We know a little bit about disputed elections and revolutions and riots and such, and they all have one thing in common, throughout human history: Twitter. This is why Andrew Sullivandemanded that the always-broken Twitter not undergo some crucial scheduled maintenance tonight.

Because how are you supposed to throw rocks and shit, in Tehran, without a Silicon Valley startup's Facebook-status-update thing? And now Twitter has given in, and the maintenance will happen tomorrow, so Twitter will probably still break tonight. [Twitter Blog]