On ‘1984,’ alternative park service tweets and Half an Onion

Madonna performs on stage during the Women’s March rally Jan. 21 in Washington. Madonna performs on stage during the Women’s March rally Jan. 21 in Washington. Photo: Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press Photo: Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close On ‘1984,’ alternative park service tweets and Half an Onion 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

These wacky Trump days

A Texas radio station bans Madonna. George Orwell’s “1984” briefly tops Amazon’s bestseller list. A “resistance” team from the National Park Service comes out with its own Twitter feed. And half an onion in a plastic bag has passed 500,000 Twitter followers as it continues to tweak President Trump. Yes, Trump’s first few days in office have been particularly active on social media. The radio station went after Madonna for her lack of “patriotism”; Orwell’s book features a Ministry of Truth that offers up, uh, alternative facts; and the unofficial Park Service feed came because of a crackdown on some official ones. As for Half an Onion, it tweets things like, “For the record, I’m not gonna show you my tax returns either because, well ... I’m a half-used piece of produce in a bag. Not the president.”

Live ad will draw lots of Snickers

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A Snickers commercial will have a twist during the Super Bowl: It will air live. Ad Age reported that the ad, featuring actor Adam Driver, will be broadcast during the first commercial break in the third quarter of Feb. 5’s game between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons.

Pipeline battles

Foes of the Dakota Access Pipeline are taking to social media to go after the banks they say are helping to fund it, including virtually all of the biggest names. “We are coming for you,” tweeted Shaun King, a New York Daily News writer and leader of Black Lives Matter, who included a chart of the banks involved. “You will regret this. Pull out now.”

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