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+::  Twitter api request
+::
+::::  /hoon/req/twit/mar
+  ::
+/+  twitter
+|_  {url/purl met/meth hed/math bod/(unit octs)}
+++  grab
+  |%
+  ++  noun  hiss
+  --
+++  grow
+  |%
+  ++  hiss  +<.grow
+  --
+--