Tweet, tweet, cheap cocaine anyone?

First story I read this morning was about the British PM Gordon Brown (over there on your left) 'Tweeting' the support of his own health system, the NHS.

Good job Gordy. That'll get the kids on board.

Then of course there was the obligatory Twitter campaign story in the Sydney Morning Herald (thankfully it was relegated to the Technology section so no complaints there really). This campaign was against a fashion label that printed shirts for babies that say 'They shake me'.

Even Gordon thinks it's funny, look, he is smiling. Good job media.

IN OTHER NEWS:

* The iPhone is now officially recognised as the tool of the Devil, after reports they "suddenly burst into flames and smoke";

* Apparently no one likes Australia anymore, which of course is understandable if you are a New Zealander because, well, when Australians cross the ditch they are the biggest bunches of tight arses around;

* Drug dealers in Canada are set to have a slow weekend after it was revealed animal worming drug is being used to cut cocaine. Interestingly though the story on CBC.ca was the second most commented story as at 9am on Friday (amazingly it was just behind the story Ignatieff lags Harper in approval rating: poll). Several theories here:
A) There is a lot of people who are bummed about no cocaine this weekend
B) There are a lot of animals concerned they will get worms in the near future.
C) Politicians are worried about getting worms off Ignatieff;

* If you want award winning sausages you need to get to the Lower Clarence in Australia;

* Thanks to the Naked Scientists we discover why men have to stand to urinate -- very interesting.

and finally;

* The maths behind the expanding universe thanks to Starts With A Bang

Facebook -- the greatest news source EVER

What do you think is the photo lead story on Australia's Sydney Morning Herald website as at 11.35am on a Friday? Stupid question really considering you can see it.

That's right my fellow hedgehog balls of fury,
Facebook leads to jealousy. You doth protest though, "it's a leading national newspaper", of course this has serious implications for all Australians.

Look I am not here to douse the claims that:

"All this friending, poking and picture-posting on Facebook can get you in trouble with your significant other. "

Heavens no. What about this snippet:

"Jealous types now have to deal with brand-new kinds of provocations, such as a comment on their partner's wall from a possible romantic rival, or their loved ones getting tagged - identified - in a picture from an old relationship. Boyfriends and girlfriends can view all of this on their partners' walls."

Oh Facebook, what ever will you do next? Well how about this little number:

"It seems like Facebook is creating jealousy even where there was not jealousy to begin with," claims Amy Muise, a doctoral candidate at the University of Guelph's psychology department who led a recent study on how Facebook can spark jealousy in romantic relationships among college students.

WHOAAAAAAAAAAA back up there. FB is causing jealousy? If only I had a cane that I could rap over FB's knuckles although the very next paragraph eases my mine.

She said Facebook doesn't necessarily make people more jealous than they would be normally. But all the information divulged on Facebook - those answers to "What's on your mind?" and reactions to those posts - can increase "triggers" for jealousy.

Oh, so you only trigger jealousy. Of course. Well lucky then we hedgehogs don't get jealous?

But to finish it all off there is this little number:

Laney Cohen, a 24-year-old who works in public relations in New York City, has a longtime boyfriend now in law school in Florida. She began noticing last year that her boyfriend was being tagged in photographs with a female friend who "kind of rubs me the wrong way." One picture in particular upset her: The pair were in a bar, and the woman was looking up at Cohen's boyfriend.

"I felt that it was a very couple-y picture to be in, and I freaked out and I called him and said, `This is disrespectful to me and our relationship. What if people start asking questions about why you're always hanging out with her?'" Cohen recalled.

The answer was simple for Laney:

"He's either untagging photos or not showing up in the photos anymore," she said. "Either way is fine."

Awesome.

NOTE: Just so you know, every day I am hoping to scour the leading newspapers to work out how many stories are about Facebook/Twitter and just how important they are ranked on news websites.

FYI: News.com.au led with a 22-year-old London girl, with a prosthetic arm, who sued a store she was working for because they sacked her because they made her work out the back in the store room because she didn't fit the "look" of the store despite hiring her with full knowledge of her disability. She was paid $15,400 for "injury to her feelings" and $269 for "wrongful dismissal".