November 2018 – Page 6 – Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

Twitter Updates for 04-11-2018

RT @PoliticsReid: Turnout among 18-29 year olds, compared to 2014 early voting:
– AZ +217%
– FL +131%
– GA +415% (!!!)
– MI +128%
– NV +364… 17:07:07, 2018-11-04
@StrypeisonFire Do they "Eiffel tower!" with left & right hands together? in reply to StrypeisonFire 18:50:06, 2018-11-04
@StrypeisonFire Scrubs 40k in reply to StrypeisonFire 18:51:09, 2018-11-04
RT @Spacekatgal: This is an unbelievably powerful story about the rise of white nationalism and the gridlock that stops us from addressing… 18:55:56, 2018-11-04
RT @andromedamn: apparently russia has this meme where they @ elon musk in pictures of super stupid bootleggy lifehacky "inventions" captio… 19:01:10, 2018-11-04
RT @FluffSociety: Owner Story: "When Desmond is sick of playing, he sits on the roof because he knows Winston can't get up there." https://… 19:03:24, 2018-11-04
RT @xeni: What a douche this guy is. https://t.co/xul01rCaah 19:04:07, 2018-11-04
RT @PeterKGeoghegan: This pretty much nails how I and so many Irish I know in GB feel right now https://t.co/wAcNz7z1cn 20:01:14, 2018-11-04
RT @ByCommonConsent: Fb is evil, fyi https://t.co/9tTxxj6RlS 20:52:30, 2018-11-04
RT @eliseawilliams: Afraid I have neither caption nor context for this excellence: https://t.co/Fprg5GCU7f 22:24:03, 2018-11-04
RT @skipai: She's watching YouTube https://t.co/vcWwcx9qEC 22:38:44, 2018-11-04
Comparing frozen veg prices, Asda is notably cheaper than Tesco & Morrisons. Larger bags available too. 23:44:05, 2018-11-04
RT @matthaig1: Imagine
if
there
was
a
better
way
to
save
the
world
than
being
rude
to
strangers
on
the
internet. 23:52:17, 2018-11-04

Twitter Updates for 03-11-2018

RT @Harryslaststand: Having #ArronBanks on Sunday's Marr show isn't about getting to the facts of the Brexit campaign or presenting news; i… 12:17:58, 2018-11-03
RT @JimMFelton: I’m sure the UK will forgive the Brexiters for how they’ve fucked the country. Anyway, I’m off to burn the effigy of a man… 12:18:17, 2018-11-03
RT @BarristerSecret: I wonder whether the BBC would give a platform to a police officer to tell viewers, in advance of criminal proceedings… 12:34:53, 2018-11-03
RT @AynRandPaulRyan: Let's play "imagine if".
Imagine if Michelle Obama spent $100,000.00 in one day on…who the fuck knows what?

The p… 12:37:24, 2018-11-03
RT @shonfaye: Good for the Guardian US staff. British trans women deserve better.
https://t.co/KEmTvP0KCI 12:42:11, 2018-11-03
RT @ebruenig: rand could never explain how society ought to deal with children, the ultimate non-value-producing, dependent creatures. havi… 12:44:40, 2018-11-03
RT @LizardbethArt: Prove them wrong, fellow millennials. VOTE!! https://t.co/3XIs2d5QmL 12:45:12, 2018-11-03
@RealTilfsworld Did they actually read your book or just *a* book? in reply to RealTilfsworld 12:46:25, 2018-11-03
RT @TimAdamsWrites: Owen Jones helpfully explains why the advertising industry wastes $630bn each year https://t.co/gVWEabemIP 12:48:25, 2018-11-03
RT @NatashaBertrand: Jacob Wohl, calling himself “Matthew Cohen,” took $1,200 from a woman who hired Surefire Intelligence to recover her s… 12:49:55, 2018-11-03
@blueybirdy @LondonFurs Wish I could be there :( in reply to blueybirdy 13:18:54, 2018-11-03
@blueybirdy Can they only support one internal drive? in reply to blueybirdy 13:20:26, 2018-11-03
@blueybirdy @LondonFurs Thanks! Hoping that wish comes true! in reply to blueybirdy 13:24:22, 2018-11-03
@blueybirdy Perhaps you should get a NAS box for long-term storage? in reply to blueybirdy 13:25:05, 2018-11-03
@blueybirdy Get a two-bay NAS with RAID-1 capability. Then put two identical drives in it and even if one drive fai… https://t.co/0Sfz2tyN3X in reply to blueybirdy 13:41:15, 2018-11-03
RT @Staedtler: My theory is that the English are so addled by aristocracy that they can't properly identify public misconduct. 13:46:42, 2018-11-03
RT @Staedtler: If Cameron was going to resign as soon as the referendum came out wrong, he should never have held it.
The English just cann… 13:47:05, 2018-11-03
RT @BrexitBin: We warned you this would happen.
Once they get their Brexit, they won't stop there. The neo-fascists will also want to bring… 13:47:27, 2018-11-03
RT @BeastlyBeverage: If I ever get my own cafe, it’s pretty much going to be a monster boy host club. 13:48:23, 2018-11-03
RT @dumbmongreldog: Brexit is basically that bit in Ghostbusters where the guy turns off the containment unit because he has had enough of… 13:48:53, 2018-11-03
@dumbmongreldog In a frame by frame breakdown we're a few seconds past the regretful "oh shit.." as the bricks crac… https://t.co/EYlnIdDHfI in reply to dumbmongreldog 13:59:13, 2018-11-03
RT @cstross: Fascism : the only way to debate it is with a brick to the head (Because that's what fascists have in mind for the rest of us)… 14:07:38, 2018-11-03
RT @RestartProject: "We must recognize excessive waste for what it is: a shocking loss of resources at the cost of our environment, enginee… 14:14:21, 2018-11-03
RT @mollycrabapple: In our sanctuary city of New York, NY state court officers and plainclothes ICE dragged an immigrant into an unmarked v… 14:15:43, 2018-11-03
RT @GMB_union: Amazon are treating their workers like robots. Over the last three years 600 ambulances have been called to their UK warehou… 14:25:34, 2018-11-03
RT @LizardbethArt: I’m LIVE on Twitch all day today, playing games for 24 hours for ExtraLife, which is an amazing charity that helps raise… 14:29:40, 2018-11-03
RT @sean_t_ellis: Washington politician's manifesto sailing pretty close to the Apocalypse Codex. Charlie Stross is a true prophet. Unfortu… 14:32:38, 2018-11-03
RT @CarolineLucas: Appalling misjudgement to give platform to Arron Banks on BBC tomorrow
Please do make your own complaint – and RT this… 14:32:50, 2018-11-03
I'd still like to know what sort of siren was used for the Ghostbusters containment grid failure. I want to use it… https://t.co/5eZktmVtNf 14:36:56, 2018-11-03
It still seems unusually low frequency, so might be a 12v klaxon running on 6v? 14:38:40, 2018-11-03
RT @Amy_Siskind: This is important folks: Trump is laying the groundwork after midterms to fire Sessions and Rosenstein, and place one of… 14:49:18, 2018-11-03
@RealTilfsworld This is why I like the idea of living on my own ship.
https://t.co/9cIVb2ROQP in reply to RealTilfsworld 14:51:07, 2018-11-03

Twitter Updates for 02-11-2018

By weight my chicken soup is now garlic soup. 13:33:43, 2018-11-02
RT @RussianSpaceWeb: FATAL IMPACT: Here is the moment when a strap-on booster delivered a lethal blow to the core stage.
FULL VIDEO: https… 13:36:01, 2018-11-02
RT @CChinneide: A woman who used to push diet pills for a living is abusing the @gmcuk complaints process, designed to ensure patient safet… 13:36:48, 2018-11-02
I feel this is relevant to the D&D worldbuilding crowd. https://t.co/keD4DRcnRw 13:48:03, 2018-11-02
RT @MaxFagin: November is here, and that means a massive shift is coming. And by "massive" I am of course referring to the redefinition of… 14:09:42, 2018-11-02
RT @georgeeaton: Since Boris Johnson was Foreign Secretary, it's not unreasonable for *anyone* to aspire to the job. But Cameron's foreign… 14:15:14, 2018-11-02
RT @sunny_hundal: If you want to know why Arron Banks is being investigated, and why its a big deal, read this excellent piece by colleague… 14:17:12, 2018-11-02
RT @ProfaneAnnalist: "Sex work is coercive"
Yeah, all work is coercive, welcome to work and why it's bad.

But we're not going around and… 14:56:48, 2018-11-02
RT @haveigotnews: After announcing he could return to frontline politics, the first footage emerges of David Cameron en route to Westminste… 14:57:28, 2018-11-02
RT @DavidNeiwert: 1) “Eliminationism” is a term you need not just to become familiar with, especially in today’s American rush toward autho… 17:14:30, 2018-11-02
@ColtTheWolf @Vexen_Crabtree Brutal would be naming them, but I think one's dead now and the other has apparently c… https://t.co/b4dTU66G3s in reply to ColtTheWolf 17:15:46, 2018-11-02
@ColtTheWolf @Vexen_Crabtree I think 1998/99, but it's been long enough I can't recall exactly. They weren't every… https://t.co/j0s9ulmdQe in reply to ColtTheWolf 17:20:02, 2018-11-02
RT @furrygirl: I’m offended by conservative political ads demonizing POC. I’m also offended by liberal Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan’s paterna… 17:25:54, 2018-11-02
RT @StealThisSingul: Australia's 2015 copyright censorship system has failed, so they're adding (lots) more censorship https://t.co/J8y4eu2… 17:27:00, 2018-11-02
RT @MikeStuchbery_: Run, @nigel_farage, run! https://t.co/E2oV63Zhl7 17:29:01, 2018-11-02
@ColtTheWolf @Vexen_Crabtree Weird to think I've been attending them for more than half my life. :| in reply to ColtTheWolf 17:29:59, 2018-11-02
RT @PartTimeDragons: Tune in next week, same dragon-time same dragon-channel. #motivational #dragons
Please Retweet! https://t.co/D0VNFBtE… 17:34:45, 2018-11-02
RT @BenKrasnow: Unlike public internet forums, when reading datasheets, it is wise to be *least* charitable in interpretation. Wow, did I… 17:38:44, 2018-11-02
RT @BenKrasnow: I'll be presenting my work on electroless copper circuits at @hackaday Supercon and may have some cool additional features… 17:46:45, 2018-11-02
RT @SueDeer2: I did not even know these things had a mating season. https://t.co/YqUJeJFMuI 17:56:58, 2018-11-02
RT @StefiHeartlilly: Keeping the positive vibe going, #freeart raffle time! Let's show positivity to our comunities artist's!
To enter you'… 18:38:29, 2018-11-02
@RealTilfsworld just wondering if your preference for tinted lenses has ever led you to @KorpsPropaganda ? 20:06:31, 2018-11-02
RT @Pippystrelly: When banks make their opening times as inaccessible for anyone who works. https://t.co/2wk0dA62y8 20:10:47, 2018-11-02
@RealTilfsworld @KorpsPropaganda Could wear a set of these over the top? They do several tints and they're very che… https://t.co/iBUwN4bvZA in reply to RealTilfsworld 20:44:30, 2018-11-02
@RealTilfsworld I'm in pretty dire straights too, but I can spare £2.50 if it helps lessen your pain! Just a pick c… https://t.co/3HAztbbgrt in reply to RealTilfsworld 21:03:40, 2018-11-02
RT @HC_Richardson: Apparently some folks are just now learning Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. Lincoln helped to organize the GOP in the… 21:27:35, 2018-11-02
RT @SakeBobomb: EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS!
I'm dangerously close to being out on the street. Please consider getting some art from me or sharin… 21:29:21, 2018-11-02
RT @Spacekatgal: Shannon, we tried. My God did we try.
We worked our ass off in backchannel. We risked our careers. We did our job and th… 21:32:13, 2018-11-02
RT @PhxInsurgent: Right wingers five years ago: "THE GOVT IS GOING TO USE THE MILITARY TO ROUND UP PEOPLE AND PUT THEM IN CAMPS ???!!!"
Ri… 21:38:09, 2018-11-02
Question. Does US law allow elections to be suspended during a time of war?
Since Trump has sent 15k troops for a b… https://t.co/gxzFPYIYdK 21:41:26, 2018-11-02

Twitter Updates for 01-11-2018

@SkiaSkai Chaos Sprite Shrek Anthem? in reply to SkiaSkai 00:22:11, 2018-11-01
@SkiaSkai Fear my random shit search abilities! in reply to SkiaSkai 00:34:59, 2018-11-01
RT @DemandUtopia: Now is a time for monsters… to come out and play https://t.co/27XQoTY4jU 01:41:50, 2018-11-01
RT @DemandUtopia: https://t.co/sFdg6S6KN5 01:41:53, 2018-11-01
Remember Captain Zed and the Zee Zone? 01:54:11, 2018-11-01
RT @stevekmartin: @TheRickWilson https://t.co/bU2qsBXBV0 01:56:26, 2018-11-01
RT @CaseyExplosion: Wow, f#&k everything about this! https://t.co/JUJIDixUG3 02:21:36, 2018-11-01
RT @MeredithIreland: Who to give candy to: a handy guide
☑️ kids in costume
☑️ kids not in costume
☑️ teens because they’re still kids
☑️… 02:22:53, 2018-11-01
RT @skipai: Essex village used in 'appalling' Trump candidate advert https://t.co/PcMQgo8mIv 11:02:38, 2018-11-01
RT @apeslion: Someone send me like fivtee quid and a ref. I wanna experiment with some pixel art while my resin cures 19:11:24, 2018-11-01
RT @ionotter: Man…
And I get flack for telling people to buy guns to protect themselves, while THIS GUY is telling his voters to buy gun… 19:11:50, 2018-11-01
The collapse of Gab and expulsion of some groups from FB has led to a sudden influx of assholes onto Mastodon.
It'… https://t.co/RSQKJhzeWl 22:00:09, 2018-11-01
Yes, they're trying to infiltrate. But the immediacy of the reaction is hugely encouraging. It's the sort of reacti… https://t.co/7DFhmHwaWD 22:07:46, 2018-11-01
RT @StrawberryJemma: I feel beyond ripped off right now. What was supposed to cost me $450 turned into an $828 bill for movers today.
I'm… 22:08:39, 2018-11-01
RT @davidgerard: Countries That Consume More Or Less Electricity Than Bitcoin Mining In Late 2018 https://t.co/yC5oJRwsSN via @PowerCompare… 22:09:19, 2018-11-01
RT @zeynep: Really? Googlers should only discuss their own work conditions and not bring up the profound impact their products have on the… 22:15:55, 2018-11-01
RT @IL0VEthe80s: Happy Birthday to John Candy who would have been 68 today. He died aged 43 in '94. Retweet if you miss this legend… http… 22:16:59, 2018-11-01
RT @HardDriveMag: This Guy Made a Fully Functioning Computer in Minecraft That Blocks @notch on Twitter
https://t.co/gvgvJQP8EZ 22:21:42, 2018-11-01
RT @ShiroSirius: If you want to see a slow motion trainwreck in action, @Flickr just announced that they’re doubling the cost of paid accou… 22:23:29, 2018-11-01
@LondonFurs If my con-crud is gone by Saturday, I promise to come along with a walking stick to wave at people and… https://t.co/0ZIVms6OCH in reply to LondonFurs 22:26:25, 2018-11-01
RT @giantpoppywatch: At this time of year, the ONLY #Respectful way you can drive the Hitler-designed VW Beetle on a British road is by put… 22:29:21, 2018-11-01
#myfirstLFM was the first LFM. I remember the end of it mostly, which was sitting around Angel tube station with IA… https://t.co/mZkp7wc3Qb 22:37:05, 2018-11-01
@Octodog_ Honestly thought this was a microscope section of a small brain. in reply to Octodog_ 22:40:16, 2018-11-01
RT @skipai: Atos threatens to call police after claimant questions PIP assessor’s mental health training https://t.co/ChmKNNUPdf via @johnp… 22:40:50, 2018-11-01
@RealTilfsworld I think I know a way to destroy the universe. in reply to RealTilfsworld 22:41:29, 2018-11-01

Twitter Updates for 31-10-2018

@ZippyTheWolf I hope you can find some closure eventually in reply to ZippyTheWolf 00:31:59, 2018-10-31
RT @concussivebonk: yet another Ferguson activist has apparently died under mysterious circumstances. rest in peace #DanyeJones (reposting… 01:04:31, 2018-10-31
RT @BoingBoing: 200+ Google workers plan a company-wide walkout Thu. Nov 1 over alleged sexual harasser protection https://t.co/dhtuq98MC1 01:06:39, 2018-10-31
RT @Dustinkcouch: nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early
astronaut: moon's haunted

nasa employee: what?

astronaut: *loading a pis… 01:10:21, 2018-10-31
RT @CllrMikeLeddy: The budget was all smoke and mirrors. https://t.co/hCeLbUwjQA 02:00:11, 2018-10-31
RT @emilydugan: UPDATE: in a new record for Home Office u-turns, 23 minutes after we published this story, the couple received an email to… 02:04:23, 2018-10-31
RT @DandanHansen: "You have bigger things to worry about." Is the worst form of gas lighting. 02:06:44, 2018-10-31
RT @Psythor: Here's a dystopian vision of the future: A real announcement I recorded on the Beijing-Shanghai bullet train. (I've subtitled… 02:10:28, 2018-10-31
RT @Iron_Spike: Still very behind on #Inktober, but determined not to fail.
Anyway, here. Have a cheat sheet I can guarantee will annoy a… 11:35:26, 2018-10-31
RT @Herring1967: This makes it look so good. And it’s actually better than this. What a brilliant show. https://t.co/UAWP6GZ3W0 11:39:46, 2018-10-31
RT @karaspita: Hot take: making sure your diplomats speak the language of the place they're posted to is good, putting non-diplomats in as… 11:40:19, 2018-10-31
RT @BoingBoing: Felons, Nazis: Due to repeated budget cuts, Michigan is occupied by an army of 3,000 armed, unregulated "police reservists.… 11:41:28, 2018-10-31
Can anyone suggest some secure (as in encrypted) Windows address book software? Ideally with custom fields and an A… https://t.co/mlZ7DGxCh1 14:55:58, 2018-10-31
RT @BruceBourgoine: Key lesson from history that Americans don't need to learn the hard way. The "it would never happen here" crowd needs t… 15:04:13, 2018-10-31
RT @SamvgWr: @doctorow ICYMI thread by @jayrosen_nyu https://t.co/z7lKn6hWi6 15:16:57, 2018-10-31
RT @insidehousing: Universal Credit predicted to cost more than existing benefits system #ukhousing https://t.co/z10c6d8HGt 15:18:21, 2018-10-31
RT @guardian: Universal credit could silence working-class writers, MPs told https://t.co/MSJ9LaPViw 15:22:11, 2018-10-31
RT @JayScottSmith: “We pulled your column because what you wrote could be offensive to supporters of Mr. Trump.”
What I was told by an edi… 15:23:09, 2018-10-31
RT @forexposure_txt: [Happy Halloween] https://t.co/En8CWy6kbA 15:27:30, 2018-10-31
RT @Arcais_Panda: I’m all for minimising environmental impact and every tiny action helps but I swear insta makes me despair… If you’re goi… 15:27:55, 2018-10-31
RT @k_goett7: Male doc just called me “little lady,” so on my way out I called him “little man.” Look on his face: priceless. 15:30:25, 2018-10-31
RT @DogpatchPress: Altfurs talk about how they don't go to cons, but love ruining them.
These chat logs of the "backroom" of Altfurry/Xana… 15:32:38, 2018-10-31
RT @AwardsDarwin: This kids going places, not university but places. https://t.co/J4utH2dKVk 15:33:04, 2018-10-31
RT @AnnieDuke: Then a miracle occurs. https://t.co/nqhaOl92vL 15:35:10, 2018-10-31
@Volt_the_Robot @EMSL FAO @ShanieTX in reply to Volt_the_Robot 16:57:09, 2018-10-31
@blueybirdy Looking great oh merciful queen! in reply to blueybirdy 16:59:06, 2018-10-31
RT @artoferin: Morning bump, because today is Ween! Happy Halloween everyone! https://t.co/ib4HtGu1vA 17:07:35, 2018-10-31
RT @stavvers: A combination of stuff:
1. Losing Mary, Mel and Sue really did kill the vibe.
2. Adverts. Oh god, adverts. Breaks the flow ho… 17:08:25, 2018-10-31
Kinda reasonable. https://t.co/W6GAGIcVWG 17:09:11, 2018-10-31
RT @Machinima: Game of the year ?
Via: https://t.co/JABqNzcDup https://t.co/vDtK3pc3sK 17:16:37, 2018-10-31
RT @EvanSparks: Ron Swanson submitted a recipe to my church's cookbook y'all https://t.co/8MNNZea0wP 17:28:39, 2018-10-31
RT @xeni: Here’s the self-obsessed tweet Trump deleted. Largest massacre of Jewish American citizens on U.S. soil. His focus is on himself.… 17:30:28, 2018-10-31
Logged into Skype because screen-sharing in Twitch is broken. Found I'm getting reply suggestions in the text chat.… https://t.co/Y5yOqEfFez 23:54:09, 2018-10-31
Apparently I'm not responsible enough to talk to my own friends without mediation. I'm not competent enough to type… https://t.co/PDemyIDplg in reply to SciStarborne 23:57:48, 2018-10-31
@fatedfox I've been chatting mostly in Twitch messenger lately because it's also the modded minecraft launcher. in reply to fatedfox 23:58:24, 2018-10-31