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October 2015

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"Ultimatums in the Territory": bit.ly/1KGfwYR #relationship #ultimatums #polyamory #rationality #negotiation

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Retweeted @FPnP_bv

The daily #negotiation is out! paper.li/FPnP_bv/129794… Stories via @DrRickGoodman @CDRCVienna @Malcolm_Ocean

Thanks again @psobot for making @foreverfm. I am rocking out right now. (Infinite programmatic DJ mix at forever.fm)

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Retweeted @paulg

Wildly popular new game: 1. Put 3 yo on shoulders. 2. Let him cover your eyes. 3. Seem to bump into things unintentionally.

SlackBot keeps forgetting my name every time we meet in a new context :( ...maybe it has prosopagnosia?

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#trythings! I learned how to use a slow-cooker. It's pretty awesome. 1. Add foods & spices to pot. 2. Push button. 3. ??? 4. Profit.

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Check out our new article: "Complice at 2 years: how'd we get here?" bit.ly/1YZWF2z #goals #complice #today #startup #smallbiz

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Retweeted @paulg

Now that software is eating cars, other car cos won't catch Tesla unless they can hire first rate programmers. Which they can't.

Just spent several hours writing a post about my burning man trip. Excited to share it tonight. Features a video taken by @ERICSQUIRES1 :)

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This is totally a core part of the thesis of the blog post I just published. malcolmocean.com/2015/10/whats-…

Frame Of Stack @FrameOfStack ·

The thing with language is you have to translate a brain-state into this other symbol system. Always loses something, but often usefully so.

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Retweeted @CloneOfSnow

Look up to the skies and see, I'm just Walt Whitman, need no consistency, Because I'm many folks, many dudes, Little large…

Just published a new article: "“What’s it like to be you?”" bit.ly/1OROW2P #experience #burningman #qual

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TIL: <3, unescaped, breaks your html (I already knew this; was amused to find it the source of a bug)

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Retweeted @visakanv

@Malcolm_Ocean questions I like asking: what's the first thing on your mind in the morning? What are you good at? bad at? Wha…

In case you missed it, I wrote an article last week bit.ly/1KGfwYR #relationship #ultimatums #polyamory #rationality #negotiation

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"Year One: validation & product development" bit.ly/1YZWF2z #goals #complice #today #startup #smallbiz #productdev

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Retweeted @CompliceGoals

The "Are You Sure?" Chrome Extension gives you sober second thought before certain sites (fb, reddit, etc) load. https:/…

#trythings: I'm experimenting with notes written next to my door to remind me of habits I want to have as I go around the house. So far...eh

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"Bouncer's interpretation of what it's like to be someone taking a video of someone bouncing bit.ly/1OROW2P

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The Shape Of The Curve - Medium nzzl.us/joYNkqE via @nuzzel

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"Is this art or can I throw it out?" (a delightful phrase, from German)

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My college CS teacher taught me that two nested for loops are evil, a thought which plagues me even when n is known to be ≤10.

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Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now* *compared to 2 centuries years ago when there were duels to the death

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Retweeted @erowidrecruiter

moaning, holding ourselves to quell the inner pain: we are experiencing incredible growth.

TIL: the word "rewards" is really fun to type (on a qwerty keyboard, assuming you touchtype)

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Replying to Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv ·

@Malcolm_Ocean try stewardesses

@visakanv It's all left-hand, sure, but not nearly as fun to type due to double letters and needing to us the same finger twice in a row.

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Replying to Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv ·

@Malcolm_Ocean hmm... defaced?

@visakanv defaced better than stewardesses, but still no rewards, due to the d→e and e→d being same-finger.

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Just published a new article: "How to make Complice into more of a daily habit" bit.ly/1K12BNk #goals #today

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Retweeted @InstantOfTime

Very well, I change the frame. It is meta, it contains itself.

#trythings went to a park today that a now-unknown friend reco'd to me several years ago. Twas decent. No idea now why they'd reco'd it tho.

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Retweeted @CompliceGoals

Latest blog post: How to make Complice into more of a daily habit. Super self-serving, but hey—users requested it! http:…

#NotAllOgres twitter.com/Tigershah26/st…

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Retweeted @nrrrdcore

And as far as choosing or declaring an identity for the sake of others' comfortability goes, you don't owe anyone a damn thi…

TIL: English didn't have the word "prioritize" until 1972.

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Check out my new article: "The patterns that we’re made of" bit.ly/1Lhs3jq #patterns #evolution #humanity

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"Ultimatums in the Territory" bit.ly/1KGfwYR #relationship #ultimatums #polyamory #rationality #negotiation

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I'm gonna have to go with the first option for @okcupid actually :P (from @UserOnboard's book)

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Now that "asap" is a word, "ASAP" sounds like yelling. "please let me know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"

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Retweeted @patio11

You can have good months and bad months even in a successful SaaS biz, but I know November's rent, salaries, and server bills …

"How to make Complice into more of a daily habit" bit.ly/1K12BNk #goals #complice #today #habits

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In case you missed it, we wrote an article last week bit.ly/1YZWF2z #goals #complice #today #startup #smallbiz #productdev

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@Quintrino #todo schedule a call with me :D calendly.com/malcolmocean

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Replying to stevesun21 @stevesun21 ·

What do you do to implement user account registration and login functions for your apps. #devs

@stevesun21 I started by just having people interact via email, and that was their authentication :) Might not make sense for you though.

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Replying to stevesun21 @stevesun21 ·

@Malcolm_Ocean cool, how you make them to login?

@stevesun21 Oh, there was no login. The whole interface was email-based for the first 6mo. I did a lot of stuff manually for the first month

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Replying to stevesun21 @stevesun21 ·

@Malcolm_Ocean may I ask why you do the user login that way?

@stevesun21 it was easy... Let me focus on the value I was providing, not the shininess of the app

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Replying to stevesun21 @stevesun21 ·

@Malcolm_Ocean true. What do you say if there is a service provide user register and login func for you at the first?

@stevesun21 I mean that'll work fine. I'm not saying my way is the only way, just explaining why it worked well for me.

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#trythings japanese mint oil for sore arms. Seems to be working fairly well!

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In case you missed it, I wrote an article last week bit.ly/1OROW2P #experience #burningman #qualia #empathy

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Hey @psobot this is kind of like that fundway thing you built awhile ago: growth.tlb.org

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Congrats @mijustin for launching his book! If like me you’re a developer who wants to grok marketing, check it out: devmarketing.xyz

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Retweeted @paulg

Good thing they only do this for letters and not digits, or they'd be really busy. goo.gl/yKu7SO

"...which would be harder to actionable-ize. ...I just said actionable-ize."

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I tried favoriting and following a bunch of users from my @CompliceGoals tumblr, but it didn't seem to have much effect. (#trythings!)

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"The patterns that we’re made of" bit.ly/1Lhs3jq #patterns #evolution #humanity

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The Dark Knight Politely Asks to be Excused, then Rises #MakeAFilmPrimAndProper

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Retweeted @CSERCambridge

CSER is recruiting! cser.org/four-new-posit… #exrisk

@fastly I just asked this question on stackoverflow, but I figure you might be able to answer directly too :) stackoverflow.com/questions/3320…

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Retweeted @MattoMattoCafe

PDF becomes 4th most popular religion Via c_henry24 cc @alexk fb.me/1VwEqEg7L

Replying to CassiePower @DixonCassie ·

@Malcolm_Ocean @fastly Automate the process: push new code + api purge = fetch new content (docs.fastly.com/api/purge). support@fastly.com

@DixonCassie @fastly Automate how? A git hook? I want to only purge changed stuff. I figure surely someone must have done this by now...

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Just published a new article: "Put what's most important to you on your new tab page" bit.ly/1OM1uYv #chrome

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Retweeted @DeityOfReligion

I have undone the entropy that was in the universe & which u were probably expecting 2 cause heat death forgive me I…

Retweeted @DeityOfReligion

[looks at random 3D slice of a 4D spacetime that one happens to be experiencing] This one. This is the best slice ever.

Why doesn’t Twitter just asks its users to pay? / @levelsio levels.io/paid-twitter/

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.@JustinTrudeau, all of those things are nice... I do want them. I want electoral reform first though.

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.@JustinTrudeau, if you want to be the "Prime Minister of all Canadians", don't forget the ones who only voted Liberal strategically.

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"338 MPs... & I will listen to all of them" ~ @JustinTrudeau I admire that. @ElizabethMay & @NDP_HQ: bug him about electoral reform #elxn42

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Retweeted @22_Minutes

New polls show 100% of Canadians will have to live with the choice made by the ones who actually get out and vote. #elxn42

Retweeted @GradHacker

ICYMI: @anjali_gopal on the narratives that shape our experience of graduate school bit.ly/1LdnjOb

In case you missed it, I wrote an article last week bit.ly/1Lhs3jq #patterns #evolution #humanity

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Retweeted @jakefuentes

Thanks, @foursquare, big help.

Replying to @321Internet

@pr3neur Me! :P and @CompliceGoals.

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Retweeted @SlackHQ

What a lovely day! Why? The new Add to Slack Button—connecting apps to Slack is easy as pie! 🍕slackhq.com/post/127498327… http://t.…

So excited to try @StickerMule’s new transfer stickers! The @CompliceGoals logo has lots of little pieces! stickermule.com/products/trans…

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One of the things I actually miss most about SF is the cheap guac.

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Burnin Man. Burnout, man.

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I feel like a lot of these would actually be really confusing as they imply server overload not missing pages...

FT Labs @FTLabs ·

We're rolling out some new 404 pages on ft.com labs.ft.com/articles/four-…

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"I’m super excited about this announcement: Complice has a chrome extension." bit.ly/1OM1uYv #chrome

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In case you missed it, I wrote an article last week bit.ly/1K12BNk #goals #complice #today #habits

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"Year Two: growth & integration" bit.ly/1YZWF2z #goals #complice #today #startup #smallbiz #productdev

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This pomodoro break brought to you by SPONSOR™.

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Retweeted @populargif

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of dark,the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. https://t…

The arbitrary things changed by Android OS updates...

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Retweeted @Lin_Manuel

*Lady rolls down her car window at 181st street* "congrats on HAMLET!" Me: "I WISH I wrote Hamlet!" Lady: "Yay HAMLET!" *dr…

@angularjs: there's a bug with the multiColumn demo here... the output doesn't seem right material.angularjs.org/latest/demo/ra…

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Guys... we're all made out of *stuff*

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Retweeted @CBCTerry

This is odd. There's a prime minister taking questions in the National Press Theatre with a journalist chairing. https://t.co…

Retweeted @CreatorBee

At the end of the day, regardless of how, review what you achieved and plan your day for tomorrow buff.ly/1LIDTXL

I'm experimenting with writing right after my afternoon nap. So far so good. #trythings

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After a really warm email from yearAgo!Malcolm, I've decided to try sending many more shorter-term caring messages to myself :) #trythings

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"It's awesome. My life is really great. I have all of these really good friends… bit.ly/1OROW2P #burningman

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"This was with the clean utensils." bit.ly/1SpzFUv #feedback #passiveaggro #post

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.@maneesh, have you and the @pavlok team seen this? dilbert.com/strip/2013-05-…

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"We balanced the budget [...] we did it by cutting taxes..." is a standard republican talking point. But isn't A in spite of B, not because?

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"...will be even more difficult for the federal govt to speak in the name of the nation and form national policy [without PR]" — P.E.Trudeau

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Worth its weight in antimatter.

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#HeadlinesForSongs Katy Perry with Identity Crisis: Can't Tell If She is Plastic Bag or Pyrotechnic @HashtagRoundup #FridayFondue

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#MisheardLyrics: "Locusts, fire a gun. All I need is somebody to lean on." (Listening to @PTXofficial right now)

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@priceintel Your first "click to tweet" thing here has extra text in it afaict blog.profitwell.com/youre-probably…

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Retweeted @bmndr

Big things happening with @bmndr + @CompliceGoals integration blog.complice.co/post/130922630…

Company twitter accounts with fewer followers than their founders.

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Replying to @mijustin

@mijustin Well but then there's the company twitter accounts with more followers than their founders :P

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@MrAndrewAndrade I got an error for a sec, then it loaded. Just fyi. I like the site though!

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#lifehack If a cashier asks "do you have a StoreCard™?" you can respond "No thanks" and they won't ask if you want one. (say "No" & they do)

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@gabeflaherty I love your music! (particularly Amazon) Stoked to realize that you're TO-based. Lmk if you do a show in Waterloo!

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@gabeflaherty Actually, upon reflection, I might have a contact who could get you a gig here. Not sure but msg me if you're interested.

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Retweeted @MaryNumair

Hey I just single handedly broke up a planned parenthood protest by chanting the words "yeast infections" …

Retweeted @AmbientLion

@RichardDawkins Is it possible that rain sounds at night are soothing because there's less of a chance of predators in a s…

"You'll let me eat the remains of your apple? That's the best part!" said Tom correlatedly. @slatestarcodex

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"What's the purpose of this lizard?" bit.ly/1Lhs3jq #patterns #evolution #humanity

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"Lost & Found (a song I wrote) Have your say!" bit.ly/1Il6SL2 #song #rationality #reunderstanding

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Retweeted @CompliceGoals

Great thread on motivation being related to knowing what to do next plus.google.com/u/0/+KajSotala…

More like "sedated and locked in a cage for a week" than killed, but yeah, this is a great idea.

📚 David Kadavy, author @kadavy ·

Week of Want: How I killed my to-do list & became part of a Google acquisition: kadavy.net/blog/posts/wee…

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"A good decision never turns bad, and a bad decision never turns good." — #DQ101 course on @GoNovoEd

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#DidYouKnow you can listen to online lectures while you have chill/trance music playing? #nowplaying: #DQ101 + Tycho's 2014 Burning Man Set

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I like when I visit a business' site, and I immediately know I'm not in their target market. #notmyjargon #content #marketing

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The main effect of using #growth hashtags in my #marketing tweets seems to be people's bots autofav'ing my #wisdom ...not human interaction.

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Retweeted @mijustin

Hard truth: Just because you worked really hard on something, doesn't mean people will like it.

Using a speech-to-text app. "Beeminder" got heard as "pee minder". Now I'm wondering if anyone has used @bmndr to track urine...

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In case you missed it, I wrote an article last week bit.ly/1OM1uYv #chrome #extension #productivity

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One strategy is to commit to daily use with @bmndr bit.ly/1K12BNk #goals #complice #today #habits

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anyway, excite!

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Retweeted @populargif

This isn’t a Chameleon. It’s two women expertly covered in body paint. pic.twitter.com/f7NfVfZ9Nt

Replying to Beeminder @bmndr ·

@Malcolm_Ocean How about compromising with 6.5 times/week, ie, a freebie day every 2 weeks. Related: blog.beeminder.com/seinfeld/

@bmndr What I would actually prefer (this is a feature req I think) is to always have exactly 1 day of buffer. c.f. zenhabitsbook.com/42-chapter-16/

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Retweeted @stewart

Forget DAU. We're tracking "millisecond active users" now.

I would totally wear this and walk around challenging people to not think of a pink bear. collective.ravenectar.com/products/bear-…

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Retweeted @olimay

.@CompliceGoals has added a lot of clarity to my daily activities. No other task tool has ever worked as well (--not even penci…

Retweeted @mc_hankins

Use of the phrase 'exponential growth' by decade

Replying to Beeminder @bmndr ·

@Malcolm_Ocean Try rate=7/week but schedule 1 flat day every time you end up in the red. Seems close to @zen_habits's recommendation.

@bmndr Oooh yeah, that would work! Would be cool if it happened automatically though. I like how it takes a week :) @zen_habits

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#trythings I have a box of cookies that I'm using to practice being generous in sharing with my future selves.

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Retweeted @populargif

Forced perspective. pic.twitter.com/ovWakeh9p8

"Causal Explanations vs Normative Explanations" bit.ly/1S3EsfG #explanation #justification #rationality

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"Some concrete examples: negotiating relationships" bit.ly/1KGfwYR #relationship #ultimatums #polyamory #rationality #negotiation

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Skype, screw off. I will never, ever want to buy a random acquaintance a Skype Gift Card.

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I just want everyone to know that if I tell my brain to imagine "Thomas Jefferson doing _____" I now picture @DaveedDiggs. ...#yayhamlet

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#trythings: cooking show edition. I made eggs with fried banana, yellow pepper, gouda, and black pepper. 10/10 again

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Retweeted @Lin_Manuel

"You are happy my dear friend to find consolation in “words & thoughts.” I cannot be so easily satisfied."-Angelica! http:/…