diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ad81374..f214bc2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ simplemediawiki>=1.2.0b2
 irc
 python-daemon
 kitchen
-python-twitter>=3.4
+tweepy
 ib3
diff --git a/statusbot/bot.py b/statusbot/bot.py
index 6801083..a795d37 100755
--- a/statusbot/bot.py
+++ b/statusbot/bot.py
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ import simplemediawiki
 import datetime
 import re
 import requests
-import twitter
+import tweepy
+import textwrap
 import urllib
 
 try:
@@ -244,14 +245,31 @@ class Tweet(UpdateInterface):
         self.consumer_secret = config.get('twitter', 'consumer_secret')
         self.access_token_key = config.get('twitter', 'access_token_key')
         self.access_token_secret = config.get('twitter', 'access_token_secret')
-        self.api = twitter.Api(
-            consumer_key=self.consumer_key,
-            consumer_secret=self.consumer_secret,
-            access_token_key=self.access_token_key,
-            access_token_secret=self.access_token_secret)
+
+        auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(self.consumer_key, self.consumer_secret)
+        auth.set_access_token(self.access_token_key, self.access_token_secret)
+
+        self.api = tweepy.API(auth)
 
     def update(self, msg):
-        self.api.PostUpdates(msg, continuation=u'\u2026')
+        # NOTE(ianw) python-twitter, used originally, used to do some
+        # automated splitting.  It didn't account for emoji,
+        # link-shortening, etc.  Ergo, this could be better, but KISS
+        # for now
+        tweets = textwrap.wrap(msg, 270)
+        if len(tweets) > 1:
+            for i in range(0, len(tweets)):
+                tweet = tweets[i]
+                tweets[i] = tweet + " %d/%d" % (i+1, len(tweets))
+
+        last_tweet = None
+        for tweet in tweets:
+            if not last_tweet:
+                last_tweet = self.api.update_status(status=tweet)
+            else:
+                last_tweet = self.api.update_status(status=tweet,
+                                                    in_reply_to_status_id = last_tweet.id,
+                                                    auto_populate_reply_metadata=True)
 
     def alert(self, msg=None):
         self.update(msg)