January 2019 – Page 2 – Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

Twitter Updates for 25-01-2019

RT @JeremyLittau: For those who aren’t quite sure why these media layoffs keep happening, or think “it’s the internet!” or “people don’t pa… 03:35:16, 2019-01-25
RT @EmilyGorcenski: TERF sock puppets are orders of magnitude more clever than their neo-Nazi counterparts but still transparent. Here, the… 03:35:57, 2019-01-25
RT @AriffAdlyyy: I need to know this, just in case. https://t.co/E8Vq9kytiM 03:37:44, 2019-01-25
RT @solarhuney: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ????
“Im going to choke the life out of you. And while you’re drooling on yourself, I’ll hand cuff yo… 03:38:22, 2019-01-25
RT @FLICTERIA: https://t.co/bjqZIjBzwX 03:39:04, 2019-01-25
RT @ggreeneva: A 72-year-old alleged titan of industry is so out of touch, he suggests bartering for groceries in 2019.
Yet we hear from s… 03:41:03, 2019-01-25
RT @WholesomeMeme: https://t.co/0ujWI85TWo 03:41:35, 2019-01-25
RT @ndrew_lawrence: Direct quote from the President: "I know banks are working along if you have mortgages, the mortgagees, the mortgage, t… 04:33:44, 2019-01-25
RT @GeorgeMonbiot: The point I tried to make on Newsnight is that it's not enough for "influencers" at Davos to ask heads of industry and g… 04:36:27, 2019-01-25
RT @zellieimani: 4 little black girls were strip searched in school because the principal thought they were behaving too “hyper and giddy”.… 04:38:19, 2019-01-25
RT @MuslimIQ: Wealthy white male drank underage & sexually assaulted women 30 years ago:
•So what? It was 30 years ago!

Native American el… 04:44:05, 2019-01-25
Dreaming of bacon & mushroom chopped up in scrambled egg. 04:45:53, 2019-01-25
RT @SonjaShio: So @Patreon @PatreonSupport
Can you please switch your accounts back from international? Banks are refusing to even connect… 22:49:17, 2019-01-25
RT @xkeepah: who could have ever seen this coming https://t.co/0bJfSFQ4ZK 22:56:42, 2019-01-25
Gotta finish the business plan to write the accurate summary for Patreon so I can tag it in the survey to promote i… https://t.co/XszMKzZexE 23:07:09, 2019-01-25
RT @GovInslee: Clark County is now reporting 30 cases of measles. Because measles is contagious before people realize they are sick, those… 23:07:43, 2019-01-25
RT @davidschneider: Siri. Show me the exact contemporary equivalent of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. https://t.co/oK0DSZL9nf 23:10:11, 2019-01-25
RT @mcmillen: After 9 years, I'm leaving Google. My last day will be in a few weeks. My main reason for leaving is Google leadership's poor… 23:17:10, 2019-01-25

Twitter Updates for 24-01-2019

What is it about cold weather that increases static buildup on clothing? My jumpers and dressing gown are crackling… https://t.co/PE9kF32B5u 04:02:17, 2019-01-24
RT @IMechE: Our 8th @RailwayCImeche Challenge for students and apprentices takes place this Summer. Meet the 2019 Teams and find out more a… 13:33:49, 2019-01-24
RT @GennaBain: @dexbonus @Smix @itsJuliaHardy @lomadia @GillyweedTV @itshafu @BeccaTILTS @olimoley @ZGGaming @michelemorrow @Pokket @AnneMu… 13:36:09, 2019-01-24
RT @ShimmiArt: Help me out! My husband has started carving wooden tankards and he doesn’t think people would want to buy them!!
It would… 13:36:41, 2019-01-24
RT @ipcress: My son asked me to explain #Brexit recently. So, I told him to imagine if he & 27 of his classmates pooled their Lego & built… 13:40:20, 2019-01-24
RT @DanRather: It’s like we’re living through a real-life civics course… as imagined by Rod Serling. 13:40:32, 2019-01-24
RT @Feanyx: Why am I just hearing about this?
—
A white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a black man with a sword as part… 13:42:21, 2019-01-24
RT @DrLucyRogers: People with a PhD in archeology – are they Bone Finde doctors? 13:50:52, 2019-01-24
RT @the_pro_creator: I'm so pissed that Adobe is hiking the Creative Cloud price (AGAIN) that I did a round-up of FREE ALTERNATIVES to all… 13:54:53, 2019-01-24
RT @trgrrl: mumsnet is 4chan but for boomers 13:55:33, 2019-01-24
Yeah, I'm sure the real DVLA website is hosted out of Taiwan.
Watch out for texts apparently including UK government services. 17:13:36, 2019-01-24
RT @ezralevin: RED ALERT! I talked with a few sources on Capitol Hill and am hearing Trump folks are paying to barrage offices with pro-wal… 17:13:51, 2019-01-24
RT @gillyarcht: ‘Players in Eastern-cluster countries were more likely than those in the Western and Southern countries to kill a young per… 22:55:04, 2019-01-24
RT @FursonaPins: Hey guys! Tag a friend who's #asexual or #acespectrum and let's show them they're valid and respected! https://t.co/t4PrRL… 22:57:18, 2019-01-24
RT @CaseyExplosion: Kinda hate to "dunk" here, but it's extremely telling that Glinner is now appearing on the channel of this alt-right du… 22:58:31, 2019-01-24
RT @Kekeflipnote: Smooth fox. https://t.co/GA8Ag4PjkZ 22:59:24, 2019-01-24
RT @math_rachel: @ajaykaul10 @blaw Research has shown that:
– when men & women negotiate by reading identical script, women who ask for a h… 23:12:44, 2019-01-24
What enthic demographic categories work well in a survey that may have worldwide respondents? 23:42:01, 2019-01-24
RT @MaxJerneck: This quote… it can't be real. It has to be taken out of context or something https://t.co/0yMy6R72SJ 23:42:26, 2019-01-24

Twitter Updates for 23-01-2019

RT @PeterMcGuireIE: There's a lot of utter garbage said and written about trans kids in recent days. About 4 years ago, The Irish Times pub… 02:49:43, 2019-01-23
RT @gorosart: Down Town
– built and animated in VR using #Quill
– exported alembic
– shaded, lit, rendered in #OctaneRender
– post proce… 02:55:41, 2019-01-23
Looks like the LHS Playwood group died when the LHS went into storage at the start of last year. Not going to be ge… https://t.co/XAnUfWwRRt 03:02:34, 2019-01-23
RT @Doc_Wolverine: Does this read like a "Don't worry shareholders, the world won't completely implode in 50 years"
type statement, rather… 03:03:08, 2019-01-23
RT @StefanTurk: @cflav "as winds pick up, there will be a greater need for paperweights, and the iPhone has that capability as well. When t… 03:03:45, 2019-01-23
RT @cflav: Apple predicts climate change will increase demand for iPhones, noting that they double as flashlights and sirens and can be cha… 03:03:56, 2019-01-23
@cflav "act as a radio"
Err, CAN IT? It can stream audio off the internet, but does the iPhone still contain someth… https://t.co/1Q4CovljE2 in reply to cflav 03:08:05, 2019-01-23
@cflav Can't wait to see how thin the Lightning apocalypse hand-crank charger is. Or what finishes the deluxe salva… https://t.co/U0HFYcNyYk in reply to cflav 03:12:40, 2019-01-23
@GiacomoJoust @cflav https://t.co/090MgdlmwU in reply to GiacomoJoust 03:14:13, 2019-01-23
@digitaldraco @PMSMythicPink @cflav My Ledlenser P5E has been on the same AA battery for 3 years now. in reply to digitaldraco 03:17:18, 2019-01-23
@glowascii I recall Heston Blumenthal had a green tea & mint liquid nitrogen merengue as a good pallet cleanser. Th… https://t.co/qwmDE3PAkk in reply to glowascii 04:23:31, 2019-01-23
RT @davidgerard: I didn't know Chrome had a Firefox Marketing Department.
This is laser-targeting uBlock Origin, btw. https://t.co/xl9snp4… 04:24:14, 2019-01-23
@glowascii Within reach of a LN2 canister & some egg white? Green tea & mint do sound like a good cleanser on their own tho. in reply to glowascii 04:29:46, 2019-01-23
@glowascii Hm. Either it's changed or I misremembered it. https://t.co/0OJoHec9e0 in reply to glowascii 04:34:33, 2019-01-23
RT @amyngyn: need a flowchart that's like,
– are you literally her mentor
– did she ask for career advice
– did she express interest in get… 11:46:24, 2019-01-23
RT @KHayhoe: Hi, I’m a climate scientist. You may know me from my greatest hits including, “No, it’s not a natural cycle,” “Yes, I know it’… 12:04:10, 2019-01-23
RT @BoingBoing: Australia may have just backdoored your mobile phone https://t.co/CJmXtmiobP https://t.co/EXwpEfZwEs 12:31:32, 2019-01-23
RT @SciStarborne: What don't you have the space or tools to do at home?
RTs welcome. 12:31:47, 2019-01-23
#Brexit occurs in 65 days.
However it occurs in 47 *working* days. The latter is how long anyone has to resolve, fi… https://t.co/T5fQvcibt9 13:00:56, 2019-01-23
RT @CaseyExplosion: @JimSterling You notice how he'd @'ing folks like that? Like he's directing a hate mob to harass them over their suppor… 13:08:48, 2019-01-23
RT @OnnMel: How not to win people round to your cause…..
“You are a fucking traitor you silly fucking bitch. We will remember your actio… 13:15:51, 2019-01-23
RT @Hbomberguy: Ironic, considering most of the people defending glameboy are puppet accounts with stock photos of women for avatars. Liter… 13:17:32, 2019-01-23
RT @coffeeftwords: I love this concept. Has anybody ever had a Blind Date with a Book? How was it?
#amreading #books https://t.co/TZ02TNGA… 19:25:55, 2019-01-23
RT @DeoTasDevil: >> take away offices
>> tight cubicles
>> take away cubicles
>> force them to work in "open offices"
>> better surveillanc… 19:28:40, 2019-01-23
RT @TheWerelizard: English speaking folks: uwu
German speaking folks: üwü 19:29:48, 2019-01-23
Ooof, total outlays are adding up. Thankfully these are largely worst-case estimates. https://t.co/BxvvQVSUF3 19:58:26, 2019-01-23
Note to self: remember phrase "price bracket" not "estimate". 21:04:43, 2019-01-23
Diserano is quite nice 22:45:34, 2019-01-23

Twitter Updates for 22-01-2019

RT @chubbuppster: Look it was cool that she showed up but she was there for 30 minutes out of a nearly 60 hour stream, this is ridiculous h… 02:56:21, 2019-01-22
RT @ScottWx_TWN: Huh… c/o @_Astro_Nerd_ it looks like there was an impact on the Moon during totality last night!
Bottom left of the gif… 02:58:31, 2019-01-22
RT @CosmoSnowmew: Wow. All the feels :(
(artist unknown and didn't come up on google, tag please if you know them) https://t.co/f1worY44tJ 02:59:11, 2019-01-22
RT @xeni: Haven’t seen anyone on cable news string Anastasia Vashukevich/Nastya Rybka story together as well as @Maddow and team tonight.… 03:12:03, 2019-01-22
Dreamt about anime slime-molds for some reason. 11:28:52, 2019-01-22
@avon_deer It's not one I've seen. They looked like lumps of caviar with faces. in reply to avon_deer 11:37:51, 2019-01-22
RT @DavidHenigUK: The Brexit messaging from the Commission is becoming increasingly blunt. https://t.co/PZifiCh17x 11:39:58, 2019-01-22
RT @Pippystrelly: If there is one thing owning cats has taught me is that you can love something to death, but that doesn't matter without… 11:42:31, 2019-01-22
RT @Staedtler: See, from her point of view an election is a sort of safety zone. They can't sack her during an election campaign, and if sh… 11:43:55, 2019-01-22
RT @SkiaSkai: Opening for lockscreens in about 2 hours!! 11:49:45, 2019-01-22
RT @thedailymash: Self-employed make annual choice between tax return and faking own death https://t.co/2jncDbCLnz https://t.co/PFQAUwCwwn 11:50:09, 2019-01-22
RT @JimMFelton: Me again. Just checking that that thing you have said every day for the past three fucking years is a red line – is that st… 11:52:35, 2019-01-22
RT @EmmaRei94308034: The UN Human Rights Office handed names of dissidents to China (and only China) without their consent. I thank the Dut… 11:53:01, 2019-01-22
RT @LEGGYPOP: Quick reminder that using the “tr*p trope” is harmful to trans people whether or not you intend it to be or are using a trans… 11:56:21, 2019-01-22
RT @ChrissyCole: Gave his life? He was murdered. https://t.co/FFtVBb7OMz 11:58:08, 2019-01-22
RT @rainbowcouch: Gaslighting: what it is, what it does to you and some things you can do about it. https://t.co/rRBpCEBr8D 11:59:40, 2019-01-22
RT @randileeharper: i have 2fa. tbh i'm not that concerned, more irritated than anything else. whatever this little security notification f… 12:00:40, 2019-01-22
RT @gilibugg: @gillyarcht Not drag, but I LOVE pictures of my grandmother wearing shorts in 1932 Tel Aviv. https://t.co/xyGAqjbhmK 12:01:21, 2019-01-22
RT @williamhanson: Either there’s a @netflix glitch or @MarieKondo’s methods have escalated. https://t.co/yzfR1bbC69 12:02:43, 2019-01-22
RT @ProudResister: Before the Covington Catholic boys mocked a Native American veteran, they were harassing women. Shame on every media out… 12:36:08, 2019-01-22
RT @Aussiedax: Pedestrian 0..me also 0.
Look when you're crossing the road people https://t.co/x7di1uCB8T 12:37:49, 2019-01-22
RT @wokeotter: Richard Littlejohn hounded a trans teacher to literal death so whoever in Prime Time thought we should import that "debate"… 13:19:09, 2019-01-22
RT @CaseyExplosion: This is why you should never argue with TERFs. They're always trying to goad you into interacting with them so they can… 13:20:38, 2019-01-22
RT @katefreebairn: HORROR DAY: It's not often you see a forecast like this – the @BOM_SA is predicting a 'horror day' across South Australi… 13:22:14, 2019-01-22
RT @gasedwards: Glad to hear my EU friends won’t have to pay £65 to @ukhomeoffice – they should never have been asked to. But nonEU nationa… 13:23:06, 2019-01-22
RT @johnrobb: That assumes fictive kinship.
A 'we' that doesn't exist anymore.

In the conflict underway right now, this is an example… 13:34:55, 2019-01-22
RT @johnrobb: Another interesting open source twist. It appears it was amplified early by a Russian bot: https://t.co/uEnEjbyIty 13:35:04, 2019-01-22
RT @davidgerard: a history of LiveJournal https://t.co/kDpEBfcqzD 15:53:13, 2019-01-22
RT @orinoxide: Update, the sky is full of fluffy boys. https://t.co/xmotmH4Rtl 15:54:04, 2019-01-22
RT @EtheringtonBros: Our next feature artist/reference for #LEARNUARY is this FRANKLY BRILLIANT IDEA for helping you understand HANDS by th… 15:56:30, 2019-01-22
RT @lafondles: STOP TRYING TO USE VIOLENCE AND RACISM AS "TEACHABLE MOMENTS." 16:55:48, 2019-01-22
RT @UrFavRezCouple: You know what keeps me up at night?
The life expectancy for men on Derek’s reservation is 47 yrs. He’s reached the exp… 16:56:11, 2019-01-22
What don't you have the space or tools to do at home?
RTs welcome. 17:01:13, 2019-01-22
RT @Calliethulhu: Whenever we introduce new terminology in leftist/social justice spaces, and especially when we retire old terminology, it… 17:01:41, 2019-01-22
While I enjoy the designs, I suspect most eco-tech, even grassroots projects, are founded in white techbros need to… https://t.co/5zyjQLmJvC 17:07:02, 2019-01-22
RT @hackaday: End attachments for carbon fiber rod – both easy and strong. https://t.co/WPX6H3kOJv 17:09:29, 2019-01-22
Maybe there are projects like this actually engaging with marginalised & resource-poor people, but it doesn't seem… https://t.co/oao4PXjDGO in reply to SciStarborne 17:14:17, 2019-01-22
RT @llw902: hell fucking yes. HELL FUCKING YES https://t.co/TYAy2OnMnV 17:25:15, 2019-01-22
Jeez. Reading that the US shutdown is meaning Americans living & working abroad can't get their visas updated, mean… https://t.co/lY8pbT8WQk 21:10:46, 2019-01-22
Well, it looks intact and was manufactured within 6 months. That's not too bad. No cracked glass or marks on the ou… https://t.co/tvdntvOuAV 21:42:10, 2019-01-22
Twitter web client doesn't seem to be working at all. 23:13:57, 2019-01-22
@KorpsPropaganda This sounds like a humiliation/objectification kink scene for superheroes/villains. in reply to KorpsPropaganda 23:31:48, 2019-01-22

Twitter Updates for 21-01-2019

RT @RebetikoWalrus: We are doomed.
26% of the people Sky asked think "No Deal #Brexit" means we #RemainInTheEU. https://t.co/QIP8rVcD0w 01:46:50, 2019-01-21
RT @JennieBujold: Seriously, this has been the best day ever and a huge one for #TransRights. @Hbomberguy has raised a tonne of ££ for @Mer… 01:48:17, 2019-01-21
RT @jfcwzl: happy 2 year anniversary https://t.co/uCxEubIqml 01:48:45, 2019-01-21
RT @RealSexyCyborg: Also- "could you speak more calmly and clearly while my colleagues repeatedly stab you?"
It's alright everyone- the to… 01:57:57, 2019-01-21
RT @RealSexyCyborg: The person being stabbed with a knife kept screaming so it was very hard to determine just what about the knife was a p… 01:58:58, 2019-01-21
RT @tombarfield: This is a totally straight news report on German TV about Brexit – not a satire show. Note the illustration image. https:/… 01:59:56, 2019-01-21
RT @swaldman: Putting aside the obviousness of "don't mess with the Good Friday agreement, it took decades from better statesmen than you",… 02:04:17, 2019-01-21
RT @KorpsPropaganda: Cher just just boosted a tweet about the stream, too. https://t.co/VWQMOKtoPO 02:12:53, 2019-01-21
RT @HgMorbi: If you're ever feeling shitty about yourself, keep this in mind:
You will never ever be as much of a fuckup as Thomas Midgley… 02:43:36, 2019-01-21
RT @tomscott: Tomorrow morning, tech journalists are going to have to try and figure out how on earth @Hbomberguy’s stream snowballed from… 02:43:56, 2019-01-21
RT @PartTimeDragons: Two-Part Collection #webcomic #dragon
Please Retweet! https://t.co/H4dDkdN5wD 02:47:27, 2019-01-21
RT @JessFink: Can't believe I just got to watch a streamer play Donkey Kong while someone gave a little history lesson about Magnus Hirschf… 03:08:30, 2019-01-21
I gotta sleep, but I wonder what a bloodmoon is like *on* the moon. 03:26:56, 2019-01-21
RT @Staedtler: I told you Theresa May's behaviour would become more and more erratic.
She's now trying to turn the meaningful vote into a… 13:11:19, 2019-01-21
RT @Staedtler: She's still trying to renegotiate https://t.co/x7cy7VwKnH 13:13:05, 2019-01-21
RT @orinoxide: Sometimes I try to think up devious corporate shenanigans for hypercapitalist space future dystopia worldbuilding stuff, but… 13:19:31, 2019-01-21
@stavvers I ordered something similar through Amazon once. When it arrived the package was completely torn open. It… https://t.co/eA1VObLfyX in reply to stavvers 13:25:44, 2019-01-21
Brexit: A gentleman's hands are never dirty. 13:32:01, 2019-01-21
RT @ldobsonhughes: Tomorrow, 260,000 mainly female polio workers will start to vaccinate over 39 million kids across Pakistan. It's one of… 13:35:23, 2019-01-21
RT @BrianJAlford: Graham Linehan plowing his fists into the wall, tears spilling down his red, swollen cheeks. “He’s not even a Donkey!” H… 13:38:52, 2019-01-21
RT @KamHeartstrings: My fursuit was stolen from my car last week… ? Last seen in Santa Clara, CA on Stevens Creek Blvd on Thurs 12/27 in… 13:39:01, 2019-01-21
RT @thepandalion: Trans friends – what would improve your workplace / what would make you feel more included and welcomed at work? Please R… 13:39:58, 2019-01-21
@russss @jonty @emfcamp The most secure method. in reply to russss 15:15:49, 2019-01-21
RT @CrimeGirI: UK immigration Judges, ladies and gentlemen https://t.co/7c3IH3Vx2A 15:18:49, 2019-01-21
@apeslion I've been craving sausage of the Bavarian kind lately in reply to apeslion 15:19:35, 2019-01-21
RT @billy74919063: @jonty There's a 24hr vending machine on the Caledonian Road where you can buy a pint of live maggots.
It's been there… 15:21:26, 2019-01-21
RT @AOC: Just look at the marginal tax rate discussion.
The right’s biggest strategy against my marginal tax rate proposal isn’t to argue… 15:21:40, 2019-01-21