Nick Ward

@StephenKing Was there a time before Trump?

When I was 20, I got a job as a gas jockey in Brewer, Maine. Gas was 24 cents a gallon, and if you filled your tank, you got a choice between a loaf of bread and a waterglass. Check oil and wiper fluid? Check. That was before the oil embargo of 1973. And before Trump.

@hwinkler4real This is pure rage bait.

Stop TALKING

@RpsAgainstTrump @RyanShead The best people.

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with excessive drinking and unexplained absences. Officials told The Atlantic his drinking has been an ongoing concern across the government. He is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication, sometimes around White House staff, and morning meetings were pushed later in the day after nights of heavy drinking.

@rosiecd @ChrisWehkamp @AmericanAir @FlyAirNZ What Rosie said. If you’re in Wellington I’d love to show you the town.

@ChrisWehkamp @AmericanAir I hope you have fun in Aotearoa! Highly recommend next time you book the overnight direct @FlyAirNZ flight from Houston to Auckland. Flying all the way to Oz and back is akin to flying from NZ to NYC then back to Dallas. Make sure you eat lots of pies in NZ!

Come with me as @AmericanAir ruins our expensive, long-awaited family trip to New Zealand in the most stupid ways possible, and why my wife has gone a week with no clothes: 1. First our flight from DFW to LAX was cancelled due to a maintenance issue with a cargo bay strap. They had to deplane us after an hour and move us to another plane. This put us too late to catch our connecting flight to Sydney. 2. Upon rebooking through AA executive platinum phone support, we couldn’t depart any earlier than 11:30 pm the next night. This nuked our first hotel stay and rental car in NZ. Then an hour on the phone to get the flight to Sydney and connecting flight to Auckland rebooked. 3. Land in LAX at 3am and learn from AA baggage agent that it will take “up to two hours” to get our bags. Agent assures us if we leave the bags overnight they will be booked on our new flight to Sydney the next evening. So we find a hotel at 3:30 am and sleep in our clothes. 4. Spend unplanned day in Los Angeles, lose all money spent on NZ hotel and activities, non-refundable. Arrive back to LAX and find that Qantas cannot check us in for the flight, because the connecting flight to Auckland was never rebooked by American Airlines, despite them confirming to me that they did. 5. Thank god we came very early to LAX. Walk over to American terminal where agent tells me I have to call American Airlines exec plat support to resolve. Escalate past her to supervisor. Supervisor manages to actually rebook our Auckland connection booking. Assured me our luggage will be rebooked to the new connecting flight. 6. Fly to Sydney, layover, working with NZ travel agent to try to salvage original itinerary, trying to keep this a dream trip from becoming a nightmare for my wife and 3 kids. Board flight to Auckland, land and arrive to receive ZERO bags. Not a single suitcase out of 6 arrived. 7. Qantas baggage service dept in Auckland airport identify that 5 of our bags are in JFK airport in New York. A place that was never on any of our bookings. The sixth bag? No idea where it is. We lose ANOTHER day of our NZ itinerary, hunker down at the airport hotel overnight hoping bags arrive. 8. Next morning 5 of the bags have arrived from JFK. We get our rental car and set out on trying to salvage what we can of the trip. Email arrives from Qantas, “American Airlines shipped the 6th bag from JFK airport to Barcelona.” How in the rutting gorram frak did all my wife’s clothes, shoes and makeup end up in Barcelona??? 9. Today, we’re a week into the trip and my wife still has no clothes or makeup beyond the few things we’ve had time to buy along the way. Qantas baggage support says her bag should be arriving to Auckland today. It’s unclear how we’ll be able to get it sent to our current location on the South Island in time for her to actually use on this trip. In 40 years of flying, I’ve never been screwed over this hard or this thoroughly by an airline. We were either lied to at every step of this, or the dozen employees across multiple airports, call centers and terminals are simply too poorly trainedto deliver high quality, or some combination of both. In either case, it will be a long, long time before I trust @AmericanAir with an important family vacation again.

@InternetH0F This is witchcraft!

How a 100-ton press turns raw composite into a flawless sink

@decomposed_dino If you make it to New Zealand give me a shout I’d love to buy you guys a brew.

Booked a little getaway for me and Ash in a couple of months. He said that it's gonna be nice to be away and relax... I have an itinerary ready to go. He's in for a shock 😅

@AmonWarmann This used to happen here in New Zealand. Sadly now that movies are four hours long adding an extra ten minutes at the beginning isn’t something audiences will embrace I reckon.

Love this idea.

@decomposed_dino My brain is fond of doing that too. Stupid brain.

I'm up at 4am for work and instead my brain is making up little scenarios of everything that could possibly go wrong. Love that.

@Wisdom_HQ Shakespeare died in 1616. Umbrellas didn’t become popular in the uk until the mid 1700s.

That's why I am afraid when you say you love me…

I was a teenager in the 80s we grew up thinking we were all going to be obliterated in a world wide nuclear war. Every day. So this right now feels very familiar. The threat of war that could happen any day but then doesn’t.

@GamewithDave Myst. What a trip.

For those who used a computer between 1995 and 2001, what's the computer game from that time that sticks with you the most, and why?

@TwinkTheory Crypto.

How did Harry potters parents have all that cash for his trust fund? They died at 21 and the only jobs in the wizarding world are civil servant, barmaid, teacher or shop owner. Or is it just like magic? And if so how are the Weasleys poor like how far does magic go? Are they just bad at magic?

@oldmedia @teradar Terrific.

The Job is an Argentine short film from 2008, and also one of the best of this century.

@RichardERoeper Even. The. Shoes.

Movie Law: If you knock out a security guard or police officer or uniformed henchman while trying to escape or infiltrate, their clothes will fit you perfectly! Even the shoes.

@teradar Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

If you haven’t been following the trial you’ve missed out on many many lols. Recommend watching the court footage.

@TheMonologist This makes me happy.

@MikeCarlton01 Is this real?

Straight [sic].

@ChrisHewitt Nick name suggestion for JD… T2: Judgement Dyer. Also Judge Dyer.

@anneapplebaum I think we can see exactly how they’re responding.

Trump insulted, patronized and tariffed American allies. Now he wants their help. How should they respond?

@hellobeatrix Ooooo!

Fulfilled a long-held restaurant goal today with lunch at The Chairman in Hong Kong. It was a great experience. Shift of gears from Tokyo dining but the food quality and flavour was outrageous. Incredible introduction to Cantonese cuisine. Will be attempting to book again.