Ten Tweets To Start Your Friday

By Holly O'Neill
19th May 2017

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Susan Sarandon attends the "Loveless (Nelyubov)" screening during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2017 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Kristina Nikishina/Epsilon/Getty Images)

Happy Friday! Have a cup of tea and catch up on the world.?

1. This week’s TIME magazine didn’t hold back on their cover story “Russia’s social media war in America.” ?It’s been a decade since TIME didn’t have a cover line.

This week’s @TIME cover: Inside Russia’s social media war on America https://time.com/?p=4783932 by @calabresim pic.twitter.com/TmzxqM2KA6

? Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 18, 2017

2. The late graffiti artist Basquiat’s Untitled (1982) was expected to sell for at least $60million in Sotheby’s and after ten minutes of bidding set a new auction record for a U.S. artist, a record previously held by Andy Warhol. It sold for $110.5 million.

The auction room have their cameras in the air recording this… 6mins and $83m into the Basquiat record pic.twitter.com/Q2uz32WRU8
? charlotte burns (@charlieburns) May 19, 2017

3. With the success of The Handmaid’s Tale, CBC and Netflix are debuting a miniseries based on Alias Grace, the Margaret Atwood novel of an Irish immigrant named Grace Marks convicted of the 1843 murders in Canada of her employers Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery. Sarah Polley wrote and produced the series and it was directed by American Psycho‘s Mary Harron. Watch the trailer here.

Watch the sneak peek of Alias Grace. World premiere September 25 on CBC.
For more: https://t.co/U9xsGcWPuT #cbcaliasgrace pic.twitter.com/wbWNv5oD5C
? CBC (@CBC) May 18, 2017

4. Donald Trump claimed that “this is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” and people were quick to prove him wrong.

Trump: “No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly” pic.twitter.com/D1cmlKY3Fw
? Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) May 18, 2017

“No politician in history has been treated worse” – Trump
4 Presidents Assassinated.
2 Shot, not killed.
1 Accused of being born in Kenya.
? Shawn F Matian, Esq. (@ShawnFNBA) May 17, 2017

Cicero was killed and his murderers cut off his hands and head and nailed them to the speakers’ platform in the forum of Rome https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/864880389336162304
? Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) May 17, 2017

5. Women shared more stories of the most obvious things they’ve had mansplained to them.

How to pronounce my last name. https://twitter.com/NicoleFroio/status/864625505634590721
? Carrie Ann (@Writer_Carrie) May 17, 2017

How to pull a brake lever on a motorcycle. My motorcycle. He’d never ridden one before. https://twitter.com/NicoleFroio/status/864625505634590721
? Kai Dalgleish (@kaidalgleish) May 17, 2017

6.?This iconic moment.

incrible: the reaction of Sophia Loren with Jayne Mansfield is the new reaction of Julianne Moore with Susan Sarandon #Cannes2017 pic.twitter.com/sZxQsiFCEt
? thelma (@srta_pseudo) May 17, 2017

7.?Merriam-Webster dropped the mic on The Donald.

With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!
? Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2017

counsel: – a lawyer appointed to advise and represent in legal matters
council: an assembly or meeting for consultation or discussion
? Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 8, 2017

8. You can name Dublin Zoo’s new baby elephant!

Naming Competition
We need your help to name the male Asian calf based on his Asian origin!
Click here to enter: https://t.co/I2V49kFQQn pic.twitter.com/5dfmZHyhew
? Dublin Zoo (@DublinZoo) May 18, 2017

9. This important and hilarious note on the type of Twitter users.