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{"id":613859909533220900,"conversation_id":"613859762342506496","created_at":1435190582000,"date":"2015-06-25","time":"00:03:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"(interspersed, of course, with VCs saying \"there's a bubble!\")","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":31,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/613859909533220864","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":613859762342506500,"conversation_id":"613859762342506496","created_at":1435190546000,"date":"2015-06-25","time":"00:02:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"for the past month or so, it feels like i cannot open my computer without reading about another startup raising $25-100MM","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":14,"likes_count":88,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/613859762342506496","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":613032824149442600,"conversation_id":"613032381067300864","created_at":1434993389000,"date":"2015-06-22","time":"17:16:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"But I will at least say the WSJ should go take a walk around my home town of St Louis, or even Silicon Valley for that matter.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":53,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/613032824149442561","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":613032668075135000,"conversation_id":"613032381067300864","created_at":1434993352000,"date":"2015-06-22","time":"17:15:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"I got up from my computer and went for a walk after reading that.  Don't even know how to respond :(","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":41,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/613032668075134976","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":613032381067300900,"conversation_id":"613032381067300864","created_at":1434993283000,"date":"2015-06-22","time":"17:14:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"so disappointed that the WSJ printed: \"Today the system and philosophy of institutionalized racism identified by Dr. King no longer exists.\"","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":47,"likes_count":95,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/613032381067300864","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
