pre-elon twitter: pls free me from this hellsite
post-elon twitter: Everyday with you all has been a gift. I owe my career, my friendships, and my marriage to this community. I’ve fostered compassion and activism each and everyday with you all, fighting the good fight (1/40)
I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?"
As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
A practical thread that may help prompt student applicants to think about how best to improve personal statements & application packages in general. Focused on social science programs, but broadly applicable.
This is the CRAY CRAY BONKERS MCBONKERSPANTS oceanfront mansion of Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice, and this is #FridayNightZillow, back for at least one more night! $5.9999M. 12K sf. Florida, of course! (Warning: Taxidermy & risqué artwork). Let's GO!🧵https://t.co/sBzzSZMfZw?
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but appointing a special prosecutor to decide whether to indict does not prove an intent to prosecute. An indictment proves an intent to prosecute. 1/
Folks keep bringing up Garland and the Federalist Society, but that vague tie is a blip compared to his lifelong affiliation with Jamie Gorelick, the Forest Gump of corruption: https://t.co/OmGSNXeYtQ
I'm challenging myself to find a "Steel Magnolias" line that describes the state of Twitter right now. (I'm convinced the film is universally applicable.) Going with...
"He's so confused, he don't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt."
All of which is to say... if you want to know what's going on, you should probably follow me and my colleagues, either here or elsewhere. https://t.co/ytKXRRJLj1
Alabama has botched another execution attempt. After repeated failed attempts to set an IV line, ADOC has called off the execution of Kenneth Smith. This is the state’s third failed execution since February 2018 and fourth in that period with significant IV problems. @DPInfoCtr
The Biden administration has determined that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman should be granted immunity in a case brought against him by the fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi, whom the administration has said was murdered at the prince’s direction https://t.co/bYW8ffPxIt
!!! “I know of six critical systems (like ‘serving tweets’ levels of critical) which no longer have any engineers," "There is no longer even a skeleton crew manning the system. It will continue to coast until it runs into something, and then it will stop.”
https://t.co/5lmWQHX2ft
Wearing my Carmelo Anthony Knicks jersey tonight at Ball Arena. I am a peacemaker. I’m willing to organize high-level peace talks between Melo and Nuggets fans at a Camp David summit.