Nelson

Computer whisperer. Head of Infrastructure at Twitter.

[Nelson @nabra]

@GergelyOrosz I have found this to be pretty common in tech. Google bought Twitter competitor Jaiku ('07) but chose to partner with Twitter on public launches instead.

[Nelson @nabra]

Them: No publicity is bad publicity!
Me: 😬
https://t.co/EJNHccKwJY

[Nelson @nabra]

I'm thankful for all of the current and former tweeps who carry pagers for our services. Both the ones you see, and the ones you don't. These are the heros that keep Twitter up. Running internet scale distributed systems is constant controlled crash landing.

[Nelson @nabra]

Fun #twitterisalive chart for the day. Tweets/second. First big spike is Saudi's winning goal, the second big spike is closing the game! #WorldCup

[Nelson @nabra]

I'm just sitting here staring at the full res image. Absolutely stunning.

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

This is what you’ve waited for.

Journey with us through Webb’s breathtaking view of the Pillars of Creation, where scores of newly formed stars glisten like dewdrops among floating, translucent columns of gas and dust: https://t.co/5ea1kCzU5x

Here’s your guided tour ⬇️

[Nelson @nabra]

Purpose a definition of intelligence that this doesn't qualify for.

[Nelson @nabra]

@SDKathleen Just wait till we start REwriting them.

[Nelson @nabra]

Potemkin paesanos is my new favorite phrase.

[John McCarthy @JohnGeeMcCarthy]

This week. I hit my lowest culinary point after a couple of cans.

In Glasgow, there's a pizza vending machine, in the wall of an abandoned shop.

It's a curious thing.

It MUST be bad. But how bad??? Let's find out.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The amazing view of NASA DART spacecraft impacting on the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos captured by the ATLAS telescope in South Africa

[read more: https://t.co/gwawZk5due, https://t.co/0QQH3SKL9Z]
https://t.co/7OuGFYspse

[Carlos Villaumbrosia @villaumbrosia]

😼 #productmanagement

[Jules @julesterpak]

The amount of videos that get posted without people’s consent has become disgusting

[Nelson @nabra]

I was today years old when I learned to fold a fitted sheet. This is much better than my normal approach of "avoid folding laundry till it's time to change the sheets."

[Nelson @nabra]

Loving these quality recommendations for action during inclement weather @weatherchannel

[Nelson @nabra]

I can't get enough of this video. Analog magic.

[Nelson @nabra]

@mikecvet I feel honored to have gotten to work with you, even for such a short period of time. Wherever you go next will be incredibly lucky to have you!

[Nelson @nabra]

@the_transit_guy Ketchikan, AK airport is only served by a ferry. It's on an island with no road connection to the mainland.

[Nelson @nabra]

Owning a home is mostly just waiting to find the next water leak.

[Nelson @nabra]

@kathleencodes @Twitter Deal. My last job was 19 years so I'll take the over on 6.

[Brent Spiner @BrentSpiner]

Farewell to a fine woman. RIP Nichelle. You were a groundbreaker.