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@abulsme tweets from 2014-07-08 (UTC)

00:38:16 Digest did better than yesterday, but still several things wrong. Sigh! More manual fixing and then debugging tonight!
03:27:40 Watching – iPhone 6 Sapphire Crystal Display! (Marques Brownlee) http://t.co/Qagwwm27Ri
14:26:57 Reading – New Zealand ISP admits its free VPN exists just so people can watch Netflix (Richard Lawler) http://t.co/buqVal6aB3
15:43:08 Fixed several bugs on my twitter digest thing, but there was one I didn’t understand, so I added testing info 2 see what shows up next time.
15:57:49 Have to do some retweets for the next round of digest testsвЂ¦
15:58:03 Retweeted @johnboehner 15:57 Congratulations, Cleveland! #RNC2CLE http://t.co/ump7pqIozK
15:58:38 Retweeted @ppppolls 15:47 Jindal trails Clinton 48/44 in LA. Bush/Huckabee lead her 46/45, tied with Paul at 46, leads Cruz by 1/Christie by 4: http://t.co/EXOjtxJRFZ
16:00:08 Retweeted @imbou 2014-07-05 03:06 For a taste of Beijing pollution, head to California on July 4 http://t.co/r7wEBDq6sa via @qz
17:16:20 I think something has gotten in my eyes -> In the final minutes of his life, Calvin has one last talk with Hobbes. http://t.co/5rWV5ABB4G
17:38:26 Reading – A Conservative Sensation's Attempt to Represent a 'True American' Backfires Spectacularly (@DerrickClifton) http://t.co/Hnx9dxVWis
20:23:46 Time for lunch for me. And with lunch this time, here come some new presidential polls getting entered into my systemвЂ¦
20:30:04 Poll Added: Magellan in LA from 2014-03-24 to 2014-03-26 – Clinton 40.4% to Jindal 45.0% http://t.co/hRPntVNhX9
20:30:16 Clinton vs Jindal state category change: LA has moved from Weak Jindal to Weak Clinton http://t.co/hRPntVNhX9
20:31:35 Clinton vs Jindal expected case changed: Clinton 310 to Jindal 228 -> Clinton 318 to Jindal 220 http://t.co/7O6Q5DCiBu
20:42:03 Poll Added: PPP in LA from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 45% to Bush 46% http://t.co/lw1fPwHCZR
20:42:16 Clinton vs Bush state category change: LA has moved from Solid Bush to Strong Bush http://t.co/lw1fPwHCZR
20:46:26 Poll Added: PPP in LA from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 46% to Christie 42% http://t.co/ucSnozCZPf
20:46:31 Clinton vs Christie state category change: LA has moved from Solid Christie to Strong Christie http://t.co/ucSnozCZPf
20:53:15 Poll Added: PPP in LA from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 46% to Cruz 45% http://t.co/l0vUtSiczc
20:53:21 Clinton vs Cruz state category change: LA has moved from Strong Cruz to Solid Cruz http://t.co/l0vUtSiczc
21:00:48 Fixed a bug on the State pages I just noticed too. When I reformatted a few weeks ago I made old elec results show current cand names. Oops.
21:02:20 Poll Added: PPP in LA from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 45% to Huckabee 46% http://t.co/GieG8UJXc0
21:04:48 Poll Added: PPP in LA from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 48% to Jindal 44% http://t.co/4DjoMG0jQ6
21:08:12 Poll Added: PPP in LA from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 46% to Paul 46% http://t.co/0CKNAVaWPZ
21:08:20 Clinton vs Paul state category change: LA has moved from Solid Paul to Strong Paul http://t.co/0CKNAVaWPZ
21:48:55 BTW, Lunch and polls done. Back at work now. :-)

Edit 00:30 to add missing retweet timestamps. Think I squashed the bug for tomorrow’s digest. Crossing fingers.

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

00:14:38 Drat. My more dramatic changes to my daily twitter digest failed in a variety of ways. Guess I’ll manually fix the post, then debug tonight.
00:38:48 I will fix the messed up daily digest for yesterday by hand later tonight, then do some debugging, and try again tomorrow on my changes. :-)
05:05:23 Reading – Why Is The Media Taking These ISIS World Domination Maps So Seriously? (Brian Powell) http://t.co/Ky0DE4lDy2
08:13:49 OK, finished fixing yesterday’s tweet digest ( http://t.co/wQ26c54DJk ) & tried some bug fixes. Will do some more retweets for testing.
08:16:12 Retweeted @STForeignDesk 08:15 South #Korea vulnerable to cyberattacks amid rising threats from North http://t.co/bQzKvrsvjV http://t.co/8R57TDSKez
08:17:12 Retweeted @iPhotograpby 00:20 #iPhotography #Photography Noctilucent Clouds вЂ“ Electric-Blue Visitors From The Twilight Zone by Kaspars Daleckis http://t.co/hQrdUmwm59
08:22:22 .@imbou Testing a dot reply. Hello Ivan! in reply to imbou
08:24:20 Retweeted @imbou 2014-06-18 22:34 @abulsme I say we do them all! in reply to abulsme
08:27:41 Retweeted @vee_ewe_ell 08:04 .@thelindywest The Gnatty Prifessor #gnatmovies in reply to thelindywest
08:28:30 OK, done with tests. Bedtime now. Have to be up in, uh, four hours. This will suck. Oh well.
08:52:45 Retweeted @russian_market 08:41 #BREAKING EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE DIES http://t.co/kGHifi8HeV
09:03:41 Retweeted @ryanfarrr 08:53 Those #DoctorWho series 8 scripts (episodes 1-5) are genuine. The BBC are having kittens. Work began on the clear up in the early hours.
12:58:39 Retweeted @imbou 12:02 @abulsme hello! in reply to abulsme
14:48:43 I succeeded in not even glancing at my work email once over a four day weekend. But that is over now. Once more into the breach my friends!
22:25:27 Paging @imbou RT @mathewi: Original funding goal: $10 RT @stevekovach: Kickstarter is a truly powerful platform. http://t.co/7fp6l3bJXk

Edit 15:06 to fix some links my automation missed

Edit 15:34 to add retweet timestamps

@abulsme tweets from 2014-07-06 (UTC)

00:11 By the way, I installed Ghostery ( https://t.co/bBNVBRM7QJ ) to look at trackers. My own site reports 13. I think I will kill most of them.
00:14 Only 5 of 13 were ones I directly expected. Another 2 I understand. The other 5? Dunno. I will try to kill any I’m not actually using.
00:41 Reading – YouTube Outs Web Traffic Slow Pokes (Jason Del Rey) http://t.co/5qb8O74mpt
00:46 Maybe this @imbou? RT @pickover: This is humor dealing with a machine, money, and gullibility. http://t.co/RwiQ0BhioZ http://t.co/SQLLnHfxvP
01:19 Just have to pick the right locations! RT @imbou: @abulsme @pickover sign me up!
??:?? Retweeted @MadcapOcelot 2014-07-05 09:26 737s emerge from birthing river onto land for first time. Their wings, useless in underwater habitats, yet to mature. http://t.co/IangJFlAYN
08:21 Just sent diff 2 @whalespine :-) MT @abulsme: Yay! Looks like my fix 4 native RTs in Twitter Digest worked! I'll send it in after fireworks.
08:52 Reading – In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are (Gellman/Tate/Soltani) http://t.co/Xm7Iudc7Hx
09:51 OK, made bunch of changes in the code that does my daily twitter digests to adjust formatting. We’ll see in 14 hours if I broke everything.
10:14 Gunna do a few tweets and retweets just for testing different formatting things in my digest.
10:1? Retweeted @imbou 01:11 Waiting for my family at MIA… #MIA
10:1? Retweeted @imbou 2014-06-13 11:48 A F***ing Car – Planes, Trains & Automobiles (6/10) Movie CLIP (1987) HD this is how I felt this week #hertz http://t.co/Br9DCLenKL
10:17 .@imbou This is a reply. Did they get there Ivan? :-) in reply to imbou
10:?? Retweeted @imbou 2014-06-18 10:07 @abulsme We need to get into this crowd funding thing ! in reply to abulsme
10:30 OK, done with tests for now. 13.5 hours until the digest runs and I see what worked and what didn’t. :-) Probably broke it completely. :-)
10:56 Reading – Lac-MГ©gantic remembers: 1 year later (Marika Wheeler) http://t.co/fHF7pNZj97
17:16 Don't know if I buy it -> Reading – This means Warren: Obama backs challenger to Hillary (Edward Klein) http://t.co/9138oLC2fR
17:?? Retweeted @BuzzFeedBen 16:49 .@nypost used to have great Clinton coverage. Now Ed Klein is piping random fake scoops for them. http://t.co/208REzgfz7
17:20 Reading – The Northwest Summer Drought Begins (Cliff Mass) http://t.co/ZskFJIIEQr
17:55 Reading – Faith leaders: Exempt religious groups from order barring LGBT bias in hiring (@mboorstein) http://t.co/I4jCbdgRva
18:26 Reading (from January) – The GOP’s epic gamble (@ThePlumLineGS) http://t.co/MBRhUKKVzW
18:47 Reading – Speakings Fees Potentially Huge Tax Deduction for Hillary (Mike Flynn) http://t.co/27X41KuwSm
19:53 Reading – Civil Liberties Hero Edward Snowden Commits Massive Civil Liberties Violation (Charles Johnson) http://t.co/a2RzE6vrFp
20:22 Realized after several days of wearing them that I’d ordered a different set of glasses frames than I thought I had ordered. #unobservant.
20:25 I thought I ordered glasses made of a single piece of metal, with no hinges. Makes it stronger. Nope, ordered different pair. My fault. :-(
20:36 .@rebliv I am sorry for spoiling the end of Escape from Planet of the Apes for you during our Apes marathon in 1995. #LateApologies
??:?? Retweeted @BlogtorWho 20:52 Brilliant! Live rendition of the Doctor Who theme tune from the Radiophonic Workshop at Glastonbury 2014 http://t.co/OXqDF9zoBT #DoctorWho
23:36 Reading – Gitmo detainees’ lawyers invoke Hobby Lobby decision in court filing (@philjvic) http://t.co/yFwpUaXgr5
23:?? Retweeted @rebliv 23:40 .@abulsme I must have forgiven you, because I don't remember you ruining our Planet of the Apes marathon. in reply to abulsme
23:42 .@rebliv I mentioned an important detail about the climax before starting the movie thinking everybody had seen it before. You hadn’t. Oops. in reply to rebliv
23:4? Retweeted @rebliv 23:41 .@abulsme Since we're apologizing, I'm sorry for strapping my cat to your chest & almost killing you. #LateApologies
23:43 .@rebliv Breathing is optional when there is a cat that needs to be attached to you. in reply to rebliv
23:4? Retweeted @rebliv 23:42 .@abulsme I'm also sorry for calling you during W's (?) State of the Union speech. #LateApologies
23:44 .@rebliv See now, I don’t remember that one. So all is forgiven! in reply to rebliv

Edit 01:10 for the first batch of manual fixes since my experimenting with changing the format of these digests failed.

Edit 06:19 for the second batch of manual fixes.

Edit 07:43 for the third batch of manual fixes.

Edit 08:04 for the final batch of manual fixes.

@abulsme tweets from 2014-07-05 (UTC)

Yay! It looks like my fix for native retweets in Twitter Digest worked! I'll send it to the plugin author when I'm home from fireworks. :-) 00:15:25
finished Spark of Death by Bernadette Pajer http://t.co/LTYZKhA7Om 01:47:52
RT @randatola: Hey pork fans, the smoker is starting up. I should be getting automated tweets from StokerLog, if the network holds up. 02:00:17
Rain, even very light rain, makes sitting in a park waiting for fireworks less fun than otherwise. 02:30:16
RT @SamArgierKIRO7: Showers over #Seattle are quickly zooming east. http://t.co/4QX4YQi2sA #KIRO7Fourth 02:32:26
Watching – Fireworks filmed with a drone (Joe Stiglingh) http://t.co/zexTol73lQ 03:41:49
Reading – Female justices issue searing dissent over new contraceptive case (Irin Carmon) http://t.co/6Ynrsyes9W 03:48:29
Watching – 'I see into your soul Doctor…' – Doctor Who Series 8 teaser trailer (BBC) cc @AmyNo tAmy @Scatterbrandy http://t.co/cCJzPqg8Qe 03:52:46
RT @jonostrower: By the looks of it, it's two 737-800s and a -900ER that came off the rails in Montana. Not clear about the fourth. http://t.co/8ZUp7omraF 06:49:40
RT @billgillam: Airlift en route to Harborview with a 13 year old that was hit in back of head with mortar firework, req'd CPR for 10 mins. 06:51:17
RT @wilw: I’m using Tor in a Linux Virtual Machine to read an article at Boing Boing. Your move, NSA. 06:52:00
Reading – If you read Boing Boing, the NSA considers you a target for deep surveillance (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/3cVUlaflDy 07:02:09
(Oops, typo'ed Amy last time) Watching – Doctor Who Series 8 teaser trailer (BBC) cc @AmyNotAmy @Scatterbrandy http://t.co/cCJzPqg8Qe 07:18:42
Reading (from 2011) – Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did (HamdenRice) http://t.co/aa8OgnGzEJ 13:42:02
Reading – Google accused of abusing 'right to be forgotten' to gin up anger against the law (John Hayward) http://t.co/DBws29qfo9 13:46:45
Reading – German Man Arrested as Spy Implicates U.S. (Alison Smale) http://t.co/SfaJ4hGNhq 13:50:34
Reading – The South Is Essentially A Solid, Grim Block Of Poverty (Mark Gongloff) http://t.co/JO9fgNpV1k 13:54:24
RT @WernerTwertzog: As we all know, if the colonies had not declared independence, we would now live in a ruthless tyranny, with no freedoms, like Canada. 14:11:13
Reading – One Hundred Million Creative Commons Flickr Images for Research (David A. Shamma) http://t.co/Sp8ZwpRQco 17:49:19
Reading – Chasing Returns Has a High Cost for Investors (YiLi Chien) http://t.co/t2zehBuIsI 18:23:56
Reading – Validating XKeyScore code (Errata Security) http://t.co/Ndfqkty7L8 18:31:48
Reading – Study debunks a вЂGoldilocks’ planet thought to potentially support alien life (@sandhyawp) http://t.co/V4eJ8j4U0j 18:35:39
Reading – Apple Snags Luxury Watchmaker Exec Ahead of Rumored iWatch Launch (Adario Strange) http://t.co/em0WG4XaIe 18:41:05
Reading – Conservatives Are Making Their Cars Spew Black Smoke To Protest Obama And Environmentalists (Hunter Walker) http://t.co/Ufa2tgpJ3K 22:51:25
Reading – I just installed a tool which shows how popular websites are spying on me. (Paul Carr) http://t.co/Ectjp7WFhn 23:16:59
Reading – Anti-vaxx insanity: New study highlights the dangers of science denialism (Dan Arel) http://t.co/xnoBDusFTQ 23:24:41
Reading – The Indie Life (Luc Vandal) http://t.co/Np1m9trh94 23:32:28

@abulsme tweets from 2014-07-04 (UTC)

Not food? RT @AmyNotAmy: Fact: Every person who lives in the #pnw is best friends with at least one slug. #slugsarefriends 00:47:39
Reading – A New Class Of Stars Is Made Entirely Of Metal (Mark Strauss) http://t.co/hk0Qu3CRaa 02:20:03
Reading – 8 Other Laws That Could Be Ignored Now That Christians Get To Pick And Choose (Shadee Ashtari) http://t.co/ALe4L6Qewy 04:43:52
Reading – Supreme Court Grants Evangelical College Plea On Contraception Rule (Mark Sherman) http://t.co/bcYrZBoJJL 04:48:42
Reading – An OB/GYN’s opinion on the Supreme Court, Hobby Lobby, and contraception (Jen Gunter) http://t.co/qB4oScaVYF 05:04:02
Reading – This tweet tells you everything you need to know about how Hobby Lobby fits into the 2014 elec (Henderson) http://t.co/RbleSWBz3L 05:09:02
Reading – How Hobby Lobby Undermined The Very Idea of a Corporation (Alex Park) http://t.co/KjstxngT4j 06:16:48
I tried to fix a bug in the twitter digest software I use on how it handles retweets. 07:59:21
Since I don’t know what I am doing, I may have broken it instead. 07:59:28
So, I’m gunna native retweet some stuff, and see if it explodes when it tries to do the next digest in about 16 hours. 08:01:03
(I’d been using only manual RT’s to avoid the bug ever since I realized the full extent of the bug.) 08:01:53
Anyway, I’ll native retweet the next few things that come across my timeline, just as a test. 08:03:00
RT @RandomAmazon: The word of the hour is TWIRLED http://t.co/hEZE6sql9q
You know, as in: http://t.co/GS9TGg6K63 08:03:18
RT @twc_hurricane: 4am EDT – The center of #Arthur will reach Roanoke Island at Wanchese, NC shortly. http://t.co/PU7jBWSqpm 08:03:34
RT @deCespedes: #NSA-Ausschuss: Der "totalitГ¤re Weg" des US-Geheimdienstes – heise online http://t.co/7OZO7Ee4Sp 2249319.html/from/twitter #PUA #NSAUA 08:03:53
RT @Pawelmorski: @ChristopherJM *that* picture? Just wow. 08:03:57
RT @KonstantinNotz: English Report + video of yesterdays Hearing in the german inquiry-committee on the #Snowden revalations #nsaua @DW
http://t.co/Yv9l950Hku 08:04:10
OK, that’s 5 of them. Should be good enough for my test. Of course, I’ll find out if it breaks or doesn’t work while at 4th of July stuff. 08:05:35
Which will be really frustrating if it fails utterly, cause I won’t be anywhere I’ll be able to do anything about it. Oh well. 08:06:13
Also just fixed a stupid typo bug in the вЂњstate category changeвЂќ tweets. Using вЂњwwwwвЂќ instead of вЂњwwwвЂќ for my URL breaks the link. Duh. 08:30:46
Reading – The New Law of Religion (Schwartzman/Schragger/Tebbe) http://t.co/NJz5rZ0hj1 09:13:15
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: The World is Spinning http://t.co/r8FzGTHi5e 16:37:07
I put the AbulCam out front. Perhaps we’ll see the ppl who leave fireworks trash all over our driveway every 4th. :-) http://t.co/GdS38uOH4A 18:54:59

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The World is Spinning

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

Noises / Glasses
Ivan’s Beep / Glasses / Rats
Iraq Discussion
Facebook Mood Experiment
Hobby Lobby
More Hobby Lobby

Recorded on 3 Jul 2014

Length this week – 1:31:10


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

[Abulpost] New Glasses http://t.co/EMUfdYcAPF 01:18:59
Good. -> Reading (from April) – Why a Plan to Circumvent the Electoral College Is Probably Doomed (@NateSilver538) http://t.co/R7wpkIOKBk 18:26:31
Excellent conversation on Hobby Lobby -> Dissent Of The Day (@sullydish) http://t.co/hOiWkaIMcQ 18:52:45
Reading – NSA's XKeyscore Source Code Leaked! Shows Tor Users Classified As 'Extremists' (@glynmoody) https://t.co/N2SWyaUngV 18:59:43
Took the day off. Amongst other things, did more debugging on that double tweet bug. I THINK I got it this time. We’ll see soon enough. 20:47:33
Reading – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof (ZoГ« Carpenter) http://t.co/pLBKkO7q5o 21:15:22
Poll Added: PPP in MI from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 47% to Bush 37% http://t.co/uiECKgwVmX 22:36:35
Clinton vs Bush state category change: MI has moved from Solid Clinton to Strong Clinton http://t.co/X66wqf0jda 22:36:49
Poll Added: PPP in MI from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 48% to Christie 35% http://t.co/gECbfzBM0D 22:40:16
Clinton vs Christie state category change: MI has moved from Weak Clinton to Strong Clinton http://t.co/0YE7CsbNPy 22:40:22
Poll Added: PPP in MI from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 50% to Cruz 34% http://t.co/kTXuHpnUm9 22:47:30
Poll Added: PPP in MI from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 48% to Huckabee 36% http://t.co/UO5BxXunjD 22:51:22
Clinton vs Huckabee state category change: MI has moved from Strong Clinton to Solid Clinton http://t.co/jVujIUI2Ke 22:51:27
Poll Added: PPP in MI from 2014-06-26 to 2014-06-29 – Clinton 47% to Paul 37% http://t.co/BEKX3L9xi9 22:53:59
Clinton vs Christie tipping point change: Clinton by 4.9 in MI -> Clinton by 6.2 in OH http://t.co/j7XPrLvQoV 23:37:56
Christie best case vs Clinton has changed: Clinton 264 to Christie 274 -> Clinton 280 to Christie 258 http://t.co/j7XPrLvQoV 23:37:57
Clinton vs Cruz tipping point change: Clinton by 10.1 in MI -> Clinton by 10.7 in OH http://t.co/D7fz3yFMA2 23:40:28

New Glasses

First progressives too. I am now that age after all.

@abulsme tweets from 2014-07-02 (UTC)

:-( Reading – 29-year-old woman drowns trying to save her dog in Wenatchee River (Q13 Fox News Staff) http://t.co/Jh8tAM7EQR 02:38:48
Reading – Surface Area (xkcd) http://t.co/AHZgjiGn89 18:13:40
Poll Added: Quinnipiac in IA from 2014-06-12 to 2014-06-16 – Clinton 46% to Huckabee 39% http://t.co/GaWe2IaEUt 19:30:54

@abulsme tweets from 2014-07-01 (UTC)

Reading – Why Ginsburg’s Hobby Lobby dissent might backfire (Adam Serwer) http://t.co/hhgnpRNcP2 13:06:36
Reading – Greenwald delays biggest Snowden story yet after new U.S. government claims (Dell Cameron) http://t.co/gdqxODb8R6 13:08:30
Just completed a 2.78 km walk – Morning walk http://t.co/c7N7cms7tb #RunKeeper 18:20:11
Reading – Wendy Davis's Campaign Is Failing For One Very Simple Reason (@ichotiner) http://t.co/M8BT2mc4wl 19:06:58
Reading – The Illogic of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance (Uwe E. Reinhardt) http://t.co/Pee6fgzDLo 19:13:23
Reading – The data is brutal: the GOP has a real birth control problem (Kos) http://t.co/V92xt2hWJp 19:19:40

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