[Press] A Twitter that really tweets, and other uses for 7,500 hours of animal sounds

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        "html": "<p>I'm quoted about @AnimalVidBot and the value of having a little culture injected into your Twitter feed. (<a href=\"http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-twitter-that-really-tweets-and-other-uses-for-7500-hours-of-animal-sounds\">full item here</a>)</p>",
        "text": "I'm quoted about @AnimalVidBot and the value of having a little culture injected into your Twitter feed. (full item here)"
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[Press] This Twitter bot has one weird trick to create clickbait headlines

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        "html": "<p>General coverage of a bunch of my bots! (<a href=\"http://www.avclub.com/article/twitter-bot-has-one-weird-trick-create-funny-click-222934\">full item here</a>)</p>",
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[Notes] Transphobic joke detection

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        "html": "<p>I made this Twitter bot called @TwoHeadlines: it takes the subject of two headlines and swaps them. It's very funny and very popular. But it does one thing I hate. It sometimes tells jokes that are transphobic. (<a href=\"https://tinysubversions.com/notes/transphobic-joke-detection/\">full item here</a>)</p>",
        "text": "I made this Twitter bot called @TwoHeadlines: it takes the subject of two headlines and swaps them. It's very funny and very popular. But it does one thing I hate. It sometimes tells jokes that are transphobic. (full item here)"
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[Press] Someone Made a Tool That Turns Twitter Threads Into Blogs 1/87

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        "html": "<p>Coverage of <a href=\"https://tinysubversions.com/spooler\">Spooler</a>. (<a href=\"https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wj843w/someone-made-a-tool-that-turns-twitter-threads-into-blogs-187\">full item here</a>)</p>",
        "text": "Coverage of Spooler. (full item here)"
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[Notes] Building Spooler

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        "html": "<p>Design considerations when building Spooler, my Twitter thread spooling tool. (<a href=\"https://tinysubversions.com/notes/building-spooler/\">full item here</a>)</p>",
        "text": "Design considerations when building Spooler, my Twitter thread spooling tool. (full item here)"
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[Press] Wow! Portland is … boring? Twitter bot mines Google Streetview to mock city’s hip image

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        "html": "<p>A nice writeup of @wowsoportland. (<a href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/2017/wow-portland-boring-twitter-bot-mines-google-streetview-mock-citys-hip-image/\">full item here</a>)</p>",
        "text": "A nice writeup of @wowsoportland. (full item here)"
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[Press] I, Twitter Bot

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        "html": "<p>Kate Compton and I were interviewed on national radio about generative bots on Twitter. (<a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/scifri/i-twitter-bot\">full item here</a>)</p>",
        "text": "Kate Compton and I were interviewed on national radio about generative bots on Twitter. (full item here)"
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[Press] How to Make a Bot That Isn't Racist

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        "html": "<p>I was interviewed along with some excellent botmakers about the Microsoft Tay incident and how I would've avoided it if I'd been involved in making Tay. (<a href=\"http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-to-make-a-not-racist-bot\">full item here</a>)</p>",
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[Press] The beauty of Twitter in one tweet

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        "html": "<p>I wrote a chain letter style tweet on March 7, 2016 that exploded. (<a href=\"http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/beauty-of-twitter-in-one-tweet/\">full item here</a>)</p>",
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        "text": "Off to the next adventure! PHX Monday, OKC Tuesday, SAT Wednesday, DFW Thursday, LGA Friday (@ Gate B30 in Jamaica, NY) swarmapp.com/c/5KFVRHE8LJ2",
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    "summary": "\ud83d\udccd Checked in at The Jitterbug Saloon, Amsterdam, North Holland.",
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        "text": "When WhatsApp acts like a social shopping platform and tells you who got the new #iPhone \ud83d\ude01",
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Amsterdam morning rainbow

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        "html": "<p><img src=\"https://orangemoose.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190930_085201.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20190930_085201.jpg\" /></p>\n<p>While having breakfast from our 9th floor hotel restaurant this morning the clouds parted, the sun came out, and a rainbow appeared. Nice!  (Also, impressive cargo ship unloading across the harbor\u2026)</p>",
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at Moxy Cafe

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September Movies

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        "html": "<h3>Peanut Butter Falcon \u2606\u2606\u2606\u2606</h3>\n<p>I liked this movie more than I expected to. From the previews, I thought it might be overly sappy. It wasn\u2019t. Until the end. The only reason I didn\u2019t give the movie 5 stars is because of the very last scene which felt like a cop out. Shia LaBoeuf was surprisingly likable and realistic. Dakota Johnson was serviceable in her role. But it was Zack Gottsagen as The Peanut Butter Falcon and his chemistry with LaBoeuf that makes the movie what it is.</p>\n<p>At Red River with Ann and Pat</p>\n<h3>The Sound of My Voice \u2606\u2606\u2606\u2606</h3>\n<p>This documentary about Linda Ronstadt is excellent because of its subject matter and not so much because of its movie making. The story is told through standard concert footage with a voice over by Ronstadt. But her voice is so amazing and worth listening to, both because of her singing and because of what she has to say. I especially loved what she had to say about being a woman leading bands and her relationship to other women in the music industry.</p>\n<p>At Red River with Pat</p>\n<h3>Ad Astra \u2606\u2606</h3>\n<p>I really liked the first half of this movie. The opening scene was suspenseful and well-done. The movie raises interesting questions about the nature of human connection. But then the story devolves into absurdity. Especially stupid was a scene about killer space monkeys that had nothing to do with the over-arching narrative and seemed to be there just for the shock value. So disappointing after a promising start.</p>\n<p>At the Concord Regal with Ann and Pat</p>\n<h3>Downton Abbey \u2606\u2606\u2606</h3>\n<p>The movie was just what I expected from having watched the TV series.</p>\n<p>At Barnz Meredith with Ann and Tabitha</p>",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/anomalily/status/1178537609498218496",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/maccoinnich/status/1178468656679768064",
    "content": {
        "text": "THIS. IS. WHAT. DENSITY. DOES.\nCreates affordable-to-middle-income family housing and lowers environmental impact of housing instead of one family living on a single, unaffordable-to-most plot."
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                "text": "A house at 2105 NE Davis sold for $455,000 in 2016.\n\nThere are now twelve 2-bed, 2-bath units on the site, selling for between $329,900 and $349,900. redfin.com/OR/Portland/21\u2026",
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