The Associated Press sets the style standard for much of journalism. It gathers news most reporters can’t reach. Tweeting fake stories from one of its accounts can send a shiver through the stock market. It will also remind you to prepare for World Kidney Day.
@AP_Planner is your completely random guide to future news
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is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.
100 days away: World Kidney Day (12 Mar)
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) December 2, 2014
This is the AP Planner Twitter account, an idiosyncratic guide to holidays, anniversaries, and events. It tweets a few times a day, mostly about politics, entertainment, and celebrity birthdays: yesterday’s, for the record, included Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder.
Tomorrow: World Hello Day
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) November 20, 2014
The catch is that it’s a collection of free samples from the far larger and more comprehensive AP Planner, a rolling calendar that other news outlets can buy subscriptions to. So instead of getting a selection of the most relevant news, you’ll find a curio cabinet of pretty much random things occurring tomorrow, a week away, a month away, 50 days away, and 100 days away.
Tomorrow: first ever Hello Kitty Convention begins in Los Angeles @sanrio #HelloKittyCon
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) October 29, 2014
In the months and months I’ve scrolled back, I’ve found exactly one retweet from another AP account: apparently The Interview was big enough to merit its own AP Planner update.
Several US theaters say they will screen 'The Interview' on Thursday; Sony yet to comment http://t.co/txoKQxkUnJ
— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) December 23, 2014 It would make the best wall calendar ever.
Tomorrow: 3rd anniversary of death of Kim Jong Il
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) December 16, 2014
Tomorrow: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers annual presidential address
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) December 3, 2014 Tomorrow: Spanish language production of musical "Rent" opens in Havana, Cuba
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) December 23, 2014 And it would make sure you never, ever, ever missed Christmas.
100 days away: Christmas Day
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) September 16, 2014
50 days away: Christmas Day
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) November 5, 2014 A month away: Christmas Day
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) November 25, 2014 A week today: Christmas Day
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) December 18, 2014 Tomorrow: Christmas Day
— AP Planner (@AP_Planner) December 24, 2014
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