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@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-06 (UTC)

01:06:58 Listening to Freakonomics Radio How to Be Happy (Ep. 345 Rebroadcast) https://t.co/7FwXw09IkG
04:01:15 Interesting thread https://t.co/do30JKIy7o
04:05:19 @imbou Your next desk setup? https://t.co/bbJ1TqGAfz
08:56:02 We’ll see if I get the latest episode of Curmudgeon’s Corner published before the power goes outвЂ¦ https://t.co/fU3pe0kjJc
10:12:34 Retweeted @WALeXMXeLAW 06:41:47 We Destroy Solar Systems!: https://t.co/rMu9YHWM8n via @YouTube
10:41:19 Curmudgeon’s Corner: 2018 Predictions Review https://t.co/VaIbjkzlif https://t.co/TCZseD5dDn
10:48:03 Retweeted @SnoPUD 10:29:56 We’re receiving reports of outages. Remember never call 9-1-1 to report an outage. To report an outage:<symbol> 425-783-вЂ¦ https://t.co/KEyBmfXre0
11:19:03 I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/auXhWmRj21 Star Wars: The Complete Canon Timeline (2018)
17:15:27 Retweeted @neal_katyal 17:08:14 Indeed, we do. That’s why it’s unconstitutional and a betrayal of everything Hamilton and Madison thought about cabвЂ¦ https://t.co/smjYLi9hX8
17:20:09 Retweeted @NataliaAntonova 16:17:01 So the GOP’s moral panic over the very presence of @AOC in politics is actually:Amplifying her message
Making hвЂ¦ https://t.co/b96ksVOCF4
17:28:57 Thread https://t.co/ehJh3Bl4X7
17:41:32 Retweeted @innesmck 17:39:37 gender neutral toilets are great for a lot of trans people, but they’re not *just* great for trans peoplethey alsвЂ¦ https://t.co/wi896TyPtq
18:37:58 Retweeted @page_eco 08:28:44 How people come up with вЂњrandomвЂќ numbers:A: вЂњPick a random number from 1-10вЂќ
B: <symbol>В°(1 and 10 are too obvious. 5 stвЂ¦ https://t.co/qd4auZIPYz

Curmudgeon’s Corner: 2018 Predictions Review

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan review the predictions they made a year and a week ago for 2018. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? Were they amazing prognosticators, or would you have done better tossing coins or reading entrails? Tune in to find out…

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Recorded 2019-01-05
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(0:53:35-1:11:26) Economy
(1:13:27-1:24:13) Technology
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(1:40:13-1:59:03) Hodgepodge
(1:59:48-2:08:30) Results

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-05 (UTC)

01:28:44 Retweeted @MrDane1982 01:21:36 Impeach the mothafucker!!! https://t.co/hO3Prcfwn5
02:45:40 Retweeted @WotDpod 02:40:13 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Listen to the new episodeвЂ¦ https://t.co/uboXju1t8O
07:53:36 Retweeted @Hominid_Views 2019-01-04 18:09:38 Rep. @RashidaTlaib got it almost right… https://t.co/CqmLGzQyMp
22:48:55 Retweeted @NickFalacci 22:36:00 Trump is EXACTLY the kind of president that our Founders were thinking of when they created the process of impeachmвЂ¦ https://t.co/xV2wugb9xV
23:27:01 This is relatively long, but as a Gen X’er myself it was worth reading. It all describes a very different experiencвЂ¦ https://t.co/Uww2ZTOgNu

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-04 (UTC)

00:31:53 Retweeted @JillFilipovic 2019-01-03 23:44:25 Just confirming with the GOP: dancing bad; grabbing by the pussy good?
01:46:40 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:45:16 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Nancy Pelosi.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/72neXbiazU
02:56:11 Retweeted @MEPFuller 02:55:03 House passes the minibus to reopen closed agencies 241-190, with seven Republicans defecting to join all DemocratsвЂ¦ https://t.co/BFQaExgrd0 in reply to MEPFuller
04:21:19 Retweeted @MEPFuller 02:35:33 House passes stopgap spending bill for DHS, and five Republicans break ranks to support it.Bill passes 239-192. in reply to MEPFuller
04:32:12 Retweeted @prchovanec 04:07:58 If Obama had … oh never mind. https://t.co/S7l76yTMQd
05:15:35 Retweeted @coreyspowell 2019-01-03 21:28:28 The two best color images of #MU69 so far. Much more detailed views are coming later in the month. (My favorite parвЂ¦ https://t.co/kY4lp0BIPo in reply to coreyspowell
05:16:25 Retweeted @DavidPriess 02:00:46 Yes, this is the most distant object yet visited by human spacecraft.Yes, the image was processed by astrophysicвЂ¦ https://t.co/qM3OXrbjOS
07:37:43 Retweeted @claytoncubitt 07:35:44 Pretty sure Jon Cryer retweeting Ally Sheedy boosting Molly Ringwald is Gen X rapture https://t.co/ivd2RdU4v9
07:44:16 So of course there is now @aoc_dances. Of course.
15:35:35 Retweeted @Phil_Mattingly 15:34:16 Fed Chair Jerome Powell, asked by @Neil_Irwin if he would resign if President Trump asked him to: “No.”
15:42:24 Retweeted @brianstelter 15:32:15 Trump is the mis-leader in chief вЂ“ spreading falsehoods every single day вЂ“ so why should TV networks carry his liesвЂ¦ https://t.co/tLn6U5h22l
18:08:11 People are freaking out about Rep Tlaib’s language I see. To be honest I just thought it was funny. People need to get over themselves.
18:08:14 Retweeted @BrianMc_Fadden 16:31:29 Please don’t dance and cuss. It sets a bad example for the babies in our concentration camps.
18:09:15 Retweeted @imillhiser 2019-01-03 22:02:02 Pelosi’s not wasting any time. House just voted 225-190 to require Sam Alito to marry Neil Gorsuch in a pagan ceremвЂ¦ https://t.co/EnVQ22fnrT
18:11:52 Retweeted @The_Law_Boy 17:45:32 ADVISOR: Mr. President, they’re saying Rashida Tlaib’s language was a violation of our norms.TRUMP (looking at thвЂ¦ https://t.co/ctr9yMrsHJ
18:18:12 Retweeted @Lawrence 14:39:07 Nixon won 49 states. House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him 18 months later. https://t.co/iBqgE6x6Ud
18:46:00 Yay! https://t.co/lFYXdLLGBG
18:54:19 Retweeted @matt___nelson 16:07:56 an actual dog did write it stephen do you see the blue check https://t.co/bhjGP6r64E
19:54:46 Retweeted @jdawsey1 19:24:21 “I did say that. Absolutely,” Trump says, when Major Garrett asks if he threatened a shutdown of “months or even yeвЂ¦ https://t.co/6ZdDeBfB8t

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-03 (UTC)

00:25:27 Listening to The Wright Show The Year in Trump (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) https://t.co/G5IT7it4bK
04:18:49 2018 Reading List https://t.co/nq4CPStbmZ https://t.co/wOwV21sL1C
17:35:53 Retweeted @DaviSusan 17:15:34 The visual representation of the full House today is striking. On one side, House GOP almost entirely white men. AnвЂ¦ https://t.co/38Bz5kgHhN
18:03:52 Retweeted @Celeste_pewter 18:01:00 The House is currently voting re: Speaker. If everything goes well (as expected), the new Presidential order of sucвЂ¦ https://t.co/3Z7aEw4fxq in reply to Celeste_pewter
18:47:17 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 17:12:14 I wonder if Trump has any idea of what he’s going to face in the next two years with the Democrats running the HousвЂ¦ https://t.co/ssCAyWkjjM
18:58:30 Retweeted @DKElections 18:51:37 Final list of 2019 House speaker votes for candidates other than Nancy Pelosi & Kevin McCarthyвЂ¦ https://t.co/MYRw9FrYEE in reply to DKElections
19:08:21 Retweeted @frankthorp 19:07:26 House Speaker Election Results:
Pelosi – 220
McCarthy – 192
Jim Jordan – 5
Bustos – 4
Tammy Duckworth – 2
Abrams -вЂ¦ https://t.co/iSpoLnmXe7
19:29:58 Retweeted @markknoller 19:29:05 .@GOPLeader presents Speaker Pelosi with her gavel, which she then proudly displays to the Chamber. https://t.co/xfpnbd6a3u
19:51:27 There ya go. Pelosi gavels the House to order.
20:42:30 Shocker. https://t.co/8HnEoENqH4
21:28:41 Retweeted @mirandacgreen 19:44:53 IMO this video of @AOC, that was recently dug-up of her dancing in a music video in college, will just add to whatвЂ¦ https://t.co/WrgniG7WQH
21:28:44 I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/NdeN6I7MQj Phoenix – Lisztomania – Boston University Brat Pack Mashup
22:21:09 Retweeted @colinwilhelm 21:46:49 Reporter walks up to Bernie Sanders just now, who’s looking a little lost in the Capitol Visitor Center annex.RepвЂ¦ https://t.co/ncdT8pov40
22:39:44 Retweeted @atrupar 22:06:25 The optics of these respective events which took place within hours of each other is remarkable https://t.co/8bP7mo5fIc
22:56:13 Retweeted @emptywheel 16:59:50 Impeachment and the Narcissist’s Off-Ramphttps://t.co/6bWsZyvRk2
23:30:34 Retweeted @cpuGoogle 02:21:57 I was bitching about time in operating systems when I came across this 1857 time table.. https://t.co/c7ZFIkDBkD
23:34:21 Retweeted @sahilkapur 22:46:34 Newly-minted Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) walked on the House floor and sat on the Republican side of the aisle until he waвЂ¦ https://t.co/ugloqajOMN

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-02 (UTC)

00:29:05 %@$#^@$^ – I just discovered that an analysis of 2008-2016 results on @ElectionGraphs that I have been working on oвЂ¦ https://t.co/KyVMHfjDGa
00:35:13 @hootdad @ElectionGraphs Was hoping to finish up my blog post on the analysis today, then actually start standing uвЂ¦ https://t.co/IXoBNrBhrG in reply to hootdad
06:11:03 Retweeted @guardian 05:49:31 Australian man screaming at spider ‘why don’t you die?’ triggers full police response https://t.co/iTPqRY1GRh
18:03:32 Retweeted @prashantrao 2018-12-28 19:07:00 President Trump’s visit to Iraq confirmed one thing: the US has to get a better handle on evading hobbyist plane-spвЂ¦ https://t.co/gU0lotcdgI
20:24:07 Interesting listen from the вЂњother sideвЂќ as myself. -> Listening to The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 272 – Last Call FoвЂ¦ https://t.co/9UHGMBL1AQ
20:47:43 Listening to TIL Reddit Recap Tuesday, January 1st 2019 https://t.co/IxV3Lf5DPF
21:21:25 Thread https://t.co/AjeEboZrs6
21:32:55 Retweeted @natsecHeather 20:15:52 lolsob https://t.co/Bfw6Iswk6n
21:44:19 Retweeted @dangillmor 21:19:54 An ongoing master class in how to cover a pathological liar. https://t.co/GeBRvIorxQ
21:51:41 Retweeted @RonBaalke 21:28:17 Meet the Solar System’s largest snowman – ~20 miles long and 44 AU away. Also known as Kuiper Belt Object 486958 (2вЂ¦ https://t.co/ZH9Zsiw2kb
23:39:43 Retweeted @JoAnnaScience 19:18:38 Ok but for real. We’ve now seen #2014MU69 up close. What can it tell us? How did it form? A thread comic. (1/5)вЂ¦ https://t.co/fOMYVy82nw
23:48:34 Retweeted @Cha51brolll19 16:44:33 To the teenager that flipped me off for honking at you, your phone is on top of your car.
23:54:54 Retweeted @JHUAPL 19:49:07 THIS is #UltimaThule.The image taken by @NASANewHorizons – shown in its original version (left) & sharpened versвЂ¦ https://t.co/66JXqLXBD7
23:55:14 Retweeted @BeckePhysics 21:01:06 The #UltimaThule вЂњto scaleвЂќ comparison you’ve been waiting for. (At least I have)
@NASANewHorizons @NASA @AlanSternвЂ¦ https://t.co/OhZFCih8xC

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-01 (UTC)

00:00:58 Happy New Years UTC! (The only time that matters!) Woo!
00:50:37 I also use this app on both iOS and Mac multiple times every day to keep track of a wide variety of things. I seconвЂ¦ https://t.co/t3N8TFwMZF
05:58:58 Retweeted @JPMajor 05:42:53 Well it’s happened! About 9 minutes ago @NewHorizons2015 passed #UltimaThule at a distance of about 2,200 miles. WeвЂ¦ https://t.co/I9qH4z9skW
16:16:37 Retweeted @BBCBreaking 15:41:10 Signals from Nasa probe confirm it survived flyby of Ultima Thule, most distant object ever explored in Solar System https://t.co/yh81HtPOsG
17:39:28 Retweeted @NatureNews 17:23:56 Most distant world ever visited is shaped like a peanut https://t.co/DH3zoSDOVu https://t.co/SLWXnRHr0j

@abulsme tweets from 2018-12-31 (UTC)

14:59:11 Retweeted @politico 14:30:06 In abrupt fashion, Mueller’s investigation has suddenly reached the Supreme Court, and with the personal attentionвЂ¦ https://t.co/uBb2hbeyqe
15:39:27 Listening to Fareed Zakaria GPS CNN Special Report: Presidents Under Fire: The History of Impeachment https://t.co/TxuLGi0cLb
17:02:54 Retweeted @jtuttlekeane 2018-12-30 15:29:27 My #UltimaThule menagerie. @NewHorizons2015‘s first science images will arrive later today, and we’ll finally figurвЂ¦ https://t.co/E4kIwrOA1u
17:32:17 Listening to FiveThirtyEight Politics The Gerrymandering Project: Arizona https://t.co/zJlDptTA1S
17:42:23 Retweeted @KinetXSNAFD 17:11:14 Relative velocity of @NASANewHorizons with respect to Ultima Thule: 32,212 mph (14.44 km/s)
Closet approach distanвЂ¦ https://t.co/aoXMEAIQCW in reply to KinetXSNAFD
17:44:39 Retweeted @Reuters 17:38:40 Sometimes it’s the smallest graphics that tell the biggest story. @travmaga chose this one for the way it simply laвЂ¦ https://t.co/rihtcafee2 in reply to Reuters
21:09:20 Retweeted @elakdawalla 19:23:54 It’s an elognated blob. It’s not round.Aww, lookit the little peanut. https://t.co/5WQbLzEXfS in reply to elakdawalla
21:42:26 Retweeted @xkcdComic 15:29:44 Consensus New Year https://t.co/EBzm1DWmeI https://t.co/eEWjE7G0Xt https://t.co/yZ8PXpOqtH
21:54:25 Retweeted @MarshallCohen 21:43:56 Also we recently did our own version of “2018 in review” for the wide-ranging Mueller investigation. Ours is in timвЂ¦ https://t.co/6pyzMAObhn in reply to MarshallCohen
21:55:24 Retweeted @exploreplanets 21:43:32 Astrophysicist and Queen rock legend Brian May is here at @JHUAPL. His song about Ultima Thule premieres tonight.вЂ¦ https://t.co/Y4wrAY6YtI
22:11:06 Retweeted @OSIRISREx 21:55:12 It’s official! I’m in orbit around #asteroid Bennu — now the smallest body ever orbited by a spacecraft. My snug pвЂ¦ https://t.co/jH1EWnkkyC
22:45:24 Boy and Puppy https://t.co/Lojk7rbTco https://t.co/iTdpUh6r0T

@abulsme tweets from 2018-12-30 (UTC)

03:10:56 Follower gained. Thread worth reading. https://t.co/2vYx6iX7Hl
03:20:14 Thread. https://t.co/snvD2mcrSz
03:40:38 Retweeted @SteveHoffmanTV 2018-12-27 22:18:13 “Snowflake is a word used by sociopaths in an attempt to discredit the notion of empathy.” – John Cleese https://t.co/5VXn0MtzOh
04:36:44 Curmudgeon’s Corner: 2019 Predictions Show https://t.co/X667jhxblh https://t.co/MTNor6gLXk
16:18:00 @ChienAndalucia @imbou I still didn’t understand after watching that. Then I found https://t.co/z5oPhhvPUD. But I still didn’t understand. in reply to ChienAndalucia
18:59:37 @ChienAndalucia @imbou Glad you are enjoying the show! in reply to ChienAndalucia
19:01:30 Great thread. https://t.co/5CcjuGPe1l
19:58:08 @ChienAndalucia @imbou Wonder which ones those could beвЂ¦ <symbol> in reply to ChienAndalucia
23:36:45 Hippo eating Iran https://t.co/9NN81SrMFW

2018 Reading List

About a quarter of the way through 2018, I lamented that I wasn’t reading enough books, and made a resolution to do better. My goal was to finish 10 books in 2018, which would be considerably better than the 3 I managed in 2017. I am now reporting back. I did improve on both 2017 and 2016, which were pitiful years, but I did not finish 10 books. I finished 8. Here is the list:

2018 (0 Physical, 4 Kindle, 4 Audible)

2018-04-04, Fiction, Kindle, The Man from Berlin by McCallin
2018-04-18, Non-Fiction, Audible, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition by Twain
2018-05-22, Fiction, Audible, The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Fforde
2018-07-11, Non-Fiction, Audible, The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving by Gallagher
2018-09-01, Non-Fiction, Kindle, The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court by Woodward
2018-09-19, Fiction, Kindle, A Study in Scarlet by Doyle
2018-10-24, Fiction, Audible, Arrow of God by Achebe
2018-11-16, Non-Fiction, Kindle, Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning by Kane

And that’s it.

The goal for 2019 is 12 or more, to try to hit a one per month average at least. We shall see.

I’ll leave you with the updated chart of my reading since 2006 with 2018 added in… the trend is in the right direction.

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