Codebreaker

Tweets of Old

John Moe Jun 9, 2010

We spoke to the proprietor of the Twitter feed @TweetsOfOld on today’s show. It’s an odd, hilarious, and strangely touching trip back through newspapers of long ago where one realizes that what’s said on Twitter today isn’t perhaps as novel as we might expect. Julia Suits, who compiles the ancient tweets, reads a few of her favorites.

Listen to “Tweets of Old”

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