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Analysed 41,685 tweets, tweets from the last 66 weeks.
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Tweets Hour of Day (UTC)
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Tweets Day and Hour Heatmap (UTC)
| Top Applications | Count | % |
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40,106 | 96.2% |
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899 | 2.2% |
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470 | 1.1% |
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163 | 0.4% |
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37 | 0.1% |
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Tweet | 40,343 | 96.8% |
| Retweet | 876 | 2.1% |
| Reply | 465 | 1.1% |
| Quote | 15 | 0.0% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| URL | 40,328 | 96.7% |
| Photo | 1,034 | 2.5% |
| GIF | 573 | 1.4% |
| Video | 388 | 0.9% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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19,822 | 97.3% |
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404 | 2.0% |
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63 | 0.3% |
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42 | 0.2% |
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19 | 0.1% |
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5 | 0.0% |
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4 | 0.0% |
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2 | 0.0% |
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2 | 0.0% |
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2 | 0.0% |
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@Henry_Curr | Most Quoted Users | Count | % |
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10 | 66.7% |
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2 | 13.3% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
| Most Replied to Users | Count | % |
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464 | 99.8% |
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1 | 0.2% |
| Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #worldahead | 363 | 0.9% |
| #iwd2022 | 50 | 0.1% |
| #cop27 | 38 | 0.1% |
| #presidentielles2022 | 13 | 0.0% |
| #earthday | 9 | 0.0% |
| #breakthebias | 8 | 0.0% |
| #ukraine | 5 | 0.0% |
| #wef22 | 5 | 0.0% |
| #earthday2022 | 5 | 0.0% |
| #metoo | 4 | 0.0% |
| #bookerprize2022 | 4 | 0.0% |
| #pressfreedom | 4 | 0.0% |
| #presidentielle2022 | 4 | 0.0% |
| #freealaa | 3 | 0.0% |
| #theringsofpower | 3 | 0.0% |
| #tdf2022 | 3 | 0.0% |
| #pressfreedomday | 3 | 0.0% |
| #ad | 3 | 0.0% |
| #нетвойне | 3 | 0.0% |
| #iwd2023 | 2 | 0.0% |
| #asburyrevival | 2 | 0.0% |
| #hahohe | 2 | 0.0% |
| #fcunion | 2 | 0.0% |
| #research | 2 | 0.0% |
| #cop15 | 2 | 0.0% |
| #senegal | 2 | 0.0% |
| #worldcup2022 | 2 | 0.0% |
| #electionday | 2 | 0.0% |
| #lamda | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Top Words | Count | % |
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| russia | 2,416 | 5.8% |
| intelligence | 1,380 | 3.3% |
| russian | 1,352 | 3.2% |
| britain | 1,343 | 3.2% |
| economist | 1,296 | 3.1% |
| government | 1,222 | 2.9% |
| countries | 1,066 | 2.6% |
| since | 1,022 | 2.5% |
| talks | 983 | 2.4% |
| economy | 971 | 2.3% |
| become | 864 | 2.1% |
| political | 841 | 2.0% |
| economic | 803 | 1.9% |
| balance | 794 | 1.9% |
| change | 761 | 1.8% |
| covid | 751 | 1.8% |
| explains | 740 | 1.8% |
| asks | 735 | 1.8% |
| being | 719 | 1.7% |
| checks | 698 | 1.7% |
| inflation | 688 | 1.7% |
| tells | 685 | 1.6% |
| chinese | 649 | 1.6% |
| ukrainian | 641 | 1.5% |
| babbage | 636 | 1.5% |
| policy | 632 | 1.5% |
| jinping | 631 | 1.5% |
| future | 629 | 1.5% |
| climate | 618 | 1.5% |
| before | 603 | 1.4% |
| election | 591 | 1.4% |
| pandemic | 590 | 1.4% |
| western | 562 | 1.3% |
| prime | 558 | 1.3% |
| history | 552 | 1.3% |
| likely | 533 | 1.3% |
| military | 528 | 1.3% |
| essay | 511 | 1.2% |
| writes | 510 | 1.2% |
| politics | 507 | 1.2% |
| prices | 495 | 1.2% |
| biden | 487 | 1.2% |
| any | 480 | 1.2% |
| argues | 479 | 1.1% |
| invasion | 478 | 1.1% |
| industry | 453 | 1.1% |
| markets | 452 | 1.1% |
| because | 440 | 1.1% |
| technology | 440 | 1.1% |
| nuclear | 438 | 1.1% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| ♦ Diamond Suit | 293 | 0.7% |
| 👇 Backhand Index Pointing Down | 250 | 0.6% |
| 🎧 Headphone | 59 | 0.1% |
| 👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right | 20 | 0.0% |
| ⚡ High Voltage Sign | 10 | 0.0% |
| 🧵 Thread | 7 | 0.0% |
| 🚨 Police Car Light | 5 | 0.0% |
| ➡ Black Rightward Arrow | 4 | 0.0% |
| 👀 Eyes | 4 | 0.0% |
| 📹 Video Camera | 4 | 0.0% |
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Tweets
Few things are as rowdy and reckless as college spring break. Each year swarms of students make a pilgrimage to America’s southern beach towns for a booze-fuelled week-long party econ.st/42rMMAu
Manhattan prosecutors are weighing whether to arrest the former president for covering up hush-money payments in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign to Stephanie Clifford (better known by her performing name, Stormy Daniels) econ.st/3FHLqb6
The state’s district lines are consistently ranked as the most gerrymandered in the country. Democrats hope the election on April 4th will help break the stranglehold Republicans have held on its politics econ.st/3nd48ks
A tumultuous decade has weakened Britain’s civil service. Can it be fixed? econ.st/3nhqMIC
The machine that runs Britains state needs an overhaul
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It’s also a sign of a deeper rotsomeness in British publishing. James Bond has even been edited to make him less vile—the literary equivalent of trying to make water less wet econ.st/3TIazYQ
By slashing interest rates, even in the face of galloping prices, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had hoped to turbocharge his country’s economy. Things have not exactly gone according to plan econ.st/3JNnJQ3
Ahead of a critical election Turkeys economy is running on borrowed time
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Pension reforms, a pay offer and a long-awaited workforce plan are positive. But big questions remain econ.st/42Bu61c
One reason for the return to relative normality is that violence has largely abated. Yet the trauma of the past two decades cannot easily be wiped away econ.st/3LH9uyI
After 20 years of trauma, Iraq is struggling to recover
economist.com
The Credit Suisse scenario seems unlikely for Deutsche Bank. But there are other threats econ.st/3TJxFhX
After Credit Suisses demise, attention turns to Deutsche Bank
economist.com
♦️ Huge protests erupt in Israel after Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, sacks the defence minister.
♦️ First Citizens, an American bank, agrees to buy Silicon Valley Bank.
♦️ Scotland’s ruling party will get a new leader.
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♦️ First Citizens, an American bank, agrees to buy Silicon Valley Bank.
♦️ Scotland’s ruling party will get a new leader.
Follow today’s news ⬇️
It may be a while before long-acting PREP drugs are widely available in Africa. But they are coming. And with them, eventually, the hope of ending the HIV epidemic on the continent econ.st/3TC9IJc
New drugs may protect girls having sex with older men from HIV
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To understand Britain’s relationship with its railways you can analyse learned reports and lengthy histories. But it’s better to read “Thomas the Tank Engine” econ.st/3JN3sdk
Britain is still marked by the mistakes of the Beeching Report
economist.com
Empowering women in both bedroom and boardroom was her aim. Three-quarters of her customers were women and 70%, she reckoned, were upper-middle-class professionals who found it daring, in a good way, to enter her shops econ.st/3JAdXAo
Boyko Borisov’s tenure as prime minister ended in May 2021 amid massive demonstrations over allegations of corruption. Now the political landscape is shorn of big parties econ.st/3LU8DLe
ChatGPT is transforming the world of language models with its latest upgrade, GPT-4, but does it live up to the hype? @alokjha hears a sceptical view about the latest advancements in AI on “Babbage” econ.st/4066LTM
Xi Jinping’s true intentions are hidden in plain sight. While professing neutrality, he has refused to condemn Russia’s invasion or its soldiers’ atrocities econ.st/3ZjOCk1
Financial policymakers around the world will be hoping the merged institution succeeds econ.st/3lCT13U
Switzerlands new megabank is bad news for Swiss bankers
economist.com
Seven books, and two films, for people curious about financial catastrophe econ.st/3Zi00Nv
What to read to understand banking crises
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Any French president who asks his fellow citizens to retire later does so at his peril. Yet Emmanuel Macron’s narrow escape has come at a high political cost econ.st/3Z9bnYa
The trouble with Emmanuel Macrons pension victory
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The aim of the internship scheme is to find the journalists of the future. Interested? Apply by March 31st econ.st/3z6MmCm
Paid interns on The Economists foreign desk
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More countries appear willing to call out its treatment of the Uyghurs econ.st/3TIU1Aj
China may face more embarrassment over its human-rights record
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A bold “Guys & Dolls” holds lessons for the future of theatre econ.st/3FNxVqy
The rise of user-created video games econ.st/3TEoUpd
The rise of user-created video games
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“Honest” Boris Johnson looks done for econ.st/3z2S9Zm
Honest Boris Johnson looks done for
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Battles over streaming break out for video games econ.st/40x6IQy
Battles over streaming break out for video games
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How digital gaming spreads far and wide econ.st/3LGNQKY
How digital gaming spreads far and wide
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In an attempt to remove the risk of sudden collapses in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank, and make the financial system safer, policymakers may in the long run have done just the opposite econ.st/3LNVnYg
Why markets can never be made truly safe
economist.com
The real next big thing in business automation econ.st/3LOAdcD
The real next big thing in business automation
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China wants the world to forget about its crimes in Xinjiang econ.st/3JYijmp
China wants the world to forget about its crimes in Xinjiang
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The machinery, structure and output of the British state need reform econ.st/3z1mEPG
Drought brought the Darling river to a standstill, depleting its oxygen. But the warming climate is also bringing more extreme precipitation and flooding, which is behind the latest die-off econ.st/3z9VNk9
Flexible working is about schedules as well as locations econ.st/3FM8Fkx
The rise and rise of e-sports econ.st/3JZCJvs
The rise and rise of e-sports
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Young people’s surprise over TikTok bans may reveal how differently they view China from their parents econ.st/3TLgmgr
Few things are as rowdy and reckless as college spring break. Each year swarms of students make a pilgrimage to America’s southern beach towns for a booze-fuelled week-long party econ.st/3lyUfgw
Hailey knew getting an abortion would not be easy. Texas had banned it in almost all cases. So had the nearest states to the east and north. @charlie_mccan reports for 1843 magazine econ.st/3Z1f4is
Because users with strict filters weed out most people who don’t fit their preferences pre-emptively, you might expect them to like many of the remaining candidates. But the data show the opposite econ.st/3TJ5XSE
Texas “has a Republican Party that is in full culture-war mode”, says @JohnPrideaux, our US editor. He sets out some of the downsides of the state’s boom, on “Checks and Balance” econ.st/3z3WRWT
Whats behind the boom in Texas?
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Across the rich world, property markets look precarious. Few are in as bad shape as this econ.st/40lGMri
South Koreas housing crunch offers a warning for other countries
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“Ringmaster” is a colourful biography of a wrestling impresario econ.st/3K1T9Dq
Where is the money going? econ.st/3M6kJB9
Americas banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars
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