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@abulsme Updates from 2012-06-03 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2012-06-02 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2012-06-01 (UTC)

  • Back in Seattle! Only 46 hours after originally scheduled! :-) #
  • Reading – Missing ‘Big Bang’ Antarctic Telescope Found (Nancy Atkinson) http://t.co/7tLmzZEW #
  • Reading – U.N. takeover of the Internet must be stopped, U.S. warned (Declan McCullagh) http://t.co/8YWSkZcn #
  • Reading – “Militants”: media propaganda (Glenn Greenwald) http://t.co/YgcfupEc #
  • RT @fivethirtyeight: Only 5 of the 682 Romney vs Obama polls we have in our database also included Gary Johnson as an option. #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-31 (UTC)

  • Reading – Obama the Warrior (Glenn Greenwald) http://t.co/Kmy3Dxgx #
  • Reading – Once Deemed Evil, Google Now Embraces "Paid Inclusion" (Danny Sullivan) http://t.co/eXetBHA5 #
  • Reading – Secretive X-37B Space Plane Will be Landing Soon (Nancy Atkinson) http://t.co/rxASYqa8 #
  • MT @FHQ: .@BYUfan @Bencjacobs Bachmann did not gain a del from MN. She IS the delegate & presumably a Romney vote at the convention. #
  • Reading – On Reasonable Pluralism and Being Mean (Kevin Vallier) http://t.co/HutCIda7 #
  • Reading – First They Came For My Big Gulp, And I Said Nothing (John Cole) http://t.co/aXv5CMhn #
  • Run!!! MT @BreakingNews: NASA predicts our galaxy will collide with the nearby Andromeda galaxy in 6 billion yrs – @TPM http://t.co/e2uLbVKd #
  • Reading – Secret ‘Kill List’ Tests Obama’s Principles (Jo Becker and Scott Shane) http://t.co/IHRIxQIJ #
  • Reading – State-by-state vote swings are more uniform than they used to be (Andrew Gelman) http://t.co/FVubs4Aq #
  • RT @ModeledBehavior: Decline in US government is just mind blowing http://t.co/MLqkgpWB #
  • MT @fivethirtyeight: In deep-dive in past poll data. Finding: state polls often tell you more about the national trend than national polls. #
  • MT @SamSeder: If one can be removed from a secret kill list w/out being killed, there's a wee bit of problem w/generation of that list. #
  • MT @DanaPerino: something about government banning huge sugary drinks that makes me want to chug a mountain dew. #
  • MT @zunguzungu: In 2012 or 2016, odds are pretty good that a Repub will inherit the "right to kill people whenevers" that Obama established. #
  • Reading – Did The Party Decide? The Best Candidate Who Can Win (Hans Noel) http://t.co/Fokrc5gs #
  • Reading – Presidential Polling in June: Flip a Coin Instead? (Larry J. Sabato) http://t.co/HRuLir6l #
  • Reading – Why Mitt Romney’s sabre-rattling on Syria signifies nothing (Heather Hurlburt) http://t.co/mTYsI2kI #
  • Reading – RIAA wants to issue unlimited takedowns to Google (Nate Anderson) http://t.co/vv4lIEjG #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-30 (UTC)

  • RT @ppppolls: 38% of MI voters think the trees are the right height. 8% think they aren't. 55% aren't sure: http://t.co/ygRATCCc #
  • By my own Green Papers plus DCW SuperDel count Romney just passed 1144. Will wait for my daily update until GP counts seem stable though. #
  • Reading – Tim Cook at D10: Hints at Facebook Integration, and Siri Improvements (Arnold Kim) http://t.co/98xIFFPh #
  • Reading – Ghostly Jets Haunt the Milky Way’s Black Hole (Nancy Atkinson) http://t.co/3zmshZZ7 #
  • Reading – Mitt Romney clinches GOP presidential nod (Ginger Gibson) http://t.co/xvERD0O2 #
  • Reading – Romney Condemns Obama’s Syria Policy (Mark Landler) http://t.co/6xFD0YKo #
  • Reading – British Court Clears Way for Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder (Ravi Somaiya and John F. Burns) http://t.co/pn71vdAM #
  • Reading – Where’s All The Internet Money? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/gqeo6vUk #
  • Reading – This Is the Way Facebook Ends
    (Alec Liu) http://t.co/FTgcDjvB #
  • Reading – Syria: How to Do “More good than Harm” (NSN) http://t.co/JhGfJ5sg #
  • RT @FHQ: It is still on. Expect Jeb Bush to jump in before CA next week or UT on 6/26. RT @RyanLizza: Wait, so no brokered convention? #
  • RT @wilw: I bet there is some furious shaking of the Etch-a-Sketch in Camp Romney right about now. #
  • Reading – Apple CEO Tim Cook: Steve “taught me that the joy is in the journey” (Jacqui Cheng) http://t.co/0h1LLTdV #
  • Today’s replacement flgt for yesterday’s cancelled flgts already delayed mult times. Waiting to hear if more delay. Maintenance issue now. #
  • As is, only 22 minutes for connection in Philly. Which might not be enough depending on gates if other flight not delayed or held. #
  • Reading – Clintons Make ‘Great Neighbors,’ but for How Long? (Peter Applebome) http://t.co/E7Fa40ey #
  • MT @fivethirtyeight: LOESS regression is overrated unless you have an empirical way to det what the smoothing param should be. #nerdtweets #
  • Reading – Flame Malware Mostly Smoke And Mirrors, Say Security Experts (Carl Franzen) http://t.co/i6bwgPto #
  • Boarding for cle->Phl finally started. Almost certainly too late for Phl->sea flight unless that is delayed too. #
  • Now scheduled to get to Philly about 30 minutes after next flight is supposed to leave. In my seat, so will deal with rebooking at PHL. #
  • Reading – Google Co-Founder, Sergey Brin Finally Lets a Non-Googler Try on His Glasses on (Hillel Fuld) http://t.co/dN2L5lCz #
  • RT @BuzzFeedBen: Not sure why @barackobama called @mittromney when he could have DMd him. Do they not follow one another? #
  • Well, got to Philly. Seattle will have to wait for tomorrow. #
  • They rebooked me in air, but that flight was also gone by the time we landed. Unlike yesterday, delays today not weather, so free hotel. #
  • @jonsevern They booked me at the Ramada, which I presume is nearby. Dinner? Warning: In same dirty clothes since Tuesday morning. :-) #
  • MT @FHQ: right. RT @Bencjacobs: @FHQ will correct me if I'm wrong but I think Michele Bachmann won her first delegate in Texas last night #
  • @jonsevern Won’t be at the terminal though. Already at the Ramada. #
  • @BYUfan Do you have a source for the MN Bachmann del? @TheGreenPapers soft count has Paul 32 Sant 2 Ging 1 Uncom 2 TBD 3 @fhq @bencjacobs #
  • Reading – Fussy 3-year-old kicked off Alaska Airlines flight (KIRO) http://t.co/2AaIEs9U #
  • @usernamenuse @BYUfan @FHQ @Bencjacobs But Bachmann endorsed Romney on May 3rd, so wouldn’t she be a Romney del? Is she officially uncomm? #
  • @usernamenuse @byufan @fhq @bencjacobs Think @TheGreenPapers has her unc. But Romney wld b reasonable gvn endorsement. Not that it mattrs. #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-29 (UTC)

  • Just completed a 1.35 km walk – Walk with Cathy, Jim and Dad. http://t.co/7jEZzFn7 #RunKeeper #
  • Reading – 8th World Wonder in the Works: Tunnel from Russia to USA (WebUrbanist) http://t.co/wkF9uubK #
  • Reading – A Dive Into the Digital Deep (Andrew Blum) http://t.co/JLGBpyNk #
  • RT @natsecHeather: +1 RT @MarkLGoldberg Key diff tween Libya & Syria: Libyan dips did not have to be expelled. They defected on their own. #
  • First flight out of CLE canceled due to weather. 2nd canceled a couple hours later. They put me on one leaving at 7 AM tomorrow morning. #
  • I didn’t want to get up that early, so now on flight leaving 11something local time tomorrow. Staying at an exciting Days Inn tonight. #
  • Will end up home about 21 hours after originally planned, assuming no more delays. Air travel is so awesome! #
  • Reading – 2 years, no verdict on Paine Field passenger flights (Bill Sheets) http://t.co/u4cNTnR6 #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-28 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-27 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-26 (UTC)

  • Made it to Charlotte. Air travel is so much fun! #
  • And now Cleveland! #
  • Oh yeah, and I'm in Oberlin now. Have been for a little while now. I'm here for my sister Cynthia's graduation on Monday. #
  • Reading – Poll Analysis: Romney wins some, loses some (Darryl, HorsesAss) http://t.co/QCqX3j58 #
  • Just spent an hour listening to members of the Oberlin Class of 1946 reminiscing and asking questions of current students. Fascinating. #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-25 (UTC)

  • US Air Flight 572 from Seattle to Charlotte I am on you! Woo! (Then on to Cleveland and Oberlin.) #