October 2018 – Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

Twitter Updates for 30-10-2018

RT @l1quidcryst4l: in that tendency every day for the next twenty years and it would still represent a fractional minority of that tendency… 03:42:20, 2018-10-30
RT @steveniweiss: "Messianic Judaism" is antisemitism.
It is deceptive proselytising that sees Jews as in need of saving, and has Christia… 03:42:44, 2018-10-30
RT @jacremes: The way for journalists to report this nativist, racist bullshit is to repeat over and over that presenting yourself as an as… 03:45:07, 2018-10-30
@TabKimpton Thankyou <3 in reply to TabKimpton 03:46:49, 2018-10-30
RT @neobees: >Be an artist wanting to get hired
Instagram: changes algorithms that majorly affected my outreach
>moves to twitter
Twitter:… 03:53:19, 2018-10-30
RT @Pinboard: Tech Resistance, 2016: We must fight together to the death to stop the concentration camps
Tech Resistance, 2018: I can't bel… 03:53:45, 2018-10-30
RT @InsectophileJim: Scientists: global warming will kill us all if we don’t change, now.
America: Let’s burn more fossil fuels then!
China… 04:02:13, 2018-10-30
RT @aBigFatHen: Art Twitter is boned. Getting rid of the like button in favour of making the platform better for debate just means erasing… 04:07:19, 2018-10-30
RT @patrickgaley: BRAZIL: *Elects candidate who wants to destroy the Amazon rain forest, hastening global warming and mankind's doom*
MARK… 04:21:03, 2018-10-30
RT @JUNIUS_64: “Inviting people in from the Chan culture, advising them on how to go anonymous with the right tools”
welp here’s altfurry… 04:21:39, 2018-10-30
RT @NineLeavez: not to overlook that this investment consists of unabatedly 'strip mining' the amazon rain forest & offing anyone that has… 10:50:54, 2018-10-30
RT @mimmymum: Seriously @delbius – look at all of the comments from trans people in response to this tweet.
@TwitterSafety is massively le… 10:52:55, 2018-10-30
RT @HuskyZephyr: Just a friendly reminder that this gif exists, and it’s still amazing. https://t.co/eVjCxbd2LH 10:53:48, 2018-10-30
My throat today feels really iffy. Oh no. 10:55:03, 2018-10-30
RT @Staedtler: "I have taken advice from lawyers" is quite possibly the stupidest thing you can say in the whole universe of stupid but non… 12:01:48, 2018-10-30
RT @Sharessan: GM: Ok, so I see you chose a gunslinger class with the ability to… *squints* do extra damage on ONLY the first shot of a g… 23:02:55, 2018-10-30
Apparently people consider the best episode of the Simpson to be "Who Shot Mr. Burns".
That aired 6 years into it's… https://t.co/MgI2EFw6KY 23:47:39, 2018-10-30

Twitter Updates for 29-10-2018

RT @HeerJeet: 13. Since the French Revolution, we've repeatedly witnesses popular uprisings of subaltern classes: workers, colonized, women… 10:09:43, 2018-10-29
RT @JasminMuj: The most important thing to understand is that whether they are polling at 1% or at 99%, when sectarian, nationalist, author… 10:23:30, 2018-10-29
RT @mslucycooke: One for animal weapon geeks – the definitive claw draw. Who knew harpy eagle beat polar bear’s in length? And snapping tur… 10:30:02, 2018-10-29
RT @SimonNRicketts: A-ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. HA HA HA HA HA. *Chokes*. https://t.co/KD5fmdxRNp 10:30:53, 2018-10-29
RT @wlhyuna: MY DUDES I AM CRYING https://t.co/vNNHxciO7X 10:41:21, 2018-10-29
RT @georgeeaton: Brazil has not merely elected another “populist” but a fascistic supporter of dictatorship and torture – important that Bo… 10:41:50, 2018-10-29
RT @LegoLostAtSea: How old is some of the plastic we find during beach cleans? This Big Ears figure was given away with #Kelloggs #ricicles… 10:43:17, 2018-10-29
RT @BadSalishGirl: Instead of moving these wolves into protected conservation areas, the only viable solution under colonialism is to kill… 10:45:43, 2018-10-29
RT @trillingual: Three things that are helping the far right:
– elites blocking radical progressive change to unfair and undemocratic econo… 10:59:10, 2018-10-29
"dystopia in some ways is as depressing as sci-fi authors imagined, in other ways they didn't forecast the banality… https://t.co/jw9bxqfBdp 12:05:06, 2018-10-29
RT @skipai: Watching budget today as I like to be aware on what is about to come my way as in more dangerous decisions to hurt disabled.
B… 12:05:32, 2018-10-29
RT @doctorow: The Night Lodger by Anthony Taber, 1977 https://t.co/6efg8cYOSX 2/2 https://t.co/QRLRJ4jXlF 12:07:36, 2018-10-29
RT @BeastlyBeverage: This was supposed to be posted last night but I worked until 4am ? Presenting the Sailor Scout series! I am so excited… 12:10:05, 2018-10-29
RT @Goopypanther: @whitequark I can confirm, we have big rolls of adhesive copper foil at work because foil for the entire life of the prod… 12:20:56, 2018-10-29
RT @metpoliceuk: This is one of 11 men sought by police following disorder during the 'Welcome Trump' and 'Free Tommy Robinson' processions… 12:25:05, 2018-10-29
RT @fwuffydragon: lol https://t.co/vIpMXtSIih 12:25:16, 2018-10-29
* Make sweeping top-level change in response to unwillingness to engage with nuanced issues.
Anyone who's been par… https://t.co/UszH3NgrPe 12:28:46, 2018-10-29
RT @RossSymons: Fantastic coverage of @ExhibitNext on TV News last night "Experiencing Asperger's through a video game" https://t.co/AWAptD… 12:30:33, 2018-10-29
RT @charliekiss: All References to Transgender Americans Scrubbed From Government Websites https://t.co/DHRpcxxPR8 12:35:50, 2018-10-29
RT @mattuthompson: An absolute cracker from @mortenmorland in today’s Times ?
#Budget2018 https://t.co/vAgX2maHVd 12:35:58, 2018-10-29
I feel like I've been grazed by con-crud. That slightly bunged up heavy-headedness that doesn't feel like it's gonna hang on. 12:48:51, 2018-10-29
Yup, just having cheap food and getting to Excel has cost way more than I thought. I'm in a dangerously deep hole with the bank now. 13:54:44, 2018-10-29
RT @Scarfolk: Here's the #Budget2018. It hasn't changed since the 1970s. https://t.co/pp3vzuIThF 13:57:58, 2018-10-29
RT @BCunningham215: There is a very real chance that someone out there is reading this tweet and taking it as a directive from the Presiden… 13:59:11, 2018-10-29
RT @cwarzel: as @geoffgolberg points out below, the person spreading this meme has been suspended at least 5x and just adds a digit onto th… 14:04:35, 2018-10-29
RT @cwarzel: here’s a fun sunday example of the twitter hellscape: person tweets *false* meme claiming george soros was nazi (not him) 6.5k… 14:05:57, 2018-10-29
RT @claytoncubitt: "I mean sure he's got paramilitary death squads bayonetting the Earth's lungs, but at least my 401k did 2% better" https… 14:06:23, 2018-10-29
RT @GennaBain: Thanks very much to the gate agent who told me to get out of the line I was in to go down to another checkpoint because 2 TS… 14:09:27, 2018-10-29
Today I'm reorganising my backups, doing diagnostics and running defrag. 14:16:18, 2018-10-29
RT @FullyChargedDan: #WindPower rules! As does #SolarPower #Batteries & #ElectricVehicles!
“These huge new wind turbines are a marvel. The… 14:25:02, 2018-10-29
RT @umairh: Guys. Begging Jack and Zuck to crack down on hate is like asking arms dealers in the 1930s to stop selling bullets. Capitalism… 14:25:45, 2018-10-29
RT @BootstrapCook: I've just filed my #TinCanCook manuscript to my editor but am now adding an extra chapter for busted myths and actual fa… 14:26:42, 2018-10-29
RT @apeslion: https://t.co/opOsvgAgDa 15:33:41, 2018-10-29
RT @coolghost101: Just a little appreciation.
#NationalCatDay #MondayMotivation https://t.co/cFKrgF6KlZ 15:46:37, 2018-10-29
RT @Pinboard: The first is that Stivers sure gets a lot of money from Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, and it's not too late to ask for that… 15:48:30, 2018-10-29
RT @isell_pussy4ebt: We have officially normalized school shootings in America https://t.co/2UFeKqPTO6 16:19:14, 2018-10-29
RT @erikhinton: a bunch of libertarian nerds turned the destruction of the habitable earth into an externality of their robot sex currency… 16:20:32, 2018-10-29
RT @Shteyngart: It can happen here. https://t.co/q890uiv9nZ 16:22:32, 2018-10-29
RT @melissaFTW: jack: hi guys what’s the biggest problem with twitter?
me: THE NAZIS

you: THE NAZIS

everyone: THE NAZIS

jack: ah yes… 16:24:08, 2018-10-29
At what point does simply using Twitter become collaboration with the right-wing forces controlling and exploiting it? 16:45:19, 2018-10-29
@executivegoth I didn't get a chance to drop a small gift to you guys at MCM. I wanted you to have a couple of fami… https://t.co/HPG8DZNJbA 19:01:17, 2018-10-29
My granddad was a clockmaker for a time. I scanned his copy of (now public domain) Sauniers Treatise on Modern Horo… https://t.co/IJjvxIK1Ga in reply to SciStarborne 19:06:01, 2018-10-29
RT @IWCanDepress: A big shout out to the Wootton Joggers #iwnews https://t.co/EZN76Z9Ye5 19:06:21, 2018-10-29
RT @Pinboard: Hey Google people—when you search for House candidate "Alyse Galvin", the image that comes up in the 'knowledge panel' sideba… 19:13:08, 2018-10-29
RT @jonlis1: ‘Bypass Calais’ and go where? The 19th century? https://t.co/GWqChBUSux 19:15:33, 2018-10-29
RT @czernobro: ??????? https://t.co/f3iPGm2zLp 19:16:28, 2018-10-29
RT @deletedbyMPs: DT Angela Crawley: RT Hannah Bardell: Well done #WASPI Campaign WASPI International making their voice heard at #Budget18… 19:17:53, 2018-10-29
RT @Panteraftw: Critical Role Cosplays from MCM London October 2018 https://t.co/j6klNco2oC Lemme know if you see yourself and I'll tag you… 19:18:07, 2018-10-29
I didn't have much spending money for MCM but did manage to hit up @cryoclaire242 and @TabKimpton stalls :) https://t.co/cWTVv5mAjr 20:43:03, 2018-10-29
@FrameshiftShark Anything moving 10 miles a minute packs it's own weight in blam. in reply to FrameshiftShark 20:45:06, 2018-10-29
@FrameshiftShark *second in reply to FrameshiftShark 20:45:31, 2018-10-29

Twitter Updates for 28-10-2018

@StrypeisonFire The analogy is that you don't know new hardware is on the network until it pings the server. In bio… https://t.co/67R4nldcTC in reply to StrypeisonFire 00:26:05, 2018-10-28
RT @BoutiYah: @Harryslaststand I joined Twitter in 2014 when I became aware that the Shitbag Irish Government planned to privatise our wate… 00:26:38, 2018-10-28
RT @JUNIUS_64: honestly p funny how the far right crowd spent half a decade calling people “snowflakes”, only to realize that being a homog… 00:27:39, 2018-10-28
RT @The90sLife: RT if you can smell this picture. https://t.co/K9biVt9tqY 00:31:13, 2018-10-28
@BeastlyBeverage I have vocalzones. They taste foul but do really help with a blown out throat. I'll be in around 1… https://t.co/b5UCDrKFFo in reply to BeastlyBeverage 07:27:43, 2018-10-28
RT @XydexxUnicorn: Thread. https://t.co/hyubTU2gFM 07:31:42, 2018-10-28
RT @DanRather: “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.… 07:38:04, 2018-10-28
It's raining & cold. Leaving my bed is a struggle. But the fan heater is across the room. 07:56:42, 2018-10-28
Also the clocks have gone back. I'm sure that won't cause any madness at the con. 07:58:35, 2018-10-28
Without my glasses on there's a tree branch blowing outside that looks like The Green Man flipping the double birds. 08:03:12, 2018-10-28
RT @eliistender10: This might come in useful this morning https://t.co/xGMRmz1Rbc 08:03:41, 2018-10-28
@thearkadian Useful to know but I'm running late. Won't be there until half past 11 most likely :/ in reply to thearkadian 10:15:30, 2018-10-28
Today is a jumper day. It's cold & wet.
I'm also on a bus to Leytonstone. Apparently the overground is out today. 10:19:00, 2018-10-28
@thearkadian Travel app said the trains at Highams Park weren't running so I'm on a bus in reply to thearkadian 10:27:51, 2018-10-28
@thearkadian W16 pulling into Leytonstone ;) in reply to thearkadian 10:36:52, 2018-10-28
@BeastlyBeverage I'm really sorry :( in reply to BeastlyBeverage 10:52:21, 2018-10-28
Welp, in the bagsearch queue again. 11:09:36, 2018-10-28
Pasta breakfast 11:49:52, 2018-10-28
In the main stage queue. That's better than yesterday :) 12:38:14, 2018-10-28
I have apparently forgotten my pencil! 12:46:07, 2018-10-28
@fwuffydragon If only. Dead peckish. in reply to fwuffydragon 13:11:11, 2018-10-28
Nothing quite like the awkward of watching an unexpected sex scene on a huge TV with 1000 strangers. #MCMcomiccon #outlander 13:34:22, 2018-10-28
Hooray! https://t.co/GqAPqncS5q 14:31:33, 2018-10-28
And show's over! Lots of fun, but I get to sit down now for the first time in 2hrs. 15:02:24, 2018-10-28
Bit sad they weren't accepting gifts at the end of the panel like the American ones, but I guess luggage costs. 15:16:52, 2018-10-28
@thearkadian Successfully got in! Wonderful time. Now sitting for the first time in 2hrs! :) in reply to thearkadian 15:17:57, 2018-10-28
@Poodle_Tastic did I just spot you all trolled up at MCM? 16:38:45, 2018-10-28
On my way home.
I'm going to cut off my feet and spine. 17:10:59, 2018-10-28
I need to look at leather carving. Might be a way to backlight leather effectively. 17:14:16, 2018-10-28
@ScuppetMutt Not about someone with erectile dysfunction? in reply to ScuppetMutt 17:23:18, 2018-10-28
@SakeBobomb The only gin I can have neat is Gin Mare. in reply to SakeBobomb 17:24:18, 2018-10-28
RT @BoingBoing: The EU's new Link Tax bans the use of Creative Commons and open access for news https://t.co/pjA4MgpD3Y https://t.co/GysVIb… 17:29:32, 2018-10-28
RT @stavvers: I often think about this. That Twitter knows who the Nazis are, could absolutely do its bit to prevent Nazis from organising… 17:31:09, 2018-10-28
I need to get a new battery for this phone and clear up some background apps. 17:35:23, 2018-10-28
RT @Iron_Spike: I still believe with all my heart that modern media megacorps are way less receptive to aggressively promoting and adapting… 17:44:47, 2018-10-28
RT @john_sipher: Recall also that "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" was an Russian active measures campaign (like in 2016). It was a fo… 18:25:55, 2018-10-28
RT @carolecadwalla: How do you go from @nigel_farage to the global Jewish conspiracy in 2 easy steps? Ask @youtube. Here he is on Fox spout… 18:27:40, 2018-10-28
I am home. Very sore & tired. Glad to be back, but it's very quiet & empty. 18:30:43, 2018-10-28
RT @GdnPolitics: I don’t want to go blind due to Brexit | Letter https://t.co/jmf82Oa5Qj https://t.co/nrK4AV5Xz7 18:43:10, 2018-10-28
@BeastlyBeverage Sorry I didn't come by again. All the standing for the critrole panel wiped me out.
Hope the vocalzones helped! in reply to BeastlyBeverage 18:47:06, 2018-10-28
RT @JUNIUS_64: TIL the infectious dose of Salmonella serotypes is extremely variable
some require >1,000,000 cells to start an infection… 21:51:46, 2018-10-28
RT @DanielWickham93: Bahrain's Ministry of Justice has prevented @ebrahimsharif, the former head of the dissolved, left-leaning opposition… 21:54:52, 2018-10-28
RT @JimMFelton: Nigel Farage (to millions of fans)
“America should be concerned about Jews”

Nigel Farage (to millions of followers)
“It’s… 22:08:19, 2018-10-28
RT @JayDaArcticWolf: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
– Ra… 22:15:36, 2018-10-28
RT @doctor_oxford: BREAKING. NHS chaos predicted in event of a no- deal Brexit. FOI request documents predict:
– cancelled operations
– ex… 22:31:25, 2018-10-28
RT @xeni: Brazil is about to become a military dictatorship and whoever you are, wherever, this should terrify you. https://t.co/Cs4zGANLeS 22:32:15, 2018-10-28
@lomadia Because he wants his viewers to relate to him by understanding his point of view.
Wait.. in reply to lomadia 22:42:01, 2018-10-28
RT @transscribe: Remember when good liberals wrung their hands over whether we should punch Nazis? The Nazis have moved on to killing peopl… 22:43:43, 2018-10-28
RT @transscribe: Antifa: *defends community*
Pundits: No not like that

Nazis: *Murders community*

Pundits: Why was no one defending that… 22:43:49, 2018-10-28
RT @PennyRed: A man who glorifies torture has taken control of Brazil. In America, white supremacists sent bombs to journalists and critics… 22:46:03, 2018-10-28
RT @PennyRed: RT if you live in the UK and you’ve never encountered a ‘no-go-zone for white people.’ 22:49:58, 2018-10-28
RT @vinbrown: The EU's Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Commons News | @doctorow @EFF https://t.co/YkhqXBQDk9 #CreativeCommons #… 23:02:22, 2018-10-28
Fuck, I took a couple of days break and have slipped right back into this media hellscape. 23:08:49, 2018-10-28

Twitter Updates for 27-10-2018

Managed to nab the last one of these at Tabs stall today! https://t.co/upifWEO9VG 23:09:04, 2018-10-27
@thearkadian @GeekyClean Easy to spot then! ;3 I also have a general, so will be aiming to get in as soon as possib… https://t.co/e0dxwdRFJO in reply to thearkadian 23:19:26, 2018-10-27
I need to make a pillow fort so I don't have this fan heater on all night. I hate the cold. :P 23:20:00, 2018-10-27

Twitter Updates for 27-10-2018

RT @7im: we are deeply sorry for the error we make constantly and without apology https://t.co/q3Q0RRVuEp 07:23:32, 2018-10-27
I really hate cold mornings 07:40:49, 2018-10-27
Heading in toward MCM. 09:46:24, 2018-10-27
RT @Iron_Spike: Y'know those stories clueless, well-meaning people like to tell about how appalled they were by a bigoted relative at Thank… 09:50:06, 2018-10-27
RT @MikScarlet: If a doctor can't imagine what it feels like to be treated as a list of symptoms, a broken thing to be fixed, a failure for… 10:07:05, 2018-10-27
RT @fwuffydragon: What the whatting what??? https://t.co/lDUTobTRK3 10:09:10, 2018-10-27
RT @mirandayaver: Oh come the fuck on, @nytimes. Enough with "both sides." When the media and politicians nonviolently critical of the pres… 10:10:12, 2018-10-27
RT @whitequark: yeah i've collected a lot of great memories throughout my life, why do you ask https://t.co/NRlqAFfjYl 10:11:52, 2018-10-27
*hacker voice*
I'm in.

(MCM) 11:19:38, 2018-10-27
@sticksthefox Made it through in about 40min I think.
Now I queue for the ATM. in reply to sticksthefox 11:21:04, 2018-10-27
@sticksthefox Only know the toilet ones but apparently there are others. in reply to sticksthefox 11:47:34, 2018-10-27
Mobile data at excel is reaching saturation. Dialup speeds for texts. 11:48:31, 2018-10-27
@Huskyteer should be happy to hear there's a Tintin shop at MCM 11:55:10, 2018-10-27
Currently Boosette cosplays are beating Bowsette cosplays 1 to 0. 12:17:20, 2018-10-27
Now at 1 bowsette, 5 boosettes and 1 chompette 13:58:00, 2018-10-27
I found Victor, the black powder merchant! https://t.co/QAmHXfNYUO 14:25:43, 2018-10-27
Critical Role panel completely at capacity. Couldn't get in and hundreds in the reserve line. Going to get a gin. 15:15:15, 2018-10-27
@AlexChilver No I was turned away. It's at capacity. in reply to AlexChilver 15:15:37, 2018-10-27
@AlexChilver Went to a bar outside the east exit. in reply to AlexChilver 15:40:49, 2018-10-27
RT @popeguilty: Three reasons this asinine liberal op-ed sucks:
1. No-platforming works, contra the article's assertion
2. The existence o… 15:42:01, 2018-10-27
@AlexChilver I just paid £10 for a gin. I'm getting nothing else. :P in reply to AlexChilver 15:52:30, 2018-10-27
Least there's a chicken risotto waiting for me at home 19:38:36, 2018-10-27
@Huskyteer Also spotted this pair! https://t.co/yrh4O8ZTqI in reply to Huskyteer 19:40:19, 2018-10-27
I've twinged my back. Hope it'll be good for tomorrow. Coughing is like shitting lightning. :P 19:42:13, 2018-10-27
@Huskyteer Apparently the Tintin shop is a regular in reply to Huskyteer 19:47:05, 2018-10-27
Still really gutted I didn't get to see the critical role panel today. Still, there's hope for tomorrow. 20:15:22, 2018-10-27
@thearkadian Think I saw you leaving when the main filled up today. Heads up! https://t.co/JhIHYmuG8p 21:07:59, 2018-10-27
@thearkadian As long as I can pass on a small token of thanks to them, I'll be content. in reply to thearkadian 21:36:48, 2018-10-27
@nathanielwall @matthewmercer I'm sure @JesseCox could offer some pointers in reply to nathanielwall 21:41:57, 2018-10-27
@thearkadian I certainly shall! You actually walked immediately in front of my today and I had to do a double-take… https://t.co/QXgbLFpaxG in reply to thearkadian 22:12:49, 2018-10-27
@artsyhonker Happy birthday! :) 22:44:52, 2018-10-27
RT @lopp: What if the final shitcoin bubble is fractional reserve bitcoins? https://t.co/DjoEdvNqkR 22:58:52, 2018-10-27
RT @stjepansejic: random old dumb jokes https://t.co/5dssxCP8yV 23:00:16, 2018-10-27
RT @SuperheroMethod: Good advice. https://t.co/YAFz3kAuiE 23:01:42, 2018-10-27
RT @ShanieTX: This Bongo Cat cosplay I saw at London MCM Expo yesterday was fantastically cute! ? #BongoCat @BongoCat_ #MCMComicCon #London… 23:03:18, 2018-10-27
@ShanieTX @bongocat_ Will you be there tomorrow too? in reply to ShanieTX 23:03:36, 2018-10-27
@ShanieTX Ah well! Let's go for a drink someone after we've both recharged from MCM XD in reply to ShanieTX 23:09:30, 2018-10-27