December 2016 BY Paul Ford 2016 554 Sections For example in 2019 I expect a dark gritty re-reboot of... I'm doing my favorite thing in the world right now which is... https://twitter.com/ftrain/status/813543301097918464/photo/1 In conclusion, the blockchain. 5/5 and so they are an emblematic form for 2016—scattered,... Jane it's my Star Wars this is okay though https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/... It's a little thing in the scheme of things but I'm... well also accepting it it's so bad so so bad You know one thing that sucks about calling it “Silicon... what a world gallium arsenide? that shit is cray This is a great time to give money to your favorite... I guess World War II finally hit EOL and now we're all... https://theawl.com/rick-perry-almost-killed-me-this-weekend-... There's a part in here I love, where @sippey talks about... If we don't fight global warming there will be more and... This utterly stupid insanity is currently winning hearts... 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She's amazing but a little opaque! I think we need like,... love you, Jeffrey The January surprise is we invade Iran. Everyone who follows me knows what I am now I need to find a charity that helps people recover from... I am so proud I'm in baggage but actually weirdER true Kevin we have a long year ahead let's pace ourselves girls are okay I guess niiiice! Oh wait I only gave Mother Health $100 but that's because... 11/11 Anyway, I look forward to hearing how I did it wrong.... 10/11 I thought this would be 11 tweets and forgot to... 09/11 Godspeed to my money, I loved you, but may you do... 08/11 I hope everyone on this website enjoyed this... 07/11 Usalama Project/Engineers Without Borders, Vets Who... 06/11 Restore NYC, She Should Run, Street Sense, Sunlight... 05/11 Internet Archive, Mother Health, NOMI Network, NRDC,... 04/11 Fisher House, Getting Out and Staying Out, Growing... 03/11 Bowery Mission, Change for Kids, Defy Ventures,... 02/11 Thanks for your hard work to: ACLU, Action Against... 01/11 All right that's 2016. 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I am at a movie at 8pm on a Friday with maybe 150 normal...