function cleanupTweet(ele, parselinks) {
	// get rid of twitter username
	var t = ele.text();
	ele.text(t.replace('bbcswitchlive: ',''));

	if (parselinks) {
		// make URLs into clickable links
		var a = ele.html().split("http://");
		if (a.length > 1) {
			var a2 = a[1].split(" ");
			var link = a2.shift();
			a[1] = a2.join(" ");
			var h = a.join('<a href="http://' + link + '">' + link + '</a> ');
			ele.html(h);
		}
	}
}