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(The Root) — Dear @RookieMoms, big mistake. Big! Huge! On Monday the popular parenting blog Rookie Moms tweeted, “Do you have a chubby, bald, dark-skinned baby? I have some Halloween ideas for you! DM me if I don’t sound nuts.” Black Twitter responded quickly and mercilessly, taking Rookie Moms to task for the racist implications…

(The Root) — As news spread about Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker’s Twitter exchange with a Portland, Ore., stripper, Twitter was quick to respond, as usual. Most users, however, were uninterested, saying that the reveal was a “nonscandal” and a “nonstory,” more interested in the fact that a vegan strip club — where the woman…

(The Root) — Usain Bolt crashed a wedding in Paris recently, but in his defense, it was a complete accident. The Olympian was walking about the city, minding his own business, when the bride and groom at a nearby wedding spotted him. The newlyweds immediately abandoned the wedding to do the sprinter’s famous pose, snapping…

(The Root) — Rapper Gucci Mane went AWOL on Twitter a few days after a very bizarre rant in which he claimed to have had sex with basically every woman in the music industry. He recently returned to Twitter to apologize to his fans, and to admit an addiction to “lean,” a drink made with…

I guess all black folks really do look alike. For some, that’s the takeaway from the latest case of mistaken celeb identity, in which paparazzi mistook some random pretty lady for singer Jennifer Hudson. The woman — who, in all honesty, does look a bit like Hudson — found herself all over the Internet, including…

(The Root) — Another person is dead after a fight on Facebook. Khalila Southall, 30, of Chicago, was arrested and charged with the murder of 28-year-old Lakeisha Tate. The two fought at gas station after a quarrel online. Southall shot Tate twice, once in the torso and once in the leg, before fleeing, but left…

(The Root) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney threw Twitter for quite a loop today. He surprised everyone by tweeting a picture of his newly adopted grandson, who is absolutely, positively gorgeous and adorable and precious — and also black, judging from the picture. Given Romney’s history of being perceived as not the most…

Ah, love. Young, beautiful, wealthy love! Read more at the Huffington Post. Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

As social media sites like Twitter and Facebook continue to change the way we communicate, they also affect the way we live — and, sometimes, die. Case in point: the short life of rap artist Lil JoJo. Wired magazine’s Ben Austen looks at the late Chicago teen’s death, his rivalry with fellow Chicago rapper Chief…