This Week in Tweetsville (for the week ended March 26, 2020)

RT @HAL9000_: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
I can't open the pod bay doors because Discovery One is your workplace and you a… 11:03:45, 2020-03-20
Am I wrong to not email everyone I know and tell them what I'm doing during the #COVID19 pandemic?
I mean, I've be… https://t.co/suF5CmjXc6 11:09:09, 2020-03-20
@alysonshane My oldest greeted me this morning by saying, "It's a beautiful day in the Apocalypse!" in reply to alysonshane 11:17:00, 2020-03-20
Good piece in @readpass on Alberta's oil addiction, echoes of something I wrote in the fall about western separatio… https://t.co/Bhha6DqEI1 11:47:29, 2020-03-20
2/n (Spoiler: it's the economy.) It's not just that Kenny is investing in (big-O) Oil, it's that he bet the future… https://t.co/0M4vmD9xEj in reply to toderash 11:47:29, 2020-03-20

This Week in Tweetsville (for the week ended March 19, 2020)

Excellent summary of what going wrong with US #CoronaOutbreak response, with some nifty turns-of-phrase, like "Not… https://t.co/kx2qS3tyUW 10:25:35, 2020-03-13
This is a perfect bit of GenX writing: https://t.co/m7e3coBiCT via @sharonblady 11:11:53, 2020-03-13
Cue the dystopian geopolitical ugliness where a twitter war could literally gain military implications between supe… https://t.co/ola1JU7w5C 11:25:03, 2020-03-13
If you can't trust #FoxNews for pandemic info, you can't trust them ever. Despite hosting guests who provide facts… https://t.co/5Kni9lzHLZ 12:06:12, 2020-03-13
RT @SethAbramson: MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: NPR Source Says Trump Blocked Coronavirus Testing in January to Aid His Reelection Chances By Keepin… 12:07:53, 2020-03-13
@alysonshane Charge them with gross negligence. in reply to alysonshane 13:19:47, 2020-03-13

I want to retweet this every day until he's out of office. It's perfection. https://t.co/DHGIxMF2Nl 11:26:09, 2020-03-06
@adamdooley Absolute perfection. in reply to adamdooley 11:26:39, 2020-03-06
@robreiner Not quite, you'll still have Joe Biden… but you will be 100% better for it. in reply to robreiner 11:28:26, 2020-03-06
@fitchest It failed already. in reply to fitchest 09:24:43, 2020-03-09
@rpjday Somehow, they'll manage to pin this on Trudeau. Pipeline would have prevented it or some such thing. in reply to rpjday 09:40:12, 2020-03-09
RT @davidfrum: Trump has just filed briefs to Supreme Court to argue that the justices should overturn 230 years of settled law in order to… 09:40:45, 2020-03-09

Don't worry, Mike Pence is on it. https://t.co/swhZf0JHum 14:01:20, 2020-02-29
@MmaReader @RodSalm usually just estimate, but basically yes. I find the grid can be distracting when it doesn't bl… https://t.co/zLi157Ua94 in reply to MmaReader 11:30:00, 2020-03-02
RT @ThatEricAlper: Today in 1964, The Beatles released Twist And Shout in the US.
It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 4, 1964,… 11:31:07, 2020-03-02
RT @BasicManitoba: Today the MB Alternative Budget was released by @CCPAMB. Included in the report is the new Livable Basic Needs Benefit (… 12:26:04, 2020-03-03
RT @TreesWinnipeg: Pls RT! @TreesWinnipeg ReLeaf program is back for its 5th year of providing a diverse selection of trees for ALL private… 07:27:01, 2020-03-05

@bkives It's been downhill since then. ;-) in reply to bkives 18:19:04, 2020-02-21
@thehill A lie deserves impeachment? Sure, let's go with that. in reply to thehill 18:30:16, 2020-02-21
RT @dog_rates: This was Rusty. For 10 years he comforted patients and staff at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg. Yesterday, one day after… 18:34:08, 2020-02-21
Hey @TimHortons why is there no wifi offered at the Winnipeg Bridgewater location? That's specifically why I came in here. 12:12:39, 2020-02-22
https://t.co/wL3VQt4SnW 11:33:09, 2020-02-23
@brent_bellamy … so time to cut library finding by 1/3 then? in reply to brent_bellamy 12:43:26, 2020-02-26
@alysonshane I guess playing D&D really takes it out of you! in reply to alysonshane 15:33:44, 2020-02-26

My favorite part is the word "outgoing". https://t.co/bhelS0v7M0 18:35:24, 2020-02-14
I tried to check my privilege today, but all I found was a message that said "see Scheer, Andrew". 18:41:43, 2020-02-14
RT @jessewente: Canada 2020: Indigenous people checking their privilege while having to boil their water in order to drink it. 19:36:39, 2020-02-14
@pjohanneson If you're close enough, you won't have time to smell… in reply to pjohanneson 20:16:30, 2020-02-19
RT @RBReich: True then, true now.
#DemDebate 21:38:59, 2020-02-19

@thehill Only because he already knows. Then he'll hand you over to the other guy for it. in reply to thehill 09:28:57, 2020-02-07
BREAKING: O.J. Simpson to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom. When asked about it, Trump said, "Great guy, we ha… https://t.co/sZnMHyOX31 09:32:12, 2020-02-07
Sitting at Tim Horton's where the ex-couple in next booth have been arguing stupid semantics for past 45 minutes. C… https://t.co/8HdcW00sGb 18:31:20, 2020-02-08
Her: asks question but keeps interrupting so he can't answer.
Him: condescending pedantic responses. in reply to toderash 18:32:38, 2020-02-08
They say 90% of communication is nonverbal. When I hear some people talk, I wish the other 10% was as well. 11:07:00, 2020-02-09

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