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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf8
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, unicode_literals, print_function
+from gratipay import wireup
+from gratipay.elsewhere.twitter import Twitter
+
+import requests
+
+
+env = wireup.env()
+
+twitter = Twitter(
+    env.twitter_consumer_key,
+    env.twitter_consumer_secret,
+    env.twitter_callback,
+)
+sess = twitter.get_auth_session()
+response = sess.get('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/settings.json')
+print(response.status_code)
+print(response.json())
+import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+screen_name = response.json()['screen_name']
+
+
+paydays = requests.get('https://gratipay.com/about/charts.json').json()
+npayday = len(paydays)
+nusers = int(paydays[0]['active_users'])
+volume = int(round(float(paydays[0]['weekly_gifts'])))
+
+
+status = "d whit537 Gratipay {npayday:,}—{nusers:,} users exchanged ${volume:,}: " \
+         "https://gratipay.com/about/stats."
+status = status.format(npayday=npayday, nusers=nusers, volume=volume)
+
+
+print("Really tweet the following as @{}?".format(screen_name))
+print("=" * 78)
+print()
+print(status)
+print()
+print("=" * 78)
+
+proceed = raw_input("(y/N) ") == 'y'
+
+if not proceed:
+    print("Cancelled.")
+    raise SystemExit
+
+print("Okay! Here we go ...")
+response = sess.post('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json', {"status": status})
+import pdb; pdb.set_trace()