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    James Gleick‏Verified account @JamesGleick 14 Jun 2017

    James Gleick Retweeted Dr. Anna Haensch

    Really want the back story here.https://twitter.com/extremefriday/status/875024420234035200 …

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    Dr. Anna Haensch @extremefriday
    At the local deli. What could have happened to make them put up that sign?? pic.twitter.com/7BzPNjFm1L
    10:25 AM - 14 Jun 2017
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    • Patrick Bennett Q (long before that idiot) Cecil Rene Steve Worcester Anna Acciarini Dawn Grenier Erin Nieto Dr. Katie Daily Triften "GOP are Nazis" Chmil
    14 replies 69 retweets 166 likes
      1. Jeff Ryan‏ @Jeff__Ryan 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick

        I'd like a quarter pound of-- [BANNED FROM STORE]

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      1. joan_mediator‏ @joan_mediator 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick

        me, too. and now i'm jonesing for candy.

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      1. John‏ @bonapart100 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick

        Likelihood of finding a dark chocolate Bounty

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      1.  ⛰ 🌲 Randy Walters  🌲 ⛰‏ @randywalters 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick

        Someone may have pointed that the weight of their favorite candy bar was diminishing at exactly the same rate as the price was growing.

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      1. Jay Sanders‏ @jay_bee_ess 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick

        Amathema, apparently.

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      1. Naomi Kritzer‏ @NaomiKritzer 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick @teioh

        $10 says it involves the Monty Hall problem (3 doors, 2 goats, 1 helpful host, do you switch doors?)

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      1. Ms AB:  🇪🇺 🌵 🌳ve 🐶‏ @JustAGalAndADog 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick

        = packets & products being made smaller while prices remain the same, I suspect.

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      2. William Gibson‏Verified account @GreatDismal 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick

        Somebody pulled a mathematic pistol?

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      3. Mr. Completely‏ @Mr_Completely 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @GreatDismal @JamesGleick

        perhaps it's like the ship 'mathematics' on the White Cat in @mjohnharrison's Light? I never did quite trust that entity

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      2. Sara O. Thompson‏ @ThWritingSpider 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JamesGleick @haszombiesinit

        There's a sign on the dry sauna at my gym that says "No personal grooming." Curious, but also ew.

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      3. Non-Fungible Tolkiens‏ @haszombiesinit 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @ThWritingSpider @JamesGleick

        My grandmother once flossed her teeth in an art museum gallery.

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