mattpointblank’s Twitter Archive

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A list of popular tweets by retweets and favorites.

1. Wait. Voting to dissolve Parliament two years early requires a two-thirds majority, but leaving the EU forever is fine for 48-52?
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1,820 Retweets ❤️ 2,107 Favorites 2017 Apr 19 Mood +2 🙂
2. Boris Johnson: a man whose education means he can recite Kipling from memory but not understand or contextualise it. theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/30/boris-johnson-caught-on-camera-reciting-kipling-in-myanmar-temple
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1,210 Retweets ❤️ 2,337 Favorites 2017 Sep 30 Mood 0
3. If you want to know what the definitive worst company culture is, look at this startup's recruitment page: healthiq.com/careers (via @stevejalim)
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 366 Retweets ❤️ 697 Favorites 2018 Mar 2 Mood -2 🙁
4. I blogged about how animated gif selfies for GitHub have fixed my software team's morale: threechords.org/blog/how-animated-gif-selfies-fixed-our-teams-morale/ this is not a joke
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 242 Retweets ❤️ 173 Favorites 2014 Aug 15 Mood +2 🙂
5. Your fancy AngularJS apps are all very nice until you're trying to check in for a flight on flaky wifi:

   
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 194 Retweets ❤️ 144 Favorites 2015 May 5 Mood +3 🙂
6. Wow: Redditor realises that Melania Trump's speech not only ripped off Michelle Obama but also included a Rickroll:

   
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 134 Retweets ❤️ 153 Favorites 2016 Jul 19 Mood +4 🙂
7. …in reply to @stereogum
   @stereogum Someone please call 911
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 113 Retweets ❤️ 1,264 Favorites 2021 Nov 16 Mood +1 🙂
8. While I've been off work the Guardian seems to have launched a section where writers moan about young people:

   
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 98 Retweets ❤️ 80 Favorites 2014 Dec 29 Mood -1 🙁
9. Quite a nice little tweak to the Guardian logo for today's site.

   
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 45 Retweets ❤️ 28 Favorites 2014 Feb 7 Mood +3 🙂
10. The perils of combining European history with American tech companies: we just had an application error because an organisation founded in 1560 (a church) was marked invalid by Salesforce, which (by default) only allows post-1700 dates.
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 34 Retweets ❤️ 89 Favorites 2019 Sep 16 Mood -2 🙁
11. Honestly, if Russell Brand could stay focused, I'm certain he could lead a population to rise up in revolt youtube.com/watch?v=3YR4CseY9pk&feature=youtu.be #newsnight
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 33 Retweets ❤️ 18 Favorites 2013 Oct 23 Mood +4 🙂
12. How the hell has @johnlennon got a bloody verified account?!
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 31 Retweets ❤️ 21 Favorites 2015 Oct 9 Mood -7 🙁
13. Large turnout in the Guardian newsroom to hear @arusbridger toast the Pulitzer prize:

    
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 31 Retweets ❤️ 34 Favorites 2014 Apr 15 Mood 0
14. …in reply to @yoz
    @yoz @ferlatte You probably know it, but this is my favourite bizarre bug story: web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 29 Retweets ❤️ 107 Favorites 2018 Jun 13 Mood 0
15. Some angry guy in his car just beeped at me all the way down a 20mph road (because I was driving at 20), then overtook me, braked to a halt, and got out of the car to yell abuse at me. I am absolutely sick of the aggression and impatience on Birmingham's roads.
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 28 Retweets ❤️ 583 Favorites 2023 Apr 5 Mood -10 🙁
16. YOU CAN HAVE ALL MY DATA JUST STOP EMAILING ME
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 17 Retweets ❤️ 97 Favorites 2018 May 24 Mood -1 🙁
17. As ridiculous as this looks, I think it's legitimately needed - I can't think of a city with worse car culture than Brum, and pavement parking is commonplace. .. Bemusement at ‘barmy’ bunch of 60 bollards near Birmingham school theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/05/barmy-bunch-of-60-bollards-near-birmingham-school?CMP=share_btn_tw
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 15 Retweets ❤️ 183 Favorites 2023 Jan 5 Mood -6 🙁
18. …in reply to @alexdowsett
    @alexdowsett It's MSR and you've just left Milan
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 378 Favorites 2023 Feb 23 Mood 0
19. …in reply to @PippaCrerar
    @PippaCrerar Here's a higher-resolution version of that document for anyone who wants to read it: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/977566/COVID-19_Roadmap_Posters_STEP_2_2021_-_digital_.pdf
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 104 Favorites 2021 Dec 20 Mood 0
20. Little bit of personal news: in early September I'll start a new role as a senior software engineer at the Economist. Excited to step back into the world of journalism dev again and looking forward to working with a brilliant-sounding technical team on interesting stuff.
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 126 Favorites 2020 Jun 29 Mood +5 🙂
21. …in reply to @fesshole
    @fesshole ka Khan, who got messed around for the royalties on Ain't Nobody
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 338 Favorites 2020 Jul 29 Mood -2 🙁