Saturday, January 26, 2019

At @ColonieCenterNY and there are a handful of uniformed Colonie PD officers wandering around. Why?


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I would call him a muppet but that would be unfair to muppets. https://t.co/Q5ugQKq4xU


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Day 5: Challenged by @idaho515 to post a week of my favorite book covers sans context. Challenging @charpenette https://t.co/BdJFXZeS9w


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Day 5: Challenged by @idaho515 to post a week of my favorite book covers sans context. Challenging @charpenette


Friday, January 25, 2019

Well, this was depressing. The digital winter turns apocalyptic https://t.co/p35ppgR3on via @cjr


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Oh, man. https://t.co/tfllkMI19L


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There is a joy introducing someone to Fulton History.


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Day 4: Challenged by @idaho515 to post a week of my favorite book covers without context. Now challenging Teacher Dave. https://t.co/3jECMNtZkY


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Day 4: Challenged by @idaho515 to post a week of my favorite book covers without context. Now challenging Teacher Dave.


Thursday, January 24, 2019

Blackface is NEVER a good idea. No, not for your "spirit day". No, not for your "funny" costume. No, not because it is post-irony. Not even is Whoopi told you with would be okay. And no, not if you are from Delmar in the 1980s.


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IT'S SO GOOD! https://t.co/EMyI1GOiNx


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Oh. It is not how we behave in our finest moments but in our worst that reflect who we are as people. https://t.co/Z4CK0xldt7


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Do I? https://t.co/qhuWMvPb9d


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I am in favor of the ban. Also, unrelated, I have been carrying reusable bags, some with the @laborcostmgmt logo, for years. https://t.co/I6L6NgbEO5


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Day 3. Context free favorite books. Challenged by @idaho515. Have challenged @varickdesign & @library_shoes for the first two. Challenging @sandors. https://t.co/g9Wq4wT11B


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Oh, my sweet dog, “No Scrubs” is amazing. https://t.co/6lqAxEe0bZ


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Day 3. Context free favorite books. Challenged by @idaho515. Have challenged @varickdesign & @library_shoes for the first two. Challenging @sandors.


Self righteous Twitter is the most exhausting Twitter


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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

I signed up for the 9th Annual Ice Breaker Challenge on Mar 30, 2019! https://t.co/JxvcDfzvLy


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Oh, Monticello. https://t.co/yIegJxxCkw


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Menands. Huh. https://t.co/vEgTNftE9D


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This is amazing! https://t.co/vyZulpLXcN


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Nuke it from orbit. The only way to be sure. https://t.co/LpML8eeRxm


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The #MayorsCup at the @TUCenter between @rpi & @UnionCollege is about a week from now on 1/29/19. If the @Unionmhockey or @UnionWHockey win, I will be making a donation to @SchenectadyHist. If the @RPIAthletics men or women win, I will be making a donation to @RensCoHistSoc! https://t.co/9IKh3AlnGu


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Day 2. I was challenged by @idaho515 to post seven days of book covers free of context. Yesterday I threw down the gauntlet to @varickdesign. Today that honor goes to @library_shoes. Funny thing is that both Varick & Laurie have @markzdanielewski’s #HouseOfLeaves on their … https://t.co/YuX0WGlS2G


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Adding to my “disqualifying” list for employment, which until now has only included people listing which house at Hogwarts they belong to on the resume... Any affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America. I was JROTC, so I get youthful fascism. You don’t need a private org.


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The #MayorsCup at the @TUCenter between @rpi & @UnionCollege is about a week from now on 1/29/19. If the @Unionmhockey or @UnionWHockey win, I will be making a donation to @SchenectadyHist. If the @RPIAthletics men or women win, I will be making a donation to @RensCoHistSoc!


Day 2. I was challenged by @idaho515 to post seven days of book covers free of context. Yesterday I threw down the gauntlet to @varickdesign. Today that honor goes to @library_shoes. Funny thing is that both Varick & Laurie have @markzdanielewski’s #HouseOfLeaves on their respective shelves. #7Days7Books #ThisIsNotForYou


Tuesday, January 22, 2019

They were Boy Scouts, ⁦@fredulrich⁩. Also, Rochester. https://t.co/CyUakp9vrg


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The Schenectady City Historian, @ChrisGEPLot, is also playing along here. Who can be get from the @rpi community or the @UnionCollege community to join us in supporting great organizations in the area? https://t.co/YHt1nBjkzD


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The #MayorsCup at the @TUCenter between @rpi & @UnionCollege is a week from today, 1/29/19. If the @Unionmhockey or @UnionWHockey win, I will be making a donation to @SchenectadyHist. If the @RPIAthletics men or women win, I will be making a donation to @RensCoHistSoc! https://t.co/BlDaC6KAhS


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But not to upstate NY this time around, making me sad about having to go to Brooklyn to see the @mountain_goats https://t.co/8RaWTfqFLw


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Further proof that the Academy has less and less relevance. Industry awards are the apex of navel gazery. https://t.co/QiekCfMwaR


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I would love something like this here, in the northeast. It would be amazing. (CC: @SandorS, @ChrisGEPLot, @librarypants) https://t.co/AcHE33a2hk


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The education & opportunities are priceless but still a value! Union College named one 10 Best Liberal Arts Colleges for Your Money by @Money @UnionCollege  https://t.co/2qKmfb61rQ


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I have been challenged by @idaho515 to post a context free image of a book that I love every day for seven days. While I don’t like challenges, I love books. I nominate @varickdesign for Day 1. #LordOfTheBarnyard #7Days7Books https://t.co/tZQFgvIXfU


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I have been challenged by @idaho515 to post a context free image of a book that I love every day for seven days. While I don’t like challenges, I love books. I nominate @varickdesign for Day 1. #LordOfTheBarnyard #7Days7Books


That this article from @vox is on Twitter is not lost upon me. https://t.co/iln7DMZhDW


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No Cave? https://t.co/QlOj00apBL


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Wait. What? What is Blue Ant? I mean, aside from Hubertus Bigend’s company in the ⁦@GreatDismal⁩ series. https://t.co/qkAUWX00hS


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This story has everything: surly skycaps, the French, soccer, and the NLRB. https://t.co/LFyw2lGsFk


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A way to mitigate that in Rensselaer County would be to increase the use of public and mass transit. It would have other benefits as well. https://t.co/RrkgQvcsZu


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This is causing me to have flashbacks to high school. https://t.co/lsg9ntPGCd


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But her emails? https://t.co/YdzwL2047D


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Monday, January 21, 2019

This seems like a lot of effort. How to Tweet Interactive, “Scrubbable” 360 Photos on Twitter https://t.co/MiAieLWwSG


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Recovering from the storm here in Brunswick. https://t.co/j3Nyv5jxag #kuula


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Those who watched the Fyre Festival documentary on @netflix, I have to ask: even though you knew how it was going to end, were you filled with a sense of dread? https://t.co/RHhDHMzYL8


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Sunday, January 20, 2019

Testing something. Jennings Landing, Albany, NY https://t.co/GBo5qQSAj4 #kuula


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Preseason baseball is better than playoff football.


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OH: what do you do with the urn after you spread the ashes? Do you use it as a candy bowl?


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A bundled up @library_shoes at the corner of Buckingham & New Scotland in Albany, NY. https://t.co/yI92mO7Cbw


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A bundled up @library_shoes at the corner of Buckingham & New Scotland in Albany, NY.


Albany, New Scotland and Buckingham. #518WX https://t.co/ke2nVHcqCf


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