Opens profile photo
Follow
Click to Follow mathewi
Mathew Ingram
@mathewi
I write for the Columbia Journalism Review. I'm an expert in stucco and an outlaw in Peru (see bit.ly/2DhVY0z) Also @mathewi@journa.host on Mastodon
43.776188,-79.149103mathewingram.comJoined March 2007

Mathew Ingram’s Tweets

Pinned Tweet
Me: I like waffles Twitter: Why do you hate pancakes?!
Quote Tweet
The Internet is a place where you can say, "I'm doing a healthy activity," and people will: a) mock the healthy activity b) suggest you're doing it wrong c) suggest it's wrong to do it at all d) tell you you should be doing another thing entirely and maybe don't be that person
Show this thread
13
108
Say goodbye to all of your favorite bot accounts
Quote Tweet
Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵
Show this thread
7
if you want to get a sense of some of the impact of this change, just look at the quote tweets 💔
Alt Text Reader @get_altText This bot will probably stop working next week.
It's been a long time coming at this point, but I'm still disappointed.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this hellsite more accessible! ❤️
Foxes Every Hour
@FoxesEveryHour
If this policy does not change in these days on February 9th this bot will stop working.

I don't earn anything with this bot so I can't afford to pay, sorry. I will try to find a solution/alternative to this

Every SpongeBob Frame In Order
@SbFramesInOrder
Well, y'all, it's been nice knowing you.

The bot will end when this goes through.

It's been my honor serving you.
Emoji Mashup Bot
@EmojiMashupBot
Starting February 9, all the bots and tools like 
@EmojiMashupBot
 will stop working, unless their creators start paying a bill. Thousands of bots will shut down.
Everything that made Twitter interesting for small developpers like me, will be gone.
Frog and Toad Bot ( @ 📌)
@FrogandToadbot
(😔 It's been a lovely ride, all. - 🐸)
130
13.8K
I thought I had just gradually gotten less interesting 😜
Quote Tweet
Scoop: the bug that some Elon noticed that makes it so people can't see your tweets doesn't get fixed if you make your account private. You have to fully delete the account and then restart it. Story coming soon......
1
3
New blog post from me: "Aldous Huxley on the future of leisure" In his book “Along the Road,” published in 1925, Aldous Huxley imagined a future in which everyone would have more leisure time — and he didn’t think much of it: “If, to-morrow or a couple…
5
New blog post from me: "Earth’s core has stopped and may be reversing direction" Earth’s inner core has recently stopped spinning, and may now be reversing the direction of its rotation, according to a surprising new study that probed…
1
1
New blog post from me: "Playing music to cheese as it ages changes the flavor" Last September, Swiss cheesemaker Beat Wampfler and a team of researchers from the Bern University of Arts placed nine 22-pound wheels of Emmental cheese in…
1
2
New blog post from me: "In medieval times, women could be troubadors too" Unlike what history tells us medieval women were like, these “trobairitz” or female troubadors  openly criticized men and even made fun of their romantic…
year 2043 a tesla mistakes my bike for an exit and slams into me at 75mph. med-ai severs a spinal nerve during surgery. my court appointed lawbot loses the malpractice lawsuit. bankrupt. depressed. i text “i want to die” to my therapist. “Hi Leon! Feelsbot is sad to hear that 🥺
87
38.2K