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Denison Forum – TWEETS WILL SOON BE 10,000 CHARACTERS    

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I hate Twitter. It’s a great tool for communicating, but it makes me limit myself to 140 characters. Being a perfectionist, I labor mightily over the best 140 characters to encapsulate the profound thought I think I’m thinking.

Twitter feels my pain. The company has announced that it will soon allow me to write as many as 10,000 characters in a tweet. You’ll get the first 140 characters, then have to click and expand to see the rest of my text. But I’ll be able to write as much as I want to say. My perfectionism is pleased.

We evaluate ourselves constantly, because we’re constantly being evaluated. Classes are beginning, with tests not far behind. The NFL playoffs start this weekend, with the most intense competition of the season. The People’s Choice Awards were last night (I’m glad The Martian won for Favorite Dramatic Movie), just one of many awards shows this time of year. And the political season is heating up, as the candidates tell us why they are better than their competitors.

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Denison Forum – NORTH KOREA ANNOUNCES DETONATION OF HYDROGEN BOMB

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North Korea announced last night that it has detonated its first hydrogen bomb. Global stocks are down this morning as a result. Why is this such bad news?

A hydrogen bomb is far more powerful than the atomic bombs the North Koreans have tested previously. Assuming last night’s claims prove true, their erratic and often irrational behavior makes their increasing nuclear capacity even more dangerous.

Meanwhile, accused murderer Steven Avery is making news this morning after more than 249,000 people signed a petition calling for his presidential pardon. Avery spent eighteen years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA evidence. Two years later he was on trial again, this time for the murder of a young photographer named Teresa Halbach. Netflix’s ten-part series on Avery’s story has made him a celebrity.

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