It's even worse than it appears.
Monday, February 21, 2022
If I didn’t know better I’d say it’s spring outside.#
I don't know the person who wrote this piece, or where he's coming from, but it's an alternate view of what's going on between Russia and Ukraine. The author says it's about Russia and the US and that the US doesn't want the new pipeline to be used to pump natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. The one weird thing about this is why would Putin pick this time to invade Ukraine when it gives the US pretext to shut down the new pipeline before it could get started? Seems like he has a lot to lose right now. Why not cement the bond with Germany before having an adventure in Ukraine. In any case, he says the US public is being conned, much as our journalism says the Russian people are being conned by their media. I don't doubt for a moment that the news we're getting is at least misleading if not total fiction.#
Larry Lessig was a MORE user in the 80s, and is trying to rescue the data from his files. Luckily there was a successful project to get access to MORE files earlier this month, so he's getting help there. #
Twitter Articles?#
  • There have been rumors for a while about Twitter Articles, not sure exactly what they are, but they have titles, styling and links. #
  • A screen shot was posted on Twitter. #
  • Big questions.#
    • Available through the API for reading, publishing?#
    • Character limit on articles?#
    • RSS feed for articles?#
  • If you have more info, please let me know. If you work at Twitter, I'm happy to do an NDA. #

Last update: Monday February 21, 2022; 5:49 PM EST.

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