My God, what a poem! You must read this. https://t.co/GrkDQrBc8i
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) January 31, 2020
— Alex Norris (@dorrismccomics) January 31, 2020
A poem, Micha-el, by Jane Greer. You might want to be sitting down. https://t.co/AB1Tqx8Dei
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 31, 2020
"Ministers of darkness will tell us small truths in little things, to betray us into deeds of greatest consequence."
— Bright Simons (@BBSimons) January 31, 2020
---- General Banquo to General Macbeth (in the days when Duncan the Meek ruled Scotland)
Is it time for your second act? Third act? Fourth? https://t.co/79kyJYp15E
— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) January 30, 2020
"The Good Place" is just "The Office" for people who say "grok" instead of "understand."
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) January 29, 2020
Nice ad! https://t.co/qObXomcgcO
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) January 29, 2020
Nancy Pearl’s Rule of 50 for dropping a bad book /via @globeandmail @Nancy_Pearl https://t.co/R3GXbShkkc
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 29, 2020
I'm pretty sure Great American Librarian @Nancy_Pearl will be delighted to hear @amortowles citing her amended "Rule of 50"! #TheWritersLibrary https://t.co/ovdsz0jC3c
— Jeff Schwager (@JeffSchwager10) January 29, 2020
https://t.co/MGwU8RVsSI
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 28, 2020
Seven Layer Dip for the win.
I wish I had the disposition, talent and grace to write this. But I’m glad to have read it and hope I remember it.https://t.co/3hdM21OFYF
— Trace Urdan (@Trace_Urdan) January 28, 2020
I wish I had the disposition, talent and grace to write this. But I’m glad to have read it and hope I remember it.https://t.co/3hdM21OFYF
— Trace Urdan (@Trace_Urdan) January 28, 2020
This is a really good analysis of Dershowitz's presentation from @ElieNYC https://t.co/Qaw8NuB7Gs
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 28, 2020
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
— Fish In Water (@FishInWaterProd) January 26, 2020
The Strand Bookstore, NYC, 1959
Gordon Parks pic.twitter.com/xHnqWxpI3v
dunno who needs to hear this but tbh we probably all do https://t.co/RBZCrY0VEC
— may-li 🦄 khoe (@mayli) January 11, 2020
3A
— Christopher Keizur (@chriskeizur) January 24, 2020
Once long ago in the middle of the night in the East Village in NY I heard a voice shout "Stand, Men of the West. Stand and wait. This is hour of doom."
— Tom (@alas_not_me) January 20, 2020
It is as current as today’s news. https://t.co/Geip9jDfQt
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 24, 2020
And another: One Art by Elizabeth Bishophttps://t.co/HFOpA8tcTo
— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) November 16, 2019
Today Head of School @Suzanne_W_Buck and Johnny Buck welcomed students into Pierce House to celebrate Lunar New Year. Students enjoyed food, fun and calls/Skypes/Zooms/WeChats/WhatsApps with families back home. What a blast; thank you Mr. & Mrs. Buck and Mrs. Chen! Happy New Year pic.twitter.com/ICc4QQyUzB
— Western Reserve Academy (@WRApioneers) January 24, 2020
Gorgeous Maps of the Streets of Any City in the World: https://t.co/DpkQvYyTXt
— Daring Fireball (@daringfireball) January 24, 2020
Ever think about how Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith just like lived in the San Fernando Valley with a fuckin lion pic.twitter.com/ZzJegVT333
— Jesse Knight (@Superfluously) January 23, 2020
Arthur Ganson’s “Machine with Concrete” https://t.co/NxdgHSkxQq
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 24, 2020
Friggin sea lion. pic.twitter.com/nfvQHLzo95
— Damo Hatcher (@thepingmachine) January 24, 2020
In the Army we don’t say “I love you.” We say “I’m in the neighborhood, can I drop in?” and then we drive 100 miles to drop in and I think that’s beautiful. https://t.co/YliQVCpHqT
— MG Tammy Smith (@MG_SmithT) January 24, 2020
I tried subtracting 1960 from 2020 and the result returned on the display was, “OK BOOMER”.
— Mark David Johansen (@dem0n1) January 24, 2020
I was wondering how long it would take him to notice. https://t.co/C2hReWIIAA
— Marco Arment (@marcoarment) January 24, 2020
Am old enough to remember when candy cigarettes were considered appropriate fun for kids
— J.R. McGrail 📎 (@JRMcGrail) January 23, 2020
My husband is reading The Lord of the Rings to the boys at bedtime, and he reads with *verve*. So sometimes I'm relaxing, winding down for the day, and suddenly the entire neighborhood can hear
— Kelly (@CheerfulReader) January 20, 2020
RIDE NOW!
RIDE! RIDE TO RUIN AND THE WORLD'S ENDING!
DEATH!
DEATH!!
FORTH EORLINGAS!
One final piece of the puzzle as @WillistonNS dorm continues to rise up #VincentHouse #NSFGAlumni #PPI pic.twitter.com/9Ji2YfsNqO
— Robert W. Hill (@Hill3Williston) January 21, 2020
Just finished this @RavensburgerUK puzzle & for all the hours I worked in it I didn’t think about the awful state of the world. I call that good pic.twitter.com/6Mm5C67XxQ
— Nancy Pearl (@Nancy_Pearl) January 21, 2020
Either Crowded House by Crowded House or So by Peter Gabriel, both of which I encountered at 16
— Jason Snell (@jsnell) January 20, 2020
Toddler is melting down in the library. The mom is mortified. A stern old lady approaches & I hold my breath. "It's okay," she tells the mom. "I've been there. You're doing great." And then to the toddler, "You're doing great, too. You're doing your best." ♥️
— Joy McCullough (@JMCwrites) January 19, 2020
I love #ring.com so I can watch all the #grubhub and #doordash deliveries coming to our house the second I leave town😂
— Holly Betz (@mombetz) January 19, 2020
All I want is to be an 80-year-old living on the Upper West Side who audits classes at Columbia and wanders around The Met wearing a fur coat in July.
— Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) January 17, 2020
If Stan Lee had written Dune, Muad'dib would have been named Johnny Sand.
— Vødalus (@BFomebranch) January 18, 2020
Christopher Nolan --> Leonardo Dicaprio pic.twitter.com/7tMQ2Rs37N
— Steven Olson (@stevengolson7) January 18, 2020
I JUST GOT MY FIRST TECH JOBBBB (its a student position in IT support but STILL) AHHHHHHHHHH
— kylie (@kylie_robison) January 17, 2020
Omg. I just threw a drink in a guy’s face.
— Julian Fleisher (@JulianFlei) January 18, 2020
It seems really relatable. Who here among us HASNT pulled bagpipes out of a dragons ass while a polar bear cheers us on.
— Laraine Pennington (@LaraineBaker) January 17, 2020
Guess Ball In RI and all the followers were caught sleeping on @PCDAthletics !!! Big win against Rocky Hill!!! ⚓️😴💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/Aco1mdPIbl
— BallinRI (@BallinRi) January 15, 2020
Luke Skywalker liked my tweet. My job is done here on this earth. pic.twitter.com/NYfnoTii0X
— Megan Morrone (@meganmorrone) January 13, 2020
The number of kids with high SAT scores and high GPAs is much larger than the entire Ivy League can accommodate. Beyond that “minimum” everything else is highly subjective and ultimately tribal.
— Trace Urdan (@Trace_Urdan) January 14, 2020
Not to brag, but I somehow got served an Instagram ad for a Foucault reading group in Bushwick.
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) January 14, 2020
2020 will be the year you’re told to care about high refresh rates way more than you really should. (iPad Pro has had 120Hz since 2017, ffs.)
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) January 14, 2020
Good displays aren’t about the quantity of any one spec. (HiDPI, HDR, HFR.) They’re about quality and the balance of the whole device.
Good idea for a lot of reboots, tbh. https://t.co/AtHQR8IP7n
— Rob Long (@rcbl) January 14, 2020
Whomst shall hear the petitions of the townfolk? Whomst shall oversee the collection of tithes and enforcement of contracts? I say ye WHOMST?!
— anne victoria clark (@annevclark) January 12, 2020
If anyone has a right to be mad at Harry and Meghan it's the people of Sussex, who have been left leaderless without their Duke and who are now defenseless against incursions from Hampshire and Kent.
— anne victoria clark (@annevclark) January 12, 2020
When you find out you get have outdoor practice in January: pic.twitter.com/DDH0NNKnWw
— Park Tudor Girls Lacrosse (@PT_GLax) January 14, 2020
I really want to do a combo of Mystery Science Theater and Drunk History, with groups of Civil War historians getting tanked and watching episodes of Ken Burns' Civil War, pointing out all the inaccuracies & Lost Cause-isms...
— Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) January 13, 2020
Is it really moving day if you *don’t* eat greasy pizza? pic.twitter.com/KiwgMo3DJ5
— Serenity Caldwell (@settern) January 13, 2020
ESB is on TBS right now. The boyfriend put it on, not me. Anyway have you ever noticed everything Yoda says on Dagobah has an implied "...asshole" after it?
— Jennifer Heddle (@jenheddle) January 12, 2020
"There is no try, asshole."
"That is why you fail, asshole."
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter, ASSHOLE."
★ Front and Center: https://t.co/dj6zpnjfcp
— Daring Fireball (@daringfireball) January 10, 2020
Disturbing news from @tomgauld #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs pic.twitter.com/ME2l2RTajE
— Norse Mythology (@NorseMythNews) January 9, 2020
For William Gibson, Seeing the Future Is Easy. But the Past? https://t.co/epCsC4GK1t
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) January 9, 2020
[Take it, folks. That’s good coffee] https://t.co/B7fIqYAiNN
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) January 9, 2020
Three-step formula for success from Tom Hanks' Golden Globes speech: "Show up on time, know the text, and have a head full of ideas." https://t.co/hM7FpUSGLi
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 9, 2020
I think @EdwardTufte would approve of this chart. https://t.co/Ef2p1Dvx5Z
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 8, 2020
This 13-year-old golf prodigy wants to ‘take the world by storm’ ⛳️ pic.twitter.com/k2OrHagOfa
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 8, 2020
Looking for a full time job (Boston or remote) wandering through your codebase with no deadlines battling and defeating tech debt wherever I come upon it
— Dave (@davecporter) January 8, 2020
It’s clear to me that pops has already reset junior 47 times.
— Robert (@ZippityZeus) January 8, 2020
Once a singing group nerd, always a singing group nerd. pic.twitter.com/zbrWOUFIOK
— Trace Urdan (@Trace_Urdan) January 8, 2020
I’m not worried about Skynet just yet... pic.twitter.com/eNukPr8PYx
— Trace Urdan (@Trace_Urdan) January 8, 2020
This 14 month-old was helping his dad shovel in Newfoundland after yesterday’s 15-inches of snowfall - when he glitched... pic.twitter.com/IPSyJqjZHB
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) January 8, 2020
Brokeback Mountain: The Buffet Years pic.twitter.com/DhIBTR8ANT
— Druid Lumberjack (@FlynnReggie1) January 7, 2020
Bebop and Rocksteady pic.twitter.com/Z4hQ0ZVZqt
— Paul A Marketos (@PaulAMarketos) January 7, 2020
I’m at the movies and I’m eating a bag of popcorn and I regret to say that I’m going to keto hell.
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) January 7, 2020
CES At Home Diary #1. Got a full night's sleep in my own bed, without any jetlag. Had breakfast in the room, which set me back maybe $1.10 (tea, English muffins w/hummus). Got two hours of work done. Lovely light snow outside. I put on the cute scarf I bought a few weeks ago.
— Andy Ihnatko (@Ihnatko) January 6, 2020
Time enough at last.
— Fred Schmalz (@SchmalzFred) January 5, 2020
Highway intersectionality?
— Trace Urdan (@Trace_Urdan) January 5, 2020
I just realized my daughter, Grace got a Barbie Camper and a Barbie Science Lab for Christmas which is essentially a Barbie Breaking Bad starter kit. #BreakingBad @AMC_TV @aaronpaul_8 #barbie pic.twitter.com/bBUzgFepsb
— Greg Tindale (@gregtindale) January 5, 2020
Shared this long, long ago, but after more development & editing, here's my Interpersonal Speaking Feedback Sheet. I use Slides so I can duplicate the slide for each group. Fill in, then print, cut apart and attach to the rubric. #langchat https://t.co/G77ux3pMLT
— Amy Lenord (@alenord) January 5, 2020
The Three Virtues of a GREAT Programmer https://t.co/KfHkQLFjsh
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) January 4, 2020
This is the best thing I have ever seen pic.twitter.com/4Zv1AYTVfU
— •𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔• (@agirlcalledlina) January 3, 2020
this dollar bill has been on the ground for 5 minutes in a room full of economists and my belief in efficient markets is shook #ASSA2020 pic.twitter.com/Aj4L64tPIq
— Jodi Beggs (@jodiecongirl) January 4, 2020
TARANTINO: It’s a strong female part so it’s important that we get lots of tight shots of your feet.
— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) January 3, 2020
ACTRESS: You need…what now?
T: Let’s go ahead and screen test your feet.
A: Uh, I dunno if…
T: Just REALLY press those soles against the glass.
A: Yeah, I should really go.
The best seat is the one Patti chooses. pic.twitter.com/dJFm4aSWgx
— Slade (@Slade) January 2, 2020
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