in the manner of smoke signals
I added this to the bottom of Casey’s marmot tweet-ucation post, but I felt it deserved its own: Teju Cole on what connects Downton Abbey, the IMF, Drones, and Virgin’s Upper Class
smoke signals
Colonial marmots. Tricornered hats.
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
Hibernation lasts eight months. twitter.com/caseyland/stat…
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
Foraging peaks in mid-morning and is followed by sunning and sometimes by more grooming and long periods of time in the burrow.
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
Marmots that live in colonies are residents of harems which consist of one adult territorial male, several adult females and their offspring
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
It appears that harems are more reproductively fit. twitter.com/caseyland/stat…
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
However, it is also possible that predator defense is more likely to be the advantage in living in a harem. (yeah right)
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
Females within a harem tend to be related and have strong social bonds.
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
I bet Rush Limbaugh hates marmots.
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
Marmots generally pose no threat to humans and shy away from contact. (whew!)
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
Marmots enjoy chewing on rubber, which can disable cars and destroy sleeping pads and hiking poles.
— Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012
Update:
Teju Cole on what connects Downton Abbey, the IMF, Drones, and Virgin’s Upper Class
smoke signals
hyperventilation – turbocharged HVAC systems used in Chinese districts with poor air quality indices #moderndefinitions
— Sarah Pavis (@spavis) March 3, 2012
humidor – a posh comedian, often british #moderndefinitions
— Sarah Pavis (@spavis) March 3, 2012
undesegregation – the self-deportation movement designed to make life hostile towards illegal aliens #moderndefinitions
— Sarah Pavis (@spavis) March 3, 2012
tweet of the day
Canadians watch US politics like Americans watch Jersey Shore.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) March 2, 2012
dueling banjos
Today was not great.
— Khoi Vinh (@khoi) March 2, 2012
I just received a forwarded mass email about not forwarding mass emails.
— lukeneff (@lukeneff) March 2, 2012
tweet of the day
OH: Be careful of what you’re good at because you’ll end up doing it for the rest of your life.
— Christopher Butler (@chrbutler) March 1, 2012
tweet of the day
So, my new nickname is “Night Sweats.”
— Aaron Winslow (@adwinslow) February 29, 2012
smoke signals
Coyotes are cowards. I love them, but I’ve chased them. They ran, tails between legs.
— Sheila Ryan (@Cirinda) February 28, 2012
Tip (Pt I): Get white bread & peanut butter & make a sandwich. Tossit to the dog/wolf/coyote.
— Sheila Ryan (@Cirinda) February 28, 2012
Tip (Pt II): PB sandwich will gum up, thus disabling jaws & teeth. Also embarrassing the creature.
— Sheila Ryan (@Cirinda) February 28, 2012
smoke signals
SINCERE QUESTION: Did Oedipus blind himself after watching the Oscars?
— errolmorris (@errolmorris) February 27, 2012
Flannery O’Connor had Hazel Motes blind himself after reading Robert Fitzgerald’s translation of Oedipus. (I know this on good authority.)
— errolmorris (@errolmorris) February 27, 2012
But…Hazel Motes could have been watching the Oscars.
— errolmorris (@errolmorris) February 27, 2012
dueling banjos
Thought of the day: It’s okay to stare at a dog’s dick.
— Mike Topp (@MikeTopp) February 26, 2012
I don’t want to have to manhandle your dog. It just needs to hold the fuck still so we don’t put something SHARP through something IMPORTANT
— ★ＯＫ★ (@horsedreamer) February 26, 2012
tweet of the day
If I was a stripper I would come out wearing a bikini made of beanie babies and as I take each one off I tell a meandering story about it.
— Paula Pell (@perlapell) February 24, 2012
tweet of the day, II
My inner child just gave up smoking.
— Aaron Winslow (@adwinslow) February 22, 2012
tweet of the day
Almost used the word “aplomb” in an email. Time to step away from the keyboard, Frank, and pull your head out of your ass.
— Frank Chimero (@fchimero) February 22, 2012
dueling banjos
You can’t prove your hairiest uncle isn’t auto-erotically asphyxiating himself right now.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) February 18, 2012
Broke down & watched 1st episode of Downton Abbey. Pains me to admit it, but it’s… worth the hype.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) February 18, 2012
hashtag meme of the day
#healthpolicyvalentines
via Tim
tweet of the day
I honestly cannot get enough of the comments on this vid: youtu.be/WMno23_otgE
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) February 6, 2012
tweet of the day
I don’t need to read articles or books on atheism.My dog’s farts assure me we are all alone.
— Brian Posehn (@thebrianposehn) February 3, 2012
dueling banjos
I need more people to do my things for me.
— Tim Carmody (@tcarmody) January 30, 2012
my ability to successfully adjust time & microwave power for partially defrosted frozen meals makes me feel like my generation’s julia child
— Sarah Pavis (@spavis) January 30, 2012
dueling banjos
P is close enough to NP for government work. The difference is pedantic.
— ★ＯＫ★ (@horsedreamer) January 30, 2012
Vatican officials padlocked the bathrooms in response to the depredations of Pope Pius VI (1637-1701).
— Mike Topp (@MikeTopp) January 30, 2012
tweet of the day
When the Canadian border crossing guards asked me where I was from, I was really tempted to say “the internet.”
— Hannah Waters (@hannahjwaters) January 27, 2012
dueling banjos
Drank a half bottle of wine tonight that cost $28 (for the carafe) and tasted EXACTLY like Kool-Aid dosed with brandy. Yes; I’m back in NYC.
— Tim Carmody (@tcarmody) January 29, 2012
Spent too much money tonight on books, booze, and pizza. In other words, happiest guy in the world.
— Frank Chimero (@fchimero) January 29, 2012
Mapping Twitter Traffic
Eric Fischer has been mapping Twitter traffic in major cities, resulting in beautiful cartographic representations of our information flow. It’s all faintly reminiscent of blood vessels or a network of neurons. I think there’s a metaphor in there somewhere.
(via Animal New York)
tweet of the day
The app store has a “date night” category and one featured app is called “just the tip” and I was very confused.
— Tim Maly (@doingitwrong) January 27, 2012
Lydia Davis’s Twitter Feed
Friend of clusterflock Mike Topp retweeted a Lydia Davis tweet yesterday, which prompted me to hope she was a regular on Twitter. Alas, this is the entirety of her Twitter feed:
Although I don’t mind them, I feel cut off from all the other people in this country — to mention only this country.
— Lydia Davis (@lydia_davis) November 2, 2009
I would need something like a cowboy in order to get away from thinking.
— Lydia Davis (@lydia_davis) November 2, 2009
I AM SIMPLY NOT INTERESTED, AT THIS POINT, IN CREATING NARRATIVE SCENES BETWEEN CHARACTERS.
— Lydia Davis (@lydia_davis) November 2, 2009
To be exhaustive is, of course, an infinite task: more events can always be inserted, more nuance in the narration…
— Lydia Davis (@lydia_davis) November 2, 2009
Fuck bitches. Get money.
— Lydia Davis (@lydia_davis) November 17, 2009
Of course, there are other ways to read Lydia Davis.
