Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "fetch.py", line 23, in <module>
    r = requests.get(url, timeout=10)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 69, in get
    return request('get', url, params=params, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 431, in send
    raise SSLError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.SSLError: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:510: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed

# fixed by: pip install --upgrade certifi ; or verify=False if you really must