azurelunatic | 84 tweets for 2011-1-28

In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:

Friday, 0251: It brings tears to my eyes to see major news organizations using hashtags like activists. Thank you for witnessing.
Friday, 0255: @shirozora A friend of a friend had a run-in with him. From the description, 'asshat' sounded applicible to his personal life.
Friday, 0258: @shirozora In all seriousness, if you are ever desperate for a church to hide with to get haters off your back, try Quakers or Univ. Life.
Friday, 0300: @shirozora I was raised by the one and am ordained by the other. Friends Meetings tend to collect radically charitable types, v. humanist.
Friday, 0302: @shirozora "Blinded by the light" is one of my alltime favorites. <3

Friday, 0305: RT @bencnn: ALERT!!!! Cell phone, blackberrys #egypt down +internet This msg is relayed by landline thru CNNHQ #jan25
Friday, 0307: One excellent thing about the new RT is the timestamp on my client is of the original. Stale RTs are obvious in a breaking news situation.
Friday, 0309: RT @jointstereotype: ...and today's favorite guardian.co.uk article is, "This article has been removed as our copyright has expired." #fail
Friday, 0313: @shirozora I wound up on the classic rock station when I was ~15. MY TEENAGE ENTHUSIASM LET ME SHOW YOU IT.
Friday, 0317: @shirozora A couple of the people @ Dad's meeting were suggesting the US do a Year of Jubilee & forgive all debts to developing countries.
Friday, 0320: @shirozora That appealed in my comparative world religions class. I am very glad I took that in high school.
Friday, 0321: RT @shirozora: You know, with Assange out of the way I feel a whole lot better about Wikileaks.
Friday, 0325: @shirozora That is what a fundamentalist liberal Quaker looks like. Like an aging radical hippie, with Bible references.
Friday, 0326: @shirozora George Samuel: Sam.
Friday, 0342: RT @jan25live: Dostor: (Cartoon: Carlos Latuff) Mubarak shuts down Internet of #Egypt. #Egypt shuts down Mubarak #jan25 http://goo.gl/Mzgok
Friday, 0346: RT @Tharwacolamus: #Egypt protests: 'Something has changed in the Egyptian psyche ' http://goo.gl/fRwOh #jan25
Friday, 0346: RT @SultanAlQassemi: Influential Egyptian Islamic Scholar & televangelist Al Qaradawi issues a Fatwa saying that it is forbidden in Isla ...
Friday, 0349: @whiteplaces Twitter: you're doing it wrong. Blasting the same tweet = spamming. Mass following = spamming. FOAD.
Friday, 0431: Gosh, Mr. Biden. Do you support pulling the plug on a country's internet too? http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/0127/Joe-Biden-says-Egypt-s-Mubarak-no-dictator-he-shouldn-t-step-down http://l16.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc6/hs253.snc6/180139_141790145882531_120213561373523_238892_5185739_n.jpg
Friday, 0438: Steam wound up being responsive to my friend with the legal name change: http://sophie.dreamwidth.org/36279.html
Friday, 0500: RT @NASA: RT @astro_paolo: 25 yrs ago #Challenger exploded after launch. Let's honour the 7 astronauts that continued their ascent towar ...
Friday, 0501: Curry for breakfast is one of the simple pleasures in life. Feeling pleasantly sore from having walked so much yesterday & the day before.
Friday, 0511: @womanlyhealth Why are you following me?
Friday, 0555: Whee, I got all the unrated songs in my iTunes rated. It took a smart playlist of only unrated songs & a few weeks listening to nothing but.
Friday, 0606: Settings for a "Needs Rating" smart iTunes playlist. Match all of the following rules: Rating is 0 stars. (Mine al http://twitpic.com/3u6453
Friday, 0608: @amyty Congratulations!
Friday, 0612: RT @callme_jc: Best tablet review EVAR, courtesy of @arstechnica: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2010/11/worst-gadget-ever-ars-reviews-a-99-android-tablet.ars
Friday, 0619: @ladypaperclip Hope the day gets better! If it helps any I am having an awesome morning and would happily share some of my mojo.
Friday, 0637: A more generous review of the same tablet: http://bbyopen.com/2010/11/maylong-android-tablet-more-versatile-than-you-think
Friday, 0731: @flourish We're not there; it's not practical to put our lives on hold even while we're aware of what's going on, you know?
Friday, 0732: @quillismightier Echofon is having similar problems; I'm suspecting the problem is on Twitter.
Friday, 0738: I have to admire the ingenuity: Arizona-Mexico marijuana catapult seized: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/27/authorities-seize-catapult-used-to-hurl-pot-into-arizona/?hpt=T2
Friday, 0745: Abortion Doesn't Increase Mental Health Risk, But Having A Baby Does: http://huff.to/i5iyYk
Friday, 0746: Here’s what Chick-Fil-A defenders don’t understand: The more they shoot the messenger [...] http://prop8trialtracker.com/2011/01/26/heres-what-chick-fil-a-defenders-dont-understand-the-more-they-shoot-the-messenger-the-more-were-going-to-dig-up-new-messages/
Friday, 0750: You’re Not a Thing: 10 Anti-Insanity Tips for Writers « Sarah Ockler, Author http://sarahockler.com/2011/01/26/youre-not-a-thing-10-anti-insanity-tips-for-writers/ via @Diigo
Friday, 0751: The Drama Reduction Act of 2006, as amended 14 January 2009 http://dramareduction.org via @Diigo
Friday, 0753: Mother Jailed For Sending Her Children to the “Wrong” School — The Curvature http://thecurvature.com/2011/01/25/mother-jailed-for-sending-her-children-to-the-wrong-school/ via @Diigo
Friday, 0753: I seem to be a volley of links this morning. Cleaning out a few days of open tabs.
Friday, 0835: @coffeechica Oh alas. :(
Friday, 0837: RT @TheAdvocateMag: Star Trek Producer Regrets Lack of Gay Characters: Star Trek producer Brannon Braga regrets that he did no... http:/ ...
Friday, 0853: Fun things about being me: once I've written down properly something that bothers me, it bothers me so much less.
Friday, 0905: Things I did not imagine seeing at this time last year: the White House's Twitter account RTing the Press Secretary. http://twitter.com/#!/PressSec/status/31026478648926208
Friday, 0906: RT @thetorpedodog: IPv4 exhaustion party: everybody brings an EXTREMELY SMALL amount of alcohol and pretends to be surprised when it's gone.
Friday, 0913: Give Peace A Chance.: What's Happening in Egypt Explained. (UPDATED) - promotingpeace: A primer for people... http://tumblr.com/xjv1d8psrx
Friday, 0916: RT @stevebruskCNN: Sec. Clinton calls on government to allow peaceful protests, not block communications. "Violence will not make these ...
Friday, 0930: It's the Muppet Doctor Who Special, With Our Very Special Guest Star, Matt Smith! - David Hines (hradzka) http://archiveofourown.org/works/143259#comments
Friday, 1000: @jenphalian RWHell 's depths emit a sudden roar as it expels the difference between 13/32" and 10mm.
Friday, 1003: RT @FakeAPStylebook: "Decimate" when referring to killing one in ten. "Octomate" when referring to the cephalopod dating site.
Friday, 1024: dreamsheepwolfbysedge.png (PNG Image, 100x100 pixels) http://www.starandrea.com/journal/dreamsheepwolfbysedge.png via @Diigo (dreamsheep, with 'Wolf.' written on it.)
Friday, 1113: RT @telecomix: repeat. #telecomix #hamradio activists are reviecing signal in morse code from egypt. when countries block web we evolve. ...
Friday, 1114: RT @stephenfry: OMG - just sent email to a v grand public person & ended "Sending all my love" but mistyped & iPhone word-guessed "sendi ...
Friday, 1116: RT @anildash: Mr. Mubarak, tear down this firewall.
Friday, 1134: @xlerb *eyebrow*
Friday, 1135: @FranziskaKurtz @laliandra Well, what do you say when there was fic you liked?
Friday, 1204: FUCK YOU. http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/republican-plan-redefine-rape-abortion
Friday, 1228: Seriously, though, if I became pregnant unwillingly, I would probably rather die than stay pregnant or give birth.
Friday, 1242: RT @donnavenzi: http://twitpic.com/3u9bhk - LOLWUT(interrobang)
Friday, 1302: I have the brain weasels. I need to de-weasel my brain. (Sitting and brainspinning for more than an hour.)
Friday, 1308: Things that are not the same: "That's all she wrote", "That's what she said."
Friday, 1342: @quillismightier I started to like her when I saw her singing live with a piano for a BBC interview. She's a solid performer too.
Friday, 1343: After crying jag at poor @UrsaMajor, feeling significantly better. Fewer weasels.
Friday, 1355: I am afraid to be a woman in the United States. Women in some other countries have it worse than here. I am still afraid here.
Friday, 1356: @arkeiryn That too.
Friday, 1358: I fear a government that I like creating laws and tools that would give an oppressive regime the force of law & precedent on their side.
Friday, 1403: @arkeiryn Basically I'm afraid that if I ever need an abortion and don't have access, I know for certain that I would be a suicide risk.
Friday, 1438: RT @MitraCNN: #Mubarak: I have ordered the government to step down and I will name a new government tomorrow #Egypt #cairo
Friday, 1438: RT @tocf: I'm confused. I thought Egypt wanted Mubarak to step down. How does dismissing the entire government but him fix that?
Friday, 1443: (I'm aware that I'm catastrophizing the stuff in my own head that I'm worried about, but that does not make it any less scary to me.)
Friday, 1459: RT @unperfectwolf: I'm concerned by the idea of 'redefining' rape. if someone says no, it's rape, regardless of gender, dress, or location.
Friday, 1500: @arkeiryn *fishhuddles*
Friday, 1550: @dawnam @asciident @coffeechica Oh goodness I am now seeing a really scary horrific art candle. Cannot unsee. #centipedes
Friday, 1550: @dawnam Yay yay!
Friday, 1551: @intrepia @dawnam Oh thank fuck.
Friday, 1554: @rickybuchanan I have a cunning plan! The refund from ShadowSpark just bought replacement parts for Disaster Area.
Friday, 1559: Estimated time of arrival for Other Human Being: appx 1/2 hour. Yay.
Friday, 1618: RT @SFBayBridge: I've got a stalled car on my lower deck. Unless you like spending time with me AND a million other commuters, you may w ...
Friday, 1620: oh yay, restarting my browser fixed #echofon. Good. Starting to get tired of #newtwitter as a daily use thing.
Friday, 1858: Cream-based hilarity with @jai_dit and @teshiron.
Friday, 1909: @zarhooie Het
Friday, 1955: @oakandsage O HAI
Friday, 1957: RT @r_adams: I propose a new timezone, MDT, Mountain Dew Time. It's UTC(+|-)* (all timezones at once) and determines when it's time to d ...
Friday, 2241: "they name girls all sorts of crazy geographical shit." -@jai_dit
Friday, 2308: RT @oakandsage: It freaks me out when world leaders act like banhappy trolls.
Friday, 2314: RT @jai_dit: Moussaka is very tasty with sourdough.

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