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@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-27 (UTC)

02:57:16 Retweeted @mcgboye 2017-10-23 03:04:56 This boy’s career path is already set. The parents shouldn’t bother wasting their time and money. https://t.co/A2hCcx3nQZ
15:28:56 Retweeted @dburbach 15:27:02 Uranium One crap — look, LBJ understood how this works: 1/ https://t.co/ON0LuzOOfM
15:33:51 Retweeted @laura_hudson 14:37:55 Oh hey if we’ve decided that sexual harassment actually matters now: this was appalling, and very few people cared https://t.co/oCzDxqt1MR
15:41:28 Retweeted @lynnv378 15:19:04 And scene. There it is. This is what you call “Flip The Script”. @Shakestweetz, @sarahkendzior, @leahmcelrath haveвЂ¦ https://t.co/dEPeGmFhzf
16:33:33 Retweeted @hshaban 13:49:38 A revealing exchange featuring a sociologist (Zeynep) & the head of Facebook’s News Feed (Adam). On the logic & arcвЂ¦ https://t.co/5tJzZm66q5
17:51:00 Reading – Leon Wieseltier: A Reckoning (Michelle Cottle) https://t.co/89umUBVJIn
18:42:09 Reading – The Week Trump Won (David Brooks) https://t.co/RoYPWcOy6r
19:01:51 Excellent -> It’s Time to Admit That Allowing Men Into the Workplace Was a Mistake (Ruth Graham) https://t.co/aalkn1WwK6
21:43:49 Followed them all. For election geeks. https://t.co/1PXpGF61Bc
22:54:56 Hmmm…. https://t.co/3saatjAlyl
23:25:15 Reading – Washington Free Beacon funded original Fusion GPS anti-Trump opposition effort (Byron York) https://t.co/hs7SlLy7jj

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-26 (UTC)

00:53:00 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 2017-10-25 23:41:12 Fox News Poll: Democrats take a *fifteen point* lead on the generic ballot, hitting 50% for the first time in Fox News poll since pre-2010.
02:06:25 Retweeted @Noahpinion 2017-06-03 17:39:46 It’s crucial to realize that most people, even on Twitter, are NOT part of the Shouting Class. The Shouting Class iвЂ¦ https://t.co/cmJZG3CKlr in reply to Noahpinion
05:56:13 Retweeted @stavvers 2017-10-23 19:01:22 I made a typo googling why Orthodox Monks have beards and found something much more pertinent and important. https://t.co/jmm4hrA5oy
06:21:16 Retweeted @codykeenan 2017-10-25 17:37:17 One of you killed a butterfly and now we’re all trapped in the dumbest timeline imaginable.
06:26:30 Retweeted @BuzzFeedNews 01:14:40 Reddit is purging Nazi, white supremacist, and other hate-based groups from its site as part of a new policy change
https://t.co/Vbffqsixae
18:49:56 Retweeted @xeni 18:49:04 oh yay a new war on drugsthat’ll fix it

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-25 (UTC)

00:11:26 Retweeted @pkcapitol 2017-10-24 22:27:15 Choose your reality. In near ground Rep Himes, talking to MSNBC about Trump-Russia probe. In backdrop Rep Nunes onвЂ¦ https://t.co/EsohMdSi45
00:24:42 Retweeted @iDudeness 00:13:10 I’d say we’re in for what amounts to a string of Republican deathbed confessions for the rest the year.
#Corker #Flake #Strange
Who’s next?
00:28:04 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 2017-10-24 23:24:53 First CNN story on the Steele dossier in early Jan. indicated it was funded first by Rs then by Clinton supporters.вЂ¦ https://t.co/0TN1O5DzJ3
15:09:26 Retweeted @SkinnerPm 2017-10-22 23:36:47 I’ll say this once loudly for those in the cheap seats: Russian interference is serious but wouldn’t work if we weren’t already so so stupid
15:43:39 Reading – Trump Data Guru: I Tried to Team Up With Julian Assange (Betsy Woodruff) https://t.co/1lK1NA6QoT
17:12:54 Reading – With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home (Brianna Keilar) https://t.co/D63MO55eiI
18:46:51 Retweeted @owillis 13:51:12 flake was asked immediately after the speech if he would work on anything to constrain trump’s power. he said no. end of story imo.
19:54:20 Basically fully admitting being a scumbag. -> No, of that I’m innocent. (Rover Scoble) https://t.co/LZ5ghvQZ3F
20:20:15 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 13:44:56 Guys, first to report on its existence and Democratic financing was, uh, me…in October 2016. https://t.co/swAVKRawZn
20:52:57 Retweeted @leedrutman 19:02:15 This is where one dimension doesn’t tell the whole story.
But the part it does tell is also important.
viaвЂ¦ https://t.co/jeFMuqwBi0
21:00:27 Retweeted @jeremyherb 18:54:04 There’s a Halloween party for kids in the Senate and one is dressed as the bill from Schoolhouse Rock!!!! https://t.co/nONEbsNnAQ

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-24 (UTC)

18:48:57 Retweeted @byrdinator 18:46:20 вЂњIt was a very positive meeting,вЂќ Republican Sen. Kennedy says after Trump GOP lunch. вЂњNobody called anyone an ignorant slut.вЂќ
19:01:02 Retweeted @JonathanTamari 18:59:40 “there may not be a place for a Republican like me in the current Republican climate or the current Republican PartвЂ¦ https://t.co/6vMZoRVFf9
19:15:10 Retweeted @costareports 19:12:31 Most noteworthy congressional speech of Trump era happening right now on the Senate floor. Flake is tearing apart GOP’s handling of Trump.
19:23:26 At work. Can’t watch Flake at the moment. Frustrating. Have to watch highlights later. :-/
20:08:51 This should be the norm for all ads in all media. Not just political ads. https://t.co/AvYtNP1s2I
20:16:14 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 19:37:59 If you’re wondering how far from breaking ranks the House is, today House Judiciary, where impeachment proceedingsвЂ¦ https://t.co/7cYRNGhUXY in reply to pwnallthethings
21:49:26 Finally got a chance to read this in full. Good stuff. -> Sen. Jeff Flake’s Senate speech https://t.co/QWMYQmOqb9
21:59:10 Retweeted @AshaRangappa_ 21:55:13 Tired of people “yes but”вЂ“ing every GOP member who speaks out. They are (finally) standing for something bigger than party. Stand with them.
22:56:48 New specifics, but hasn’t it been known all along that R’s originally started this research, then D’s took over? https://t.co/78S8l9Je4X

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-22 (UTC)

00:28:23 Retweeted @reina_sabah 2017-10-21 08:35:01 There’s a ringing endorsement of a headline if I ever saw one https://t.co/610tvZKEnW
02:03:25 Retweeted @benjaminwittes 2017-10-21 21:34:56 Every tweet about these pending investigative matters is evidence in another pending matter: an active obstructionвЂ¦ https://t.co/lZDBww0lRY
22:11:48 Retweeted @kevinmgill 22:06:00 Saturn on March 16 2016 using true color @CassiniSaturn data – https://t.co/koINzMnatO
#CassiniInspires https://t.co/6hXEJrqPWQ
22:40:44 Retweeted @bbcdoctorwho 21:35:40 Meet the 13th Doctor’s new friends! Yasmin (Mandip Gill), Ryan (Tosin Cole), and Graham (Bradley Walsh) #DoctorWho https://t.co/6l9iVkvu0d

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-21 (UTC)

05:08:35 Retweeted @steven_pifer 04:59:28 But it’s Republicans increasing the deficit. That’s different from when it’s Democrats increasing the deficit. https://t.co/1ZGoiOYtiD
16:42:18 Retweeted @matthewjdowd 16:03:27 Those folks in GOP resistance to Trump need to realize their party is gone: best thing for them would be to form new party or join Dems.
21:00:33 Retweeted @Eddie_At_Skaro 20:59:56 Ok. Here’s some stuff. TEN episodes, an hour long, next Autumn. Stand by companion news. Three newbies. Two guys and a girl. One older.
22:02:56 Retweeted @MBGlenn 21:59:11 Things I never thought I’d say: A @BurgerKing commercial made me cry. https://t.co/GI3fFRCAiG
22:31:11 Reading – Jimmy Carter Lusts for a Trump Posting (Maureen Dowd) https://t.co/wVMbQZRTAh
22:49:26 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Slide Into That https://t.co/bgVFrsrZqg https://t.co/YhSUDXbVvL

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Slide Into That

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan go lightning mode for the whole show, just covering a wide variety of random topics. Everything from some gripes about iOS, to the viral “me too” explosion, to Trump’s ability to be empathetic, to the situation in Kurdistan, to our thoughts on a 35 year old Star Trek movie, to healthcare, to geoengineering, to variety in podcast listening… and much much more! We’re all over the place this week, so there will almost certainly be something you enjoy!

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Recorded 2017-10-20
Length this week – 2:02:35

(0:00:15-0:24:39) Lightning the First
- Slow week?
- iOS 11 Do not disturb while driving
- Ivan’s jetlag
- Movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- SelectaVision
(0:25:59-1:05:29) Lightning the Second
- Bipartisan healthcare proposal
- OJ is out
- Feedback
- If there is a war
- Sexual harassment
- Workplace bias
(1:07:30-1:46:34) Lightning the Third
- Flameless cremation
- US in Niger
- Trump’s condolence call
- General Kelly
- Bump stocks again
- Wifi encryption breach
- California fires
- Kaspersky
- Patreon update!
- Geoengineering
(1:48:05-2:02:16) Lightning the Fourth
- Catalonia
- Kurdistan
- Somalia
- Podcast listening

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-20 (UTC)

01:37:34 Retweeted @edgette22 2017-10-19 19:59:38 .@KFC follows 11 people.Those 11 people? 5 Spice Girls and 6 guys named Herb.
11 Herbs & Spices. I need time to process this.
01:56:52 Retweeted @JeremyDDickey 01:54:38 Still need someone to fund my Indian restaurant in DC, вЂњNaan PartisanвЂќ
02:17:01 Reading – Trump Campaign Staffers Pushed Russian Propaganda Days Before the Election (Daily Beast) https://t.co/CNBWm3q34f
02:22:09 Reading – The ‘governing wing’ of the GOP is running for the hills (Chris Cillizza) https://t.co/bfmBUPRbHc
02:29:56 Reading – Chad inclusion on Donald Trump’s travel ban list was partly due to passport paper shortage (AP) https://t.co/qIV2AP4pIi
05:42:30 Retweeted @texasinafrica 05:29:34 Dear @NBCNightlyNews, that is not Niger, it’s Mali. And what you’ve labeled Mali is Mauritania.вЂ¦ https://t.co/KFHLekl7FC
13:22:41 Amy is TWENTY TWO! https://t.co/kDuY9kqjtn https://t.co/6xGilW3HNI

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-19 (UTC)

02:27:19 Retweeted @JesseLaGreca 02:09:12 John McCain is known for getting sweet revenge (see; Abramoff, Jack) and has zero fucks left to give https://t.co/pXPrhql4xg
04:47:08 Retweeted @CuteEmergency 04:25:05 You’re telling me I can just go down whenever I want???? https://t.co/DDEP3KoGZp
17:45:26 I tear up every time there is a new update -> 19-yo arrested after 6-yo Lynnwood boy found in dumpster (KIRO) https://t.co/zjlLEofbT8
19:22:23 Reading – George W. Bush’s unmistakable takedown of Trumpism вЂ” and Trump (Aaron Blake) https://t.co/zWeYZYIoE8
20:10:34 Retweeted @io9 19:44:47 The legendary Doctor Who story still yearning to be told 40 years later https://t.co/5fEhUqsJ1z https://t.co/dQiyPK0WnY

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-18 (UTC)

03:38:29 Retweeted @PhilipRucker 02:39:18 Just got off phone with Rep. Frederica Wilson, who overheard Trump’s call with widow. Said she wanted to curse POTUS out for making her cry.
03:44:38 Retweeted @BFriedmanDC 03:28:43 1. Let’s talk for a minute about “he knew what he signed up for.”
04:02:13 Repulsive. I can’t even imagine. https://t.co/1uOaoxMsRt
04:43:48 Retweeted @funder 04:29:56 Texas (Harvey): 88 dead
Vegas: 59 deadвЂ”527 injured
Puerto Rico: 48 deadвЂ”117 missing
CA fires: 41 deadвЂ”88 missing
Niger: 4 soldiers dead
09:32:09 Thread https://t.co/TyK3rjbYqB
16:15:09 Retweeted @erinscafe 15:30:33 was…was it Donald Trump https://t.co/Z2t7EIyZyF
16:22:33 Retweeted @seattletimes 16:03:41 SEISMIC NEGLECT: The earthquake nightmare public officials are failing to confront #GreatShakeoutвЂ¦ https://t.co/UsNQW7ncPP
18:48:20 Retweeted @davidfrum 15:43:42 Well, who are you going to believe, this president or a vehicle full of witnesses?

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