The Tweet About The TSA That Twitter Refuses To Take
Tried three times and even logged out as was suggested. No go.
The little type above the tweet I was attempting says "Your account may not be able to perform this action. Try logging out and in again." 
In case that's too little for you to read, here it is:
You forgot child-molesting TSA "officer" in news @TSABlogTeam TSA In Tabloids bit.ly/rc0664 #JessicaSimpson #KimKardashian #Jewelry #travel
Although that tweet was refused, another tweet, made immediately after I tried the TSA tweet, went up fine. As did one about the weather that I posted an hour before. 
Did you try it without the hashtags? I could see how an automated Twitter spamblock might flag something with those hashtags.
Kevin at October 12, 2011 9:51 AM
Twitter is apparently banning the phrase "child molester".
Here's a trick: HTML escape the unicode for one of the characters:
child-molester
(that's:
c h ampersand hash x 0 0 6 9 semicolon l d
)
I just tried this and was able to get "child-molester" pass Twitter's filters
TJIC at October 12, 2011 9:51 AM
Went through for me no problem, pasted straight from your text above.
I RT'd it to you edited, but first time it went, it had all the hashtags etc.
Haakon Dahl at October 12, 2011 10:04 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/10/12/the_tweet_about.html#comment-2600996">comment from Haakon DahlThanks for posting that. I hope others will, too. I think there might be some flag on my name and TSA bloggers' IDs. I've had this happen before. Thanks for sharing it. I'll see if I can retweet.
Amy Alkon
at October 12, 2011 10:09 AM
I suspect the @TSABlogTeam account has blocked you, which would prevent you from mentioning them (with an @ sign) in your tweet. Get rid of that mention and see if it goes through.
You also might get rid of a few of those hashtags -- with the URL conversion Twitter does now, the bit.ly link might expand your tweet past 140 characters.
Aaron W at October 12, 2011 10:58 AM
Somehow, I need some humor today.
Patrick at October 12, 2011 11:08 AM
Happened to me, too. Nothing TSA related. Something about Bill Maher.
Kit at October 12, 2011 11:19 AM
I could post, removing @TSABlogTeam. I had the same "error" with it.
NikkiG at October 12, 2011 12:27 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/10/12/the_tweet_about.html#comment-2601289">comment from NikkiGInteresting that speech on Twitter is unfree-est when you retweet a taxpayer-funded government agency.
Amy Alkon
at October 12, 2011 12:43 PM
Your socialist friend could mail me a check, too, if he was so inclined. I'm pretty broke at the moment.
Doug Stephens at October 12, 2011 2:02 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/10/12/the_tweet_about.html#comment-2601408">comment from Doug StephensActually, Doug, they call this "L'esprit de l'escalier" -- staircase wisdom -- in France, and I wish I'd thought to ask him for $500 when he said that. There's always next time! If you're truly for "sharing the wealth," your own wealth would be a fantastic place to start.
Amy Alkon
at October 12, 2011 2:10 PM
TJIC: help me out here, you wrote:
c h ampersand hash x 0 0 6 9 semicolon l d
I"m confused at "hash x" Is it supposed to be (less the spaces):
c h & # x 0 0 6 9 : l d
To get "child"?
Which implies that &#x...: is shorthand for a unicode character, where "..." is a number?
Jim
(Of course, this may come through garbled if my use of the ampersand is picked up as a code.)
Jim at October 12, 2011 2:41 PM
Amy - I don't know if this is the best place to post this as it's pretty unrelated to this particular post, but I've been following your TSA saga for a while. I was trying to find a website or a link that specifically describes what your rights are with respect to TSA encounters (e.g. refusal, recording, detention). I think more people would be comfortable standing up to those bullies if they knew what their rights were, or knew enough to controvert the BS that TSA will tell them. Do you know if anyone has put together anything on the issue? Thanks.
Kate at October 12, 2011 4:22 PM
Offtopic gender-war stuff
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 12, 2011 4:30 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/10/12/the_tweet_about.html#comment-2603751">comment from KateI don't know of a place that lists one's rights like you're talking about, but I do have a way for people to stand up to them that I lay out in an op-ed that's been rejected now by just about every major media outlet. I'm pursuing other places to publish it -- it should be out soon. But, I'll see if what you're talking about exists...don't think it does. They purposely make what your rights are vague -- as I explain in the piece.
Amy Alkon
at October 12, 2011 5:22 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/10/12/the_tweet_about.html#comment-2603864">comment from Crid [CridComment at gmail]Thanks, Crid - have Hymowitz' book, and I'm getting close to reading it (there's a line like the one outside Studio 54 in the old days to get to my brain).
Amy Alkon
at October 12, 2011 5:30 PM
"I was trying to find a website or a link that specifically describes what your rights are with respect to TSA encounters (e.g. refusal, recording, detention)."
This is symptomatic of the poor definition of "rights" in this country.
While lots of people apparently think that {what they want} = {their rights}, others believe that they change depending on what agency they're dealing with.
No.
Your rights do not change, and you should not allow the powers exercised by an agency to infringe on them. When people do, agencies with public powers stretch their influence to infringe even more.
This gives the idea to the likes of Thedala Magee that their job is more important than you are, and they should be informed how wrong that is at every step you take as a responsible citizen.
I suggest that you change your line of inquiry to something like "finding TSA policy definitions". You will come in conflict with some power-mad ignoramus who does not know what their own rule book says, and that may be your best tool against them.
Radwaste at October 14, 2011 5:15 AM
I think that an iPhone is a cool Device.
Chuck Brehmer at October 30, 2011 8:56 AM
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