• Greg Minton:
  Is someone at CNN actively trying to destroy the network’s last remaining shreds of credibility?

@gregminton They’ve long since done that, and oddly, people keep watching. Not many people, but still.

• Philip Michaels:
  To be fair to CNN, if you report every possible iteration of a news story, something you say is bound to be accurate.

@PhilipMichaels Adopting the many worlds interpretation as a promotion for the next staging of Copenhagen.

• Joshua Malina:
  CNN: Homeland Security lowers the threat level from “dark-skinned” to “brown-skinned.”

• Andy Carvin:
  And no, I don’t know if an arrest has been made. Just trying to capture the confusion of it all. Hope it gets sorted out soon.

@acarvin Twitter reporting that BPD had made arrest, heard over police scanner. NOT the CNN report, this came later.

• John P. Speno:
  DOPE! Acetaminophen Seems to Ease Some Existential Fears http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/17/acetaminophen-seems-to-ease-some-existential-fears/53821.html …

@speno that is utterly bizarre.

• John P. Speno:
  @jeffporten David Lynch!

• Jacqui Cheng:
  You know you’ve hit a new low when spreading some Hellman’s on slices of bologna is lunch.

@ejacqui at least until you run out of mayo.

• CC:Indecision:
  The Man of Steel trailer is a good reminder that Superman had two dads and he turned out great.

Apparently, my Twitter feed skews towards Britons who are mourning the fact that Margaret Thatcher didn’t die sooner.

• Kirk McElhearn:
  British TV right now: a lot of old people talking about a dead person.

@mcelhearn are you following @hellobuglers?

• Kirk McElhearn:
  @jeffporten @hellobuglers I am now.

@mcelhearn Subscribe to their podcast, download the archives, and thank me later. @hellobuglers

#ThatMomentWhen you’re planning out your day, and you suddenly realize that you have to hurry up and leave in 45 minutes ago.

Heisenclever: that feeling you get squashing a bug you wrote, which took a real dipshit to write in the first place.

• Andrew Laurence:
  I’m eager for the new Trek, cautiously optimistic on the new Supes.

• Andrew Laurence:
  RT @mhaithaca: “What’s the S stand for?” “It’s not an S.” http://youtu.be/T6DJcgm3wNY 

@atlauren I am not sure if I like that retcon, but I am looking forward to that movie like no (man of) tomorrow.

• Andrew Laurence:
  @jeffporten They’ve changed the S’ meaning a few times. I’m OK with it.

@atlauren I’ve always loved the 1940s/Earth 2 stylization. Glad to see it coming back.

• Glenn Fleishman:
  The children made logical arguments that convinced me to go to Red Robin even though I swore I would never return to one.

@GlennF The menu at Nightwing is grittier and darker. Avoid Jason Todd Robin at all costs.

• Glenn Fleishman:
  @jeffporten Every meal comes with darkness and pain. Tip are a mandatory finger broken.

@GlennF On the bright side, at Batmenu the service is excellent, because the waitstaff is all scared for their lives.

• Glenn Fleishman:
  @jeffporten “I’m Batmanuel, your waiter.”

@GlennF Tip him, or you’ll Tick him off.

• Glenn Fleishman:
  @jeffporten The good part is that all the food is American made.

@GlennF After three weeks of training, you’re promoted to ninja waiter.

@GlennF Also, when you need more utensils, you can just yell “Spoon!”

• Glenn Fleishman:
  @jeffporten The plates can be dropped at will on the floor, as they’re nigh invulnerable to breakage.

• Slate:
  Privacy Rights Group Challenges British Government Over Spy Technology Sales: http://slate.me/110NrDc 

“@Slate: Privacy Rights Group Challenges British Government Over Spy Technology Sales: http://slate.me/110NrDc ” // Rock on, @privacyint.

• Daniel Jalkut:
  Thinking of taking a vacation to Washington, DC. Relaxation without representation. (/cc @incanus77)

@danielpunkass @incanus77 Strongly recommended. Don’t come in August. And add me to your list of friends in DC.

• Jeff Carlson:
  I don’t follow the comic, but why are the 3 characters at bottom all staring at Superman’s dick here? #didanyoneproof pic.twitter.com/NlZ1Y5Zxp6

@jeffcarlson Super magnetism?

• Jeff Carlson:
  @jeffporten I can’t believe someone signed off on it.

@jeffcarlson Considering the number of panels where we are staring at a woman’s breasts — all of them — this doesn’t surprise me at all.

• Geoff Duncan:
  @jeffcarlson @jeffporten Perhaps it’s a (ahem) tiny bit of payback for decades of brokeback poses on comic book covers…

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