20,000 Tweeps achieved!

Thanks to everyone who joined up and/or decided they needed to hear even more of me, if only in 140 character form. I will endeavor to be even more banal and describe my breakfast more often.

And of course — as promised — I have donated $200 to the James Randi Educational Foundation. If you want to join me and give money to this worthy organization (full disclosure: I’m the President, but it is a good cause) then go to the JREF donation page, or if you’re on Twitter and have a PayPal account you can use Twitpay. Just sign up for the service (it only takes a couple of minutes) and send a Tweet that says @JREF twitpay $50 (you can add a note to the end like "because Phil made 20k tweeps") and the process will start up automatically.

Thanks to everyone who followed and to those who donated. It’s much appreciated, and you can know your money is going to help fight the forces of nonsense that are forever storming our gates.

September 1st, 2009 10:34 AM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Cool stuff, JREF | 7 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

7 Responses to “20,000 Tweeps achieved!”

1. Rory Kent Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:52 am

20,012?
IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!

On a more serious note, congratulations on your achievement!
2. Sili Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm

Sorry – my new gig is pretty temporary, and doesn’t pay that anyway.

Anyway, I gave at the office (/the Blogathon).
3. Naked Bunny with a Whip Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 12:58 pm

I think “tweep” is what birds call a yiff. Which explains why Phil has been so busy, I suppose.
4. Cindy Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 1:15 pm

Phil,

I guess you missed the article in last week’s NY Times that said teenagers were not using Twitter. I asked the teenager who was babysitting my daughter if she used Twitter and she said “Ohmigod, no”. She only used it to follow celebrities. She laughed and said it would be silly for her to use it and basically it would be “I’m going to the bathroom now”.

You’re a dear old friend, but I find that I waste enough time following your blog.
5. Naked Bunny with a Whip Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 2:31 pm

She only used it to follow celebrities.

So…she’s not using Twitter, except when she’s using it?
6. eddie Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:25 am

Hmmm, didn’t think you’d reach that milestone until 2012 when, you know, the world ends and stuff…
7. Ivan Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 am

Achievement Unlocked!

Score!

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Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He's written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic and fights the abuse of science, but his true love is praising the wonders of real science.

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