> when was the last time Twitter ever told you about something local? Wednesday, when I saw a plume of smoke on the horizon and then the local police departmen

> when was the last time Twitter ever told you about something local? Wednesday, when I saw a plume of smoke on the horizon and then the local police department tweeted to avoid a certain intersection and a local journalist tweeted about the apartment that was on fire. Granted, I had to find and follow those accounts- but I’m pretty sure that twitter suggested them to me.