Category Archives: The Daily Tweets

Automatic collection of my day’s tweets. My Twitter feed is http://twitter.com/yksin/.

The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-10: My ceiling is done!

By Mel | Published: Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Shannyn Moore will have Harriet Drummond on her show today on KUDO re: Sullygate – streamed online at http://www.kuko1080.com/ # Mel’s bibliography on all things Sullygate: keep up with the news on the $193,000 “insurance” payout. http://bit.ly/sullygate # My ceiling is completely done! I can put my furniture back where it belongs! My apartment is MINE again!!! [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-08: Race leaders

By Mel | Published: Monday, 8 March 2010
Don’t know if they still are, but as of this afternoon these dogs, along with their musher Paul Gebhardt, were leading the Iditarod in Rainy Pass. More indicators via @shannynmoore of the corrupt nature of Anchorage @MayorSullivan ’s financial practices. http://bit.ly/9vZsmC #fb # Take it from someone who buzzcuts: @celticdiva looks beautiful bald, esp. b/c she raise [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-06: Iditarod!

By Mel | Published: Saturday, 6 March 2010
Good writing day today at Side Street & downtown @kaladibrothers Also saw some of the Iditarod teams staging on G St outside Side Street #fb # @Metafrantic I vote give some time to your own writing. Maybe b/c that’s what I’m doing too (except my writing, not yours) # @Inked_Tigress What channel is that on? in [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-05: A nap for lunch

By Mel | Published: Friday, 5 March 2010
If there is a contractual agreement re: that $193,000 you’re pocketing, Mayor Sullivan, show us the contract http://bit.ly/9LjkVI # RT: @CapricaSeven: Wait — #Caprica has been named one of who’s ten best whats? http://bit.ly/9n7fAk // Richly richly deserved! # Lt. Uhura & Martin Luther King: the true story. http://bit.ly/bKEqW3 #fb # Sleepy. This is what I get [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-04: Sullygate

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 4 March 2010
For other news stories & posts on this topic, see my bibliography on all things Sullygate. Here’s Dan Sullivan, described today at Mudflats as “Mayor/Trustee Hybrid” of Anchorage. I’m pretty ticked about what I called “insurance-gate” in my tweets… but now I’m gonna call it Sullygate. For he hath sullied our fine democracy. (Again.) I’m writing [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-25: Global warming

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 25 February 2010
In celebration of the end of Fake Breakup, it snowed today like crazy. Which led to my first tweet of the day, referencing climate change deniers. A later tweet about today’s Mudflats post on Sen. Mark Begich also has to do with climate change and, specifically, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. So [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-24: Local produce is better than government by corporation

By Mel | Published: Wednesday, 24 February 2010
No more payphones: ACS pay phones across the state will be gone by April 30 http://bit.ly/coFN3f # @feliciaday Make sure you’re getting enough magnesium & other minerals! Important to look out for on low-carb diets. in reply to feliciaday # @megancarriker @feliciaday Here is a better & more accurate account on carbs as “necessary.” They’re not. http://bit.ly/apfvjj [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-23: Baking

By Mel | Published: Tuesday, 23 February 2010
RT: @nethenekhthon: Matsu says I have to bake before he tells me anything else. So: cookies or muffins? // Potatoes. # RT: @buzzflash: Is CBS in Bed With Focus on the Family? (Heterosexually Speaking, Of Course) http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/node/12673 // yes # RT: @cadaverousapple: @nethenekhthon I vote cookies! (and NOT potatoes, @yksin) // Potatoes. Potatoes & salmon. Potato & [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-19: Two instances of people demanding a say in decisions about their lives

By Mel | Published: Friday, 19 February 2010
ADN: State agrees to Yup’ik-speaking poll workers in Bethel area and will translate election materials. http://bit.ly/9SuZIR # RT: @adndotcom: Hotel workers plan downtown protest this afternoon over Sheraton firings. http://bit.ly/caw3a2 # Note that the ADN headline as originally written was incorrect: UNITE HERE Local 878 wasn’t holding a protest, but a press conference.
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-18: Senatorial soul-searching

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 18 February 2010
Per U.S. Census Bureau, percent of people who speak English less than “very well” in Alaska: 4.8%…. Sarah…? http://bit.ly/9dbArD # RT: @jamielang: Yay for breakup! // Just our annual “fake breakup.” But I like it anyway. # Sexting & “what it means to be a girl.” Here’s Christianism for you – do I hear “Handmaid’s [...]
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