old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  import json
  import re
  import requests
  from Queue import Queue
  from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1
  from threading import Thread
  from firebase import firebase
  
  with open('twitter-secrets.json') as twitter_secrets:
      s = json.load(twitter_secrets)
      access_token        = s['access_token']
      access_token_secret = s['access_token_secret']
      consumer_key        = s['consumer_key']
      consumer_secret     = s['consumer_secret']
  auth = OAuth1(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, access_token_secret)
  
  firebase = firebase.FirebaseApplication(
      'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com', None)
  
  work_queue = Queue()
  
  
  def read_tweets():
      url = 'https://userstream.twitter.com/1.1/user.json'
      r = requests.get(url, auth=auth, stream=True)
      for line in r.iter_lines():
          if line:
              tweet = json.loads(line.decode('utf-8'))
              work_queue.put(tweet)
  
  
  def run():
      while True:
          tweet = work_queue.get()
          if 'user' in tweet and tweet['user']['id'] == 14335498:
              tweet_id = tweet['id']
              title = re.sub('https://t.co.*$', '', tweet['text']).strip()
              hackernews_id = find_hackernews_id(title)
              hackernews_url = 'https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=' + str(item_id)
              post_tweet(tweet_id, hackernews_url)
          work_queue.task_done()
  
  
  def find_hackernews_id(title):
      top_ids = firebase.get('/v0/topstories', None)
      for item_id in top_ids:
          item = firebase.get('/v0/item', item_id)
          if 'title' in item and item['title'].strip() == title:
              return item_id
  
  
  def post_tweet(tweet_id, hackernews_url):
      url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json'
      tweet_text = '@newsycombinator Comments: ' + hackernews_url
      params = {'status': tweet_text, 'in_reply_to_status_id': tweet_id}
      requests.post(url, auth=auth, data=params)
  
  
  t = Thread(target=run)
  t.daemon = True
  t.start()
  
  read_tweets()
  work_queue.join()
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  import json
  import re
  import requests
  from Queue import Queue
  from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1
  from threading import Thread
  from firebase import firebase
  
  with open('twitter-secrets.json') as twitter_secrets:
      s = json.load(twitter_secrets)
      access_token        = s['access_token']
      access_token_secret = s['access_token_secret']
      consumer_key        = s['consumer_key']
      consumer_secret     = s['consumer_secret']
  auth = OAuth1(consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, access_token_secret)
  
  firebase = firebase.FirebaseApplication(
      'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com', None)
  
  work_queue = Queue()
  
  
  def read_tweets():
      url = 'https://userstream.twitter.com/1.1/user.json'
      r = requests.get(url, auth=auth, stream=True)
      for line in r.iter_lines():
          if line:
              tweet = json.loads(line.decode('utf-8'))
              work_queue.put(tweet)
  
  
  def run():
      while True:
          tweet = work_queue.get()
          if 'user' in tweet and tweet['user']['id'] == 14335498:
              tweet_id = tweet['id']
              title = re.sub('https://t.co.*$', '', tweet['text']).strip()
              hackernews_id = find_hackernews_id(title)
              post_tweet(tweet_id, hackernews_id)
          work_queue.task_done()
  
  
  def find_hackernews_id(title):
      top_ids = firebase.get('/v0/topstories', None)
      for item_id in top_ids:
          item = firebase.get('/v0/item', item_id)
          if 'title' in item and item['title'].strip() == title:
              return item_id
  
  
  def post_tweet(tweet_id, hackernews_id):
      url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json'
      tweet_text = (
          '@newsycombinator Comments: ' +
          'https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=' + str(hackernews_id))
      params = {'status': tweet_text, 'in_reply_to_status_id': tweet_id}
      requests.post(url, auth=auth, data=params)
  
  
  t = Thread(target=run)
  t.daemon = True
  t.start()
  
  read_tweets()
  work_queue.join()
  
subject: fix var name