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@dunn I love this idea. Question: in your mind does "capitalism, duh" allow for things like single-payer healthcare? Or is it free market?

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Sincere request for everyone going to my high school reunion tomorrow: take lots of photos. And then let's do another one in a few years?

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This is an astonishing talk, which cuts to the heart of American philanthropy. More of this, please. https://medium.com/aspen-ideas/the-thriving-world-the-wilting-world-and-you-209ffc24ab90

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The Edinburgh Festivals are some of the world's most incredible arts events. Happening now. So much love to both artists and audiences.

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@comcastcares Intermittent bad connectivity in Santa Rosa, affecting websockets, Slack, Google Hangouts, FaceTime. Anything I can do?

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I'm just not a member of enough Slacks.

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@steiny Thank you for everything you've done.

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"Scratch your own itch" is a great developer methodology if you want exactly one user. Otherwise, go out and talk to people.

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We do broad user research to avoid confirmation bias. And the best thing we ever did was add a feedback button to every screen.

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Do open source developers listen to their users? Generally: no. Stop scratching itches, start making useful software. http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.06893

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Trump turns to camera, caws like a giant crow, and flies into the sun.

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I'm into science, reason, global understanding and social safety nets as economic infrastructure. This show might not be for me.

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So, uh, aren't @FoxNews and @SkyNews the same company? The latter's YouTube feed just went down. Overzealous copyright software?

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I'd like the panel to comment on the plot of the 1983 Matthew Broderick vehicle WarGames.

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Presenting Dodd-Frank repeal as in the interests of ordinary people makes it clear: Republican candidates are playing to people who are either running big businesses, or don't know what the hell they're talking about. This debate is the most cynical thing I've seen in a long time.

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"If I was trying to destroy this country, what I'd do is drive wedges between all the people."

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@realdonaldtrump How much do I have to donate to get you at (1) my wedding? (2) someone else's wedding, hypothetically, for a "lark"?

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People who want to defund the Environmental Protection Agency:

1. The Republicans
2. The Ghostbusters

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Reminder: both ISIS and Al Qaeda arose from groups that the US actually funded.

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Reminder: the biggest terrorist threat to the United States today is from domestic white supremacists.

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I support Planned Parenthood. Consider supporting their important, life-saving work: https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Donation2

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@audreywatters They live in fantasy. If they're caught in a landslide I will be very, very upset. No escape from reality.

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WWII is fading away from human first-hand memory, and it's important that we remember. So much that happened was evil.

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My dad and his family were interned by the Japanese. I consider Hiroshima to be a war crime: a wholly unnecessary, brutal loss of life.

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