geez what a pretty day – 12:30 AM GMT
@poupou cool! – 01:02 AM GMT
(i09) How Soviet Artists Imagined Communist Life in Space: io9.com/how-soviet-art… attn @praguepainter – 06:03 PM GMT
@manwhoyells noooooo – 06:39 PM GMT
@sumit jonalejandro.com/fire/artisanal… – 06:55 PM GMT
@manwhoyells @mubay ex-MoF, or something planespotters.net/Aviation_Photo… – 07:01 PM GMT
Tweet Digest for Friday, April 04, 2014 (GMT)
@bradleystein sh sshhh shh you’ll scare ’em off – 04:06 AM GMT
For the first time in many, many years, I scanned the contents of a New Yorker (3/31) and decided there was nothing in it I wished to read. – 05:00 AM GMT
@mubay freezer burn’ll do that. sometimes i fear there might be organisms if the hoar grows deep. – 05:01 AM GMT
@poupou it feels like I am, but I haven’t examined the editorial personnel over time. Example: don’t care about movie reviews anymore. – 06:03 PM GMT
@poupou years ago I enjoyed the Atlantic’s editorial sensibility, but when they went all war-and-torture mad, my exact words were fuck off – 06:05 PM GMT
@poupou my impression is that the magazine is less insane now but they’re never gonna lead a drive to prosecute the motherfuckers – 06:05 PM GMT
@lorenacupcake make it clear you won’t accept police tesimony at face value, they’ll pick you up and toss you out the door. – 06:08 PM GMT
@LeavittAlone delightful, and i hadn’t connected the dots previously. You invited Cap in. He made you a better man. – 06:18 PM GMT
@LeavittAlone but also something something the loa something shamanic possession something – 06:22 PM GMT
@LeavittAlone /waves hands – 06:23 PM GMT
john lydon as king herod. artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/jes… – 06:58 PM GMT
Tweet Digest for Thursday, April 03, 2014 (GMT)
Dinner at Cactus in Mad Park. Amusingly, I think Robert Scoble is at a nearby table. – 01:32 AM GMT
@LeavittAlone that’s that American Captain comic innit – 06:47 AM GMT
@earinc of this week – 06:47 AM GMT
@xaimeh @earinc hey hey HEY now – 07:09 AM GMT
@earinc agh! don’t use the aitch word! 😉 – 04:24 PM GMT
@nekocase walking around the Ballard Value Village and you come on the mix. Sweet. – 09:14 PM GMT
Count Affects Call
Four Strikes And You’re Out – 538.com
This one call illustrates a statistical regularity: Umpires are biased. About once a game, an at-bat ends in something other than a strikeout even when a third strike should have been called. Umpires want to make the right call, but they also don’t want to make the wrong call at the wrong time. Ironically, this prompts them to make bad calls more often.
Ha, is this turning into a baseball blog? Man, I gotta recode the posting bookmarklet, it ain’t cutting it.
Tweet Digest for Wednesday, April 02, 2014 (GMT)
1868 8.x-9 quake near today’s 8.1 was hard on nearby communities. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Aric… – 12:34 AM GMT
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center text ptwc.weather.gov/text.php?id=pa… – 12:38 AM GMT
PTWC event page ptwc.weather.gov/?region=1&id=p… – 12:38 AM GMT
@madamjujujive @MMFlint it is being discussed locally, for sure. he state / environmental guys are aghast about the cuts; they thought … – 12:59 AM GMT
@madamjujujive @MMFlint … they’d done their jobs. But they also note the slides looked predictable, cuts or not. the disconnect … – 01:01 AM GMT
@madamjujujive @MMFlint … looks maybe more along the lines of residential permitting in a location with a century-plus history of slides. – 01:02 AM GMT
@madamjujujive @MMFlint Timber as a Big Industry here is over, those days wound up in the early ’90s. Paper mills are all gone. – 01:03 AM GMT
@DanEngler flash. – 01:06 AM GMT
Damn right pic.twitter.com/hz6x8IJKed – 02:35 AM GMT
darn it – 04:45 AM GMT
@StarTrekHarp Communicator, phaser, tricorder, iirc. more too. – 02:24 PM GMT
@billbarol Amazon pulled streaming support for XBMC over a year ago. they closed their own door. – 07:20 PM GMT
Tweet Digest for Tuesday, April 01, 2014 (GMT)
Oh my god randomwire.com/kowloon-walled… – 12:17 AM GMT
Creator’s notes on the prior hoshino-gumi.com/en/works/detai… – 12:20 AM GMT
@MMFlint @madamjujujive respectfully, that article tells me more of a story in which state government effectively limited proposed cuts. – 03:02 AM GMT
@MMFlint @madamjujujive and sure, the Times is a union-breaking monopoly that can be counted to frame a story to the center right. – 03:03 AM GMT
@MMFlint @madamjujujive but we are just finishing the wettest March in recorded history. Would no cuts have saved the hill? maybe. – 03:05 AM GMT
@MMFlint @madamjujujive would no cuts have stopped the rain? nope. As a local, my eye doesn’t zero in on the logging as much as the rain. – 03:06 AM GMT
@MMFlint @madamjujujive But of course cuts will affect water flow, and especially in historic conditions. – 03:07 AM GMT
@deathmtn @nonstopscrshop it’s after the first one you really take the meaning of six gross – 03:12 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt the ma ma gang remnants – 03:28 AM GMT
.@jackwilliambell one of my FB buddies ate lunch there today! It looks horrifyingly clean and well lit. Absolutely terrifying. – 04:59 AM GMT
@jackwilliambell well, it’s too early to say for sure. But I had to hold my hand up and squint thru my fingers at the screen. – 05:03 AM GMT
@jackwilliambell they kept the heritage bricabrac, I know. I just think they may have vacuumed and painted and cleaned up cobwebs. – 05:04 AM GMT
@jackwilliambell here’s coupla his pix pic.twitter.com/h4Om6zmOca – 05:09 AM GMT
@jackwilliambell pic.twitter.com/Vu8NepsnGI – 05:09 AM GMT
@jackwilliambell it is a schlitz sign, a beer not seen round these parts since the gold rush – 05:19 AM GMT
M’s destroying Angels 10-3 in the ninth. – 05:22 AM GMT
@jackwilliambell some more. garlicgulch.com/blog/all-roads… // not the last-era menu. Loved that place. – 05:24 AM GMT
RT: @ChrisFossArt: Please support small Spaghetti farmersyoutube.com/watch?v=27ugSK… fb.me/6zLidz6dV – 01:28 PM GMT
@xaimeh get it together, Ray. – 05:09 PM GMT
Bread: baked. Pie crusts and meaty filling: prepped, crust pinched. – 09:26 PM GMT
@phirephoenix so sorry to hear about the bullshit! hire a lawyer and get on that list. – 09:39 PM GMT
@LeavittAlone autophage – 09:54 PM GMT
@phirephoenix @arthurwyatt fwiw if my depressed, unemployed, drug-involved former guitarist was able to get a green card so can you. – 11:32 PM GMT
@phirephoenix @arthurwyatt but you gotta lawyer up. – 11:32 PM GMT
Tanaka SI feature
In Masahiro Tanaka, Yankees buy a ready-made ace – MLB – Tom Verducci – SI.com
The innings and pitches just kept piling up. In one stretch of five starts in 2009, at age 20, Tanaka threw 124, 137, 142, 125 and 137 pitches. Angels ace Jered Weaver hasn’t thrown 124 pitches in a game that many times in his entire eight-year career, covering 231 starts. Two years later, in just the second week of spring training, Tanaka threw 520 pitches over five throwing sessions that spanned seven days, capped by a 207-pitch bullpen only two days after a 120-pitch session.
Explained Tanaka after his 207-pitch marathon, “I wanted to find out if I could keep pitching using the [right] form despite throwing a lot of pitches. I wanted to throw a session where I was tired from the start.”
Tweet Digest for Monday, March 31, 2014 (GMT)
@lorenacupcake lol – 02:09 PM GMT
@hell0jed good thought. also, youtu.be/YyjROkq4CqY (headphones suggested) – 02:18 PM GMT
@mubay part of my rewatch project is the movies. no doubt: that’s the best one. Watched First Contact last night: still awful and a mess. – 02:21 PM GMT
a man of the radio, who used the phrase “weaponization of the hashtag” followed that up, clarifying it as “the activism of the follow”. – 04:29 PM GMT
pretty sure he’s angling for a freakonomics gig – 04:29 PM GMT
w00t @arthurwyatt! – 04:30 PM GMT
@sugarfreak pledge drive week? – 04:31 PM GMT
@sugarfreak depends how deep the hook’s been set. – 05:24 PM GMT
This image is going viral in a color-corrupted version that makes it unreadable. cdn.theatlantic.com/newsroom/img/m… pic.twitter.com/mwyHiURUTG – 05:39 PM GMT
regarding that map: no repost of it I have found points to a Facebook-hosted source. Facebook did post a similar data analysis in 2011. – 05:41 PM GMT
here’s the 2011 maps: facebook.com/notes/facebook… – 05:42 PM GMT
ah, here’s the 2014 source. The “designer” of this map should be keelhauled. insidefacebook.com/2014/03/31/a-f… – 05:43 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt have you SEEN the color corrupt versions? it’s as though it was intended as a troll. hang on. – 05:48 PM GMT
Note pitch-perfect absurdly incorrect blogscrape-style headline. deadspin.com/facebook-data-… – 05:49 PM GMT
“Most Accurate” = “Completely Unreadable and Inaccurate” – 05:50 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt in the deadspin version, look at northern Virginia and Maryland. In the original, those are two distinct colors. Same in N. CA. – 05:52 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt that FB 2011 map project is elegant and praiseworthy! This is not even competent. – 05:54 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt you know what would help? VR. – 05:54 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt or simulated 3D, like with a wiggle GIF. – 05:56 PM GMT
@ardaniel /shakes fist at UI villains. Just got off a two-hour support call with mom and dad attempting to orient them within iOS7 Photos. – 10:38 PM GMT
@ardaniel ugh, online job intake stuff is the worst – 10:41 PM GMT
Tweet Digest for Sunday, March 30, 2014 (GMT)
INN YOOO pic.twitter.com/HDb4IMH2KM – 04:18 AM GMT
@gjcharlet shoulda bought it for you. Instead, I bought these. pic.twitter.com/ym7QK0Maz7 – 04:24 AM GMT
@gjcharlet 1990 was the best year for flat, brittle flavored polymers! – 04:31 AM GMT
RT: @matthewbaldwin: I asked my mom for her wifi password. She opened a file cabinet and retrieved a hard copy of an email I’d sent telling her what it is. – 04:52 AM GMT
hooboy the ants found the sugar while we were away, had a party, invited all their relatives, and topped things off by enthroning a queen – 06:27 AM GMT
RIGHT. So today I sat in the pilot’s seat of the HK-1 and flipped switches, slid throttles, flapped flaps, and suchlike, laughing maniacally – 06:30 AM GMT
I’ve flown that thing many times in X-Plane. Not *ever* did I think I would actually get a direct experience of it like that. Amazing. – 06:32 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt @ardaniel @wedgex STILL HUGE – 07:33 AM GMT
Web (M5) @joshuamauldin i was on the iPhone version, scrolling up frantically. think i hit the processing bird, maybe. i was too startled to play. – 06:20 PM GMT
@christy_ms Terroism, then. – 06:22 PM GMT
@christy_ms well, ants what in my house is stinkers no mare what they smell iz, maam. but no, they are tiny, crafty fuckers. – 06:28 PM GMT
@christy_ms no smell, but small – 06:28 PM GMT
In you. aerolopin. normogignanous. pic.twitter.com/mT72C11Opc – 06:52 PM GMT
@joshuamauldin @cbillins i haven’t got it back yet either. – 06:53 PM GMT
Tweet Digest for Saturday, March 29, 2014 (GMT)
RT: @esinclai: Back! Oh to be sharing a table with @mwhybark and Viv….. (@ Le Petit Cafe) 4sq.com/1jgR8zQ – 03:06 AM GMT
RT: @ElSaborAsiatico: Don’t Push Me ‘Cause I’m Close To The Edge / I’m Trying Just To Stay In Bed – 09:00 AM GMT
@mighty_flynn @sabr which Bloomington? – 04:51 PM GMT
GIANT AIRPLANE IN MY NEAR FYOOTCHER – 04:53 PM GMT
@johnpstrohm used to know the story – some set or subset of the founders were students of Dad in B-school. Steve somebody. – 04:57 PM GMT
@annkpowers oh *yeah*, Sister, that Chiang story and Paolo’s stuff: right in your ponder zone. – 04:59 PM GMT
@mighty_flynn well, durn! But of course it makes sense. 🙂 – 04:59 PM GMT
GINANT AEROLAPIN MADE OF WOOD OH YES – 05:01 PM GMT
@esinclai @johnpstrohm the lost flavor I crave from there is the “Sicilian style” deep dish. Burnt whole wheat crust. MMMMM. – 05:03 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt achievement unlocked! You should have a nerd sash with those badgey thingummies. – 05:15 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt but of course – 05:40 PM GMT
@deathmtn @cryptopix @metroidbaby what in hell I LIKE IT *pribes iwn miuth* – 08:06 PM GMT
@jackwilliambell yep. Outside of comprehension. – 08:11 PM GMT
@jackwilliambell @manwhoyells me too. We are rendezvousing at EAM mid-pm (GINAT AEROLAPIN) – 08:18 PM GMT
RT: @deathmtn: Apologies, guys—Twitter shuffle wasn’t randomizing, but it’s fixed now: cl.ly/1X3G221e3H0n Delete your bookmarket and redrag that one! – 08:19 PM GMT
@deathmtn @crashkrispy a fine sentiment – 08:22 PM GMT
@gjcharlet pic.twitter.com/EIJHmH9Ia5 – 08:44 PM GMT
@deathmtn OH NOW I SEE – 09:23 PM GMT
@brownpau @arthurwyatt @lakefxdan @matthetube @LeavittAlone you the man – 09:33 PM GMT
@gjcharlet pic.twitter.com/nk0KxaIlNF – 09:41 PM GMT
Planoplit! pic.twitter.com/JRKunBovJz – 10:37 PM GMT
GINANT AEROPALINRE pic.twitter.com/xmVT68X2xI – 11:05 PM GMT
@gjcharlet pic.twitter.com/PRpsZlFklr – 11:05 PM GMT
EMPRMOUS PPRLANE I AM IN YOU pic.twitter.com/xubEUlK7r6 – 11:06 PM GMT