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The Things I Find Through Twitter

Yesterday, as I browsed through Twitter, I found this tweet about the University of Wisconsin and its financial situation.

Will #UWSystem see an exodus of faculty? #ScottWalkerFailed and is destroying everything he can of #Wisconsin

— Harvey J Kaye (@harveyjkaye) June 2, 2015

Today, revisiting his Twitter, I saw this tweet which includes the hashtag #Wississippi.

Latest from #Wississippi > #Wisconsin Abortion Ban Would Allow Father To Sue For Emotional Distress http://t.co/aY0OIEHMNa

— Harvey J Kaye (@harveyjkaye) June 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wississippi?src=hash

Apparently, #Wississippi is a portmanteau of Mississippi and Wisconsin, meant to imply that Wisconsin is becoming more like Mississippi in governance.

One Bu Laia

He tweets that he speaks only English then rattles off a question in Spanish.

"Talk Good English or Get Out!"

@Millie__Weaver @Vir_Superanus I think English Only advocates should to write in English, don't you?

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) February 3, 2014