Abulsme.com: June 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-29 (UTC)

Yay! The automated Twitter Digest worked! Woo! Everything back to normal! 00:33:54
Just had a thought. Good thing to get POTUS they included letters for вЂњof theвЂќ. Without those, it doesn’t work quite as well. 01:57:40
RT @timothypmurphy: How should you talk to your kid about the New Yorker cover? Probably something like, "Damn, you read the New Yorker? YoвЂ¦ 01:58:17
Reading – Hillary’s chances are impossible to predict (Jonathan Bernstein) http://t.co/TcSC2geHYR 02:13:22
Fun -> Reading – Who is Leaking More: Edward Snowden or the Government Officials Condemning Him? (Trevor Timm) https://t.co/3JR7S0e4Vg 02:19:41
Bye AltaVista! -> Reading – Yahoo shutting down a dozen products including AltaVista and Axis (Brian Heater) http://t.co/HzM5dsHGdb 02:23:34
Idiotic. Once it is public, it is public. -> U.S. Army Restricts Access To вЂThe Guardian’ Website (Eyder Peralra) http://t.co/5ENe0aXmyD 02:26:52
Reading – Same-sex marriages can start in California (Lyle Denniston) http://t.co/QKVTIL13Ug 02:45:03
Yup -> Reading – Top Ten Ways the Beltway Press will treat Gen. Cartwright differently from Snowden (Juan Cole) http://t.co/XDGJypGZSK 02:51:57
Ah yes. 4 sure. But actual specific abuses of the surveillance? RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme Crime exposed by #Snowden? Two words: Clapper’s lies. 03:00:08
RT @DanAmira: If you're genuinely upset about Bert and Ernie, you need to reevaluate things 03:04:01
Fun -> I just backed We're putting a TARDIS into orbit – Really! on @Kickstarter http://t.co/yvTXluB5vM 08:01:29
RT @imbou: @abulsme I was shocked Altavista still existed!!!! 16:07:00
Reading – Ecuador cools on Edward Snowden asylum as Assange frustration grows (Carroll/Holpuch) http://t.co/w11HmR1bph 17:37:37
Found via RSS -> Reading – Ezra Klein's Case Against Getting Your News From Twitter (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/jMuXmuumXZ 17:40:24
RT @robertwrighter: One thing we can all agree on: Never use Julian Assange as your travel agent. 17:44:56
Reading – The Chief Justice’s remarks to the Fourth Circuit (Tom Goldstein) http://t.co/ze1j3n96Uy 17:50:18
Ha! Too late! RT @MatthewKeysLive: Glenn Greenwald: Snowden turned down many interviews after NSA leak because he doesn't want to be famous 17:58:35
Reading – Women Fight Back: Ohio Bill Makes Erectile Dysfunction Her Business (Randall Gross) http://t.co/hPywuQ8NeN 18:04:09
Reading – Analysis: Snowden’s options appear to narrow in bid to evade U.S. arrest (Spetalnick/Kelly) http://t.co/69hLmrxRUO 18:12:26
Unfortunately -> RT @allahpundit: The NSA story now seems to be mainly about where Snowden is and whether Glenn Greenwald’s a journalist 18:33:42
Want One! -> Reading – A Fifteen-Year-Old Has Invented an Incredible New Kind of Flashlight (Andrew Liszewski) http://t.co/LxL7MmctHs 19:19:40
Reading – A Reddit Co-Founder's Devastating One Line Takedown of Facebook (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/juiqxxdpos 20:15:30
Reading – Susan Rice: Fallout From NSA Leaks Not вЂThat Significant’ (AP) http://t.co/g8QzfiEfzn 20:50:07
Reading – Kerry Extends Israel Trip Amid Speculation on Peace Talks (Michael R. Gordon) http://t.co/YsFH0ja7Cj 20:52:49
Reading – Ernie and Bert and The New Yorker (Angus Johnston) http://t.co/Mhzjy1VnwB 22:28:47
Reading – You Can't Quit, Google Reader, Because I Already Fired You (Darrell Etherington) http://t.co/t0zaTM56aF 22:32:26
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme #Snowden exposed crime… RT @Reuters U.S. bugged EU offices, computer networks: German magazine http://t.co/B9dsBVC1вЂ¦ 22:39:59
.@BYUfan Still not seeing it. That article describes spying on non-US entities, which like it or not is the legally defined role of NSA &co. in reply to BYUfan 22:43:53
.@BYUfan or is the legal distinction you are pointing out that they spying was at US locations even though foreign entities? in reply to BYUfan 22:44:41
.@BYUfan Admit to not being sure of the legal details in that case, but would actually be surprised if law did NOT allow this. Does it not? in reply to BYUfan 22:46:24

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-28 (UTC)

Reading – Unsolved mystery: Can you identify this woman? (Maggie Koerth-Baker) http://t.co/hDdie5ZLH2 04:49:03
Reading – Cover Story: Bert and Ernie’s вЂњMoment of JoyвЂќ (Mouly/Kaneko) http://t.co/MO3JLj6I39 17:01:13
Watching – Press Conference: To Command or Crunch? (realcapncrunch) http://t.co/Lw1idlTVq8 17:49:21
Reading – New Converts to Anti-Majoritarianism (Seth Masket) http://t.co/k3yNPHnJlk 18:21:01
Reading – A conservative Supreme Court swerves to avoid easy definition (Robert Barnes) http://t.co/1KBdONbWHc 18:37:49
Reading – Retired U.S. General Is Focus of Inquiry Over Iran Leak (NYT) http://t.co/t6moRL6KsZ 18:39:08
Reading – Keep searching! Fresh clue released in hunt for treasure worth millions (Scott Stump) http://t.co/rUBagYm4Hf 18:41:28
As of a few minutes ago, Amy got official word that she is now completely done with high school. Yay Amy! 20:23:43
Other Amy news which I haven't shared yetвЂ¦ years after facts on the ground, on Jul 8 we go in front of a judge & I will legally adopt Amy! 20:33:12
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Won't Take Six Years: In the latest Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan ta… http://t.co/yVOKOTCoQf 21:03:59
[Abulpost] Amy is done with High School! Yay!: Congratulations Amy! Upward and onward from here! http://t.co/OmHCXx0ekO 22:28:09
RT @natsecHeather: another relative of mine is respectable… MT @abulsme Amy got official word that she is now completely done with high вЂ¦ 22:36:14
RT @Rick_Geissal: @natsecHeather @abulsme That's big. Congratulations. 22:36:27
Reading – Trapped in Transit: Orwellian Moscow airport hotel (Ian Phillips)
http://t.co/lhyE9naozT 22:37:33
Was all caught up on my manual daily digests, so upgraded to the new version of Twitter Digest. We'll see shortly if it works correctly… 23:43:03

Amy is done with High School! Yay!

Congratulations Amy!

Upward and onward from here!

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Won’t Take Six Years

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

NSA Feedback
Snowden Chase
Brazil/Turkey Protests

Recorded on 24 Jun 2013

Length this week – 1:13:03


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-27 (UTC)

RT @RQDammit: @abulsme @LOLGOP aahhh-ha-ha-ha-hah! 04:00
RT @40186911: @abulsme only a matter of time if there power goes unchecked 04:00
RT @LarrySabato: Bill Clinton just issued statement hailing overturn of #DOMA–without mentioning he’s the guy who made it law. #FullFlop 04:13
Reading – Top 10 Rage Quotes From Scalia’s DOMA Dissent (Sahil Kapur) http://is.gd/j7GDd1 19:02
RT @jackshafer: Make it happen. RT @DKThomp: If Saturn were as close to the Earth as the moon http://bit.ly/18h3jc2 19:14
Reading – The Court and Gay Marriage (Michael Tomasky) http://is.gd/nfDPC6 19:18
Reading – iOS 7: Catch me if you can (Allen Pike) http://is.gd/aeUAGX 19:31
Just completed a 2.58 km walk – Afternoon walk. http://rnkpr.com/a3bkqow #RunKeeper 21:25
Reading – How Immigration Reform Can Pass (Jonathan Chait) http://is.gd/Pl2Nw0 21:36
Reading – How the NSA won its war (Marc Ambinder) http://is.gd/w6N456 21:41

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-26 (UTC)

Reading – Supreme Court Bombshell: No Right to Remain Silent (Joe Wolverton II) http://is.gd/h5Nmdp 00:34
Reading – Supreme Court Guts The Voting Rights Act (Sahil Kapur) http://is.gd/Sgpv3z 00:48
Reading – WikiLeaks Spokesperson Says Group May Publish Snowden’s Remaining Material (Rosie Gray) http://is.gd/tTEijz 00:58
Reading – Wine-tasting: it’s junk science (David Derbyshire) http://is.gd/iV6Yfi 01:56
Reading – Obama’s crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S. (Taylor/Landay) http://is.gd/QvSJ2N 02:17
Reading – Fisa court oversight: a look inside a secret and empty process (Glenn Greenwald) http://is.gd/55YlZa 02:45
Reading – Greenwald: Snowden’s Files Are Out There if вЂAnything Happens’ to Him (Eli Lake) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/25/greenwald-snowden-s-files-are-out-there-if-anything-happens-to-him.html вЂ¦ 05:10
So I’ve been doing other stuff tonight. I hear there has been some fun stuff going on in Texas. :-) 06:51
Reading – Screenwriter hired for Knight Rider movie (Simon Brew) http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knight-rider/26169/screenwriter-hired-for-knight-rider-movie вЂ¦ 07:45
Reading – Beyond Black and White, New Force Reshapes South (Jonathan Martin) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/new-face-of-south-rises-as-an-extralegal-force.html?hp&_r=1& вЂ¦ 14:44
Reading – Investigating iMessage security and privacy claims (Nick Arnott) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/UeiLtJ_urgo/story01.htm вЂ¦ 14:49
RT @DouthatNYT Interesting to ponder if any writer/intellectual in last 25 yrs has seen as much direct impact from their work as @sullydish w/gay marriage. ??:??
Reading – Gay-Marriage Foes Going Through Stages of Grief (Jonathan Chait) http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/gay-marriage-foes-going-through-stages-of-grief.html?mid=rss вЂ¦ 17:03
Reading – Syria, Our New Nineteenth Century Proxy War (Andrew Sullivan) http://is.gd/lkIpot 20:26
Reading – For immigration reform, ‘English’ amendment is so last decade (Burgess Everett) http://is.gd/UWVL3N 20:30
Reading – I Believe (Andrew Sullivan) http://is.gd/BeATkR 20:50
RT @kjanes741 A rebranded, smart GOP would say this is a win for states’ rights. Won’t happen, though. #MarriageEquality #GOPRebrand #time4marriage ??:??
Reading – Not So Sure This Thing’s Done (Josh Marshall) http://is.gd/7coxFW 22:59
Watching – Edward Snowden: Can a Refrigerator Function as a Faraday Cage? (Michael Colombo) http://is.gd/Voqy1M 23:08

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-25 (UTC)

New update to Twitter Digest came out a little bit ago. So after I catch up with the manual digests, I’ll update and hopefully auto again. 00:57
RT @7im Fact that feds couldnt keep globally notorious leaker from boarding an airplane makes me question value of secret intel in thwarting attacks ??:??
Reading – Empty Seat Deepens a Mystery in Moscow (Barry/Herszenhorn) http://feedly.com/k/14mVtYA 02:22
Reading – A Panda Escapes From the Zoo, and Social Media Swoop In With the Net (Trip Gabriel) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/us/a-parallel-search-for-a-missing-panda.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0 вЂ¦ 04:30
Reading – NSA Claims It Doesn’t Track Movements of Cell Phone Users (Kevin Drum) http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/nsa-claims-it-doesnt-track-movements-cell-phone-users вЂ¦ 04:35
RT @joshgreenman: When did the crusade against skeuomorphism become a crusade against texture in design? They’re not the same thing. 13:14
Reading – Snowden may never have gone to Russia (Cory Doctorow) http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/cCO0Pnv9drw/story01.htm вЂ¦ 13:20
Reading – Edward Snowden has not entered Russia – Sergei Lavrov (BBC) http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23045790 вЂ¦ 13:24

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-24 (UTC)

RT @LOLGOP: If Ron Paul were on the plane with Snowden the Internet would just dissolve into orgasm. 02:08
RT @kgosztola: If all goes as planned, Edward Snowden will be taking off from Moscow around 6 am ET for Havana http://reut.rs/10Lsy3J 02:12
Just completed a 1.67 km walk – Walking dog while waiting to be able to see again after eye exam. Di … http://rnkpr.com/a3aq1sx #RunKeeper 23:07

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-23 (UTC)

Reading – How Apple Wins the Next Console War (Austin Sweeny) http://is.gd/tKKXQw 04:06
Moscow Now? Really? -> Reading – N.S.A. Leaker Leaves Hong Kong on Flight to Moscow (Bradsher/Berry) http://is.gd/xyccW4 11:20
Watching – Jobs TRAILER 1 (2013) – Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Crew Movie HD (MovieclipsCOMINGSOON) http://is.gd/hPzuFz 11:24
I think I just dumped Apple’s Podcast app for @podcruncher. Still wish for shuffle option in addition to old/new first. 14:41
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme @podcruncher you’ll have to switch to Android to get the best podcast app: DoggCatcher 17:15
.@BYUfan Heh. I am so deeply locked into iOS/MacOS it would take quite a bit for me to make that switch. :-) 17:16
RT @imbou: @abulsme he colude have a few more stops but at the rate he is going jail will look attractive. 17:16
.@imbou Looks like he is on the way to Ecuador now. Fun stuff. :-) 17:17
RT @ggreenwald Dear US: you didn’t dot your “i”s, so we had no choice but to let him go…but now that we have you … Sincerely, HK http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201306/23/P201306230476.htm вЂ¦ ??:??
RT @wikileaks: WikiLeaks Statement on Edward Snowden political asylum flight http://wikileaks.org/WikiLeaks-Statement-On-Edward,253.html?updated вЂ¦ 17:48
RT @kevinmitnick: Looks like China gave the White House the finger. 17:49
Reading – Wozniak on Jobs’ Biopic: ‘Young Steve Wasn’t a Saint’ (Jesus Diaz) http://feedly.com/k/16oR74T 19:22
Think I have read it before, but still fun stuff -> Reading – The Physics Behind Traffic Jams (William Beaty) http://is.gd/YvE80F 20:26
RT @allahpundit Not sure why it’s hard to believe that (1) Snowden’s initial leak was a service and also (2) it’s been all downhill since then ??:??
All good, esp last two graphs -> Reading – A Look At The Charges Against Edward Snowden (Ken White) http://feedly.com/k/12Y40Vh 23:56
RT @RichardHaass if #Snowden acted out of principle, why doesnt he return to US and make his case in court? civil disobedience accepts the rule of law. ??:??

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-22 (UTC)

Reading – Supreme Court throws out NSA surveillance case (Declan McCullagh) http://m.cnet.com/news/supreme-court-throws-out-nsa-surveillance-case/57571344 вЂ¦ 16:15
Reading – Apparently Edward Snowden Was Never a Big Fan of the NSA (Kevin Drum) http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/apparently-edward-snowden-was-never-big-fan-nsa вЂ¦ 16:19
Reading – Snowden an eccentric, but hardly stood out at NSA (Shashank Bengali) http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76403647/ вЂ¦ 16:30
Reading – Snowden safe in Hong Kong, more US cyberspying details revealed (Lana Lam) http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266777/exclusive-snowden-safe-hong-kong-more-us-cyberspying-details-revealed вЂ¦ 18:02
Reading – Building Feedly (Feedly) http://blog.feedly.com/2013/06/21/summary-of-the-last-100-days/ вЂ¦ 18:59

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