The short-form week of 21–27 Dec 2015
28 Dec 2015; last modified 02 Feb 2016
The week in review, 140 characters at a time.
This document was created automatically from my archive of my Twitter stream. Due to limitations in the Twitter API and occasional glitches in my archiving system, it may not be 100% complete.
In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:28pm
Why do conservatives hate healthcare? Aren't healthy people better employees? Or is it really cheaper to let them die and hire new ones?—@ndw
@ndw it's a shibbileth: in the hyper-partisan US atmosphere, every public-policy question comes across as "which side are you on?"—@david_megginson
@david_megginson Yeah. I'm not naive enough to believe there are simple answers but some answers are obviously wrong nevertheless.—@ndw
@ndw less "no simple answers" and more "different terms of discourse."—@david_megginson
@david_megginson I guess. And I don't count because I'm to the left of everyone that's left of Sanders.—@ndw
@ndw I live in a country of balanced budgets *and* socialised healthcare; welcomed refugees *and* the tar sands. Left/right are hard to map.—@david_megginson
@ndw ... low corporate taxes *and* gender parity in the federal cabinet; strictly-regulated banks *and* publicly-funded religious schools.—@david_megginson
In a conversation that started on Monday at 12:09am
@shelleypowers Yeah. I'm rewording my blog software and I'm on the fence about porting / reimplementing comments.—@ndw
@ndw I think the world outgrew comments.—@shelleypowers
Monday at 10:07pm
The "Windows" section of every open-source project's "how to compile and install" file: https://t.co/82szh0Tj0q
—@despair
Tuesday at 08:26am
Tuesday at 03:26pm
One step closer to Standard! https://t.co/DoXshzOeg2
—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:39pm
In unrelated news: there's treacle taffy cooling in the kitchen.—@ndw
.@dpawson I have definitely got to make some gingerbread. I haven't had that in ages. New Year's Gingerbread. That can be a thing, right?—@ndw
@ndw You want it, go find a recipe Norm, sod the 'appropriate' times :-) Best wishes for 2016. https://t.co/BImT46jOz2 if needed.—@dpawson
Tuesday at 07:30pm
Tuesday at 10:06pm
@bryngreenwood Because...—@ndw
Tuesday at 10:13pm
Wednesday at 07:40am
Actually, Frankincense was the name of the doctor who created it. You're thinking of Frankincense's monster.—@OhNoSheTwitnt
Wednesday at 02:09pm
"Expected to arrive after Christmas" - Translation: You had 11.5 months, you bloody idiot—@SoVeryBritish
Wednesday at 05:19pm
This woman is genius. Pure genius. https://t.co/ZDX7E1yHCy
—@clean_freak
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 08:53pm
@shelleypowers But climate change is a...oh, I just can't even.—@ndw
@ndw Yeah that whole, "warmest year on record" kind of makes an awfully big elephant in the corner—@shelleypowers
Thursday at 12:01pm
Mum: "Do you want a ukulele, sweetheart? There's one in the bathroom if you do." #homeForChristmas
—@doctortovey
Thursday at 04:32pm
Star Wars. At last. Your spoilers hold no power over me now.—@ndw
Friday at 02:45am
“You’ll shoot your I out!” —Ralphie’s parents, trying to warn him about the dangers of Zen Buddhism—@kiphampton
Friday at 06:32am
Twitter has got so desperate that now you can favorite/like your own tweet.
@manisha72617183 @gclaramunt @propensive @ndw @mapastr
—@MartianOdyssey
Friday at 06:44am
Trump Clinton debate. He said "schlong"?Oh I thought he said "shalom".
@SomSnytt @Champagnery @channingwalton @ndw @gclaramunt @NeilClark66
—@MartianOdyssey
Friday at 09:39am
Friday at 08:53pm
Friday at 11:28pm
Sunday at 05:15am
@RichardDawkins winged horses I can live with. Stoning a woman to death for wearing makeup. Not so much.—@hammaragi
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 11:17pm
Saturday at 09:30am
RT @rifflesby: Confirm that you have landed on the Prime Material Plane. If you have landed on an Elemental Plane, do not exit. https://t.c…
—@ndw
