So, why is (apparently) everyone — including Twitter — sending us through t.co?
Example here[0] where you can see Twitter displays "mlkshk.com/r/K29L.jpeg" in the tweet, downright lies to you when hovering over it with "http://mlkshk.com/r/K29L.jpeg while the real href is http://t.co/fqxnG84t.
So, why is (apparently) everyone — including Twitter — sending us through t.co?
Example here[0] where you can see Twitter displays "mlkshk.com/r/K29L.jpeg" in the tweet, downright lies to you when hovering over it with "http://mlkshk.com/r/K29L.jpeg while the real href is http://t.co/fqxnG84t.
So, WWW broken.
[0] https://twitter.com/xkcdrss/status/255158017253838848