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Good morning. Today's show is a replay of the high and low points of yesterday's hearing on #JudgeKavabnaugh, from the high points of his opening statement and @LindseyGrahamSC to @SenBlumenthal mangling "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus," Senator Spatracus w/ a focus on choice
facing Senate, and the hope that all 51 @SenateGOP --aware of @JoeManchinWV rule: "There has to be more than just an allegation"-- will vote to confirm #JudgeKavanaugh, defend his honor, his family's reputation, future nominees and the reputation of the Senate. First full Senate
vote is Saturday at noon. An allegation that is 37 years old, which didn't even become verbalized for 30 years, cannot grow in significance because of the obvious trauma the accuser has suffered. Hoping @JeffFlake leads the way with his explanation in Committee today, and others
announce their intentions to vote yes quickly in order to spare the country a weekend of rising lunacy on the fringes.
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Earlier this AM, @AmbJohnBolton told journalists traveling w/ him re timetable for w/drawal from Syria that “this is a cause and effect. Timetables or the timing of the withdrawal occurs as a result of the fulfillment of the conditions and establishment of the circumstances we
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From one of military buddies: "A couple points to consider about the Chang'i 4 landing. One, China's space program is controlled by the Party and by their military. There is no civilian aspect to it.
Second, the southern and norther poles of the moon are critical for a number of reasons. One is that there is water there in the form of ice in the permanent shadow of deep craters. This water will be important for building permanent bases on the moon.
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Good morning! Today's #TenThings post will focus on WORLDBUILDING. Now, keep in mind, this is 10 tweets, whereas I did a 7000+ word lecture on Worldbuilding for my old class at @LitReactor and teach it as a 3-hour workshop. So... it's gonna be sparse and incomplete! Still:
1. Worldbuilding happens on every page, even in contemporary stories. It's about what's relevant to your protagonist, how they specifically react to their world. It includes all the senses, the environment, the government, the culture. Your job is to show just the right amount.
2. If you need to start with an infodump, go ahead. Most beginning writers = their first chapter is all infodump, laying down the rules of the world. And that's ok. Write it, start the story, and when you've written the whole thing, DELETE THE EXCESS. Get it out of your system.
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Good morning!

Today I want to talk about #TheDarkSideOfScience.

More specifically about the fact that *science is hard*
1. Because it really helps to know that you're not alone, you're not a failure, you are in fact - a genius. All of you!
2. Non-scientists don't always know that a lot of research is redoing an experiment that hasn't quite worked yet. Or obtaining negative results*

*By the way, negative results are still results!
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Good morning at 9:30AM ET, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will hear testimony from Twitter CEO @jack Dorsey. Here are some takeaways from his opening remarks. Full remarks linked in last post.
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On perceived political bias on Twitter: "Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions, whether related to ranking content on our service or how we enforce our rules. "
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"We do not shadowban anyone based on political ideology. In fact, from a simple business perspective and to serve the public conversation, Twitter is incentivized to keep all voices on the platform.”
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Good morning to everyone except @fordnation. I promised to look into the choice of the university of chicago so, buckle up. New thread.
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This is, of course, the opposite of academic freedom. AF says that profs can add them, or not, in syllabi.
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Good morning! Today I'm tweeting from the second day of #futuresex2018.

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Good morning! TODAY is one for the #History books!
Check this out!
5:5 = 55 days
55 Days between Q "HOSTAGE RELEASE." post and TODAY!

Looking at you #Iran!

@POTUS #MAGA #QArmy #WWG1WGA #Hostages #HostageRelease #KAG
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