Archive for June 15th, 2009

  • Change your location and time zone on Twitter to Tehran, Iran (that’s GMT+3:30
  • Change your profile icon to green in some way. (GREEN your avatar: www.picnik.com upload pic select nightvision -VH)
  • Set up a proxy. and send a DM to @ProtesterHelp. On Windows, do this and on Linux do this
  • DO NOT retweet posts from Iran. This puts the users at risk. The Iranian Ministry of the Interior is watching Twitter closely now.
  • (PLEASE remove account info & just put “RT from Iran” for Iranian twitter users safety. It has become a trending topic. -VH)
  • Submit e-mails to CNN and other news sources about the Iranian Revolution- demand more coverage

Where else should you do? Follow people you’re interested in, show your support. Also, RT the advice from @ProtesterHelp. They are tweeting suggestions for Iranian protesters in English and Farsi (granted, it’s broken Farsi, but Farsi nonetheless!
And of course, RT this post

@emsenn

More can be found at - Source

Previously:
[Update XI:] Iran closes Al Arabiya’s offices in Tehran] Iran Erupts: Sham Election Ignites Heated Protests

[Updated w/ report of police brutality - photo] Video: Iranian Riot Police on Motorcycles Ram Straight Through Protesters

Iran Jamming BBC Satellite Used to Broadcast BBC Persian TV

Open Thread-Iran Election Aftermath [Update 6: June 15 election protest-photo AP photog. reports seeing 1 person shot & killed]

Video: In Iran a Basij militia armed with an AK-47 opens fire into crowd of protesters from rooftop

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Flying pigs

President Obama should just join the cast of “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” It’s not that farfetched; he’s been on everything else.

I’m still a fan, but there’s a fine line between being transparent and being overexposed.

Remember during the campaign when John McCain attacked Obama for acting like a celebrity and we all laughed at the grumpy old shellshocked fool? Well, it turns out he was right. Sorry, senator. I’m sending a nice gift basket of high-fiber muffins your way.

It’s getting to where you can’t turn on your TV without seeing Obama. Who does he think he is, Dick Cheney? Come on, sir, you don’t have to be on television every minute of every day. You’re the president, not a rerun of “Law and Order.”

And like Lohan, we see your name in the paper a lot, but we’re kind of wondering when you’re actually going to do something.

I’m sure Maher resume spouting the tripe he is known for. But I will give credit where credit is due.

Even if the credit is given on a long over-due criticism…

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Iranian citizens walk the razors edge demanding freedom.

In Iran emotions are at a fevered pitch. Violence escalates as “dissenters” are being “cracked down” on.

A Basij (the volunteer paramilitary wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards) armed with an AK-47 opens fire into crowd of protesters.

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YouTube Video of CNN report with (graphic) photo of protester who had been shot I presume dead. Proceed with caution.

Twitter user cargotom uploaded a disturbing (graphic) photo of a victim of the crackdown to TwitPic here.

Here is another YouTube video of a young girl who has been shot and is being placed in an ambulance.

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@stephenfry: Our Iranian friends can access Twitter from 148.233.239.24 Port:80 in Tehran. Can avoid govt filters from here. #iranelection

@stephenfry: Functioning Iran proxies 218.128.112.18:8080 218.206.94.132:808 218.253.65.99:808 219.50.16.70:8080 #iranelection

Previously:
[Update XI:] Iran closes Al Arabiya’s offices in Tehran] Iran Erupts: Sham Election Ignites Heated Protests

[Updated w/ report of police brutality - photo] Video: Iranian Riot Police on Motorcycles Ram Straight Through Protesters

Iran Jamming BBC Satellite Used to Broadcast BBC Persian TV

Open Thread-Iran Election Aftermath [Update 6: June 15 election protest-photo AP photog. reports seeing 1 person shot & killed]

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