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An archive of my tweets and retweets through . They may be formatted slightly differently than on Twitter. API access has since gotten prohibitively expensive – I don't know whether or when I'll be able to update this archive.

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@tophlars @GregAbbott_TX

Common doesn't make right.

No, I'm not scared. I've explained what I'm saying.

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@NevetsEel1 @HickeyAustin97 @GregAbbott_TX

It doesn't infer that. I'm making no claims, express or implied, about what the founding father wanted or didn't want.

Judging by many of the responses I got, people read all kinds of things into what I wrote that I didn't say or mean. Take what I wrote literally and soberly.

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@Dust92 @GregAbbott_TX

False, I think Abbott should be free to practice religion in his private life all he wants. I tolerate that. I just don't think he should be using his political platform to spread religious memes.

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@Dust92 @RoyMCohen @GregAbbott_TX

You do not get to demand people keep their religious views silent.

Again, when did I say that?

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@FutureBuckNasty @DavidDeutschOxf

Why “decline”?

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@NevetsEel1 @HickeyAustin97 @GregAbbott_TX

When did I make historical claims about what the founders wanted and didn’t want?

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@RuthlessLatinX @GregAbbott_TX

I’m saying he shouldn’t quote bible verses on his political platform where people come to read about his politics.

Elsewhere, and separately from his political platform, he can quote bible verses all he wants, I don’t care.

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@Dust92 @JeremyW33138778 @GregAbbott_TX

It means church shouldn’t meddle with politics and politics shouldn’t meddle with church.

Abbott using his political platform to tweet religious memes meets church meddling with politics.

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@Dust92 @GregAbbott_TX

No, that’s not what I’m pretending. You need to understand my position better before you can argue against it.

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RT @CrimeADay:
Textually speaking, it’s ok if it’s not your cat. twitter.com/justreaddathin…

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@JeremyW33138778 @DSmerkous @GregAbbott_TX

You're drawing distinctions that don't matter. Abbott shouldn't tweet about god or "the lord" or whatever you want to call it.

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@RuthlessLatinX @GregAbbott_TX

That doesn't imply that Abbott shouldn't be able to quote bible verses.

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@ReneBon69069180 @GregAbbott_TX

Argument from intimidation doesn't work on me.

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@JeremyW33138778 @DSmerkous @GregAbbott_TX

Why couldn't David deny god? What you consider evidence of god's presence others consider evidence of something else.

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@tophlars @GregAbbott_TX

He used a platform he frequently uses to tweet about politics to share his religious beliefs. It's conflating two things that should be kept strictly separate. He's free to worship, but people might too easily think his politics and religion inform each other.

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@RuthlessLatinX @GregAbbott_TX

U dont want abbot to be able to quote bible verses.

Quote where I said this?

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@ReneBon69069180 @GregAbbott_TX

Convincingly argued

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@RuthlessLatinX @GregAbbott_TX

Your "LatinX" thing makes me think you're a woke leftist FYI.

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@RuthlessLatinX @GregAbbott_TX

When did I say I want to get rid of the constitution?
And what do you think I want "with this"?

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@RuthlessLatinX @Reecespuffs14 @HickeyAustin97 @GregAbbott_TX

I'm not a leftist FYI. And I'm not saying he shouldn't be able to say it. I'm saying he shouldn't say it; that he should keep religion on his doorstep.

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@RuthlessLatinX @GregAbbott_TX

If that really is the original meaning, "separation of church and state" has come to mean something that goes both ways. Religion should stay out of politics. Abbott should keep it at home.

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@JeremyW33138778 @GregAbbott_TX

all sessions of the Senate have been opened with prayer

Is that true? If so, that's messed up.

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@CryptoApologia @GregAbbott_TX

LOL you've gone full Christian.

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@tophlars @GregAbbott_TX

Again, as I wrote to several others, when did I say he shouldn't be free to worship?

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@Reecespuffs14 @HickeyAustin97 @GregAbbott_TX

Also, when did I say he shouldn't practice his religion?

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@JeremyW33138778 @Dust92 @GregAbbott_TX

That's not what separation of church and state is, no.

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@JoelGeo55746880 @GregAbbott_TX

Others have made this point. My response: twitter.com/dchackethal/st…

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@SSEG_KingCosta @GregAbbott_TX

Well, maybe so, but that's not the meaning I am using. Note that I didn't say anything bad about Christianity. For all you know I might be a Christian.

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@Dust92 @GregAbbott_TX

What you're doing, expressing intolerance of the free exercise of religion

That isn't what I'm doing. I'm not saying Abbott shouldn't be religious. You're arguing against claims I didn't make.

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@ReneBon69069180 @GregAbbott_TX

No, it goes both ways. Religious ideas should not be advocated by politicians.

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@Wal_Patriota @GregAbbott_TX

I can appreciate someone who takes ideas seriously.

What if someone is a Christian and wants to fight against Satan, except he just doesn’t think politicians should use their political platform to spread religious memes? Does that still make him Satan?

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@TheHistorian19 @GregAbbott_TX

LOL what a powerful, condescending mic drop. You’re not convincing anyone that way.

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@Dan03292062 @GregAbbott_TX

I didn’t say he’s trying to establish a mandatory religion. You’re arguing against points I didn’t make.

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@JeremyW33138778 @GregAbbott_TX

Yes, actually, it does mean that.

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@SSEG_KingCosta @GregAbbott_TX

What do you think its new meaning is?

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@JeremyW33138778 @GregAbbott_TX

I didn’t say that he wasn’t. I’m saying him using the same platform he usually uses to make political announcements blurs the line between state and religion. It’s unprofessional of a politician to do so.

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@Reecespuffs14 @HickeyAustin97 @GregAbbott_TX

Would you feel the same way if it was Islam he practiced instead of Christianity?

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@Wal_Patriota @GregAbbott_TX

So anyone who thinks politicians shouldn’t use their platform to spread Christian memes is or at least supports Satan? Is that what you’re saying?

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@isth1srealL1fe @GregAbbott_TX

LOL. “Anyone who disagrees with me is evil.”

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@RuthlessLatinX @GregAbbott_TX

He put the source in his tweet.

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Prophecy -> pessimism -> undervaluing achievements. twitter.com/RealJamesWoods…

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@HickeyAustin97 @GregAbbott_TX

He speaks as a politician to people following him as a politician. He makes political announcements using this profile all the time. You know what’s going on here.

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@GregAbbott_TX

Separation of church and state, anyone?

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@KittySnoww @GregAbbott_TX

Why not? A good government gets smaller, not bigger.

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It completely automates error detection: it shows you how many words you mistyped and allows you to practice them. It also shows you a replay of your typing speed.

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Get out of there. Now. twitter.com/KevinUncensore…

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Very cool website to practice your typing: monkeytype.com

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Most people who practice Islam would never do this. Why are we focusing on the 30% or whatever who think it's OK, and…

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@GregAbbott_TX

Seems like you’ve been signing a lot of laws lately. Do you ever get rid of laws, too?

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@nomadcapitalist

Lack of knowledge.

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@OfficialGaryS @liberty_deity @DeGuerre_Nom

Isn't that a problem with conservatives, not with the graphic?

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RT @dockaurG:
🧐But but the “cases”, the scariants, the “delta” scariant! A break from your regularly scheduled state-sponsored fear-mongeri…

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@ClimateWarrior7

So brave!

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RT @NASAPersevere:
Mapping out a path in my search for signs of ancient life: after my first campaign to the south, the long term plan take…

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RT @CrimeADay:
21 USC §676 & 9 CFR §319.180(a) make it a federal crime to sell overly fatty hot dogs.

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RT @BasedMudMonster:
@Timcast

Gender doesn’t exist, therefore the gender wage gap can’t exist

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@drumheadberlin @BILD

Lösung: die Rente gibt es für jeden sobald er mag, wenn er für seine eigene Rente sorgt, nicht für die anderer, und wenn kein ineffizientes Staatsorgan damit beauftragt wird.

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RT @michaelmalice:
the last time you people didnt understand the concept of private property you ended up selling Manhattan for a bunch of…

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Fauci is the science, and the science is Fauci.

Enemies of Fauci are enemies of the science!

Fauci is the science's…

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@brbascript

That was Billie red nuts!

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@MattRaehl @emmalsalinas

Presumably imperfectly self-replicating programs. Wouldn't be a computer you'd wanna use.

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"Discounting Future Knowledge": blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/discount…

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@ks445599 @JonMunitz

Yea. And, assuming those “federal tax bill” numbers are correct—which I doubt—why not lower the tax burden for “wage earners” instead of raising it for those oh-so-greedy evil rich people?

That should enable wage earners to “spend on basics” themselves.

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"Many people decided that this was the end of the world, and that therefore attempting any further earthly improvements was pointless." (from David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity)

Who thought so: medieval Europeans during the Black Death or 21st-century environmentalists?

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Yeah, malaria plays real nice out there in nature. twitter.com/normonics/stat…

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RT @TheBabylonBee:
Governor Gavin Newsom Announces He's Using His Emergency Powers To Wish For More Emergency Powers babylonbee.com/news/gov-gavin…

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RT @SJobs_Stories:
"This is a day I've been looking forward to for two and a half years." - Steve Jobs, presenting first iPhone at MacWorld…

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@MagnetThatcher

Yeah, first there was only a bubble of explicability in an ocean of senselessness (the Haldane-Dawkins argument), now that ocean is at least explicable too, but still finite.

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@jdeamattson @levelsio

Yeah that looks like SF not Cupertino.

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@CrimeADay

How would this country work without these laws?

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RT @realchrisrufo:
National Propaganda Radio strikes again.

It's like a headline from 1981 saying: "Republicans across the country are de…

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@AxelKamann

Mensch:innen. Das mit dem Gendern muss sie noch üben.

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RT @amasad:
Imagine sending someone a deep link to a breakpoint with the program halted and all the state ready to debug.

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@mercury191872 @brbascript

Yes such a good scene.

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You'll restore access even for Nigerians with conservative and/or anti-lockdown views? twitter.com/Policy/status/…

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@Markus_Krall

Hochstapler:innen:de+ (er/sie/es*+)

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Good example of academic obscurantism and its translation (thread): twitter.com/AlexEpstein/st…

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@GregAbbott_TX

Sounds like you’re aiming to regulate it. If you really wanted the blockchain to expand, you’d stay out of it.

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@BridgetPhetasy

Doesn't it cost more money to stay in those places?

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@chriskalmar

Formatted like that it’s not so bad. Reads just like nested conditionals.

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@CasuallyGreg

Can't find that account. Got a link to the tweet?

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RT @AurelianofRome:
@SwipeWright

People are just making up words to give themselves titles that they believe are prestigious.

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@_Islamicat

Steal is against lawses

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@dvassallo

Unless you’re in politics and complain on people’s behalf.

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RT @CrimeADay:
21 USC §§331, 333, 342 & 21 CFR §§110.110 make it a federal crime to sell canned spinach with caterpillars in it if the cate…

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@DavidDeutschOxf @jchalupa_

Say the birds' algorithms for detecting and nudging small asteroids nearby have reach to also detect and nudge big and far-away ones. Say it's because big far-away ones look like small close ones. Birds evolve group behavior to fly out in huge flocks to nudge big asteroids.

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@jchalupa_ @DavidDeutschOxf

Yeah could be. To be clear, I don’t claim that what I’m proposing would happen in exactly that way. But isn’t it sufficient to show that biological evolution could lead to organisms that deflect asteroids in principle?

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@jchalupa_ @DavidDeutschOxf

Not a sacrifice if the bird doesn't die.

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