The short-form week of 15–21 Aug 2016
22 Aug 2016; last modified 26 Aug 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.
Sunday at 10:13pm
Sunday at 10:50pm
RT @chrisurquhart: Imagine if Twitter was as proactive about removing abuse and harassment as it was
about removing Olympic videos that bre…—@ndw
Monday at 03:00pm
Monday at 06:02pm
Today I learned that you can sail in a direct, STRAIGHT line from New York to Australia.
!!!
https://t.co/JpjO3fCZTH—@tveastman
Monday at 10:18pm
RT @geoffarnold: The other day someone asked “Has anything you’ve read on the Internet actually changed
your mind?” This piece... https://…—@ndw
Monday at 10:58pm
RT @RickByers: Web devs take note: Serving your content via HTTP is an invitation to ad and malware
injection from many sources. https://t.…—@ndw
Monday at 11:05pm
Monday at 11:06pm
Monday at 11:16pm
RT @candykirby: Hillary, who endured 11-hr grilling, lacks "mental stamina" to fight ISIS, says
man who couldn't handle one tough question…—@ndw
Monday at 11:23pm
RT @NAChristakis: If you dont think this interactive panoramic view from Mars surface is cool, haunting,
moving, amazing, you are lost http…—@ndw
Tuesday at 07:01am
RT @mermatriarch: what doesn't kill you gives you a lot of unhealthy coping mechanisms and a really
dark sense of humour—@ndw
Tuesday at 09:58am
Tuesday at 11:33am
Tuesday at 12:48pm
Nice post. I'm inclined to agree, of course :-) https://t.co/Q0jzDOWJ3y—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 12:49pm
Also: that DocBook Resurgent posting is the first interesting/useful thing that's
come my way from LinkedIn in ... a long time.—@ndw
Tuesday at 05:12pm
This invasive "crazy snake worm" was recently found in Oregon https://t.co/Y9AWI6Msir—@atlasobscura
Tuesday at 09:54pm
RT @MagicRealismBot: Fifty philosophers meet once a year inside a ruined motel to decide the fate of
time and space.—@ndw
Wednesday at 10:52am
Wednesday at 08:42pm
RT @shelleypowers: Cannot tweet this enough: Via @NPR: Aetna CEO To Justice Department: Block Our Deal And We'll Drop Out Of Obamacare
http…—@ndw
Wednesday at 10:05pm
RT @heydonworks: You can't have CSS or javascript without HTML, so you might as well get the HTML
right first.—@ndw
Wednesday at 10:09pm
RT @CompSciFact: 'The idea that people knew a thing or two in the '70s is strange to a lot of young
programmers.' -- Donald Knuth—@ndw
Wednesday at 10:15pm
Wednesday at 10:21pm
RT @molly_knight: This election truly is an existential war between the article and the comments section.
Serenity now.—@ndw
Thursday at 08:18am
RT @dret: finally no contrived magical branch name anymore, plus the ability to publish @github pages from subfolders. thanks! https://t.co…—@ndw
Thursday at 11:07am
F*cking awful Texas politicians. https://t.co/3AaWXTRNlh—@ndw
Thursday at 11:13pm
You’ll be glad you built up your Klout score when the autonomous car is deducing who
to run down.—@BenedictEvans
Friday at 06:43pm
Friday at 09:29pm
RT @mathling: One of the biggest crime waves in America isn't what you think it is - https://t.co/SxzF8H8JR5 billions of dollars a year in…—@ndw
Friday at 09:33pm
RT @glynmoody: </sigh> repeat after me, it's not "bulk data collection" it's *mass surveillance*
https://t.co/QhGnrXjKK2—@ndw
Saturday at 12:26pm
Saturday at 12:34pm
Blockchains != MAGIC. Useful for historical integrity properties, but that's really
about it. https://t.co/zaEKtLPpZZ—@harryhalpin
Saturday at 08:19pm
RT @DrJenGunter: An American doctor experiences the NHS. Again. https://t.co/7swfyCuGGKhttps://t.co/SHOS08nr9T—@ndw
Sunday at 12:43am
{This tweet stands in for an opinion/position I am afraid I'm not brave enough to
say on Twitter}—@tomcoates
Sunday at 11:55am
RT @Mark_J_Perry: Price Changes for Selected Goods and Services, 1996 to 2016 https://t.co/c38oEs7WxA—@ndw
Sunday at 12:42pm
RT @PuestoLoco: #CNNSOTU
Trump pays @CNN pundit Lewanowski $20k per month, @FBI investigates Trump's Team Kremlin but benign emails are new…—@ndw
Sunday at 01:21pm
.@timoreilly I canceled my local paper because they could not get vacation holds right. Basically
ever.—@ndw
Sunday at 02:42pm
Importing pics from camera, discover snaps from the Dragon Boat Festival in May. I
*am* behind on getting pics onto https://t.co/QtPeHMD4HA—@ndw
Sunday at 02:57pm
RT @dangillmor: Interesting: Scientific consensus on gun safety (overall, the more guns the less
safe we are collectively): https://t.co/R7…—@ndw
Sunday at 10:46pm
Monday at 12:13am
RT @AccordionGuy: Today’s sign of the day is an important reminder in the time of Trump.
https://t.co/A0jdOJkbVyhttps://t.co/4G2jqp1FWq—@ndw