80 adjusted to that really poorly
— Keith Wynne (@Keith_Wynne) Dec 31, 2022
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The personal blog of Jay Garmon: professional geek, Web entrepreneur, and occasional science fiction writer.
80 adjusted to that really poorly
— Keith Wynne (@Keith_Wynne) Dec 31, 2022
Pretty good summary tbh https://t.co/OY2tsgTFKx https://t.co/Cnoi7CLSfm
— Ian Landsman (@ianlandsman) Dec 26, 2022
folks this had to be done https://t.co/ELNkISglCN https://t.co/8g4brTWJAn
— Tyler Greever (@Tyler_Greever) Dec 19, 2022
It's only Doom Scrolling if it happens in Latveria under the watchful eye of Doom himself. Otherwise it's just Sparkling Damn You Richards.
— Adam P. Knave (@adampknave) Nov 29, 2022
I did a… certain tweet two weeks ago. Something about insulin. You probably saw it. Anyway, here’s why I did it: https://t.co/fuPQW7KtMC
— Sean Morrow (@snmrrw) Nov 22, 2022
being a hater (fun and funny) is different from being a contrarian (dumb and annoying)
— jorts (@ftmensch) Nov 7, 2022
@uoflcard RINO
— 502eire (@502eire) Nov 4, 2022
Don't ask why I'm asking, but if you went to GSP, please like this tweet. tysm
— Olivia Krauth (@oliviakrauth) Nov 3, 2022
"Fear will keep the local systems in line." https://t.co/7DRpemrN4j
— Steve Kenson (@SKenson) Oct 31, 2022
Remember on Game of Thrones when they were like "Bran can travel back in time and change history" and then they literally never mentioned it again ever? Multi-billion-dollar TV franchise. Never came up a second time. That is officially my answer to every script note I get.
— Matt Wallace (@MattFnWallace) Oct 7, 2022
i got to interview coolio one time and you bet i asked him if he was over his beef with weird al. https://t.co/bVPZ15Qtpg
— Dan Ozzi (@danozzi) Sep 29, 2022
A D&D table is four to seven people, all of whom are playing the main character, all of whom are not the main character at all. If it's a good table, they all understand how to share those main character moments.
— Seanan McGuire (@seananmcguire) Sep 22, 2022
a lot of men think they’re being horny when they’re actually being creepy
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) Sep 22, 2022
Don’t sleep on LinkedIn. Yes there’s lots of 🗑 but there’s also really great content. For example, here’s a very relatable counter on quiet quitting. I’m certain that almost every Black woman & WOC can relate to this. https://t.co/2fs6kvILRF
— C:\hristina (@divinetechygirl) Aug 30, 2022
@ohJuliatweets @dennisbhooper Powell’s Law: (he was talking about Churchill and De Gaulle, but cases abound in all fields and ages): “Nothing cements a powerful but frequently wrong mind in its error like having been right, once, when almost no one else was.”
— John Barnes, probably not the one you thought (@JohnBarnesSF) Aug 27, 2022
Be a Kermit the Frog. Have a creative vision and no ego. Recognize the unique talents of those around you. Attract weirdos. Manage chaos. Show kindness. Be sincere.
— T I M E S C A N N E R (@timescanner) Aug 16, 2022
Macho Man had an incredible answer when asked "Have you ever cried?" https://t.co/A969i2aHAR
— SPENCE, TODD (@Todd_Spence) Aug 10, 2022
@502eire Anyone who has spent any time in an ER will tell you that men are absolutely the weaker sex
— Shovels and Nope (@roto_tudor) Aug 9, 2022
The reason republicans get so incredibly huffy when any of the tools of law enforcement are ever turned upon them is they think “criminals” as an inherent class of people (who they of course could never be part of) rather than a descriptor for someone who commits illegal acts.
— William B. Fuckley (@opinonhaver) Aug 9, 2022
your "hot" takes aren't hot if the topic is addressed in the article you clearly didn't read! take note!
— Olivia Krauth (@oliviakrauth) Aug 8, 2022
the warm comfort of knowing that I’m not ✨a burden✨ https://t.co/ogjUGstGEK
— 502eire (@502eire) Aug 8, 2022
West Texas storm chaser Laura Rowe captured the picture of a lifetime, fantastic shot of a mature supercell thunderstorm, illuminated at varying heights from the setting sun. https://t.co/MxHsoG7g9N
— Counts My CannaBlessings⁴²⁰🆓️ (@IntoTheShitter) Aug 5, 2022
Today I asked a 10-year-old girl if she wanted to be a writer. She answered: "I want to do the thinking part but not the writing part." So she's already a writer.
— David Owen (@davidowenauthor) Aug 4, 2022
My daughter just requested “Son of a Creature Man” by Dusty Springfield and I’m never fixing it.
— Grey DeLisle (@GreyDeLisle) Aug 4, 2022
Originalism is astrology for people who feel bullied by the Civil Rights Movement
— Barred and Boujee (@AudreLawdAMercy) Aug 3, 2022
giving yourself skulking time can be soooo healing
— charlie (@chunkbardey) Jul 28, 2022
https://t.co/89dUqmnwCO
— Jason Scott (@textfiles) Jul 26, 2022
The sci-fi writer who coined the term “cyberspace” asking a question about relatively recent slang and getting the answer from the writer who coined Godwin’s Law is good Twitter. https://t.co/NyeL4xxr0h
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) Jul 21, 2022
Tolkien had his strengths and weaknesses as a writer but my god I don’t think anyone else has described burnout quite as well as “like butter scraped over too much bread”
— Louisa 🌈👭 (@LouisatheLast) Jul 20, 2022
Every museum website has three tabs: Explore, Discover, and Visit. The contents of these are completely random.
— Ben Miller (@Bhmllr) Jul 18, 2022
No one: Not a single Trekkie: My husband: you see Kirk likes to bend the rules, but Pike wines and dines the rules until they see his point of view… Me: so…Pike seduces the rules https://t.co/pimhoaBBic
— 🌛❤️🔥Andrea Rae ❤️🔥🌜 (@AndreaRaeLAc) Jul 8, 2022
its so bleakly funny every time they're like "the shooter was able to obtain his gun legally" of course he did babe! we dont have any laws that would prevent him buying the fucking gun! he's not going to buy it illegally just for fun!!!
— jd vance's "holler aunt" (@markpopham) Jul 5, 2022
friends, if you don’t like a paywall you can simply wait 6 hours for a free site to lift their reporting and not tell a working journalist you hope they starve
— 502eire (@502eire) Jul 5, 2022
The goal of trolls and sock puppets is to waste your time and energy, even as they use your responses to spread their chaos. I ain’t falling for it, and neither should you. Report, block, and move on.
— Michael Okuda (@MikeOkuda) Jul 4, 2022
You are 14 times more likely to die during birth than during an abortion and the leading cause of death during pregnancy is murder. Abortion bans actually erase women. Not symbolically, not linguistically--they remove women from the planet.
— Gillian Branstetter (@GBBranstetter) Jul 3, 2022
a pretty good rule of thumb is anyone who has a politician in their bio or header image that they’re not a paid staffer for is not someone you’re going to have a reasonable conversation with
— 502eire (@502eire) Jul 2, 2022
Sometimes it’s not you, it’s them 🙄😂😭 #academia https://t.co/IKtqf0P3Hr
— Burel Goodin (@PainBurel) Jul 2, 2022
A lot of people who’ve lost elections blame Twitter because it’s where the people who make fun of them are
— Aaron (@BobbyBigWheel) Jun 29, 2022
One of the messages of #DS9 is that the Federation's idyllic future came from hard work and sacrifice after some very dark times, and that maintaining paradise requires continuous effort, but that #StarTrek's progressive, humanist future is worth fighting for. Send Tweet.
— Robert Hewitt Wolfe (@writergeekrhw) Jun 28, 2022
Split this into two videos because it’s too long for Twitter, but this is an excellent explanation (from a doc) of why “health & life” exceptions are bullshit https://t.co/ygCyKO0cK4
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) Jun 28, 2022
@dh4onethingonly "If there is a god, he must ask me forgiveness" Scrawled on the walls of a Nazi concentration camp cell Now, I'm not Jewish, but I think you get the idea.
— Áileen 🇮🇪 McMurray (@IrishRugbyFan13) Jun 28, 2022
Taika being too real about writing here 🥲 https://t.co/YGXiynin5E
— Lucy 🏴☠️🔪❤️ (@Lucyddreams) Jun 27, 2022
"I don't like to talk about politics" Just say you don't want to talk about important things because politics is a foundational component of society that permeates every aspect of our lives
— 🌛🌕🌜Andrea Rae🌛🌕🌜 (@AndreaRaeLAc) Jun 26, 2022
i love that bands still pretend to leave before their encore. like peekaboo for adults
— oatmeal influencer (@acechhh) Jun 26, 2022
NFL owners getting called before Congress for sexual harassment, sued for denying decades-long paternity, guaranteeing contracts for guys with five dozen sexual harassment accusers, sued for not hiring minorities, and sued for throwing games. Good crew you got there, @NFL.
— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) Jun 25, 2022
59% of abortions are obtained by women who have given birth to at least one child already, according to Guttmacher Institute https://t.co/cJiNJKFkgD
— April Corbin Girnus (@aprilcore) Jun 25, 2022
@njhochman If you change your sociopolitical beliefs because people annoy you then you don't actually have sociopolitical beliefs. You have anger toward people and you're using politics as an excuse to be against them.
— Jeremy Trot Zeitlin (@TrotTaBoston) Jun 20, 2022
why don't starships have seat belts
— Riker Googling (@RikerGoogling) Jun 17, 2022
Picard management tip: Obedience never lasts long when it's based solely on punishment.
— Picard Tips (@PicardTips) Jun 16, 2022
Let me remind you that one of the kindest things you can do for yourself during a heat wave is to put Reese’s Cups in the freezer. Then when you come in from the blazing outdoors, you’ve got yourself a lil treat. ✨
— Tara Anderson (@TaraEAnderson) Jun 14, 2022
@Athens_Grease Someone put it best when they said when you buy a house, you’re essentially buying rent control for 30 years.
— Norm Charlatan (@normcharlatan) Jun 10, 2022
what they don't tell you about writing is that 99% of the time it is awful and no fun and then 1% of the time you feel absolutely high doing it and it is a total blast and because of that 1% you will never stop even if you have zero idea if you will ever experience it again
— rachel syme (@rachsyme) Jun 8, 2022
A hill I will die on: unpaid internships are classist, and whilst you might *think* you are "helping students gain experience" all you are doing is widening the gap between those that can afford to and those that cannot.
— Dr Zoë Ayres (@ZJAyres) Jun 8, 2022
Mandated security training. Proivded example of a malware email is one claiming you have been given a bonus for your hard work and dedication. (Seriously.) Because the company will *never* do that, and you ought to know better!
— Lizard (@LizardSF) Jun 8, 2022
Do “boring” things great. - Follow up when you say you’re going to - Give thoughtful feedback - Show genuine interest in others - Hold yourself accountable - Be a lifelong learner This will separate you from others. Don’t get bored with the basics.
— Joshua Kozak (@CoachKozak) Jun 6, 2022
No one tells you this, but as a writer you don't have to aspire to be great. I for one am very comfortably settled in to being an okay writer. Most writers are just okay. That's fine. There is nothing wrong with being the third best cheesesteak place in town. People still go.
— Matt Wallace (@MattFnWallace) Jun 3, 2022
Picard sanity tip: If there are four lights, say there are four lights.
— Picard Tips (@PicardTips) Jun 2, 2022
I didn't write Wonder Woman, but if you want to argue that she is somehow not a queer or trans icon, then you're not paying attention. Every time someone comes up to me and says that WW helped them while they were closeted, it reminds me how special the role is.
— Lynda Carter (@RealLyndaCarter) Jun 1, 2022
We live in a country where little girls earn posthumous medals for doing the job grown men outside and in Congress were too cowardly to do. https://t.co/x1kLcaL53z
— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) Jun 1, 2022
“Don’t politicize” always and only means “Don’t hold me responsible.” -Peter Manseau
— Michael Okuda (@MikeOkuda) May 31, 2022
This guy here.A Fellow vet said it perfectly. I couldn’t have stated it better. #guncontrol https://t.co/dg3o8RoOgo
— LifeIndiscreet (@LifeIndiscreet) May 28, 2022
What are the levels of geek awesomeness here? @StarTrek @starwars https://t.co/ATWtnkL30Z
— David McGeoch (@davidmcgeoch9) May 26, 2022
Why do I think gun control could work? Because fuckin grenade control works.
— Andrew O. (@TheOrvedahl) May 26, 2022
The teachers sacrificed their lives for the kids but the cops wouldn’t. Think about that the next time your city is talking about what to fund.
— Rachel Shukert (@RachelShukert) May 25, 2022
why would anyone choose to go big when the alternative is getting to go home
— stoned cold fox (@roastmalone_) May 22, 2022
The perfect NFT explanation: https://t.co/3Fy6n4XUDu
— John C. Welch (@bynkii) May 17, 2022
The final dance in Dirty Dancing, but they’re dancing to The Muppet Show theme tune. https://t.co/ldfjmm5JoQ
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) May 17, 2022
Fear of becoming a minority is fueled partially by the assumption that it is natural and inevitable that minorities are treated poorly by majorities. This assumption of course grows from the poor treatment of minorities in America, but it is neither natural nor inevitable.
— Joe Dunman (@JoeDunman) May 16, 2022
when discussing the propriety of protesting outside of supreme court justices' homes, it's important to remember that in the 90s the court held that protesting outside of the homes of **abortion clinic employees** is protected by the first amendment
— Law Boy, Esq. (@The_Law_Boy) May 9, 2022
A protest march that the people in power approve of is just a parade.
— Robyn Swirling (@RSwirling) May 9, 2022
Hard truth? Being involved in fandom makes me enjoy being a fan less. Fandom fixates on the least important things & forms hostile factions around the ‘sides’ of the arbitrary criticisms. You’re mad the NAME of the film didn’t exactly describe the plot? This is why we’re mocked
— jstoobs (@thejstoobs) May 8, 2022
“Ban abortion, ban trans people, ban words, ban kneeling during the national anthem, ban books, ban masks, ban vaccine mandates, ban history, ban science, ban math, ban cartoons… TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN!” What about guns? “Banning guns won’t solve anything.”
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 5, 2022
Eliminating abortion rights in a country with no federally guaranteed parental leave, shrinking birth control access, no universal health care, no subsidized child care, and a teacher and caregiver shortage. This place goes out of its way to be cruel to women at every turn.
— Erin Ryan (@morninggloria) May 3, 2022
At this point, Congress is just an arms dealer. No education. No access to healthcare. No housing. No clean drinking water. But we’ll finance your war.
— Nick Estes (@nickwestes) May 3, 2022
The Onion has been banned on Twitter, follow us on Twitter for more updates.
— The Onion (@TheOnion) Apr 21, 2022
It's actually bad luck to say MacBook inside an office. You have to call it 'The Scottish Laptop'
— Nathalie Kernot (@nolliepops) Apr 12, 2022
stop glamorising The Hustle and start glamorising whatever lifestyle this is https://t.co/DWZhPYw8A4
— Grace Jarvis (@gracejarvisohno) Apr 13, 2022
Baloney. "Woke" is being used as a scare word that means whatever the right wing talking heads claim it means that day. Mostly it seems to mean "they came for my bigotry and yours is next!!!" https://t.co/GgiEjGMVBm
— James S.A. Corey (@JamesSACorey) Apr 12, 2022
Something I've learned as a children's author: Some parents really, really do not like the idea of their children developing lives that they cannot control.
— Sarah Kapit (@SarahKapit) Apr 5, 2022
Twitter should stop everyone from tweeting during high-volume cultural moments in the same way that a stock exchange suspends trading
— Jake Bittle (@jake_bittle) Mar 28, 2022
Hear me out, but next time we have conference wristbands they should change color when soaked, so we also know who actually showered.
— Lesley Carhart (@hacks4pancakes) Mar 25, 2022
Judge people not by their words, but by the international dictators who rush to their defence.
— Aidan Moher (@adribbleofink) Mar 25, 2022
Instagram teaches health is achieved by - 30-day challenges - Elimination diets - Motivational quotes - Insane exercises What actually works - Lifestyle mindset > Temporary fix - Balance your nutrition and energy output - Get sleep - Drink Water - Exercises you enjoy
— Joshua Kozak (@CoachKozak) Mar 22, 2022
@joshelman Employees who are a great fit at Seed stage, might not be such a great fit at Series B. That's actually ok. It will be a very different company by then. Reid Hoffman has the analogy with Pioneers, Settlers and Town Planners. Which is very accurate.
— Sergio Pereira 🚀 (@SergioRocks) Mar 22, 2022
thank you! finally. my work is done here. https://t.co/ks8hhBi44y
— ani difranco (@anidifranco) Mar 11, 2022
Before you DM a stranger to tell them you disagree with them, please ask yourself why the fuck they would care.
— TalkThirtyToMe™ (@TalkThirty) Feb 19, 2022
"I am being censored." How? "I tried to argue X" They didn't let you? "No, they did." So did they punish you after? "No, they didn't." How are you being censored? "I could just feel in the room that some people thought I was wrong."
— Radical Gorbacentrist 🇺🇦 (@itzkovitzing) Mar 7, 2022
I saw someone say that much of what we see as scary about polio is actually “long polio” & tbh that’s pretty true. I think the “long” framing makes it clear long COVID isn’t unprecedented & that we need to face up to it. What other long infectious diseases are there? A list*
— Dr Ellie Murray, ScD 🇨🇦 (@EpiEllie) Mar 7, 2022
Tapping the "Star Trek is about a society striving for Utopia, not a utopian society" sign once again
— Captain Cipriani Hate Account (@BadSocialism) Mar 7, 2022
“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot” — Carl Sagan https://t.co/F90ee92HNu
— Dr. James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) Feb 24, 2022
O best beloved, if you are doomscrolling Twitter today, ask yourself if there is anything you can personally do. If there is, do it. If there isn’t, remember that anxiety is not activism. Your misery does not improve the world a single iota.
— Kingfisher & Wombat (@UrsulaV) Feb 24, 2022
You can tell millennials are editors now because there are no more avocado toast stories, and a lot more “we’re all fucked and can’t afford anything” stories.
— Eric Mennel (@EricMennel) Feb 21, 2022
If you ever think that it's that ONE more thing that will finally make you happy... ...it is NEVER that actual one more thing.
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) Feb 16, 2022
Fun little trick in the Sunday New York Times crossword yesterday: the central theme clue was "The better of two sci-fi franchises", and regardless of whether you put Star Wars or Star Trek, the crossing clues worked https://t.co/NS4LDxwxxl
— ℳatt (@matttomic) Feb 7, 2022
A quick thread on in the importance of being careful what data you share - even if you're the Queen. Today, Her Maj tweeted this lovely picture, gor bless er, etc. You might think that the contents of the red box would be official business. And you'd be right. 1/6 https://t.co/y1RspNRUzy
— Adam Kay (@amateuradam) Feb 6, 2022
The whole point of a pressure campaign is to force the idea that if you don’t participate or pledge fealty to the idea, you’re a hater or that you have some sort of problem with the person/thing. Hope y’all don’t fall into that trap again.
— Keith Wynne (@Keith_Wynne) Feb 7, 2022
comedians will be like “it’s our job to say things that make people uncomfortable” and then can’t even tell their racist friend to shut the fuck up
— i can be your long lost pal (@PallaviGunalan) Feb 6, 2022
✨ Access journalism is not really journalism ✨
— Tessa Duvall (@TessaDuvall) Feb 2, 2022
“White people.” - @bomani_jones Full Interview Now Available #Youtube ➡️ https://t.co/V5cmCV2EsN ➡️ https://t.co/2MdaM3y5jA https://t.co/YA46MIgfSF
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) Feb 3, 2022
You degrade their profession. You disregard their mighty contributions to your children and society. You pay them beans. You tamper with their tenure and pensions. You try to censor them. You generally disrespect them. And you wonder why you now have a shortage of teachers? SMDH!
— Ricky L. Jones (@DrRickyLJones) Jan 31, 2022
Timelapse of Europa & Io orbiting Jupiter, captured by the Cassini space probe via NASA-JPL’s @kevinmgill https://t.co/5BzKTsxlLl
— Latest in space (@latestinspace) Jan 28, 2022
Not to trivialize serious issues. But think about this: From the date of the crime to acquittal, the OJ Simpson trial took 465 days. Date of indictment to conviction, Adidas executives 425 days. Louisville's NCAA case since that day is at 1,584 days. The process is the penalty.
— Eric Crawford (@ericcrawford) Jan 27, 2022
I’m trying to figure out the logic of people who want to compare everything to the Holocaust while also banning books about the Holocaust and all I can come up with is they don’t want you to realize how shitty the analogy is
— 502eire (@502eire) Jan 27, 2022
every noom ad is like “we’re NOT a diet. we’re an eating disorder :)”
— big red (@spalinabean) Jan 25, 2022
I do my best not to subtweet, unlike SOME people I know
— river butcher 🤠 (@rivbutcher) Jan 21, 2022
This is a tired comment and at almost 40, I don’t have time for anything that makes me even more tired. 👋🏻 https://t.co/918z5aZSE9
— Jewel Staite (@JewelStaite) Jan 23, 2022
2000s iTunes: "hey buy this content! It has DRM!" 2010s Bandcamp: "hey buy this DRM-free content!" 2020s N F T marketplaces: "hey buy this content-free DRM!"
— Tom (@NowWeAreAllTom) Jan 19, 2022
The MLK Day thread you need today. https://t.co/9aE5YM3kyg
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) Jan 17, 2022
Please share this quote from my father through #MLKDay2022: “I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting.” @LeaderMcConnell @SenatorSinema https://t.co/uLmHyEqTTU
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) Jan 14, 2022
you can drink 84 cups of coffee daily but crack a Diet Coke at 8:30 am and people have opinions
— 502eire (@502eire) Jan 13, 2022
Y’all be full fledge arguing with strangers with no photos and followers on this app. Baby that’s not a person, that’s a ghost with unfinished business. Stop arguing with Casper.
— Dewayne Perkins (@DewaynePerkins) Dec 29, 2021
Archaeologists: Here's exactly how pandemics have played out in the past w 10 top examples Historians: Here's how the 1919 pandemic played out blow by blow w masks surges deaths Sociologists: Here's how people react to vaccines+ masks w 100 papers Politicians: THIS IS ALL NEW
— Dr. Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) Jan 7, 2022
literally the best "singular they" video ever https://t.co/l9An1YcQQ3
— meghan 🏳️🌈 (@the_meghaning) Jan 5, 2022
people who call fast food or retail workers "low skill" would absolutely d*e if they had to work a single saturday night 3rd shift at waffle house
— ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɪ'ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ (@fatnudes) Jan 4, 2022
FYI. Of the 487 police officer "line of duty deaths" counted in 2021... 327 were #COVID19 versus 61 who died by gunfire. That means a cop was 5x more likely to die from the virus than being shot last year. #BlueLivesMatter Per @ODMP: https://t.co/vd9g1zO9U2
— Philmonger (@phillipmbailey) Jan 4, 2022
They did it. The absolute mad lads. https://t.co/gmXJlZfPRv
— Andrew (@floodums) Dec 31, 2021