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What are the people of Twitter twittering about?


8/25/09; 11:09:04 PM Pacific
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biz: "He always believed that our best days were still ahead" Ted Kennedy, center of a family devoted to this country: http://bit.ly/KxuaO
11:05 PM
boston
1,165,213
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yukarim: 非常に悲しい。。。Ted Kennedyはたしかにアメリカン・ヒーローであった。http://bit.ly/2w9XBa
11:01 PM
cnn
2,328
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netik@ronpepsi the version with kate bush is the canonical, amazing version of that song.
10:53 PM 
4,285
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delbius: We're running 2 projectors + TV w/3 XBOXs to play Halo 3 4-player. Am a mixture of proud + horrified. http://twitpic.com/fb0yg
10:50 PM
twitpic
5,538
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jack: What a great game. RT @JapAnna: At my first ball game! @jack is kindly explaining the inns and outs of the game. Gratefulness.
10:43 PM 
1,129,538
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dougw: You had me at "I'll retweet all your tweets."
10:43 PM 
4,927
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santojay: Camelot hollowed. The lion sleeps. Thank you for your service to the nation, Senator Kennedy.
10:42 PM 
3,388
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vl: I wish there was something like this when I used to do client work: http://unify.unitinteractive.com/
10:34 PM
unitinteractive
5,304
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dougw: Taco Tuesday with @annamorgenstern. It's working out.
10:26 PM 
4,927
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dougw: OH: "I'm not am athlete but I'm damn good at flipcup"
10:23 PM 
4,927
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mutgoff: this has got to be some sort of curse. Looking back on old tweets my typos are so low. I suspect witchcraft.
10:22 PM 
12,310
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mutgoff@jennadawn I feel like it could cause a lot of problems unless it worked perfectly. I'm frightened that people might use it irresponsible.
10:19 PM 
12,310
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al3x: I honestly can't tell if that sound is water draining in the upstairs bathroom or the Fennesz record I'm listening to.
10:13 PM 
13,566
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ronpepsi: Breslow throws it away. Jerk.
10:08 PM 
2,001
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jennadawn: I wonder if this works? http://bit.ly/19EuXY
10:07 PM
bit
1,588
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ronpepsi: The avoidable inevitable. Which is it? Oh yeah, I mean the Oakland Athletics. Tied in the 10th.
10:03 PM 
2,001
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rael: I'll definitely get it seen to when I get back to Portland. Bummed given plans to go climbing with @Jeremy, @noradio & @mzsanford.
9:57 PM 
7,505
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ronpepsi: "Don't Give Up". I usually think that Peter Gabriel song badly fails at what it seems to want to do.
9:47 PM 
2,002
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al3x: Operation Interdumb: http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20090825.html
9:38 PM
overcompensating
13,567
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crystalhttp://twitpic.com/fausn - Lovin it
9:20 PM
twitpic
14,281
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ronpepsi: This was the deal: http://bit.ly/1bjh88
9:18 PM
wikipedia
2,002
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Magnuson: Has anyone seen the new Mistah FAB video for Hit Me on Twitter? - http://bit.ly/3Dp6R7
9:17 PM
youtube
1,334
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abdur: OH: I have my story now, just need to get the data to confess now.
9:12 PM 
9,070
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crystal: 22 months with my bf today. He's taking me out to celebrate. @Krissy makes fun of us for celebrating monthlies; my Mom thinks it's sweet.
9:10 PM 
14,281
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nk: I want to be part of the terror and not the republic.
9:06 PM 
3,219
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kevinweil: Protip: if you sleep outside, don't step on your wife when you wake up before it's light out. I tried it... @elizabeth wasn't a fan.
9:01 PM 
1,348
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ronpepsi: ATT, please fix my friends. Oakland A's, one run in the seventh was good, but you could have had four, okay maybe three, more. WTF beat SEA.
9:00 PM 
2,002
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alissa: There's nothing like coming home after a hard day's work to the delicious meal your wife has lovingly prepared. Which is why I need a wife.
8:51 PM 
3,588
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abdur: Dear AT&T: I hate you. As always, @nk. (via @nk)
8:48 PM 
9,070
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rk: Direct evidence of my earlier tweet (te: rosamunde): http://twitpic.com/fase5
8:46 PM
twitpic
3,757
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mutgoff: AGGG.... Another typo! Down to D+. Funny that I always read tweets AFTER I send them out. I must just like torturing myself.
8:40 PM 
12,309
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mutgoff: Just ran 8 miles and did a bike ride. I think my life grade just skyrocket up to a C-. And now to clean the house :)
8:37 PM 
12,308
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ded: about to throw down 200 grams of Xtra cheddar goldfish
8:30 PM 
5,591
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mzsanford: AT&T sucks in SF #clichebuttrue
8:20 PM 
2,623
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ronpepsi: Fondly recalling pulling books from the ITS Transportation Library at Berkeley for the lab.
8:07 PM 
2,001
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nk: Dear AT&T: I hate you. As always, @nk.
8:03 PM 
3,218
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jack: Bottom of the 3rd on a beautiful night. http://yfrog.com/bbcy8j
8:00 PM
yfrog
1,129,098
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jessverr: First moment to breathe and fittingly I'm heading outside for fresh air.
7:55 PM 
2,866
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delbius: "Are you giving me sexy face?" "I'm giving you confused face." "Oh, it looked like sexy face."
7:53 PM 
5,536
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ded: she called me "mr complainy pants". funny 'cause I'm only wearing pants.... wait, is that funny?
7:36 PM 
5,589
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caroline: thanks to @OGOchoCinco and @BrendanWilhide for helping me verify @qbkilla, warren sapp! :)
7:28 PM 
12,628
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dougw: The view from my handlebars http://twitpic.com/faiyn
7:26 PM
twitpic
4,925
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jack: At AT&T park for a ballgame!
7:21 PM 
1,128,947
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mhegge: Van was only running on 3 cylinders, which explains the loss of power and I assume the backfiring. Making traffic tomorrow morning.
6:56 PM 
3,021
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ded: day 237: http://bit.ly/13VzVK
6:54 PM
dustindiaz
5,588
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ronpepsi: "some characteristics of the wide moving jam are independent of traffic demand": http://bit.ly/pSvjg
6:53 PM
wikipedia
2,001
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alissa: Trying to pay attention to my posture. Did you know? Stuff is a lot further away when you're sitting up straight.
6:51 PM 
3,588
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goldman: Going to get elliptical. Hafta save some calories for Zuni tonight.
6:46 PM 
1,036,220
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mzsanford: Heading ot for the sf tech run with @bs
6:29 PM 
2,625
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sean: On the JP side: trying to make @mzsanford famous in Japan by spreading his climbing video
6:21 PM 
1,423
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mzsanford: discussing tomorrow's climbing trip and reviewing the finer points of dynos - http://bit.ly/4ojb1a
6:19 PM
youtube
2,625
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mutgoff: Sad to ditch the techrun but biking and a long slow run in GG park with @hlgramala should be beautiful.
6:09 PM 
12,306
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jack: Making travel plans and booking flights.
6:02 PM 
1,128,626
RT

rael: What does a broken foot feel like? How to tell it apart from a sprain?
6:00 PM 
7,507
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evan: Debating whether to bring @maxwell_integer to @robey. Would it cheer him up? or would the interruption anger him??
6:00 PM 
3,509
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robey: today's decline into terribleness was saved by the sudden discovery of "pet sounds" on greg's itunes share. (bop bop bop...)
5:57 PM 
2,315
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evan: Following @Maxwell_Integer, our delightful yak mascot ("yakscot").
5:53 PM 
3,508
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rk: Rosamunde opening in the mission? http://bit.ly/ke8V
5:45 PM
grubstreet
3,755
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jack: And by mitt, I meant glove.
5:23 PM 
1,128,455
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jack: I need a baseball mitt.
5:18 PM 
1,128,442
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ded: Tis an evening full of miscommunication
5:18 PM 
5,589
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jack: RT @Darkside: My dad @Tim535353 was a coinventer of @jack with my mom @marciadorsey
5:01 PM 
1,128,355
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al3x: Nothing like losing the better part of a day's work to a misplaced/ill-considered ".*".
4:47 PM 
13,569
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sean: Ugh, $1.00 to 94 yen. OK Japan, you have 30 days to weaken the yen, starting...NOW
4:44 PM 
1,422
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bs: Superobtrusive Javascript is the new Unobtrusive Javascript.
4:21 PM 
34,154
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alissa: "If you think about it, it gets confusing. No one should think about it."
4:11 PM 
3,590
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jfray: MRIs are teh sucks
3:52 PM 
1,074
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crystalhttp://twitpic.com/f9nhs - Melty crayola
3:46 PM
twitpic
14,279
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rael: Long day.
3:44 PM 
7,506
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robey: potato chips for lunch -- eating healthy will speed my recovery! :)
3:44 PM 
2,313
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ej: OH: "this yak is too cold, this is never going to work!"
3:43 PM 
2,790
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ej: attempting to finish writing these tests so i can post my code before twitter SARS eats my brain
3:38 PM 
2,790
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sean: On the JP side: spreading the word about messaging @spam when the porno spammers start following you
3:30 PM 
1,420
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Magnuson: Every time I restart my computer, I have to reinstall Nightly Tester Tools and the override compatibility. Firefox, you are 100% dead to me.
3:17 PM 
1,331
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jkalucki: I just learned more about HTTP authentication than I ever cared to know.
3:06 PM 
2,091
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caroline@ej happy 1000th tweet! :)
2:45 PM 
12,615
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rsarver: Go Lord Jeffs! RT @Devon: My alma mater was named #7 Douchiest College by GQ magazine....sweeeeet, bro http://bit.ly/8Xwnn
2:45 PM
style
2,012
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bs: Tickets to the Mexico City Hackspedition, booked! (http://hackspedition.pbworks.com)
2:44 PM
pbworks
34,544
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ej: Sore throat. Also, this is my 1000th tweet.
2:41 PM 
2,790
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jack: Great interview about the future of NYC with @Rasiej: http://bit.ly/ce8rD
2:27 PM
observer
1,127,879
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mhegge: Made it up to about Duncan, turned around and came back due to massive loss of power on the highway and engine backfiring.
1:57 PM 
3,023
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jack: I want to go to a Yankees game when I'm in NYC next week.
1:39 PM 
1,127,740
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sean: I see a definite rise in non-anime profile pics on the JP side. This gives me hope.
1:11 PM 
1,420
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Magnuson: So tired. Physical therapy is the last thing I want to do right now.
1:11 PM 
1,331
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ded: a watched glass of coke fizz, never unfizzes
1:09 PM 
5,585
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biz: Twitter Wit is hilarious, we ordered 140 copies for Twitter HQ http://bit.ly/4kCRsW
12:31 PM
twitter
1,162,845
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robey: Y'know, these town hall meetings are probably just a trick to find out which people in each town to send to obama's death panel first...
12:07 PM 
2,311
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jack: Makes me happy too. RT @AllABuzz: @MayorSlay here in your hometown just launched a green job training program, Go! Green on Biofuels #stl
12:02 PM 
1,127,322
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jack: RT @mikebloomberg: Video: Mike welcomes his 10,000th Twitter Follower and 20,000th Facebook supporter! #nyc http://bit.ly/1ihgeK
11:56 AM
mikebloomberg
1,127,295
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jack: Congratulations, @MikeBloomberg! This makes me so excited. Keep it up. http://bit.ly/NF0yn
11:52 AM
mikebloomberg
1,127,280
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alissa: This meeting? Hilarious.
11:40 AM 
3,586
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caroline: cris angel mindfreak fans can now follow him @crissangel. :)
11:39 AM 
12,611
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jack: Happy to see @japanna back in the office, too. Sunny day here in San Francisco.
11:39 AM 
1,127,229
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jillyface: Verbal Snipers: ATTACK!
11:36 AM 
1,539
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bs: Good places to do stadium runs in San Francisco?
11:33 AM 
34,544
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jillyface: Back to work, luggage in tow. Tricking myself into thinking it's really still morning. Happy to be reunited with the @twoffice.
11:19 AM 
1,539
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meangrape: A little diet coke. A little email. Twelve ponds of mints. *crunch-crunch-minty-fresh-breath-crunch*
10:57 AM 
3,330
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dougw: The world is indeed flat, Thomas Friedman. It also has poor taste in music. Check out #3: http://twitpic.com/f8a1x
10:49 AM
twitpic
4,920
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goldman: OH: "You find a lot of Google DNA in here. Like how in CSI you find a lot of DNA on a bedsheet."
10:45 AM 
1,034,470
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stop@jennadawn Can't quite imagine that at the X-games. But I'd like to see a few competitors from the X try to do any of those moves.
10:40 AM 
9,513
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