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#FedFeed – Happy birthday, internet!

Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.

Daisy Thornton@dthorntonWFED

November 21, 2016 5:21 pm

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Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.

The first link was created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 47 years ago, but the internet itself doesn’t look a day over 25.

Meanwhile, this is happening:

We're lighting a fire in space…on purpose! We want to learn how fire burns in space in order to prevent them. More: https://t.co/mIpmU0U3Ec pic.twitter.com/RG9KTFJUAi

— NASA (@NASA) November 21, 2016

I suppose it was inevitable. If you give someone access to that much rocket fuel, eventually they’ll start lighting fires on purpose.

Daisy Thornton

Daisy Thornton is Federal News Network’s digital managing editor. In addition to her editing responsibilities, she covers federal management, workforce and technology issues. She is also the commentary editor; email her your letters to the editor and pitches for contributed bylines.

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