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Twittering to Freedom

by Curtiss P. Martin on April 25, 2008 in Around the Web

A graduate student named James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail by twittering ‘arrested’ from his cell phone. Distress signal 2.0?

Via CNN and WaPo

Now an NYC refugee, Curtiss P. Martin serves as a contributing editor of all things clean and green at ScribeMedia. When he isn’t out on the road or in the field researching and reporting on controversial science and tech topics, Curtiss can be found communing with the creative kids at the Elsewhere artist collaborative in Greensboro, NC.

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May 02, 2008 at 1:16 pm, Rachel Harper said:

Further proof that my excessive texting is completely legitimate, and possibly life-saving.
May 04, 2008 at 4:14 pm, dan said:

yup, 100% needed. (fellow insane texter)