with an international outpouring of negative opinion
