I'm captivated by what's happening in Iran. Some people are calling it a revolution.
Photos here They make me wish I were a photographer - words can't always do justice to a story. It's just not possible to use words as effectively as pictures to show a woman's fear as a group of men surrounds her and begins beating her and her companion, or the sight of police in riot gear chasing protesters, batons drawn and swinging.
Dozens of updates every 10 seconds here
In particular, I'm intrigued at protesters' use of Twitter to pass information and keep all of us on top of what they're seeing. Of course it's all relatively anonymous, so it could be somebody faking it. But they'd be devoting a lot of time to a fake feed. Also incredible is how non-Iranians are drawn to help: warning readers that the government is monitoring the Twitter feed, passing on proxies so Iranians can continue to Tweet, and ganging up to ask Twitter to delay planned maintenance so they can keep getting information out.
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