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@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-08 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 3/07/2014: 4,996 steps and 3.7 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 00:01:32
Reading – Edward Snowden’s magnificent testimony to the EU (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/FefY0nGcU8 03:08:28
RT @skift: #MH370 pass: China:162+1 inf, Malaysia:38, Indonesia:12, Aus:7, FR: 3, US:3+1 inf, NZ: 2, Ukraine: 2, Italy:1, Netherlands:1 03:24:57
RT @clintonfein: If @RecentApp is something @declanm is involved in & would dedicate his professional life to, I'm all ears. Good luck Decl… 08:24:56
RT @declanm: I'm leaving @CNET and CBS to start a new company: http://t.co/xl8F6Q7KyY @RecentApp Some more info: https://t.co/hPjzF4WXCJ 08:27:09
Reading – World stunned MH370 could vanish in 2014 (Mary Kirby) http://t.co/DQDD4SKLCG 16:16:09
Reading – 2016 Presidential Election – Likelihood of Republican Nomination (PredictWise) http://t.co/U2IKUWEXH6 16:23:53
RT @nycjim: On #Crimea border of #Ukraine, Russia forces have placed a minefield. https://t.co/1rKkvTdNGE Photo by @EvgenyFeldman 16:33:31
Reading – U.S. Probing Terror Concerns in Missing Malaysian Airlines Jet (NBC) http://t.co/bngx3kmHrS 16:38:11
Reading – This image is why everyone’s so excited about a NASA mission to Europa (Robert T. Gonzales) http://t.co/MYvRyzzD4q 16:45:28
Woo!! RT @Poynter: New @FiveThirtyEight launches March 17 — a week from Monday. #SXSW 18:52:19
Reading – This floating black ball is the creepiest thing you’ll see all day (George Dvorsky) http://t.co/VxTVadNeZx 19:00:22
Reading – Here’s What Happened The Last Time A Plane Disappeared Over The Ocean (Alex Davies) http://t.co/IBdREy9Idg 19:11:11
RT @Amazing_Maps: Current and Historic Distribution of Lions Source: http://t.co/bBvR4HDh2M – http://t.co/0FdYIOQ9JL 19:30:49
MT @declanm: Newsweek’s bitcoin analyst:“We’ve gone exponentially away from Moore’s law” But ML==exp! #innumeracy http://t.co/PJ3OT2MB3p 19:33:33
.@declanm Maybe Double Exponential? http://t.co/96XFICUGCE in reply to declanm 19:34:04
RT @declanm: @abulsme I think you may be giving the forensic analyst too much credit here. 19:45:45
Reading – Do Elephants Call “Human” (IFLScience) http://t.co/5xd7W6RhIh 22:30:44
Anybody know which (legal) online places will have the new Cosmos and when? I prefer that to TiVoing off the TV if possible. 22:46:49

@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-07 (UTC)

Reading – Commercial Drones Are Completely Legal, a Federal Judge Ruled (Jason Koebler) http://t.co/xWRypA4ejF 00:04:42
Fascinating account -> Reading – A Day of Speaking Truth to Power
Visiting the ODNI (Quinn Norton) https://t.co/MvwOlLnvnZ 00:54:47
My fitbit #Fitstats for 3/06/2014: 6,099 steps and 4.5 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 03:02:01
Reading – Putin Endangering Russia’s Oil Supply by Flexing Muscles in Ukraine (Rand Paul) http://t.co/7dBDGhKKqV 03:16:00
RT @BYUfan: Is this really the face of #bitcoin? If not, the real Mr. Nakamoto could speak up and spare this man a lot of grief. http://t.c… 04:39:55
.@BYUfan Can’t speak to authenticity, but… https://t.co/IDrtwfX8sg in reply to BYUfan 04:40:25
Reading – Man called Bitcoin’s father denies ties, leads LA car chase (Ranen/Lowrey) http://t.co/Y5DBuxsLiy 04:54:03
Reading – Bitcoin Creator Returns To Internet To Say, 'I Am Not Dorian Nakamoto' (Kashmir Hill) http://t.co/TPHgMIFCXO 05:05:26
RT @ryan: Mar 6th 2014, 9:00am: “Wait, Newsweek still exists?”
Mar 6th 2014, 9:00pm: “See, this is why we all thought they went out of busi… 05:09:23
RT @WaltHickey: The only logical conclusion is that Bitcoin was invented when a time traveller taught his past self how to create Bitcoin. 05:09:48
RT @HemlockMartinis: Stoked to read for Newsweek's exposé of 72-year-old Lithuanian housewife D.B. Cooper. 05:10:51
Reading – Netflix disables Chrome's developer console (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/3ey4osiUsD 05:13:49
RT @jcenters: I don’t know how viable Bitcoin is as a currency, but it sure is entertaining. 05:25:53
Reading – Senate report warns of vast data mining 'behind veil of secrecy' (Kate Tummarello) http://t.co/DeKpzEhETZ 15:21:55
Reading – Ted Cruz: 'Barack Obama Is The President Richard Nixon Always Wished To Be' (Debra Heine) http://t.co/9uKx2qEqZ4 15:24:09
Reading – The NSA Has An Advice Columnist. Seriously. (Peter Maass) https://t.co/xjkQMTvR3f 16:01:20
Reading – London's Laundry Business (Ben Judah) http://t.co/MqyFJzJdXg 17:48:26
RT @DafnaLinzer: wow @ericschmidt says at #sxsw "We were attacked by the Chinese in 2011, we were attacked by the United States government … 18:53:06
RT @shustry: BREAKING: Crimea TV reporting that Russians have begun storming Ukraine air-force base on the peninsula, ramming the gates wit… 19:02:15
RT @shustry: Ukraine MoD spoxman confirms that Russians have pulled back. "The base is now in complete control of Ukraine armed forces." 21:28:44
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: They Have to Talk to Each Other http://t.co/iYKJN64pQ9 21:37:49
RT @20committee: Worried yet? Putin's spox Peskov cites "deadly danger" to Russians in #Ukraine: "no, Russia can't just look on, and it won… 22:20:16

Curmudgeon’s Corner: They Have to Talk to Each Other

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Appliances
Apple CarPlay
Ukraine

Recorded on 5 Mar 2014

Length this week – 1:13:25


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@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-06 (UTC)

Reading – Russia Today anchor Liz Wahl quits on air (Mark Frauenfelder) http://t.co/jEr9kknslj 00:17:08
Reading – Given Alleged CIA Spying on Senators, When Will Senate Intel Committee Release Torture Report? (Gosztola) http://t.co/PyBgpVqTc8 00:23:18
My fitbit #Fitstats for 3/05/2014: 7,412 steps and 5.5 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 03:01:38
Reading – The world’s largest photo service just made its pictures free to use (Russell Brandom) http://t.co/HFHYj3TF6s 06:10:30
Reading – There is a pragmatic (but not a libertarian) case for a “Basic Income Guarantee” (Lars Christensen) http://t.co/nAOEBOqC9V 15:21:12
Reading – We Are Pleased To Publish Your Senseless Ravings. (Derek Lowe) http://t.co/6OggmDt1N4 15:25:10
Reading – Identity of Bitcoin’s Mysterious Creator Revealed? (Cade Metz) http://t.co/YepvvSOqah 15:29:13
Good background -> Reading – Eastern Ukraine Is Still Fighting Its Past
Life under Stalin’s long shadow (@juliaioffe) http://t.co/giCAHOMLCY 16:31:48
Reading – One Part Mr. Peanut, One Part Hipster Chic (Allen Salkin) http://t.co/ddcsuqwYmO 17:30:28
Reading – Senate staffers slipped secret CIA documents from agency’s headquarters (Landay/Watkins/Taylor) http://t.co/0TBo2TMuSA 18:43:15
At the dentist again, waiting for local anesthetic to kick in, so time to tweet, right? 21:13:00
CNN is on the TV and they had Vladimir Posner on. It really is the 80s again, isn’t it? 21:13:45
Had a Alex school thing in the morning too, so was going to take the whole day off, but then meeting got sched for 4 that I should attend. 21:15:57
So after dentist driving to work for that meeting, even though I probably still won’t be able to feel my face. Then going right home again. 21:16:35
Reading – Pope’s Comments Hint At The Fight Over LGBT Rights Inside Vatican (Feder/Hall) http://t.co/AbCaG0dQcz 21:20:43
All done! Can’t feel my face! A little dizzy! Time to drive to work! Woo!! 22:07:04
Reading – Would we ever ban human driving (Brad Templeton) http://t.co/uWRuXQlbPY 23:08:20
RT @F_WRLCK: @abulsme There are many days I'm ready to ban it even without a robotic replacement. 23:18:59
Reading – How the Ukraine crisis ends (Henry A. Kissinger) http://t.co/s6Qy51M2BH 23:20:59
Reading – Handicapping the North Korean Elections (Jake Scobey-Thal) http://t.co/YhacZIoXyt 23:30:01
Reading – Clinton, Hitler, Polk, And Putin (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/tvrSWSF2cy 23:42:38

@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-05 (UTC)

Reading – Quote of the Day: Lindsey Graham Goes Too Far Even for the Wingnuts (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/Gyg528SLBW 00:16:19
Reading – What if somebody steals a bitcoin? (Brad Templeton) http://t.co/xPc4lhVvIO 00:26:13
Reading – Fight Back Against Obama's War on Fossil Fuels (Alex Epstein) http://t.co/2qXJUiZbIj 00:37:17
My wife @Scatterbrandy is conducting a short survey as part of a project for one of her classes. Please take -> https://t.co/LXy9qlWE6O 00:45:26
RT @wilw: IT’S NOT A STREETLIGHT! 02:11:27
My fitbit #Fitstats for 3/04/2014: 7,552 steps and 5.6 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 03:02:02
RT @GeorgeTakei: In case you weren't depressed enough tonight. http://t.co/a3z9mP3R2T 04:55:19
RT @ryan: Wonky UI, slow to respond to touch, no swiping, and are they using a resistive touchscreen? The CarPlay demo looks really disappo… 05:03:44
Reading – C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program (Mark Mazzetti) http://t.co/6GNYAewU6Z 05:43:13
Reading – A Pinch Of Salt: Clinton Speech Reveal Sparks Firestorm (Henry Saltzgaver) http://t.co/q0ho6qyHoh 05:53:23
Reading – Probe sought of CIA conduct in Senate study of secret detention program (Landay/Watkins/Taylor) http://t.co/Vx0x8tBczO 06:46:44
Watching – Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Catherine Ashton discuss Ukraine over the phone (Michael Bergman) http://t.co/i07LqnfbYY 14:07:19
Listening to iTunesU lectures in the car works better on ones without equations and diagrams. Just sayin’. 15:55:24
Reading – Understanding The Crisis In Ukraine (The Onion)
http://t.co/WNneJYBa1p 17:52:49
RT @Kasparov63: Broad trade sanctions aren't needed. Don't punish 140m innocent Russians. Go after Putin's 140 oligarchs who keep their ass… 18:12:46
Reading – Auto Safety Experts Concerned About CarPlay and Distracted Driving (Kelly Hodgkins) http://t.co/rtVLeBZ0pq 20:00:58
Reading – Another Day, Another Retailer in a Massive Credit Card Breach (Karen Weise) http://t.co/hMrTTXLcKu 20:04:20
Reading – Putin Is Losing? (The Dish) http://t.co/upj986tp1f 20:06:54
Reading – Vladimir Putin is losing the battle for Ukraine (Alex Massie) http://t.co/umErkJ5BHx 20:12:39
Reading – Putin's Winning Hand: Russia Doesn't Want the Eastern Ukraine & That Should Worry the West (Daniel Berman) http://t.co/saNqNuO8to 20:19:23
Reading – Are Stonehenge's Boulders Actually Big Bells? (Robinson Meyer) http://t.co/iQFblLrSSD 20:25:18
Reading – The awesome Harry Potter ending J.K. Rowling didn’t even know she had (Rob Bricken) http://t.co/0CXDJrAsCL 20:53:53
Reading – Yes, The CIA Spied On Congress (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/zA4b5vWWNH 21:09:37

@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-04 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 3/03/2014: 6,496 steps and 4.8 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 00:26:37
RT @owillis: gop has alpha male issues. "talk tough" is all they demand, don't use your brain because god forbid. 04:23:19
Reading – Ukraine Crisis Reminds Us To Keep Ignoring Conservatives On Foreign Policy (Oliver Willis) http://t.co/10JZSTRPRY 04:26:41
Reading – What's the Endgame for Israel? (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/KXPQkLk1oI 04:45:41
Reading – The Best Of The Dish Today (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Z9ElsiCPXi 04:57:29
Reading – U.S. Increasingly Isolated On Russia Sanctions (Colum Lynch) http://t.co/yyXQ0QdHsu 05:12:39
Reading – How The Media Will Report The Apocalypse (Tom Phillips) http://t.co/ANxeWvQpam 05:36:42
Watching – Jimmy Fallon, Idina Menzel & The Roots Sing “Let It Go” (w/ Classroom Instruments) [Tonight Show] http://t.co/0J5bFkfGKq 05:53:46
Reading – This is the ad every Democrat should be scared of in 2014 (Chris Cillizza) http://t.co/TNiif0RNmI 15:32:38
Reading – Ukrainian Chess (Boone/Johnson) http://t.co/HmbDhi6Sw7 15:39:53
Reading – Morning Plum: Why Republicans have the advantage in 2014 (Greg Sargent) http://t.co/0ev15rTWmD 17:44:44
Reading – Glenn Greenwald: The Intercept Won’t Have Editorial ‘Obstacles’ For Its Reporting (Bob Cesca) http://t.co/NfICOzyhdf 18:05:47
Reading – Ukraine: How it got harder for Snowden’s Russis Story to pass the laughter test (Spandan Chakrabarti) http://t.co/2eu4owYflX 18:10:01
RT @FunkynFortunate: @abulsme so it is possible to watch someone get dumber! 19:16:05
Reading – Proof That New Doctor Who Star Peter Capaldi Is Awesome (Andrew Reynolds) http://t.co/dyFSY4ScU8 19:54:45
Reading – Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping (Dan Goodin) http://t.co/ocgHDZcP1p 20:16:23
Reading – Obama in denial on Russia (Jonah Goldberg) http://t.co/OL0MMHPuUm 20:22:46
RT @brendanloy: I'm confused by self-described patriots who take schadenfreudic joy in glib partisan mockery snarking that Russia's preside… 20:40:41
RT @DLoesch: New spin: "If you point out Obama's weakness you're totally supporting Putin and stuff." 21:01:22
RT @DLoesch: So by this logic were people who bashed Bush Saddam supporters? 21:01:25
RT @brendanloy: @DLoesch Dana, here's a non-strawman version of this "spin." http://t.co/Min7EL0eHY I feel it's sound. Which part would you… 21:05:15
Reading – Surrender Douthat! (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/heZsqsbzHP 21:12:38
Setting the Tivo… (5 Pacific) RT @natsecHeather: Talking #Ukraine on @ajam tonite in the 8pm hour. Reading @BrookingsFP Steve Pifer first. 23:47:45

@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-03 (UTC)

Probably mostly true -> Reading – Why Russia No Longer Fears the West (Ben Judah) http://t.co/JxzR1mhTVn 00:07:36
Reading – Remember Vladimir Putin’s New York Times op-ed? Let’s revisit it (Adam Taylor) http://t.co/VmEqb0GURH 00:18:15
Reading – Ukrainian Activists Work to Counter Russian Narrative on Social Networks (Robert MacKey) http://t.co/WcDLSjgllQ 00:24:15
RT @BrettLoGiurato: Breaking-ish: G-7 leaders issue statement condemning Russia http://t.co/GFDrueRh6C 00:36:00
Reading – How Putin’s worldview may be shaping his response in Crimea (Maria Snegovaya) http://t.co/LcSRYLp0VE 00:45:16
RT @Kasparov63: Seems like half the western coverage of Putin's invasion is about "understanding" his grievances. Same trap as 1938 once ag… 00:45:41
RT @AlanJohnson35: "@Stalingrad_Poor: Iconic picture from last year http://t.co/yCCPLBTlbH" Both look like would rather be anywhere but in … 00:46:31
Reading – We’re Witnessing The Most Seismic Geopolitical Events Since 9/11 (Ian Bremmer) http://t.co/oaeLLviazB 01:01:07
My fitbit #Fitstats for 3/02/2014: 8,663 steps and 6.4 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 01:02:07
Reading – Ukraine: Will “International Law matter a lot down the road?” (Eric Posner) http://t.co/axYUqBbFVx 01:05:03
Meanwhile… Reading – Injuries as protesters storm Libya parliament (AlJazeera) http://t.co/Ya25kSnNgj 01:07:45
Reading – Has The Bush Administration Handcuffed Obama’s Russian Options? (Smith/GOPStopper) http://t.co/CvWEWnjguy 01:49:58
Reading – How Should The West Respond? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/lDGRGh1iwQ 01:57:40
Reading – Ukraine On The Brink (The Dish) http://t.co/AIOFS9H6GM 02:07:31
Reading – Russia Is Invading Ukraine and Nobody Seems Able or Willing to Do Anything About It (Brendan Kiley) http://t.co/vZ3Imsh73d 02:20:49
Reading – The Tea Party Constitution Lives On (Jonathan Chait) http://t.co/65oj53g32C 02:23:17
Reading – Russia PM Medvedev's Facebook Post on Ukraine (Andrey Tselikov) http://t.co/e4GzOPZZ72 02:25:26
Urg. (Unconfirmed rumor only) -> Reading – US Ships Approaching Sevastopol? (Tyler Durden) http://t.co/MxF99W4TtJ 02:54:47
RT @gerrycanavan: There’s no part of “unconfirmed reports Poland is moving troops to Ukraine border” that I like. 02:55:55
Reading – No, Vladimir Putin Is Not a Cunning Geopolitical Chess Player (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/4vJpvPnFrY 03:32:24
Reading – Who Are The Tatars? (The Dish) http://t.co/8RPjfICFn7 03:42:50
Reading – Kerry Plans to Visit Ukraine in Show of Support and Warns Russia of Penalties (Michael R. Gordon) http://t.co/yFWhdA6V0l 04:06:26
RT @imbou: Dead on analysis:“@abulsme: Reading – No, Vladimir Putin Is Not a Cunning Geopolitical Chess Player (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/Psp… 04:12:32
.@imbou Drum’s from yesterday was pretty good too: http://t.co/GKmQnImHkI in reply to imbou 04:13:10
Reading – Mozambique: Filipe Nyussi Elected Presidential Candidate (AllAfrica) http://t.co/uoJWpeeFnS 04:43:22
Reading – Tone-Deaf at the Listening Post (Daniel Drezner) http://t.co/HZvlFq6xjr 15:44:10
RT @BYUfan: .@imbou @abulsme Re: anti-discrimination laws. Does the law transform society or does society transform the laws? I think the l… 17:01:25
.@BYUfan @imbou not saying it is how it SHOULD be, but how it is is Both. Three phases: in reply to BYUfan 17:02:13
.@BYUfan @imbou Ph 1, Critical subset starts believing something. Depending on power of subgroup could be 10% to 90% of pop. Laws passed. in reply to BYUfan 17:07:34
.@BYUfan @imbou Oops. Dentist ready for me. I will have to finish my thoughts later. Fillings are fun and happy things, right? 17:08:27
RT @imbou: @abulsme @BYUfan Have them just rip out the teeth. 17:18:10
.@imbou @BYUfan Waiting for anesthetics to kick in now. Woo! in reply to imbou 17:21:44
.@BYUfan @imbou Phase 2, law is used to force behavior of those who disagree, mold views of next generations. This process takes decades. in reply to BYUfan 17:23:10
.@BYUfan @imbou Doc back. More later. in reply to BYUfan 17:24:44
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme @imbou Go ahead and keep tweeting under anesthesia. It should be interesting. 17:56:35
.@BYUfan @imbou Only local. Done now. Can’t feel my face. in reply to BYUfan 17:57:29
.@BYUfan @imbou Done for today I should say. They did the right side. Left side scheduled for Thursday. in reply to BYUfan 17:58:57
.@BYUfan @imbou Phase 3. Those who disagree change their minds, die off, become small minority. Law: How could it possibly be any other way? in reply to BYUfan 18:00:36
.@BYUfan @imbou Society (but not necessarily majority) initiates the law changes, but then there is a feedback loop that transforms society. in reply to BYUfan 18:02:03
RT @BYUfan: .@imbou @abulsme Y'all need to see Blackfish. It's on Netflix instant. http://t.co/g5VrKsHxa6 18:02:12
.@BYUfan @imbou I was of course thinking about that movie when I made my comments. Already on my very long list if movies to see someday. in reply to BYUfan 18:03:13
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme @imbou I agree with phases, but 1 and 2 are so close, laws are unnecessary in all but extreme cases. 18:19:05
.@BYUfan @imbou Think “necessary” depends on perceived urgency. With law, some effects immediate. May accelerate attitude changes too. in reply to BYUfan 18:23:13
.@BYUfan @imbou Now, personally, I think it is almost always better for change to happen slowly and naturally through persuasion. in reply to BYUfan 18:24:01
.@BYUfan @imbou But many times slow and gradual can be way too slow, especially for people getting screwed by the status quo. in reply to BYUfan 18:25:56
RT @imbou: @BYUfan @abulsme but our country has lived the extreme which is why we have the laws in the books 18:26:21
Reading – Ukraine: UK rules out Russia trade curbs? (Nick Robinson) http://t.co/E7T63e8rhw 18:53:16
Reading – Hobbled By The Iraq Legacy (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/DON6Q0FTz2 19:34:59
Reading – Crimea Looks Like the Sudetenland All Over Again (Brendan Kiley) http://t.co/vTGVKK6tqi 19:42:02
Reading – The Very, Very Thin Wedge of Denial (Phil Plait) http://t.co/6ak1cAxn85 19:46:52
Reading – Giving Putin An Off-Ramp? (The Dish) http://t.co/uYuG8SaZhZ 19:51:42
Nodding my head a lot while reading Sullivan -> “In Another World”? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/ZmiaASleXy 19:59:24
Reading – Putin’s error in Ukraine is the kind that leads to catastrophe (David Ignatius) http://t.co/GSRabv85AJ 20:02:40
RT @stefanjbecket: "There is something odd about commentators who denounce Putin and yet pine for a more Putin-like figure in the WH." http… 20:21:07
Yes -> Reading – The Misplaced Question of Obama’s ‘Toughness’ (Benjamin Wallace-Wells) http://t.co/hpRoTwphwI 20:28:58
Yes again -> Don’t listen to Obama’s Ukraine critics: he’s not ‘losing’ – and it’s not his fight (M Cohen) http://t.co/qh1zndpYSh 20:37:02
For awhile over the weekend I was starting to despair as everything I was reading was of the we need to be aggressive type. 20:38:36
Heartened to see today a variety of “calmer heads” writing and explaining the other side. 20:39:38
They took longer to get their stuff out there though. Only now am I really starting to see larger volumes from the “hey, stay calm” side. 20:41:16
Maybe they, I dunno, just spent some time looking at the situation and thinking through it instead of just reacting reflexively. 20:41:27
Meanwhile, I’m starting to be able to feel my face again, so time to stop reading Ukraine stuff and start actually WFH the rest of the day. 20:42:50
RT @PeteDominick: John Kerry tells Putin: You can’t invade another country ‘on a completely trumped up pretext.' Wish 2014 Kerry could sit … 21:46:36
Of course. @BreakingNews: Russia: Ousted Pres Yanukovych asked Pres Putin to use military force in Ukraine – @Reuters http://t.co/T2KW8iFs2W 22:24:48
Reading – Putin Doesn’t Know What He Wants in Ukraine (Tikhon Dzyadko) http://t.co/oxSSXH2uvT 22:38:58

@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-02 (UTC)

Reading – NATO Needs to Move Now on Crimea (James Stavridis) http://t.co/ukg5nXYydX 00:34:28
BINGO -> Reading – A Wee Prediction About Ukraine (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/GKmQnImHkI 00:43:32
RT @BlogsofWar: RT @ZeddRebel: Putin appointing himself protector of all "Russian-speakers" is a truly frightening development. 00:50:50
RT @ecsparrow: The Cold War: first time as tragedy, second time as farce. 01:00:02
RT @ChuckLane1: Thank goodness Edward Snowden got out of that evil, world-devouring empire he used to inhabit, and made it safely to Russia. 01:00:31
My fitbit #Fitstats for 3/01/2014: 3,136 steps and 2.3 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 01:02:44
RT @robertwrighter: One dif between US-Iraq 2003 & Russia-Crimea 2014: More people greeting Russians as liberators. But both illegal under … 01:03:11
RT @20committee: Putin today to POTUS unilaterally declared post-Soviet boundaries null and void. Not a big deal, rather a huge one. 01:09:19
Reading – Ukrainian Journalists Take Regime's Corruption Public With YanukovychLeaks (Tetyana Lokot) http://t.co/WehF8YrDdM 01:14:15
Reading – As Auroracoin “Airdrop” Approaches, What Does It Mean When A Nation Adopts A Cryptocurrency (@johnbiggs) http://t.co/epiXI4dwrD 01:28:50
Reading – TSA agents demand bag-search to look for "Bitcoins" (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/0X1uZSFAFN 01:39:15
Reading – What You're Not Seeing (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/pVYhSNOpUc 01:47:35
Reading – Boston bombing suspect: Why an FBI agent is always listening (Denise Lavoie) http://t.co/bWWsyacdBh 01:57:21
Reading – Tim Cook fights back against shareholders concerned with environmental initiatives (Andrew Webster) http://t.co/5VjVt1Y3s7 02:00:28
Reading – Orchestrated Knife Attacks Kill 27 at Chinese Rail Station (Chris Buckley) http://t.co/Pl79cMwVnT 02:05:34
Please feel free to not vote. -> Futility & The Religious Conservative (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/JlqNK36l7Q 02:26:28
Reading – What if… Clara had stayed Victorian? (Will Stanford) http://t.co/5375UVnWle 03:16:55
Reading – What’s Russia’s Game? (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/ClQemgOZIE 03:24:08
RT @digittante: I feel so much safer knowing @SarahPalinUSA is watching #RussiaInvadesUkraine from her house, and not the White House.” 04:02:05
Reading – The Problem With Easy Technology (Tim Wu) http://t.co/CMAwNbv1tD 04:09:13
RT @IFLScience: From Xkcd http://t.co/IEhO7WVRJb 04:21:56
Reading – Just How Strange Is Assange? (The Dish) http://t.co/juy7Hw7KGo 04:29:45
Reading – An NSA Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: 'A Genius Among Geniuses' (Andy Greenberg) http://t.co/t3PTRYZ5SC 05:44:50
Reading – Bitcoin is not real money (Larry Kudlow) http://t.co/qNShafqCmi 05:53:06
RT @ScottNY71: @abulsme You read an awful lot for someone with a job and a 4 year old. I barely have time to read the headlines in your twe… 05:53:30
.@ScottNY71 Mostly on mobile devices in between other things, or while playing trains with the 4 year old with the other hand… in reply to ScottNY71 05:54:23
.@ScottNY71 Of course, at this point the longer things I “save for later” with Pocket are all backed up. Reading ones from December now. in reply to ScottNY71 05:55:42
Reading – Ross Raises The White Flag On Gay Marriage (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/ZRAbLEAyV8 06:58:30
Watching – Disney's Frozen – "Let It Go" Multi-Language Full Sequence (Walt Disney Animation Studios) https://t.co/HEFDa95CJ5 07:08:00
Go TC! -> Reading – Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple's Stock (Bryan Chaffin) http://t.co/OUMSzbAPA0 07:44:15
RT @20committee: Interfax reports that, all over Crimea, RU military units are disarming UKR military units, telling them to obey "legitima… 07:50:40
RT @20committee: Lots of vague reports coming in of RU troop movements near Ukrainian border in east of country…unconfirmed but #s of rep… 07:50:42
RT @juliamacfarlane: Not good: #Russia now accusing "Ukrainian radicals" of invading its #Belgorod region near #Ukraine border – Interfax h… 07:59:00
Reading – Here's Who the Money Men Are Backing So Far in the Republican Field (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/nUd0cy0b77 07:59:33
Reading – Doctor Who Series 8 (2014): What We Know UPDATE [DWTV] http://t.co/7JIhDiLXRO 08:07:33
Reading – Parrot’s Flower Power Plant Sensor Gives You A Mobile Green Thumb (Matt Burns) http://t.co/DJXb5o8u2G 08:11:07
Reading – The Vatican's new normal: being home to an ex-pope (Nick Squires) http://t.co/RxGIxdICuU 08:27:28
Reading – Phone's Wi-Fi hotspot acts as SOS beacon in disasters (Paul Marks) http://t.co/0AM7r7a0Zo 08:30:23
Reading – NASA Sparked Fire Risk While Drying Sodden Spacesuit On Station, Report Says (Elizabeth Howell) http://t.co/o4MO63V7DR 08:38:41
Reading – As Astronaut’s Helmet Filled With Water He Told NASA 3 Times It Wasn’t From Drinking Bag (Elizabeth Howell) http://t.co/BAPnLXxXab 08:43:23
RT @vicenews: BREAKING: Ukrainian military refuse to hand over their arms to Russian soldiers in Crimean town of Perevalnoe. 09:02:56
[Abulpost] Working Hard at School http://t.co/CX2tF36pmO 09:14:46
RT @jason_corcoran: BBC TV reporting that Russian troops are digging trenches at the land border between Crimea and rest of Ukraine 09:15:07
RT @ScottNY71: @abulsme With my 3 year old, I get told to put my phone away or "You said you were going to play with me". She's bossy but s… 15:23:57
.@ScottNY71 Oh, I do get that sometimes… But SOMETIMES I can get away with it for a LITTLE while… But now he is telling me to WATCH… So… in reply to ScottNY71 15:26:05
RT @Amazing_Maps: Annual Mortality Rates per 1000 people
Source: http://t.co/y1u1uQUJRq
- http://t.co/Iz2ETo5OhQ 15:34:48
Reading – Kerry Blasts Russia’s ‘19th Century Behavior’ In Ukraine (Caitlin MacNeal) http://t.co/KLhsyCll9B 15:41:48
RT @juliaioffe: Russia Today already reporting that the south and east of #Ukraine don't recognize the govt in Kiev. Here we go. http://t.c… 15:44:37
Ah… plausible speculation -> Reading – This is What Most Likely Happened to MtGox (Chris Pacia) http://t.co/GfrBkhbJ3d 16:00:22
Reading – Do People Really Dislike Jeopardy Champ Arthur Chu Because He Hits the Buzzer Too Hard? (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/sOHaw5dQli 18:45:32
Wut? RT @Ukrainolution: Polish military mobilization. Columns towards Ukraine. #Crimea #Ukraine #Poland http://t.co/4SAtk009HH 18:47:00
RT @20committee: Putin has already shattered Europe's post-Cold War rule book, now he must decide if he wants to shred European peace altog… 18:50:56
Reading – Tea, sandwiches, music, photos with self-defense forces mark peaceful Sunday in Simferopol (RT) http://t.co/kbJHjDBXNn 19:00:30
RT @joshuafoust: And this is RT rubbing all of your outrage into the dirt, with both middle fingers raised high http://t.co/5FJV2PShfS 19:00:35
Reading – Democrats again look to Clinton, but hurdles from 2008 remain (Mark Barabak) http://t.co/uEdU0piYdS 20:44:01
Reading – Putin Goes to War in Crimea (David Remnick) http://t.co/jby4wTxirm 21:11:22
RT @attackerman: Obama admin official is threatening Russian economy. "The Russians have badly miscalculated here. … economy is quite vul… 21:29:03
RT @JohnKerry: I will be headed to Kyiv, Ukraine tomorrow night for discussions there Tuesday. 21:36:05
Impotant background and context -> Reading – Ukraine: The Haze of Propaganda (Timothy Snyder) http://t.co/VVShBjM4tW 21:51:58
RT @jenanmoussa: Russia's fear explained in 1 map (prepared by @HaraldDoornbos). In last 25 yrs EU camp has moved 1500 kms eastwards: http:… 21:55:03
How to confirm things from social media -> Reading – Eyes on the skies over Crimea (Felim McMahon) http://t.co/bvohVJcitJ 21:58:40
SAO sounds like O himself. BBall analogy. RT @joshrogin: “When it comes to soft power, Vladimir Putin has no game.” – Senior Admin Official 22:01:06
RT @StephenWalt: Amazing thing re #Ukraine: US & EU colluded to help oust corrupt but pro-Russ leader, yet expected Moscow to do nothing ab… 22:25:20
The hawkish argument -> Moscow understands only force and willingness to sacrifice human lives (@20committee) http://t.co/F739frtjpY 22:34:04
RT @KagroX: Any chance Putin was just cleaning the Russian army and it accidentally went off? 22:36:43
Reading – Ex- CIA Chief: Why We Keep Getting Putin Wrong (Lake/Shachtman/Dickey) http://t.co/XOenmwRsYK 23:11:03
RT @Kat_Olenska: The equivalent of Jim Cantore coming to your town during hurricane season RT @joshtpm It's official a crisis: Anderson Coo… 23:47:44

Working Hard at School

Taken Friday when we got to visit and watch Alex in his classroom at school for 20 minutes.

@abulsme tweets from 2014-03-01 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 2/28/2014: 6,076 steps and 4.5 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 01:02:09
RT @evgenymorozov: The US intelligence failure tells us something very important: no one in Crimea is probably using Gmail or Yahoo webcams. 03:08:56
RT @JustinRaimondo: How is Crimea an integral part of Ukraine if a commie dictator only made it so in 1953? Why are borders set by Stalin s… 03:26:25
RT @EuromaidanPR: #Ukraine:the air space over the #Crimea is now open.2planes(Singapore&AustrianAirline)passing at 36,000 ft http://t.co/xV… 03:27:21
RT @AkiPeritz: #Ukraine and #Russia both have @McDonalds, right? Well, there goes that theory. 03:27:38
RT @BYUfan: Reminder: If #Ukrane had joined NATO, as many have wanted, we would be officially at war with #Russia right now. 03:28:29
RT @imbou: @BYUfan at the same time it may well be Russia wouldn’t have dared invade a NATO member… 03:28:35
RT @dmdebruijn: @NickKristof The mistake here is that Russia still recognizes Yanukovich. So Y gives permission for Russian troop movement … 04:30:48
Reading – Explainer: The Budapest Memorandum And Its Relevance To Crimea (Ron Synovitz) http://t.co/uyKJeRAB6K 04:33:41
RT @squarelyrooted: I was contemplating exactly what my “We are all Ukrainians” wisecrack would be and then McCain just went and said it. #… 04:35:42
Reading – That Time Reddit Helped Identify a 14-Million-Year-Old Whale Fossil (Megan Garber) http://t.co/KQMFurg67S 04:43:25
RT @ML_Hipster: A machine learning researcher, a crypto-currency expert, and an Erlang programmer walk into a bar. Facebook buys the bar fo… 04:59:53
To be clear, was watching McCain, not Obama. MT @abulsme: Don’t like Obama now but watching him I am remind how glad I am McCain isn’t pres. 15:56:54
Reading – Putin Asks Russia’s Senate to Use Military Force in Ukraine (Smale/Herszenhorn) http://t.co/CVTcJt2tTy 16:00:46
I was clarifying a tweet from yesterday that I realized was ambiguous. RT @imbou: @abulsme huh? 16:01:27
Tweet could be read I was impressed by Obama on TV. Actually was NOT impressed by McCain on TV. RT @imbou: @abulsme clear on what? 16:02:36
Reading – Google+ YouTube Integration : Kind of Like Twilight (Vi Hart) http://t.co/YB5ChCxpAC 16:10:38
Reading – Hillary Clinton: What 4,000 pages of Clinton library docs say about her (Thomas/Elliott) http://t.co/VhlY2c7D5y 16:14:49
I was NOT particularly impressed by Obama on TV. But at least he wasn’t as aggressive as McCain. RT @imbou: @abulsme got it! 16:24:45
RT @imbou: @abulsme are we going to bomb the Russians? Being a child of the Cold War i must admit I always wanted to but we didn’t get a chance! 16:25:34
No. MT @imbou: @abulsme are we going 2 bomb Russians? Being a child of the Cold War i admit I always wanted 2 but we didn’t get a chance! :-) 16:26
Reading – The Miraculous Muscleheads Of Hollywood (Andrew Sullivan) http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/02/28/the-miraculous-muscleheads-of-hollywood/ … 16:52
Reading – Letter From Las Vegas Machiavelli With Malaprops A quarter-century of covering Harry Reid. (Jon Ralston) http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/harry-reid-ralston-machiavelli-with-malaprops-101168.html#.UxInVJIgGK0 … 18:31
Reading – Russia and Crimea (Daniel Larison) http://feedly.com/e/X-BDx9-a 18:35
RT @imbou: @abulsme damn! 18:36
Reading – In Which Glenn Greenwald Is Invited to the Alex Jones Show (At Last) [Charles Johnson] http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43126_In_Which_Glenn_Greenwald_Is_Invited_to_the_Alex_Jones_Show_(At_Last) … 18:38
GG better on this than CJ -> Reading – On the Meaning of Journalistic Independence (Glenn Greenwald) https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/01/journalistic-independence/ … 19:05
Reading – 9 Classic Movies That You’d Never Be Able To Explain To Kids Today (Amanda Scherker) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/28/movies-hard-to-explain-kids_n_4849274.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063 … 19:23
RT @TitanSaturnMoon: 3 days ago Cassini snapped this view of Saturn within its rings (processed by @astroguitarist) http://on.fb.me/NgYurn pic.twitter.com/cJZ2EJw6oJ
20:01
Reading – Putin’s War in Crimea Could Soon Spread to Eastern Ukraine (Julia Ioffe) http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116810/putin-declares-war-ukraine-why-and-what-next … 20:09
Reading – Telephone conversation with US President Barack Obama (Kremlin) http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/6752 20:11
Reading – How Putin surprised the world after losing the war in Ukraine (@stevelevine) http://qz.com/182964/how-putin-surprised-the-world-in-ukraine-after-losing-the-war/ … 20:16
RT @ZekeJMiller: BREAKING: full WH readout of Obama call with Putin pic.twitter.com/DeHhVcWdrb 20:15
RT @fierce_mountain: Shirtless RT @HayesBrown President John McCain would already be personally flying B-52 bombing raids against Russian positions in Crimea. 20:??
RT @UnlearningEcon: ‘Alpha male’ talk has to be one of the saddest things flying around. I truly feel sorry for people caught up in that kind of mentality. 20:??
Reading – Of Neo-Fascists and Smiley-Face Neoliberals (@emptywheel) http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/03/01/of-neo-fascists-and-smiley-face-neoliberals/ … 20:48
Reading – 8 Steps Obama Must Take to Punish Russia (Marco Rubio) http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/8-things-obama-must-do-about-ukraine-104128.html#.UxJkU54gGK0 … 20:53
Note that all of Rubio’s points were symbolic. Nothing with real teeth. Not that I mind that. 20:54
To be clear, I’m not saying that those symbolic actions are wise or should be done, just that symb stuff better than more concrete things. 20:16
IE: Haven’t heard yet anyone seriously suggesting moving NATO forces to aggressive postures. That would be BAD. 21:17
Everything at this point should be about deescalation and avoiding bloodshed. Other concerns should be secondary or tertiary. 21:19
So aggressive US responses not useful, probably counterproductive. Well… Mostly. There is a balance. I am clearly on the side of restraint. 21:24
Obviously calculus changes the further Putin goes, but unclear what actions really would make a positive difference at this stage. 21:28

Edit 2014-03-02 06:38 UTC to manually add tweets missed by my automated system. (Everything past 16:25 UTC.)

Edit 2014-03-02 06:48 UTC to fix links and a couple retweets on the stuff I added manually.

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