diff --git a/doc/source/_static/jquery.tweet.js b/doc/source/_static/jquery.tweet.js
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+++ b/doc/source/_static/jquery.tweet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+(function($) {
+ 
+  $.fn.tweet = function(o){
+    var s = {
+      username: ["seaofclouds"],              // [string]   required, unless you want to display our tweets. :) it can be an array, just do ["username1","username2","etc"]
+      list: null,                              //[string]   optional name of list belonging to username
+      avatar_size: null,                      // [integer]  height and width of avatar if displayed (48px max)
+      count: 3,                               // [integer]  how many tweets to display?
+      intro_text: null,                       // [string]   do you want text BEFORE your your tweets?
+      outro_text: null,                       // [string]   do you want text AFTER your tweets?
+      join_text:  null,                       // [string]   optional text in between date and tweet, try setting to "auto"
+      auto_join_text_default: "i said,",      // [string]   auto text for non verb: "i said" bullocks
+      auto_join_text_ed: "i",                 // [string]   auto text for past tense: "i" surfed
+      auto_join_text_ing: "i am",             // [string]   auto tense for present tense: "i was" surfing
+      auto_join_text_reply: "i replied to",   // [string]   auto tense for replies: "i replied to" @someone "with"
+      auto_join_text_url: "i was looking at", // [string]   auto tense for urls: "i was looking at" http:...
+      loading_text: null,                     // [string]   optional loading text, displayed while tweets load
+      query: null                             // [string]   optional search query
+    };
+    
+    if(o) $.extend(s, o);
+    
+    $.fn.extend({
+      linkUrl: function() {
+        var returning = [];
+        var regexp = /((ftp|http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?)/gi;
+        this.each(function() {
+          returning.push(this.replace(regexp,"<a href=\"$1\">$1</a>"));
+        });
+        return $(returning);
+      },
+      linkUser: function() {
+        var returning = [];
+        var regexp = /[\@]+([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)/gi;
+        this.each(function() {
+          returning.push(this.replace(regexp,"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/$1\">@$1</a>"));
+        });
+        return $(returning);
+      },
+      linkHash: function() {
+        var returning = [];
+        var regexp = / [\#]+([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)/gi;
+        this.each(function() {
+          returning.push(this.replace(regexp, ' <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=&tag=$1&lang=all&from='+s.username.join("%2BOR%2B")+'">#$1</a>'));
+        });
+        return $(returning);
+      },
+      capAwesome: function() {
+        var returning = [];
+        this.each(function() {
+          returning.push(this.replace(/\b(awesome)\b/gi, '<span class="awesome">$1</span>'));
+        });
+        return $(returning);
+      },
+      capEpic: function() {
+        var returning = [];
+        this.each(function() {
+          returning.push(this.replace(/\b(epic)\b/gi, '<span class="epic">$1</span>'));
+        });
+        return $(returning);
+      },
+      makeHeart: function() {
+        var returning = [];
+        this.each(function() {
+          returning.push(this.replace(/(&lt;)+[3]/gi, "<tt class='heart'>&#x2665;</tt>"));
+        });
+        return $(returning);
+      }
+    });
+
+    function relative_time(time_value) {
+      var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);
+      var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
+      var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() - parsed_date) / 1000);
+      var pluralize = function (singular, n) {
+        return '' + n + ' ' + singular + (n == 1 ? '' : 's');
+      };
+      if(delta < 60) {
+      return 'less than a minute ago';
+      } else if(delta < (45*60)) {
+      return 'about ' + pluralize("minute", parseInt(delta / 60)) + ' ago';
+      } else if(delta < (24*60*60)) {
+      return 'about ' + pluralize("hour", parseInt(delta / 3600)) + ' ago';
+      } else {
+      return 'about ' + pluralize("day", parseInt(delta / 86400)) + ' ago';
+      }
+    }
+
+    function build_url() {
+      var proto = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https:' : 'http:');
+      if (s.list) {
+        return proto+"//api.twitter.com/1/"+s.username[0]+"/lists/"+s.list+"/statuses.json?per_page="+s.count+"&callback=?";
+      } else if (s.query == null && s.username.length == 1) {
+        return proto+'//twitter.com/status/user_timeline/'+s.username[0]+'.json?count='+s.count+'&callback=?';
+      } else {
+        var query = (s.query || 'from:'+s.username.join('%20OR%20from:'));
+        return proto+'//search.twitter.com/search.json?&q='+query+'&rpp='+s.count+'&callback=?';
+      }
+    }
+
+    return this.each(function(){
+      var list = $('<ul class="tweet_list">').appendTo(this);
+      var intro = '<p class="tweet_intro">'+s.intro_text+'</p>';
+      var outro = '<p class="tweet_outro">'+s.outro_text+'</p>';
+      var loading = $('<p class="loading">'+s.loading_text+'</p>');
+
+      if(typeof(s.username) == "string"){
+        s.username = [s.username];
+      }
+
+      if (s.loading_text) $(this).append(loading);
+      $.getJSON(build_url(), function(data){
+        if (s.loading_text) loading.remove();
+        if (s.intro_text) list.before(intro);
+        $.each((data.results || data), function(i,item){
+          // auto join text based on verb tense and content
+          if (s.join_text == "auto") {
+            if (item.text.match(/^(@([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)) .*/i)) {
+              var join_text = s.auto_join_text_reply;
+            } else if (item.text.match(/(^\w+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&\?\/.=]+) .*/i)) {
+              var join_text = s.auto_join_text_url;
+            } else if (item.text.match(/^((\w+ed)|just) .*/im)) {
+              var join_text = s.auto_join_text_ed;
+            } else if (item.text.match(/^(\w*ing) .*/i)) {
+              var join_text = s.auto_join_text_ing;
+            } else {
+              var join_text = s.auto_join_text_default;
+            }
+          } else {
+            var join_text = s.join_text;
+          };
+
+          var from_user = item.from_user || item.user.screen_name;
+          var profile_image_url = item.profile_image_url || item.user.profile_image_url;
+          var join_template = '<span class="tweet_join"> '+join_text+' </span>';
+          var join = ((s.join_text) ? join_template : ' ');
+          var avatar_template = '<a class="tweet_avatar" href="http://twitter.com/'+from_user+'"><img src="'+profile_image_url+'" height="'+s.avatar_size+'" width="'+s.avatar_size+'" alt="'+from_user+'\'s avatar" title="'+from_user+'\'s avatar" border="0"/></a>';
+          var avatar = (s.avatar_size ? avatar_template : '');
+          var date = '<a href="http://twitter.com/'+from_user+'/statuses/'+item.id+'" title="view tweet on twitter">'+relative_time(item.created_at)+'</a>';
+          var text = '<span class="tweet_text">' +$([item.text]).linkUrl().linkUser().linkHash().makeHeart().capAwesome().capEpic()[0]+ '</span>';
+
+          // until we create a template option, arrange the items below to alter a tweet's display.
+          list.append('<li>' + avatar + date + join + text + '</li>');
+
+          list.children('li:first').addClass('tweet_first');
+          list.children('li:odd').addClass('tweet_even');
+          list.children('li:even').addClass('tweet_odd');
+        });
+        if (s.outro_text) list.after(outro);
+      });
+
+    });
+  };
+})(jQuery);
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diff --git a/doc/source/_static/tweaks.css b/doc/source/_static/tweaks.css
index d1cbed96d104..630344555807 100644
--- a/doc/source/_static/tweaks.css
+++ b/doc/source/_static/tweaks.css
@@ -41,4 +41,12 @@ em {
 
 table.docutils {
 	font-size: 11px;
-}
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+}
+
+.tweet_list li {
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
+.tweet_list li .tweet_avatar {
+    float: left;
+}
diff --git a/doc/source/_theme/layout.html b/doc/source/_theme/layout.html
index ed1cab0a6e39..d30607ed3f61 100644
--- a/doc/source/_theme/layout.html
+++ b/doc/source/_theme/layout.html
@@ -1,2 +1,85 @@
 {% extends "sphinxdoc/layout.html" %}
 {% set css_files = css_files + ['_static/tweaks.css'] %}
+{% set script_files = script_files + ['_static/jquery.tweet.js'] %}
+{% block extrahead %}
+    <script type='text/javascript'>
+        $(document).ready(function(){
+            $("#twitter_feed").tweet({
+                query: "from:openstack",
+                avatar_size: 32,
+                count: 10,
+                loading_text: "loading tweets..."
+            });
+        });
+    </script>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{%- macro sidebar() %}
+      {%- if not embedded %}{% if not theme_nosidebar|tobool %}
+      <div class="sphinxsidebar">
+        <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper">
+          {%- block sidebarlogo %}
+          {%- if logo %}
+            <p class="logo"><a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">
+              <img class="logo" src="{{ pathto('_static/' + logo, 1) }}" alt="Logo"/>
+            </a></p>
+          {%- endif %}
+          {%- endblock %}
+          {%- block sidebartoc %}
+          {%- if display_toc %}
+            <h3><a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">{{ _('Table Of Contents') }}</a></h3>
+            {{ toc }}
+          {%- endif %}
+          {%- endblock %}
+          {%- block sidebarrel %}
+          {%- if prev %}
+            <h4>{{ _('Previous topic') }}</h4>
+            <p class="topless"><a href="{{ prev.link|e }}"
+                                  title="{{ _('previous chapter') }}">{{ prev.title }}</a></p>
+          {%- endif %}
+          {%- if next %}
+            <h4>{{ _('Next topic') }}</h4>
+            <p class="topless"><a href="{{ next.link|e }}"
+                                  title="{{ _('next chapter') }}">{{ next.title }}</a></p>
+          {%- endif %}
+          {%- endblock %}
+          {%- block sidebarsourcelink %}
+          {%- if show_source and has_source and sourcename %}
+            <h3>{{ _('This Page') }}</h3>
+            <ul class="this-page-menu">
+              <li><a href="{{ pathto('_sources/' + sourcename, true)|e }}"
+                     rel="nofollow">{{ _('Show Source') }}</a></li>
+            </ul>
+          {%- endif %}
+          {%- endblock %}
+          {%- if customsidebar %}
+          {% include customsidebar %}
+          {%- endif %}
+          {%- block sidebarsearch %}
+          {%- if pagename != "search" %}
+          <div id="searchbox" style="display: none">
+            <h3>{{ _('Quick search') }}</h3>
+              <form class="search" action="{{ pathto('search') }}" method="get">
+                <input type="text" name="q" size="18" />
+                <input type="submit" value="{{ _('Go') }}" />
+                <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" />
+                <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" />
+              </form>
+              <p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 90%">
+              {{ _('Enter search terms or a module, class or function name.') }}
+              </p>
+          </div>
+          <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script>
+          {%- endif %}
+
+          {%- if pagename == "index" %}
+                <h3>{{ _('Twitter Feed') }}</h3>
+                <div id="twitter_feed" class='twitter_feed'></div>
+          {%- endif %}
+
+
+          {%- endblock %}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      {%- endif %}{% endif %}
+{%- endmacro %}