Twitter Weekly Updates for January 24, 2010

I use Twitter too much. I basically use it as an overflow for my brain in order to maintain some consistent history of links that I like and thing that I thought were funny.

But Twitter is really bad if you want to remember something that happened over a week ago, so I\’ve started using Twitter Tools to archive my tweets in something hat is a little easier to figure out.

Original Content

• \”The 9/11 truthers responded poorly to my compromise theory\” http://xkcd.com/690/ #
• Someone yells something, Brown says \”We can do this\”, @TommyXtopher files under \”Brown Rape\” http://bit.ly/5WIC9Q #
• As a part time comedian, I support Martha Coakley for Senate. Each day will bring new comedy gold. #
• Man, I would be happy to never hear the word \”rape\” again in the context of the MA Senate race. #
• Thanks to everyone who voted to support me. We did it! I\’m speaking at the MIX conference! http://bit.ly/7PCVXn #
• Wait a second! Marcia Coakley isn\’t on this ballot! Must be a conspiracy. #MASen #
• Want to see me speak or just hang out? I may be coming to a town near you! http://bit.ly/82b9Nj #
• MIT student via KLo: \”I will be shocked if Brown doesn\’t win\” http://bit.ly/81r5Gk #
• Hey! Marcia Coakley\’s name isn\’t even on this ballot! It\’s that damn Bush… he\’s stealing the vote! #
• .@factcheckdotorg takes Coakley campaign to task http://bit.ly/5Tk8RB #
• Which show that I haven\’t seen should I start watching? Heroes, Chuck, Castle, The Wire? Only have time for one. #
• Watching Red Eye: Did @secupp really just complain about Anderson Cooper & \”polite television\”? On Red Eye?? #
• Worked from home today & stock market rose 100! Must stay home tomorrow. For the good of the country. #
• Going to shovel snow. Will return as poll results come in. Unless the internets blow up. #
• Dear investors: There are NO Krispy Kremes in Salt Lake City. Fix this now. (@seanhackbarth reminded me) #
• OK… so what\’s a good election night drinking game? #
• I\’m gonna take a shot every time @AceofSpadesHQ mentions his unmentionables. Alcohol poisoning, here I come! #
• Early results in: looks like Brown is in trouble #pessimism http://bit.ly/8Zea0P #
• Romney won in 2002 with 50% of the vote. Brown is running competitive with Romney. It\’ll be close. #
• Wow! Brown 52%, Coakley 47%… with 45% in. That looks like a win for Brown. Down the hatch! #
• At 75%, if the numbers haven\’t changed, it\’s over for Coakley. (I think it\’s over now) #
• @PoliticalMath celebrates the Brown win http://tweetphoto.com/9114792 #
• How did Brown win this one? I blame George W. Bush. And global warming. #
• New twitter picture to celebrate the Brown victory tonight. #
• I want a full report from @AceofSpadesHQ on his adventures tonight. I haven\’t forgotten, Ace. #
• Who knew that \”change we could believe in\” meant a Republican Senator from Massachusetts? #
• More from Zogby on his \”Coakley by 1\” hunch http://bit.ly/8QzZft #
• Scott Brown wins MA, stocks collapse over 150 points. Say it with me: Correlation does NOT EQUAL causation. #
• Amazon offers more Kindle royalties, will stop beating authors with their own withered arms http://bit.ly/7JGH3Q #
• Note to GOP: Want to extend this win? 2 issues: Transparency. Smaller gov\’t. #
• Want to win as an [R] in MA? Must be an insanely attractive white male with gentle tones of gray in your hair #Romney #Brown #
• Watching \”The Outlaw Josey Wales\” to celebrate. Don\’t know why. Maybe Mr. Daniels does. #
• Zogby predicted a Coakley win by 1ish%. 6% wrong is a big margin http://bit.ly/5EkT6F #
• I was going to take a new picture for Twitter, but I\’m lazy. So I\’m using @IMAO_\’s for the day #
• After some thought, I don\’t think looking like Frank J. is a constructive long-term solution. #
• That\’s better. New avatar in case anyone sees me at #CPAC next month and wants to say \”hi\” #
• I\’m kinda bummed we don\’t have Martha Coakley to kick around anymore. So many great jokes… #
• http://twitpic.com/yyx8e – Weekly Standard\’s @McCormackJohn gets ready for another day on the campaign trail #
• Obama admin\’s solution for student loans is… wait for it… gov\’t takeover! http://bit.ly/5oqWA6 #
• Don\’t worry everyone. I took my Ritalin this morning. #
• .@asymetricinfo says: \”Healthcare reform opponents better stop popping champagne corks & start dialing their congressmen\” #
• I love Jon Stewart when he beats up liberals. What? He beat up a conservative? He\’s such a liberal jerk. #
• Heard at work: \”The day after I bought my truck, a stranger at 7/11 asked if I would help him move\” #
• Crayola colors by year. Awesome. (via @ryanhash) http://tinyurl.com/ydr68hm #
• Michael Barone has a list of the Congressional seats that could flip D to R in 2010 http://bit.ly/4npkoY #
• Ilya Somin looks at consequences if corporations don\’t get constitutional protections http://bit.ly/4VM8bO #
• Ha! @annalthouse says: \”It\’s a prostitute named Cuddles, going all PC. That\’s quite something.\” http://bit.ly/6hyOd2 #
• Watching \”Back to the Future 2\” for the first time in 8 years. Liking it a lot more than I thought I would. #
• Looking at Axiis, a Flex framework for data visualization. Interesting, but not mind blowing http://axiis.org/ #
• Just found journalist/data viz enthusiast @eulken, discovered there are over 1200 chihuahuas named \’princess\’ in LA #
• More of @eulken\’s work… http://ulken.com/work/ #

Re-Tweets

• RT @greggutfeld: Since #24 is in real time, i just ran to 18th and Broadway to help out. I\’m waiting here til 11, then i\’m going home #
• RT @alyankovic: http://twitpic.com/yp5ca – …then on the 24th, please throw a brick through your TV and set your house on fire. #
• RT @DrewPearce: Doing math. Feels good. #GEEK #
• RT @IMAO_: My prediction: Close race. Coakley will get 55%, but Brown will barely win with 56%. #
• RT @VodkaPundit: Intrade: Bettors now buying Scott Brown at 83. #MAsen | Strikes me as optimistic #
• RT @wconnorwalsh: Intrade had Hoffman 65-35 (via @seanhackbarth) #
• RT @JonahNRO: What can Brown do for you? Send socks soaring | ARRGGHH! Correlation != Causality… mind exploding! #
• Man, some people get bitter over every little thing RT @ebertchicago: Massachusetts to Teddy: \”F–k you.\” #
• RT @GayPatriot: BREAKING NEWS: Martha Coakley seen stumbling thru MA streets with large tire tracks on her back! via @Herfarm, @tannerk #
• RT @DLB1752: .@marthacoakley <— officially pwnd #
• RT @toddeherman: Hmm …Do I smell cigarette smoke coming from the White House residence quarters? #
• RT @IMAO_: Hardest hit: Glenn Beck. Hard to work this into his \”We\’re all doomed!\” shtick. #
• RT @IMAO_: RT @TheThomason: A Democrat lost in Massachusetts? That\’s like Glenn Beck losing a crying contest #
• RT @markknoller: Obama complains that \”it’s become standard practice in DC to give contracts to companies that don’t pay their taxes.\” #
• RT @amoylan: I declare a moratorium on calling MA \”Tax\”achussets for at least a month (snip) #
• RT @freemanhunt: I admit to being a teensy bit excited that many are convinced Brown won b/c Obama isn\’t left enough. Heh. #
• RT @daveweigel: BREAKING: In wake of Citizens United ruling, Goldman Sachs announces presidential bid, stating \”Let\’s cut out the middleman\” #
• RT @asymmetricinfo The \”GOP are [sexist/racist]\” column is done to death. Get a novel crime. Freemasonry? Trotskyism? Albigensian heresy? #
• I had no idea Air America was still on RT @brianstelter: BREAKING: Air America Media says it is ceasing live programming this afternoon. #
• RT @IMAO_: RT @Randazzoj: There comes a time to set aside childish things. Except silly putty. #
• RT @ExJon: Bush is just doing this to raise his poll numbers. RT @andylevy UK raised terror threat level from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. #
• RT @SunFoundation: Did the Supreme Court just let foreign companies spend freely on USA political campaigns?: http://bit.ly/7s5f7j #
• RT @andylevy: RT @mediaite: Is Keith Olbermann Losing it? http://bit.ly/825n67 I\’m sorry… what \”it\” thing did he previously have? #

Conversations

• @mkhammer Getting nervous about @ScottBrownMA. Detecting dangerous overconfidence among supporters. in reply to mkhammer #
• .@autotunethenews does MLK\’s last speech. Fantastic. http://bit.ly/5oMKNr (via @alexlundry) #
• @IMAO_: Suggested line for a desperate Coakley campaign: \”If Brown wins, he\’ll make baby Jesus cry.\” #
• @TommyXtopher But that\’s how you tagged it (also under Coakley Rape). I\’m mostly messing with you 🙂 in reply to TommyXtopher #
• @AceofSpadesHQ Dude. Way to own the insult. in reply to AceofSpadesHQ #
• @ScottK7 It was a joke. I stand by my comment that she is comedy gold, though. in reply to ScottK7 #
• @alexlundry Apples and oranges, IMHO. Before VCRs, the only way to watch a movie w/o commercials was in theaters. in reply to alexlundry #
• @alexlundry That meant dozens of re-releases for really popular movies (like Gone With The Wind). Still… fun data to see. in reply to alexlundry #
• @mitrebox I hate you so much. in reply to mitrebox #
• @ExJon What are people thinking at WalMart self checkout? \”Hmmm… that one scanned. [pause] Curious. [pause] Maybe I should scan it again\” in reply to ExJon #
• @alexlundry We must know who was OBJECTIVELY the best! The numbers tell me so! 🙂 in reply to alexlundry #
• @IMAO_ Mr. Taco is dead? Sad! I\’ll toast a chalupa tequila smoothie to him tonight. in reply to IMAO_ #
• @IMAO_ A summary: Steve Jobs is skinny. Pulls out Apple Tablet. Geek squeal. That is all. in reply to IMAO_ #
• @infidelsarecool I keep wondering when Obama is going to bring up Bush\’s failures. He\’s so stoic about it. in reply to infidelsarecool #
• @sarahk47 I knew it! The US gov\’t DOES support Jack Bauer\’s methods! No use denying it anymore #
• Ben Shapiro hates Alfred Hitchcock, Blade Runner, \”beauty in all its forms\” http://bit.ly/7lt2pT #
• @seanhackbarth Shut yo mouth! Blade Runner is amazing. But Ridley Scott\’s best days are behind him. About 20 years behind him. in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @seanhackbarth And I want to see Mark Steyn and Ben Shapiro fight to the death over Quentin Tarantino movies. in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @seanhackbarth Agreed. We just need to get @andrewbreitbart to give us slot on Big Hollywood in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @mr_ubercart None whatsoever. in reply to mr_ubercart #
• @mr_ubercart If my brother said that Alfred Hitchcock sucked, I would totally slam him on Twitter. in reply to mr_ubercart #
• @snarkandboobs I don\’t think Martha Coakley appreciates your sarcasm. But I do. in reply to snarkandboobs #
• @ExJon Coakley by 2. Just preparing myself appropriately. in reply to ExJon #
• @TommyXtopher Umm… don\’t they get insurance from the state of Massachusetts? You know… the state with universal healthcare? in reply to TommyXtopher #
• @_victor_ @midlifechick Since when do we have to endorse ever position a politician takes? That\’s a straw man. in reply to _victor_ #
• @alexlundry Are you asking if the TeaParty groups are actually political pragmatists rather than ideologues? in reply to alexlundry #
• @alexlundry Honestly, I think a vote for Scott Brown looks like an anti-Obama vote. That\’s why the heavy Tea Party support. in reply to alexlundry #
• @alexlundry I think this election is a \”stick-it-to-em\” with whatever stick is available. in reply to alexlundry #
• @alexlundry I predict pragmatism until the GOP has power again. Then the purifying begins. It\’s the (cue music) circle of life! in reply to alexlundry #
• @IMAO_ You could tweet Firefly/Serenity line by line and every tweet would be gold in reply to IMAO_ #
• @collegepolitico I\’m watching on Hulu. Puts me about 300 hours behind you. in reply to collegepolitico #
• @MarcBroussard Question: Do you get any $$ when I download your songs via Microsoft Zune Pass? Do you know? #
• @collegepolitico I think the Hulu time zone is better. Hard to tell when daylight starts, though. in reply to collegepolitico #
• @ToddThurman But when my Mac breaks down I feel good about it cause I can buy a new Mac. It\’s a vicious cycle. in reply to ToddThurman #
• @GayPatriot I don\’t think it is hypocrisy. I think they just can\’t believe it. in reply to GayPatriot #
• @cottagedays Good catch! There\’s none like it. in reply to cottagedays #
• @McLeodCompany My opinion (which isn\’t worth much) is that healthcare would be REALLY hard to push through after tonight in reply to McLeodCompany #
• @McLeodCompany The line from Obama was \”if you elect Brown, healthcare is doomed!\” How do you recover from that? in reply to McLeodCompany #
• @vboykis I, for one, would like to know your thoughts… in reply to vboykis #
• @freemanhunt I can\’t believe that line actually has traction! The \”healthcare saves money\” is pure self-deception in reply to freemanhunt #
• @wlturland The amount of self-reflection that ISN\’T happening on the left is astounding in reply to wlturland #
• @bitterb How dare you! Romney is so dreamy… Sorry, @kathrynlopez took over my brain for a second in reply to bitterb #
• @leonwolf Was it? I thought the MoE was around 4% in reply to leonwolf #
• @leonwolf The latest polls had Brown up 5-7 points, which is where he landed. Zogby\’s prediction seemed pretty lopsided. in reply to leonwolf #
• @leonwolf But part of being a pollster is having a good \”feel\”. It\’s an art as much as a science. I can\’t remember the last time… in reply to leonwolf #
• @leonwolf …Rasmussen was off by so much. I haven\’t predicted something so far away from the poll #s since I was 18. in reply to leonwolf #
• @leonwolf Zogby didn\’t even poll MA. There were no number to cook. in reply to leonwolf #
• @collegepolitico This is my \”I just found out Brown won\” avatar in reply to collegepolitico #
• @collegepolitico If there\’s one thing I can\’t stand, it\’s how clean modern politics is. in reply to collegepolitico #
• .@alexlundry, doing his part to destroy American productivity, points us to @SleepTalkinMan http://bit.ly/5iDZAB #
• @IMAO_ Olbermann can dance? I thought his shtick was throwing poo while telling us how awesome his poo is in reply to IMAO_ #
• @IMAO_ I figure we look enough alike. Dark hair, nose, ears, clothes. Well.. maybe not that last one. in reply to IMAO_ #
• .@freemanhunt says: \”You want a big tent? It\’s fiscal conservatism.\” http://bit.ly/8yd30W #
• @tabrizlauren I\’ll probably go back to something less dull after #CPAC… (I liked the jumping picture too) in reply to tabrizlauren #
• @collegepolitico My eyesight isn\’t that bad… I usually only wear them outside and to the movies. in reply to collegepolitico #
• @collegepolitico nope… no allergies. in reply to collegepolitico #
• .@CatoInstitute is \”a right wing extremist group\”? @willwilkinson seems all nonchalant and Canadian, but he\’ll cut you #
• @rizzuhjj Are we talking currently? (Yes) Or under the new proposal? (No… unless the article was untrue) in reply to rizzuhjj #
• @rizzuhjj I see… so it would only be a gov\’t takeover of subsidized student loans… basically internalizing all aspects of the process in reply to rizzuhjj #
• @rizzuhjj Good call! I retract my \”takeover\” comment. Even if I still don\’t think it\’s a good idea 🙂 in reply to rizzuhjj #
• @rizzuhjj I still wait eagerly for the first solution in which the gov\’t does less, not more in reply to rizzuhjj #
• @rizzuhjj that\’s actually something I struggle with… How do we say what gov\’t should & shouldn\’t do? Don\’t know that I have THE answer in reply to rizzuhjj #
• @rizzuhjj i\’d like to see more gov\’t programs w/ expiration dates so they need to be re-upped intentionally rather than just going on in reply to rizzuhjj #
• Poor @TommyXtopher… Negative attention is still attention, I guess. #
• @willwilkinson I think that everyone should respect the Supreme Court when they agree with me. in reply to willwilkinson #
• @TommyXtopher where did you see the \”teabag Obama\” signs? I did a search and found only 1 in reply to TommyXtopher #
• @collegepolitico Like I said, negative attention is still attention. I know 4 year olds who think the same thing. in reply to collegepolitico #
• @IMAO_ You don\’t hang on @TommyXtopher\’s every post? Well, if you don\’t know, he\’s not going to tell you. in reply to IMAO_ #
• @IMAO_ Wait, you want him to remember where he put his evidence? That seems unreasonable. in reply to IMAO_ #
• @TommyXtopher Dude, you\’re smarter than this. At this point you\’re just being provocative to be a dick. in reply to TommyXtopher #
• @TommyXtopher And you\’ll write a personal letter of apology to every TP member who has denounced crass Tea Party signs? in reply to TommyXtopher #
• @TommyXtopher @IMAO_ and I will expect to see your apologies scanned & up on your blog. We appreciate your intellectual honesty. in reply to TommyXtopher #
• @jessejoyce Tell Red Eye to get their shows up on Hulu faster. The latest appearance with you was from 1994. in reply to jessejoyce #
• @collegepolitico I\’ll show you a tangible investment you can hold in your hands… in reply to collegepolitico #
• @collegepolitico I\’m sorry. I\’ve clearly lost my mind. Maybe I need more sleep. in reply to collegepolitico #
• .@amy_m_miller Going after @TommyXtopher \’s mom? What are we, 6 years old? You should be ashamed. #
• @granderojo I have no official opinion one way or the other. 🙂 in reply to granderojo #
• @granderojo I get nervous about restrictions on free speech… which is what McCain-Feingold seemed to be. in reply to granderojo #
• @granderojo But there could be nuances to the law that I don\’t understand, so I don\’t want to say too much. in reply to granderojo #
• @_victor_ What about the constitutionality of the SCOTUS decision do you think is in error? in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ Fair enough. Question: It takes money to air news. Should CNN spending be limited in a campaign season? in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ So news corporations get special treatment on spending money from all other corps? That doesn\’t seem right. in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ Advocacy takes many forms. To allow business A to spend money telling people things and forbid business B seems arbitrary. in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ You\’re saying (correct if wrong) that spending money on news is OK, but spending money on ads isn\’t. in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ But there is all kind of \”this is who you should vote for\” slant inside the presentation of \”this is what happened\”. On both sides in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ So it is OK for a news corp to spend $$ on opinion IN the program, but not another corp to spend $$ on opinion BETWEEN the program in reply to _victor_ #
• @granderojo I think that [my-political-view-here] is much more intelligent than [political-view-I-disagree-with-here] in reply to granderojo #
• @granderojo I just think it\’s funny when people say \”the difference between me and people I don\’t like is that I\’m awesome\” in reply to granderojo #
• @freemanhunt Christians have been fighting for hearts and minds on abortion issue for years. I think they\’re winning. in reply to freemanhunt #
• @adamsbaldwin I think Zoe Weil would rather teach her conclusions than the reasoning skills that led to them. in reply to adamsbaldwin #

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