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yougavemeyourheartyouknow · 3 months

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Alludes to Miguel bring depressed, usage of alcohol.

Thinking about heartbroken baby daddy!Miguel O’Hara who spent the next week rotting in bed whenever he could, curtains drawn shut and sad music playing from his phone as he scrolled through all your old photos together. Feeling exactly how he did when you two had split 9 years ago.

Heartbroken baby daddy!Miguel who started to reply the last 12 years over and over in his head, from the moment he sat next to you during his first science lecture to the moment he found himself in front of your front door in an attempt to ask for a second chance only to find out it’s too late form the smirk on your new boyfriend’s face. To the point of him getting distracted during everyday activities, like over serving his coffee and sitting at a greenlight until someone honked at him.

Heartbroken baby daddy!Miguel who starts to have trouble keeping up with his physical appearance. The same man who could get the asscrack of dawn to go on a run or to the gym, always clean shaved, hair always slicked back, never in his pjs unless need be, started to walk around with a 5 o'clock shadow, starts to drop off or pick his daughter up in his sweatpants and tank top he sleeps in, eyes more sunken in they they usually are.

Heartbroken baby daddy!Miguel who has a silent breakdown everytime you post something while out on a date with your new boyfriend.having to grip his phone so hard to the point his knuckles turn white to stop himself from bursting into tears while Gabriella is eating dinner in the next room.

Heartbroken baby daddy!Miguel who had a few too many drinks while Gabri was at a sleepover, calling up first his younger brother then his best friend. Rambling about how he should have seen the signs sooner, how he should have never let you go in the first place, because now you were in the arms of another man, and considering that it’s been over 3 months it looks like he’s there to stay.

Heartbroken baby daddy!Miguel who thought he was hallucinating from drinking too much when you showed up at his place at 11:30 at night

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“I-I just, if… if I knew that I still loved-“ he interrupted himself to hiccup before continuing to speak to Peter over his phone, placing down another empty beer bottle on his living room coffee table. “I still loved her, I wouldn’t have let-let her get a new boyfriend in the first place ya know?” He slurred, hearing Peter’s response but none of the words registering. His mind calmed from the temporary haze the alcohol provided.

Knock knock.

Miguel rolled his eyes with a groan as he slowly got up from his seat on the couch. “I thought I told you I didn’t need you to come over Peter.” Miguel said as he grabbed the empty bottles and quickly placed them in the kitchen, his friend on the phone expressing his confusion as Miguel made his way to the front door with his phone between his shoulder and ear.

“Huh? I’m not at your door-“ The rest of the sentence turned into background static, not noticing Peter’s calls for him and asking if he was listening. Miguel was too busy being in shock. He blinked once, twice.

You were still there.

Bloodshot eyes, runny nose, rosey and tear stained cheeks, your shoulders shaking a bit as you hugged yourself. He didn’t even get a chance to ask what was wrong before you spoke.

“Can I come in?” You croaked, throat tense as you attempted to keep your voice from wavering.

He opened the door wider.

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saidelia-draconis · 3 years

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♚ - a memory of something paranormal

The morning sun was still. The air held a suspenseful hush about it. All that could be heard were the clanking of boots as they tamped down the hard-packed snow. Each step another crunch. Saidelia’s thick, fur boots were a soft plod next to the cacophony of the knights and soldiers she walked with. The chain coat she wore felt heavy. She had still not gotten used to it. As the group walked, the raven-haired knight cast a quick glance down to her.

“First mission. Fucking something, ain’t it. You good, kid?”

Saidelia nodded, a toothy grin being her response. She clutched the pack of torches she had been trusted with close to her chest. Her ward gave her a clap on the back as they approached the dark and foreboding crypt. The great mausoleum stood solemn and quiet. Its confines hidden by a curtain of darkness. From the mouth, it was littered with bones. Human bones. Saidelia paled as she took notice. Syler gripped her shoulder, squeezing gently. His eyes softened as she glanced up at him. He regarded her with a knowing gaze.

“I know. Whatever you’re thinking, you’re right. This is terrifying. Crypt duty is the worst work you can get up here, but I know you’re ready for it. So, let’s go over the plan.”

The man stopped at the entrance, kicking a skull out of the way to lay a map in the road. The group of four dropped down to study it. Saidelia peered nervously over his shoulder. Syler’s finger tapped the entrance.

“Okay. From what I can tell, we’re right here. We’ve got me, Tarkin, Jilba, and the kid.”

His fingers trailed through the blueprint, making a circle. His eyes met with each of the group in turn, making sure that his route was understood. Each of them nodded in turn. Saidelia’s hands shook as she silently acknowledged.

“I’ll take point with the kid. Tarkin is our rear guard, Jilba - and only Jilba - handles explosives. If I’m down, Tarkin is in charge of our retreat. At which point, the kid is in front with her. I’ve marked down where charges are planted, and Jilba knows where to set them up. Any questions?”

The group collectively shook their heads. It seemed as though they were clear.

“Right. We’re quiet, but not silent. Any point in time, if I say it’s time to pull back, we all hurry things up and Tarkin leads us out. Let’s get after it.”

The four silently stood. Saidelia watched as they lined up in the formation that had been agreed upon. The dwarf at the back gave her a clap on the shoulder, urging her into place behind her mentor. She placed a hand on her shoulder, Jilba’s small hand looping into her belt as the group formed a chain. Syler lead with the three in tow, past the dark maw of the tomb.

He nudged Saidelia, prompting her to light a torch for him. As he waved it through cobwebs, Saidelia passed a second torch back to Tarkin. The second paladin thanked her with a muted grunt of acknowledgement. The halls were cramped, labyrinthine, and lined with aged sarcophagi, most of which were cracked open. Which only seemed to further unnerve the group. Their leader stopped suddenly, drawing his weapon at the crest of one of the halls, checking his map in the dim light. He was swiftly granted another torch as Saidelia leaned up to slot his old one into a nearby sconce. The flickering lights were their only retreat from the enveloping darkness and back to the cold winter air.

The man at the vanguard peered warily at a skeletal arm half-emerged from one of the slabs of stone. Taking no chances, he swatted at the arm. The brittle, desiccated bones snapped, sending the hand hurtling to the ground, shattering uselessly. The tomb did not stir. The air felt as tense as it was quiet. Finally, he shook his head, feeling no danger near them.

“Jilba. We should be at the first section. Set up one of your bombs.”

“Technically they’re--”

“Bombs Jilba. If it’s big, full of powder, and goes boom, it’s a bomb.”

“There’s no powder in these, actually, they’re really very fasci--”

“You know goblins ask less questions when you ask them to blow something up, right?”

The shocked gnome gasped indignantly, fishing around in the shoulder sling that held her equipment. She knelt at an archway, muttering furiously to herself as she worked. The craft was intricate, and no doubt dangerous. Just watching it made Saidelia’s head spin. She could scarcely follow where the gnome’s delicate fingers moved, as though she were playing a piano with her wires. The whole time, she narrated in a voice, hardly audible to the group.

“Of all the... This-- THIS is what happens when you trust demolition tours to idiots with swords. Of all the positions. To think I’m wasted on work like this. This-- when there are tanks in the keep that I could be crewing.”

She finally stepped back, pointing to the explosive charge at the base of the arch, staring haughtily up at the knight. For emphasis, she waved at the charge that blinked red every so often. The knight smiled a toothy grin, nodding down at her.

“Thank you, Jilba. When we’re done here, you can explain the difference to us all if you so choose over a pint.”

The insulted engineer said nothing, falling back in line with the rest. She sighed wearily, waving him off with a noncommittal ‘maybe.’ The group quietly continued their apprehensive advance deeper into the tombs.

Saidelia had finished placing another torch in the wall when she heard an unearthly sound. It was almost beautiful in a way. A shrill, tortured cry that held grace and terror. It caused her blood to freeze. The hair on her neck stood. She glanced towards the group for reassurance, finding none. Syler and Tarkin raised their shields, leaving the poor girl to wonder. After what felt like hours, she spoke, voice wavering.

“Was... Was that a ghost?”

The group regarded her quizzically. Tarkin censored a laugh with an unconvincing cough. Jilba held a look of curious suspicion. Syler’s face simply looked tired and disheartened. The man waved his sword around above his head fairly nonchalantly.

“Kid... Come on. We’re half-way up the ass of a skeleton pit in the Lich King’s back yard that we’re trying to blow up because it’s haunted. Do you think it was a ghost? We’ll be lucky if that’s all that’s waiting for us.”

Saidelia seemed to realize the folly of her question almost immediately, feeling foolish. Her cheeks darkened as she followed after Syler. The three above her gracefully decided to disregard her question almost immediately after it was posed. Down towards the end of the next hallway, an eerie, baleful blue light shone, flickering like a flame. The quake of a foreign chant rattled off of the walls of the crypt. Syler motioned for the group to pause, continuing ahead on his own. He had hardly caught sight of the figure before he doubled back, pointing towards Tarkin and exchanging with her some silent command. She nodded dutifully, turning on her heel and beginning to lead the group back through the torch-lit pathway they had made.

Not a single one of them stopped until they were greeted by the harsh sunlight. It stung Saidelia’s eyes and caused her to shield her vision with her forearm. When her eyes finally adjusted, she was left staring up at her ward, following the group back the way they came.

“Why are we leaving? We only set one charge. Don’t we have to finish? What was that light?”

“That light is exactly why we fucked off so quick. There’s a lich in there.”

“A lich? But isn’t it our job to deal with whatever was in the crypt, including the lich?”

“Kid, what is job number one?”

“Make it back home.”

“Precisely. There’s two of us, Jilba, and you. That thing could outnumber us with a flick of its wrist, and then we’re up to our elbows in skeletons, shades, ghouls, and whatever the fuck else it feels like burying us with. But at least you learned something today.”

“I did?”

“You’d damn well better have. What’d you learn?”

“...How to set up torches?”

“What? No. If you didn’t know how to set up torches before now, you definitely shouldn’t have come along. No, you learned when to back off and bring in support. You’ll join Tarkin and I for our report and then we’ll all celebrate a job well done. You did good today. I’m proud of you.”

(Thanks so much to @prettyklingon and @hazriels for the ask! It’s only a little late this time!)

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yeskraim · 4 years

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The trial is over; Trump won. Now get ready for the fallout.

WASHINGTON – The impeachment trial may be over, but the fallout is not.

President Donald Trump’s acquittal Wednesday on two impeachment articles formally ends a four-month saga that threatened to end his presidency and stoked partisan divisions in Congress and across the country.

The Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump on the charge of abusing his power and 53-47 on the obstruction of Congress count, handing him a victory that will enable him to finish his first term and energize his reelection campaign as he asks voters to give him another four years.

But the impeachment drama could have a lasting impact on Trump and other players:

Presidents have been impeached, but none have been removed from office due to impeachment. Confusing? Here’s how.

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Donald Trump

Trump can, and in all probability will, celebrate his acquittal on the campaign trail.

He has bellowed for months that Democrats used impeachment to try to overturn the 2016 election because they can’t beat him at the polls.

“They can’t win an election, so they’re trying to steal an election,” Trump said during a campaign rally last month in New Jersey.

Expect to hear more of that argument as he makes what is essentially an impeachment victory lap at campaign appearances across the country.

Even post-acquittal, Trump will carry the stain of impeachment. He is one of only three presidents in U.S. history to be impeached and the only president to seek reelection after being impeached. Democrats will try to turn his impeachment into an issue in November’s election.

But conservative political commentator Scott Jennings predicts that it’s Democrats who will be hurt at the polls by the impeachment drama.

“This is where Democrats did not want to be – another moment where they promised to take down the president and another failure,” said Jennings, who worked in the White House under President George W. Bush. “I think it has already energized the president’s base.”

There already are signs that impeachment benefited Trump politically.

Trump’s approval rating jumped by 6 points since last October and matched the highest of his presidency in a Washington Post-ABC News poll released last week. The poll found that 44% of Americans approve of Trump’s overall job performance and 51% disapprove. Those still aren’t great numbers – most Americans hold a negative view of Trump – but they are a significant improvement over his 38% approval mark in late October.

Impeachment also appears to have energized GOP voters.

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Sixty-six percent of Democrats reported anxiety about the upcoming election compared with 46% of Republicans in a poll last week by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. GOP voters were more likely than Democrats to declare excitement about the race, and the share of enthusiastic Republicans appears to be rising, pollsters said.

Voter enthusiasm could shift again in the coming months, so it’s hard to predict how much impeachment will be a factor when voters head to the polls in November, Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak said.

“By the time the 2020 election comes around, impeachment will have been nine months in the past,” Mackowiak said. “I doubt impeachment will make much difference at all in the 2020 election. If it does, it will matter only in that it unified Republicans behind Trump even more strongly.”

Kent Syler, a political scientist at Middle Tennessee State University and former Democratic congressional aide, said, “Impeachment will further energize both party bases, if that’s even possible, but will not change the current political narrative for most voters. Republicans will see Democrats as ‘Trump-hating’ overreachers who will do anything to overturn the election. Democrats will see Republicans as Trump enablers who are continuing to tolerate and cover up his bad behavior.”

Say what? Here are questions senators asked during Trump’s impeachment trial

Joe Biden

Trump isn’t the only presidential candidate who could feel the weight of impeachment even after it’s over.

Former Vice President Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, had a supporting role in the impeachment drama, which was triggered by Trump’s campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian energy company.

Though no evidence was uncovered that Biden did anything wrong, “he was contaminated by the Trump impeachment,” said Ross Baker, professor of political science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Nationally, Biden maintained his status as the overall Democratic front-runner during the impeachment trial. But in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders jumped ahead of him, according to some polls.

“Polarized voters are willing to overlook a lot, but it’s safe to say that the Ukraine issue has not helped Joe Biden,” Syler said. “His greatest appeal to Democratic primary voters is his perceived strength against Donald Trump. Any issue that impacts that perception could cost him votes and send Democrats looking for alternative candidates like Mike Bloomberg.”

The Biden campaign said the impeachment trial did not harm the former vice president.

Other senators seeking the Democratic presidential nomination – in particular Sanders, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts – were not hurt by the impeachment trial because of their ground game in Iowa. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado put most of his focus on New Hampshire.

Democratic candidates will try to use impeachment to their advantage, Baker said: “They’re all coming back with a lot of ammunition.”

Look for Democrats to ridicule Alan Dershowitz, a member of Trump’s impeachment trial defense team, who argued that presidents cannot be removed from office for an action they believe could help get them reelected.

Days before the Iowa caucuses, Biden alluded to Dershowitz’s comments at a rally in Waukee, Iowa. In what sounded more like a general election speech rather than a primary speech, Biden slammed Trump’s policies and his character.

“Political self-interest will not be confused with the national interest,” Biden said. “And no one – not even the president of the United States – will be above the law.”

Parsing impeachment: Impeachment trial questions answered: Is President Trump ‘impeached for life?’

Senate races

Impeachment will almost certainly intensify the battle for control of the Senate, where Republicans hold a slim 51-47 majority. Democrats need to pick up just four seats to take control, and two dozen of the 35 Senate seats on the ballot this year are held by Republicans.

Vulnerable Republican senators, such as Susan Collins of Maine, Cory Gardner of Colorado and Martha McSally of Arizona, will have to explain their votes to constituents.

Collins in particular has been under scrutiny during Trump’s impeachment trial. One of a handful of moderates in the Senate, Collins angered Democrats and independents when she voted in 2018 to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh despite allegations by three women that he sexually assaulted them.

Her vote to acquit to acquit Trump will probably shadow her through the remainder of her reelection campaign and once again put her on the defensive.

“Impeachment is this election’s Brett Kavanaugh hearings,” Syler said. “Voters are reminded why partisanship matters, and the eroding political center gets even smaller. If you are a moderate Democrat running in a red district or state, or a moderate Republican running in a blue district or state, your job just got tougher.”

On the Democratic side, the most vulnerable senator up for reelection this year is Doug Jones of Alabama. Jones won the seat in a special election in 2017 triggered by the departure of Republican Jeff Sessions, who resigned when he was appointed attorney general by Trump.

Alabama is tough political terrain for any Democrat, and Republicans are eager to win back the seat this year. GOP candidates include Sessions, who was forced out of the attorney general’s job by Trump but remains popular in Alabama.

Jones had just a slim chance of winning reelection even before the impeachment vote, Jennings said. His vote to convict Trump on both impeachment articles sends that chance “to zero-point-zero percent,” Jennings said.

Impeachment concerns: GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell’s ‘total coordination’ with the White House for impeachment trial

House races

House Democrats haven’t heard the last of impeachment either.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., resisted efforts by some in her party to impeach Trump but finally allowed an impeachment inquiry following reports that Trump had held up millions of dollars in security aid in order to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.

To Republicans, hers is the face of the Democratic-led impeachment – and one that will appear in campaign ads in congressional districts across the country as the GOP tries to win back the House majority in November.

“House Democrats risk a voter backlash due to the perception that they invested their entire majority on impeachment, getting almost nothing else done,” Mackowiak said.

Pelosi and other impeachment leaders such as Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, represent solid Democratic districts and are not in danger of losing their seats in this fall’s elections.

Other Democrats could have a tougher road to November.

Thirty-one Democrats represent districts that Trump win in 2016. All but three voted in favor of both articles of impeachment against Trump – a decision that could complicate their path to reelection.

Reps. Abby Finkenauer of Iowa, Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico, Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania, Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia are just a handful of the Democrats whose votes to impeach Trump could become an issue in this fall’s elections.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, whose southern New Jersey district Trump won by 5 points, voted against both articles of impeachment. Then he ditched the Democratic Party and became a Republican.

Trump returned the favor by making a campaign appearance in Van Drew’s district and showering him with adjectives like “courageous” and “principled.”

“He shares our values,” Trump said.

He’ll no doubt find other choice words to describe the Democrats who voted to impeach him.

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ttian8899-blog · 6 years

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Digital Citizenship 3: conflict and social media

Social media is modern tool for communication, which spreads info and connects folks terribly speedily. Meanwhile, its role in the conflict and post-conflict situations isn't properly appreciated. Existing studies and researches mostly underline negative role of media throughout conflicts, few ones focus on the role of social media within the reconciliation and post-conflict reconstruction activities, trust building processes. Social media is a powerful tool and new opportunity for conflict resolution. During last decade civil societies, activists, representatives of the governments and political parties actively use it as a communication means with their audiences.

In the post-conflict situations social media becomes early warning system. People will right away post news regarding affairs in the conflict zones. Georgian and international organizations train and equip people in such areas to report regarding their everyday lives or suddenly emerged threats. Online portals, networks, blogs, Facebook groups serve as a superb data sources regarding conflict regions. They connect people from completely different sides; replicate daily happenings of the refugees or peace initiatives. In other words, social media is a rapid and effective communication mechanism for the conflict regions.

well, the conflict on social media can be considered as the factors below:

Political system of the country, legal or informal environment, which determines functioning of social media tools and freedom of expression. They can promote or limit on-line communication.

Accessibility of the technologies. Reporting from the hot spots is not possible while not web and individual technical base (smartphones, laptops, cameras, etc.).

Literacy level of the country. Social media activities are high in the countries, population of which has individual technologies, as well as knowledge and skills for social media usage.

Credibility – social media is not shielded from the unfold of info and info. The article “Confession of Russian Troll” published on the web site of Radio Freedom (April 2015) reflects the theme a way to manipulate individuals by social media. Sometimes it is laborious to see that news is true or false.

case 1: California girls

It all started when a teenage girl named Casey Syler decided to visit a fashion store in South Carolina to shop for a new wallet. According to Casey, as soon as she walked through the doorway a saleswoman looked up and allegedly said “Shoplifter” to one of her colleagues. For context, Casey is black.Casey’s mother Rene (a successful blogger) shared the experience on her Facebook page. The post went viral, which prompted an appropriately contrite response from Carolina Girls on their Facebook page. Left there, the fire would have been extinguished and everyone could have moved on. But the store later posted a further Facebook message claiming an investigation had unearthed no evidence of any such comment being made, pinning the blame on ‘young shoppers’ in the store at the time.The post inevitably poked a hornets’ nest that had begun to settle down. The store’s page was bombarded with critical comments, many of which were deleted by the page admin. To compound their mishandling of the situation, Carolina Girls ended up deleting their entire Facebook profile.The owner of the chain brought further attention to the unfortunate saga by speaking to a news channel. Stephanie Davis insisted she had attempted to set up a meeting with Rene Syler and her daughter, but the horse had already bolted and the interview simply succeeded in attracting more online scorn.

Carolina Girls initially did the right thing by publicly apologising and reaching out to the aggrieved party privately. But inexplicably they then inflamed the situation by insisting they were not at fault and censoring negative comments rather than engaging with an angered online populous. Deleting their page was akin to an ostrich sticking its head in the sand with a pride of lions closing in.

Be open and contrite from the outset, try to take the issue out of the public domain, and make sure your response is sufficient to throw a blanket over the fire. If not, you risk a full-scale wildfire – which will be much harder to extinguish and could irreparably damage your brand.

case 2:

JoJo Maman Bebe is a UK-based baby clothes retailer targeted at mothers with large disposable incomes. Its premium prices have led to a number of second-hand selling groups being established on social media. One such group, JoJo Maman Bebe Pre-Loved Buy and Sell, has more than 20,000 members. Its popularity was clearly seen as an irritant by the company itself, and culminated in its founder posting a late-night message on the page questioning why users would want to pay near full price for her company’s products.

“Why anyone would pay near to full price or full price sometimes plus postage for something second hand is crazy,” wrote Laura Tenison. “We don’t charge postage so you could get a new one for less!” The response from the group’s members was predictable, with the message being described variously as ‘incredibly rude’, ‘snotty’ and an ‘epic PR fail’.

Tenison’s response was rapid, contrite and relatable. “Late-night posting is never a good idea,” she said. “I had just come back from watching Trainspotting 2. I’m human and I made a mistake.”

She apologised to the group’s members in a subsequent post, “You are wrong if you think I am condescending towards this group. I LOVE IT. Of course it is up to you to pay what you like but I often see prices which are higher than our sale prices, plus you pay postage! I do think this is a bit daft – but it’s up to you and I accept none of my business.”

First of all, this example emphasises the importance of a robust social media approval process. No matter how important they think they are, company owners or CEOs should not be permitted to post personal messages in the name of the brand. Else why bother hiring a marketing team or agency?

However, if a big cheese does open a can of worms, it has to be their responsibility to close it. Bringing in the brand account to clean up the mess will only make it look like the boss is hiding – which will inevitably invite more criticism. Tenison handled it well, admitting to making a mistake in a way we can all relate to. She quelled the backlash and earned the group 4,000 new members in the process.

references

Blaise, 2011, ’16 causes of conflict in an online community’, Social Media Today, viewed 24 October 2018, <https://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/16-causes-conflict-online-community>.

Wilkes, D 2017, ‘Babywear boss in the late-night facebook rant at her yummy mummy customers: JoJo Maman Bebe chief attacks members of group who sell clothes on once infants have outgrown them ’, dailymail.co.uk, viewed 24 October 2018, <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4194402/JoJo-Maman-Bebe-chief-attacks-customers-Facebook.html>.

Vaughan, S 2018, ‘uk-BASED maternity wear and baby clothing retailer opens in Westport’, Westport News, viewed 23 October 2018, <https://www.westport-news.com/news/article/UK-based-maternity-wear-and-baby-clothing-12884916.php>.

Jones, L 2018, ‘6 examples of social media crises: what can we learn?’, oursocialtimes.com, viewed 22 October 2018, <https://oursocialtimes.com/6-examples-of-social-media-crises-what-can-we-learn/>.

Eqbal, V 2014, ‘Social media & global conflicts: #Binary Battles’, The Express Tribune, viewed 22 October 2018, <https://tribune.com.pk/story/772284/social-media-global-conflicts-binarybattles/>.

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