1 - write a better XSL stylesheet? I am not an XSL expert.
2 - evaluate the use of the <ttl/> RSS element.
3 - use the <enclosure/> element for pump.io media objects
4 - use the <enclosure/> element for images on dilbert.com
5 - show images (or even cards) directly in RSS items for twitter.com
6 - check the encoding of the tweets when UTF is used,
7 maybe solvable with mb_convert_encoding()?
8 See http://php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadhtml.php