THE RP’s BREAKING NEWS: The Politics of Sesame Street

Because no situation can avoid all traces of frivolity, a new Twitter hashtag has popped up in the past several days: #OccupySesameStreet. First emerging around the time of the Radiohead-performing-at-Occupy Wall Street hoax, the tag has become a bit of a running gag, with everyday Twitter users, in addition to celebrities like Patton Oswalt and Joshua Malina, coming up with Sesame Street-related Tweets with which to use the tag. We’re sure Jim Henson would have approved. [Gothamist]