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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-11-16

Yuletide — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:59:59 +0000

“Yet what in close-up appears to be a fragmentary, collaged polyculture is… A geographically-disjoint but hyperspatially-integrated mo … #
neologisms: Cyburbia vs. Cyberia, keno capitalism, POLLYANNARCHY, Cybergeoisie vs. Protosurps, PRAEDARORIANISM, GLOBAL LATIFUNDIA (Dear, … #
huzzah, welcoming the beginning of my 23rd year… #
Just sat in on a community council meeting to support Weybridge. Sam and Leah BLEW THEM AWAY. Knew the budget better than the council… #
Tonight on Melting Point Radio: A HEAVY METAL SALUT(ATION) to OBAMA/BIDEN! HOPE! http://wrmc.middlebury.edu/listen 9-10:30pm EST #
F*CKING WRMC! Tech issues up their arse! #
In any event. Metal for Obama. With random computer voice-overs cheering along. 40 more minutes of mayhem! http://wrmc.middlebury.edu/listen #
Great! now the FRIGGIN podcast is shit too! Great night! Really! #
Nothing like listening to slayer on your birthday. And having it feel oddly appropriate. wooooh #
Who wants f-ing birthday cake? #
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oh great. midterm is due tomorrow, not friday. GREAT! The week just gets better… and better… Sleep is overrated, right? #
oy, sunrises #
X-p #
eating birthday cake for breakfast #
upgrading to Leopard… ack #
New bond is pretty good… With G&T on the side! Yeah for faux bolivians? Who wants birthday cake? #
it’s alliiiiie thank god for the wünderfreshman at IT #
its aliiiiive… thanks to the wünderfreshman from ITS #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-11-09

Yuletide — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Melting Point Radio! Halloween edition! http://wrmc.middlebury.edu/listen http://meltingpointradio.blogspot.com for past shows #
Still funny the 10th time around. Yay midd grads: (song for sarah palin) http://tinyurl.com/3rrjfq #
Racy Doonesbury banned in Idaho and other fine states (rt @benjaminspector) http://tinyurl.com/6rfrrt #
if public intentionality is indeed being erased from urban landscapes, then the cities of the next millennium may yet become dystopian, #
unsustainable frontiers where ignorant armies clash by night.” Michael Dear, from The Postmodern Urban Condition referring to Los Angeles #
Online election coverage roundup from @laughingsquid: http://tinyurl.com/6mnvrm Great list! #
ABC calls Ohio for Obama. No repub has won pres w/out it! (only 12% reporting, tho…) #
http://barackobamaeatsbabies.com/ #
http://www.palinaspresident.us/ #
ABC PROJECTS OBAMA FUCK YEAH #
Yes we did #
O! #
From @dailykos, scenes of celebration across the country: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/5/84834/8731/923/654035 #
@fakejohnmccain: Just made my concession call. He was polite but I could tell hs mind ws elsewhre, like nat’lizing th means of production. in reply to fakejohnmccain #
pez. #
http://change.gov Office of the President-elect! #
http://tinyurl.com/6ygokw #
Bill McKibben welcomes Obama to the real world, and ponders the tough green challenges ahead: http://tinyurl.com/62e643 #
The Atlantic on Language: “Why Washington’s crusade against swearing on the airwaves is f*cked up” http://tinyurl.com/62vtls #
Maps of religious denominations in the US: http://tinyurl.com/592dkz #
GUIDE FOR BLACK PEOPLE POST-OBAMA (how to deal with all the white pplz… *midd!*) http://is.gd/6veF #
A GenX response to Obama: An open apology to boomers everywhere: http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/07/havrilesky/index.html #
Freedom Riders on Obama’s Victory: http://breachofpeace.com/blog/?p=64 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-11-02

Yuletide — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Stupid f-ing Lightroom 2 keeps freezing up at 100% cpu usage (luckily only one of the cores). Wtf? #
Woman wins slavery case against Niger govm’t, ~40k still enslaved in Niger http://is.gd/4VE1 #
still can’t quite believe that the faceless don’t have keyboards anymore. I mean, wtf?!??!!?!!!! #metal #
WWF warns of ecological ‘credit crunch’: study shows 2-5 trillion dollars in lost natural capital/year http://is.gd/54fk #
Snow is on the ground… magical #
Andrew Sullivan: Why I Blog: http://tinyurl.com/4q3389 #
Happy about winning the study abroad photo contest… free plane ticket for anywhere in the continental US! #
to read: “Report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s alleged involvement in crack cocaine trafficking in the Los Angeles area” (feb 2000) #
Happy Halloween! What better than some Helloween? http://yulebomb.net/07%20Halloween.mp3 #
User-agent: zombies Disallow: /brains (google’s robots.txt RT @laughingsquid) #
Neue Nightwish do steampunk: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1078960825/bclid1119147423/bctid1632763641 #
just realized apple tea is edible… yumm #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-10-26

Yuletide — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Some fun Haloween-related demographics from the US Census Bureau, nice to know they have a sense of humor! http://tinyurl.com/5gymg2 #
Just in case you needed another reason to not smoke: cigarette smoke contains Polonium-210, causing ~11,700 deaths/yr http://is.gd/4w9h #
Is it just me, or is the wordpress main download link dead? http://wordpress.org/latest.zip #
Wow: http://tinyurl.com/697jpb #
SNOW!!!!!! Huzzah! #
@350 have 300 followers on twitter, help them get to 350! And check out the campaign if you haven’t already: http://350.org in reply to 350 #
Yes on 8 folks desperate tactics: http://tinyurl.com/5hd2sc #
McCain’s personal cell-phone tower… http://tinyurl.com/3ug6yt #
Environment and land-tenure rights in Brazil (@amnesty): http://tinyurl.com/5jujpb #
yay for yoga on fridays #
White support for Obama at historic high (politico) http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14921.html #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-10-19

Yuletide — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Back from a looooong weekend of camping and rock-climbing. About to take the best shower of my life. Brutaaaal #
Sweet new poll shows 14pt Obama lead. Obama seen as understanding economy and running a more positive campaign, http://is.gd/44M4 #
From the Kos: He’s usually the one yelling “Charge!” but now we should pause to consider the movement being built: http://is.gd/45vI #
NPR on the Bradley effect: People SAY they’ll vote for Obama, but will they falter and vote WHITE behind the curtain? http://is.gd/45w5 #
I’m going to Vegas! Hot damn! Just got the email… my Einsatzgruppen paper was selected as a finalist for the CSG session at AAG! #
Oy vey. p.s. beer + geog stats + ppl = no progress #
apparently I’m “off the chain”. That’s like being cool right? Right? #
is wishing God had never created Practicing Human Geography #
RT: @laughingsquid: MAD magazine’s parody movie posters for Obama and McCain. Pretty funny… #
RT: @laughingsquid: MAD magazine’s parody movie posters for Obama and McCain. Pretty funny… http://tinyurl.com/5rmgno #
Hard-hitting pro-choice ad features rape victim addressing Palin: http://www.feministing.com/archives/011659.html #
Goofy Middlebury Alums are awesome. Vlad and friend Boris presents ‘Song for Sarah’ for mrs. Palin (music vid): http://tinyurl.com/3rrjfq #
dancing to the new Omnium Gatherum album. Didn’t know that was possible. Feeling dancey today. (disclaimer: dancing to Melodic Death Metal) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-10-12

Yuletide — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Tina Fey rocks the house AGAIN. The SNL Debate: http://tinyurl.com/46lwxq #
RT: @RSS_AFP: Conservation congress kicks off with dire warning on biodiversity http://tinyurl.com/4ynqap #
Maureen Dowd on Palin’s Frontier Baroque: http://tinyurl.com/4hnmz5 #
P Diddy: “Sarah Palin scares me! She’s worse than the boogey man!” Amazing vblog entry: http://www.reappropriate.com/?p=1239 #
New Yorker politics issue is online! Full coverage… http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/index/campaigntrail #
GODDAMN BLACK LUNG argh getting sick for first time since winter 2006!!!! #
http://www.keatingeconomics.com/ #
Radio… tonight 9-10:30 http://wrmc.middlebury.edu/listen for some good tunes!! and meee! #
Shit! I left my power adapter in my room… and I’m on the air! Pray for my battery life… :-O (http://wrmc.middlebury.edu/listen) #
The Ugly Politics of Financial Bailouts: Learning from Weimar Germany: http://tinyurl.com/3l5had #
NEW CAMPAIGN! 350.org/invite Send the prez-elect to Poland! Global Climate talks in december… guest post by McKibben: http://is.gd/3Fuj #
The Presidential Debate Drinking Game | Indecision2008 | Comedy Central http://tinyurl.com/3q2ucs via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
Send @BarackObama your thoughts after the debate tonight (at 9). Then sign up at http://350.org/invite #
Out on a Lim - Opinions - [Reconsidering Heavy Metal via Melting Point] http://tinyurl.com/3wppmq via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide I’m famous! #
Goodnight moon, pray for me to get un-sick, o great twitter-facebook-sphere… Dreaming of asymptotic/algorithmic analysis EW ftw O_o zzz #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-10-05

Yuletide — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Shana Tova! Happy New Year! http://tinyurl.com/aq5v6 #
Using Graphic Design Principles in Web Design http://tinyurl.com/2maaya via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
How did I not hear the new Equilibrium album until now? IT IS AMAZING! I love folk metal… #
Feeling like a zombie. #
PM Sexism? Types of Skills Every”one” Should Know http://tinyurl.com/5y5yxd via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
“…Biden would’ve had to paraglide nude onto the White House grounds while plagiarizing the Communist Manifesto” http://tinyurl.com/3hlz6o #
@amnesty international is now on twitter! (And found me, somehow…?) Follow! in reply to amnesty #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-09-28

Yuletide — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Loremo: The ‘Low Resistance Mobile’ - MSN Autos http://tinyurl.com/4q9dd8 via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
Gunman kills 10 felw studnts & self at coll in Finland. Was quest’d prev day by polce! 2nd school shtng this year. http://is.gd/30KA #
Podcast crapped out again last night… had a pretty good show tho, Lyrics week! Tune in next week: 9-10:30pm wrmc.middlebury.edu #metal #
AFP Are you kidding me? "Straight talker versus smooth talker in first US debate" ( http://tinyurl.com/4jpgub ) RT: @infodiva #
McCain suspends campaign b/c of crisis (http://is.gd/34PA) even though Harry Reid says ‘Don’t come to Washington’! http://is.gd/35fJ @tpm #
Talking Points Memo | The Republicans’ Bitch-Slap theory of electoral politics http://tinyurl.com/4nxhtw via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
RT: @grist: Northeast states’ carbon-trading system goes live this week: http://grist.org/feature/2008/09/24/rggi/index.html Cap ‘n Trade!!! #
RT @dailykos: Obama to meet with Bush & others in Washington re: the bailout. But the debate will go on! http://is.gd/35KC #
Trying out Windows Live FolderShare (beta), "keep files in sync across computers" (mac & pc). How’d I miss this? http://foldershare.com/ #
Oh, I did know about it, just forgot haha #
Oh wtf, FolderShare doesn’t see mounted network shares on windows machines. That explains my forgetting about it. Sees them on a mac though. #
While I’m at it, might as well put in a plug for Zotero (http://www.zotero.org) as the BEST bibliography manager around! By far! #research #
Who thinks I should do the Mongolia Charity Rally next year? Drive from London to Ulaanbaataar… mb rig up a green car? http://is.gd/364Z #
SPSS here i come #
n^nlogn/n^2/32218/tfjsalk3j54/12/^nlog (falling out of search treeees) #
GOP member: “The Rep Party right now is fractured. ’Fractured’ is not even the right word… Human nature is taking over.” http://is.gd/39ix #
Follow election tweets in real-time! http://election.twitter.com/ nifty… #
To sleep? or not to sleep… #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-09-21

Yuletide — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Racine: “My tragedy is finished. All that is left to do is write it.” #quotes #
Sooo not feeling this whole “skool” thang. #
Indian girl kills self over “Big Bang” fear (http://tinyurl.com/625jkd) #
Obama raised more $ in Aug than any pres cand has ever recorded in 1 month: $66m! Also reached 500,000 1st-time donors http://is.gd/2DKg #
Ewww schoool #
Political talk overheard at gym, Ukrainian immigrant sighs, “Such a nice country, with so many idiots.” @Fritinancy via @fakejohnmccain #
MELTING POINT RADIO RETURNS at long last Tonight @ 9pm tune in http://wrmc.middlebury.edu/listen broaden your horizons! We missed you! #
NOW PLAYING: Dream Evil, The Book of Heavy Metal (live)! Tune in now… http://wrmc.middlebury.edu/listen \m/ #
Lots of great new stuff to play! Haggard, Amon Amarth, Opeth, CoB, Flametal, Ayreon, Evergrey, Cynic, Sonata Arctica #
WTF stupid streamripper… no podcast this week. Programming starts next week anyways, so I guess it was just a warmup? Hrmph #
Figured out why reading printed pages is better than a pdf: The pages are OFF-LINE #
My program works! So much more satisying than writing a paper. But not looking forward to 7 hrs of class on 4 hrs of sleep. #
I feel like I’m back in freakin san fran what with all th crackberries around here. I mean, we’re in VERMONT people! P.s. Fall is in the air #
Amnesty International election brief: http://tinyurl.com/4qanrn #
Anchorage Daily News: Conservaitive journalist says “No one is above the truth, even Palin” http://tinyurl.com/5wp8rg (RT @benjaminspector) #
Great source for following the latest on the Wall Street crisis, etc… @planetmoney (npr) #
NPR: “Who Can I Blame?” (for the crisis) http://is.gd/2MyS #wallstreet #
Former National Review publisher makes the conservative case for Obama (and endorses!) http://is.gd/2MyX #
Wolves Win: Bush Administration Backs Down, For Now [From Trying to Repeal Their Endangered Status] via NRDC: http://is.gd/2Ovi #
Engineering change: Of PDAs and maternal medicine in Mongolia - CNET News http://tinyurl.com/4w9z99 via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
AFP: In Finland, heavy metal music moves the masses, even in church http://tinyurl.com/54l3hv via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
Über-stressing out about whether/how to write this Watson app to study heavy metal around the world. How the hell do I know where to go? wtf #
From my Dad, “Ever wanted to drop out of school? Here’s how: http://tinyurl.com/3vnngh” #
Will Bush become the new Hoover? - Jeanne Cummings - Politico.com http://tinyurl.com/43da9a via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #
Daily Kos: Obama Shows What Evisceration Looks Like http://tinyurl.com/53zt6k via http://www.diigo.com/~yuletide #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-09-14

Yuletide — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Skool:Should I take the next CS course (Data Structures) or jump ahead over the pre-reqs and go for Theory of Computation? Last semester… #
Severe religious restrictions imposed on the Muslim desert region of Xinjiang, China, home to the Uighurs, during Ramadan http://is.gd/2mr2 #
Geopolitical Positive-Feedback-Loops and the Disruption of Gobal Oil & Resource Supplyhttp://is.gd/2mrk (@TheOilDrum) #Geo #
ZOMG! A free (opensource!) tablature editor! Reads GuitarPro & PowerTab files… http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/ YES! #
“Give Peas a Chance” U.N. climate chief (IPCC head) urges eating less meat to combat climate change http://is.gd/2nvR (@grist) #
Oops “You’d like to thnk that someone who is going to be VP and conceivable president would know what Fannie & Freddie do” http://is.gd/2mpP #
Mapping Memory: Web Design as Information Cartography (A List Apart) http://www.alistapart.com/articles/mappingmemory #
‘Does NPR have a leftward tilt? Or does it merely reflect Steven Colbert’s description of “reality’s well-known liberal bias?” #
Covering the RNC vs. Beijing “The Jail was a little nicer in Denver” http://tinyurl.com/64jafb #
Twin Cities #
McCain’s common touch http://tinyurl.com/6kocr8 #
The POW card: http://cartoonbox.slate.com/mikeluckovich/2008/08/27/ These cartoons make all this easier to swallow, for now… #
And the Oscar for best documentary goes to… John McCain: Reformed Maverick: http://is.gd/2i3O #
Palin bills state for nights at home, kids’ travel Officials defend reimbursements, but trips with children raise questions (@infodiva) #
Politics “Palin’s expense reports under scrutiny - Washington Post- msnbc.com” ( http://tinyurl.com/5c83jz ) (@infodiva) #
Why we shouldn’t panic despite the scary polls: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/8/155416/7498/595/591293 #
HURRICAAAAAAAINE! WOOOOOOOOOHOOO #
Would you take moral performance enhancers? via Mindhacks (@alexismadrigal) http://is.gd/2p3N #
@notasausage Why has no-one developed programmable windows for cubicles? Kinda like a big e-picture frame… in reply to notasausage #
The “cheating gene” coverage highlights the pitfalls that come with science journalism (especially genetics). Commentary: http://is.gd/2pf3 #
@alexismadrigal I don’t see anything in the bible about good grammar! Just another part of the liberal-commie-pagan conspiracy!! in reply to alexismadrigal #
The latest from the pundits, courtesy of dailykos’ round-up: http://tinyurl.com/6h6z8a #
Trying MacJournal (got in the MacUpdate bundle) and I think I’m in love… it has a writeroom mode (total full screen) and posts to blogs! #
A redneck writing for the BBC calls out the progressives on their PC-ness: ‘white working class voters’ = Proud Rednecks! http://is.gd/2mlb #
Scary stuff: Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean” http://bit.ly/2jwwZH #palin #
Just updated and reconciled my Palin posts (deleted the iffy one). http://tinyurl.com/6ne4c6 #
Net folklorist David Emery. “When you have all that pressure and very little info – that’s when the rumrs start flying.” http://is.gd/2qFU #
13yr Gallop Exec: Pollsters don’t report public opinion, “they manufacture it.” And can define a campaign narrative. http://is.gd/2q7u #
RT @fakejohnmccain: BARACK OBAMA WANTS TO HAVE SEX WITH YOUR CHILDREN!!!!! Especially your WHITE children!!!!!! RUN!!!! http://is.gd/2pZx #
My brain is not absorbing anything. This is not good. Blah. Also not too psyched about having class from 9-4:30 straight (no lunch!) #
Global Cities: High-income gentrification that ultimately rests on the availability of vast supplies of low-income labor.” Sassen, 2006 #geo #
At a talk: Eric Schlosser: Fast Food, Slow Change. “You’d think my office was all black and that I listened to weird german thrash metal … #
Schlosser: Gets most satisfaction not from ‘changing the world’, but from trying to see the world clearly, not living in a state of denial #
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Mobile tweeting doesn’t seem to be working for me… it set my status, but to gibberish! Going to try Jaiku, I hear its >140? #
http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ #
Testing out Ping.fm — What gives with Adium lately? Since the last update or so, it’s been SLOWWWWWWWWWWW. Takes a few seconds just to … #
Sweet! Even lets me post messages longer than 140! (UNLIKE twitterific. Hrmph). #
Only problem: No mobile posting. Which is the whole reason I went shopping for an alternative. Argh! #
Wow, firefox is SLOWWWW. Bloaaaated. Maybe cause of all my extensions. But I needs thems! #
RT @seanosteen @willotoons: OH: “We are so gonna open some “yes we can”s of whoopass on the GOP.” - I’m in! #
After an exhausting day, spent the evening baking pizzas in a brick beehive oven with weyfolk, beginning of a tradition? Pics coming soon… #
At a talk: Eric Schlosser: Fast Food, Slow Change. “You’d think my office was all black and that I listened to weird german thrash metal … #
On @politico as the future of journalism: http://tinyurl.com/5zfusy #
Off the Map Presents Top 25 Blogs in GIS, GeoWeb and Cartography: http://is.gd/2s25 #
Coolness: The Genetic Map of Europe: http://tinyurl.com/6kqwfj (freaks: Finns and Italians) #
Hilarious metal vids: Grindcore wedding: http://is.gd/2uej oh man, this is even better: The Twist http://is.gd/2ueA (crappy band tho) #
This stuff never gets old…. Sponge Bob goes F**ing Deathcore!! (metal): http://is.gd/2ujV #
In this hyperdemocratized society, the national conviction that anyone can succeed is morphing into a belief that experience and… #
..knowledge may almost be disqualifying credentials.” –Marc Fisher after attending a Palin-McCain rally in Virginia http://is.gd/2vzU (2/2) #
Retweet @marcambinder: People: Obama guests on SNL Saturday #
RT @TheOilDrum: ~30% of US petroleum refining capacity (~6% global, 5-6m bpd) lies in Hurricaine Ike’s path http://tinyurl.com/6s85uk #
Have a dilemma: Thinking I want to switch from adyule to alex.yule@gmail.com but the first address is already everywhere! Is auto-fwd enuf? alex.yule@gmail.com but the first address is already everywhere! Is auto-fwd enuf? #
Pondering a Question: Is it a bad idea to have a “negative” domain, even if I’m being ironic? : My writing site is blog.writenothing.com #
Quotable: Former Republican John Cole on Sarah Palin: “Sarah Palin is the distilled essence of wingnut. She has it all…” http://is.gd/2xXo #
Über grassroots: Women against Sarah Palin, hear their voices, add your own! http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/ #activism #
My old blog is online at last after moving servers… Here’s a post to celebrate: 2007 - The Year in Metal. http://is.gd 2zKr #
Unfollow starzykat #
Holy Shit. David Foster Wallace found hanged in his home. He was 46 and the author of Infinite Jest. http://is.gd/2Ato (@Chrysaora) #