?@rickygervais: The only people happier than believers after a successful rapture would be atheists.? // #FlyingPeopleAreCool
?@LaughingSquid: A Look at How Marmite is Made http://squid.us/Zp4Iu3 ? // Picturing a condenser collecting hatred, sadness, & salt
- Martin Breeze:
31 – Avg days on market to sell a #MLS property in #Calgary so far in May 2013, down from 39 in 2012, a drop of 20.51% #realestate #mortgage
@BreezeMortgages Ah. Good to know there are still places I can apply the standard Canadian discount.
- Darth Vader:
Happy Memorial Day, we’re having wookiee steak on the Death Star, it’s a little Chewy.
- Faith E. Korpi:
How most people feel about alcohol is how I feel about snow cones.
@faitherina The first step is submitting to a higher power. Such as a frost giant.
- Glenn Fleishman:
I have learned literally a hundred million bazillion mozillaian things about responsive design and CSS in the last two weeks.
@GlennF I’d like to find someone with expertise in Glennbrain Information Density Limits to confirm or deny.
- Meghan Unterschultz:
According to @facebook “Tape her and rape her” doesn’t violate their Community Standards.” #fbrape pic.twitter.com/5Mn6QXv9Vb?
@GlennF Just curious?are you in favor of “tape/rape” being classified as hate speech?
- Glenn Fleishman:
@jeffporten It?s probably protected speech in America. Likely not in many other countries.
- Glenn Fleishman:
@jeffporten The bar for hate speech should be high. An active and present specific encouragement likely to result in actions.
@GlennF I think it’s repugnant, but I don’t think anyone will take it as encouragement for acting out.
- Glenn Fleishman:
@jeffporten Right. I think it should be discouraged, and Facebook moderates and removes a ton of stuff already.
- Glenn Fleishman:
@jeffporten By its own standards, this category (prevalent, apparently) should be removed.
- Glenn Fleishman:
I have friends who I think of as being in another time zone because their sleep schedule is 3 to 8 hours off mine.
@GlennF One of the weirdest things of 2 months on Pacific time was realizing you’re *not* on my schedule. I’m used to reading you at 3 AM.
- Glenn Fleishman:
@fakedansavage Dan, I?ve been of mixed mind about this. Yes, it seems like an abuse of prosecutorial discretion. But shouldn?t there be
@GlennF I readily admit that this line leads to squirmy situations.
“@TheOnion: Americans Dredge Up Last Remaining Reserves Of Grief http://onion.com/12sG6gz ” // BP announces plans for grief fracking
- Jesse Spector:
Why did the Pens even get Jarome Iginla? Could it have been to get out of the first round, where he had points in every game?
@jessespector need more coffee, because I thought you were writing about penis iguanas.
- Kirk McElhearn:
Achievement unlocked: find a very nice flat near the centre of York.
@mcelhearn Hmm. I wonder if the apartments in New York were flats instead of 3D, if they’d be more affordable?
- Kirk McElhearn:
@jeffporten Could be, but you’d have to be pretty short to fit in them.
?@mcelhearn: @jeffporten Could be, but you’d have to be pretty short to fit in them.? // #jewishgenes #winning
@jsnell … must … resist … bear too … adorable … [breaking] … AWWWWWW! … [weeps, starts counting lights]
Confirmed that an HTC One can’t recharge its battery off of exotic matter.
- Melody Joy Kramer:
Finishing up a grant proposal, finishing three articles, researching some things, eating schwarma.
@mkramer That’s a DC Avenger morning if I’ve ever heard one.
- Patrick Matthews:
Law of Unintended Consequeunces, recycling edition: How Dirty Diapers End Up in the Recyling Bin http://j.mp/17Y1zE6
@matthews_p Well, OF COURSE. What else is the point of throwing out the baby with the bathwater if you can’t avoid cleanup? Yeesh.
- Lex Friedman:
TamTams are incredible. #australia
@lexfri Not made of matzoh like here?
- Jason Snell:
My bookshelf. This explains a lot about me. pic.twitter.com/k32IsXNJ4b
- Lex Friedman:
@jsnell Snuggie Sutra, Kid in the Crib on OTHER bookshelf.
@lexfri @jsnell Mentioning the Snuggie Sutra after witnessing the cute bear just added you to a dozen watch lists.
- Rebecca Watson:
The Silencing of Men at Women in Secularism? #wiscfi http://ow.ly/1WnzFv
.@rebeccawatson I’m a left-wing activist. True fact: I’m sometimes unwelcome among other lefties because I’m a white guy. …
.@rebeccawatson … That’s not “silenced” and it’s not an “issue”, but it’s also damned unpleasant. Not sure why it would keynote WISC, tho.
?@nytimes: Bayonne Medical Center Has Highest U.S. Billing Rates http://nyti.ms/18PIjaU ? // Hometown pride, @dsnestle.
- Dan Nestle:
@jeffporten Clearly “you get what you pay for” does not apply in #Bayonne.