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Tumblr: Turn Twitter Posts Into Quotes

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Stick the following code in your Tumblr custom template to turn the posts from your Twitter feed into quotes. 

YMMV. I use the Litewire theme and import my Twitter feed as Regular posts without titles.

I used to use this on timmorgan.org, but I don't any more. In fact, Tumblr has changed so much since I wrote this, I'm not sure it still works.

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