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Are you a PhD candidate or recent graduate in computer science or math, an underrepresented minority, and interested in giving at talk at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR? If so, contact me ASAP and we may have some funding. If not, but you know such people, please RT.

RT @DickKingSmith@twitter.com
In competitive diving, points out of 10 are awarded by each of the judges. In an Olympic competition, there are seven judges, (all seven of which are presumably holding up tens, just out of shot).

Naming your business "AAA Plumbing" is OG search engine optimization.

RT @jrcrenshaw@twitter.com
I was invited to review my own manuscript today, three months after submitting it.

RT @ZackDavisson@twitter.com
RIP Stanislav Petrov - None of us would be here if you hadn't refused that order to launch your nuclear missile. npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/20

RT @owillis@twitter.com
Greta Thunberg shames the world at the United Nations for failing on climate. "How dare you." - powerful stuff

RT @vogon@twitter.com
there are two hard problems in computer science: the calloused fist of capital slowly grinding everything and everyone it touches into the dirt, and naming things

campaign idea: 3 years in, it is revealed that "casting a spell" actually pauses time and summons a squad of enslaved fey beings to set up the effect. It's clearly unethical to use magic, but it's so *convenient*...

RT @stevenmweisberg@twitter.com
When I finished my PhD in psychology they said “Nice perseverance” and gave me two marshmallows. twitter.com/afrogne/status/117

I shop @Fred_Meyer@twitter.com every week, but it's @WinCoFoods@twitter.com next time.
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RT @ufcw555@twitter.com
Retail @Fred_Meyer@twitter.comkers’ Union Calls For @WinCoFoods@twitter.comFred Meyer Stores where employees are working without a contract
twitter.com/ufcw555/status/117

RT @SteveStuWill@twitter.com
Incredible visualisation: Birds migrating across Europe, tracked by GPS.

I ended up 3-2 in the tournament. Lost to both of the Zhang brothers but beat their father.

RT @pennig@twitter.com
Once a year, for 12 hours (7a-7p), any Pull Request will be accepted without any review whatsoever. All tech debt is legal.

Introducing: The Merge

RT @the_egghunter@twitter.com
When my beloved observatory turned 90 years, I of course had to make cakes. Planet cakes. Here are two out of four - Mars and Jupiter. Have a nice weekend, everyone!

RT @qikipedia@twitter.com
Word of the day: DUGNAD (Norwegian) - a community's willingness to come together and get shit done

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