Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 2006, Twttr launched; and in its early days the social media platform gained vowels in its name and fame for a cute whale that would show up during its then-regular outages. Here's the story of Lifting A Dreamer, aka the "Fail Whale." Plus: if you’re a fan of scuba diving or snorkeling, the Geneinno S2 undersea scooter is a new high tech way to do it.  Twitter launches (History.com) Lifting A Dreamer (the Twitter Fail Whale) and Beyond (Yiying Lu) An Underwater Sea Scooter for Exploring the Ocean (UrbanDaddy) Our Patreon backers are the ones who lift this show up every day, join them today! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message