• John Scalzi:
  Raining this July 4th. Which means I will not have to refresh the tree in the yard with the blood of patriots this year after all!

• Justine Larbalestier:
  .@scalzi *adds to list of US 4th of July traditions to uphold* This day is a LOT of work, youse guys!

@JustineLavaworm @scalzi Don’t smear the patriot blood on your door. That’s Passover.

• Mike Birbiglia:
  Arguing about you. RT @BarackObama: How are you and your family celebrating this Independence Day?

• Justine Larbalestier:
  So, those of you have been USians longer than me, it’s traditional to curse England today, right? And burn red coats? Sounds like fun!

@JustineLavaworm If you live north of @scalzi, invade Canada, just a little.

• Justine Larbalestier:
  Didn’t Canada win the one war with the USA? RT @jeffporten: If you live north of @scalzi, invade Canada, just a little.

• John Scalzi:
  @JustineLavaworm IT WAS A DRAW #NotDefensiveAtAll @jeffporten

@JustineLavaworm @scalzi Er, depends on who’s counting. They burned down DC, but then went home to be polite and practice curling.

• Tristan Salazar:
  @scalzi @JustineLavaworm @jeffporten We won ONE battle, and that was technically after the war was over. They burnt down the White House!

That’s traditional every day. Like hamburgers. @JustineLavaworm: So it’s also a 4th of July tradition to rewrite history? Good to know.

@trslzr @scalzi @JustineLavaworm Burning down the White House not as big a deal when you’ve got enslaved construction labor. Happy Fourth!

PSA for the Fourth: Three Dead Trolls, The War of 1812 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jlFZhprU4 ? @trslzr @scalzi @JustineLavaworm

• AdamThierer:
  best protest sign at #RestoreThe4th rally in DC, asking for NSA forgiveness: pic.twitter.com/r3iXL3hvSq

Was watching a bluebird earlier today. Cat just made it lunch. All of you cute kitten picture sharers are vicious, vicious liars.

“@TheAtlantic: In 2012, Americans spent nearly $1B on more than 200 million pounds of fireworks http://theatln.tc/15idVEz ” // ALL AT ONCE!

• Jesse Spector:
  Happy Fourth of July! I ranked the top 10 Americans in the NHL for this past season:

@jessespector Is that like a “Great Jews in Football” kind of thing?

Love may mean never saying you’re sorry, but saying you’re sorry means never having to face perjury charges. http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/308979-clapper-apologies-for-erroneous-statement-to-congress-on-us-data-collection ?

• Andrew Laurence:
  Dear People Who See Typogrophy: Holy Christ, you goddamned psychos, just shuck the fuck up already.Signed,The Rest of The Planet

@atlauren You spelled typography wrong.Love,People Who See Typos

• Andrew Laurence:
  @jeffporten Ha! I am justly burned.

• Rob Pegoraro:
  If you waited until today to move your Google Reader RSS feeds to Feedly, it’s too late–for now. http://sulia.com/c/google/f/47e8b2ca-a39c-469f-b4d9-ffda1ad7af39/?source=twitter ?

@robpegoraro haven’t checked this, but another report says feed info still available (permanently?) in Google Takeout.

• Rob Pegoraro:
  @jeffporten That’s not the problem–it’s that Feedly has no way to ingest the OPML Google will gladly provide.

@robpegoraro Really? But it worked with the live API? That’s… odd.

• Rob Pegoraro:
  @jeffporten Ain’t it, though?

• Melody Joy Kramer:
  I am working from home but at a more intense pace. Take that, Yahoo!

@mkramer That’s how it starts. Eventually you’re sleep-blogging.

• Jim Dalrymple:
  @ScreamingMasses @JonyFuckingIve @GadgetGav @marcoarment LOL

• not Jony Fucking Ive:
  Keep laughing @jdalrymple & I’ll add a fucking beard proximity sensor to the iPhone & disable use@ScreamingMasses @GadgetGav @marcoarment

.@JonyFuckingIve Beard detection subverted. It’s iOS 7, @jdalrymple can see that shit from clear across the room even after 3 Heinekens.

• Jim Dalrymple:
  @jeffporten @JonyFuckingIve HAHAHA

• Josh Centers:
  @jeffporten @JonyFuckingIve @jdalrymple After a case of Heineken, he sees two of them.

That repeated popping sound you just heard was all 30-40ish comics geeks’ heads exploding. http://n.pr/161BMFp 

.@nprmonkeysee Can you let Annalisa Quinn know that a “comic strip” is what’s in a newspaper? Sandman: comic book.

• Linda Holmes:
  @jeffporten It seems to be fixed in the headline.

@nprmonkeysee Yup. You guys are, er, faster than a speeding bullet.

@nprmonkeysee Oops, belated: apologies to Annalisa if y’all don’t write your own headlines.

• Melody Joy Kramer:
  Why invade Canada? They have billion-year-old water: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130517-billion-year-old-water-mine-canada-ancient-microbes-science/ ? I want to drink it. (cc: @natgeomag)

@mkramer Not a good idea to test your immune system against ancient microbes. But don’t worry; *all* water technically 4.7 billion y.o.

• Melody Joy Kramer:
  To celebrate Canada Day, I am invading Nova Scotia. Who’s with me? I will not rest until it is in my hands.

@mkramer you know, that’s not really where they keep the lox.

• Rich Mogull:
  Hit a high temp of 119 today. So that was fun.

@rmogull You, personally? Because that would be impressive.

Thank you, Neal Conan http://www.jeffporten.com/?p=8066 

Just clicked on a @TidBITS Google ad because I had no idea what it meant. Related: glass sells for $0.77 a pound.

Who’s the new @angrymacbastard handling “GOOGLE IS OPEN!” now that @flargh‘s retired? http://tidbits.com/article/13878  @bynkii @verso @Angry_Drunk