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Twitter Updates for 19-02-2019

One of the first rules of warfare is to destroy the strongholds of your enemy. The hard right know this and practic… https://t.co/xYHZFSqvan 02:33:21, 2019-02-19
RT @GreatLange: https://t.co/prd64EZuIf 02:33:28, 2019-02-19
RT @DogBarkingBees: That opening tweet might seem like a doozy but keep reading. https://t.co/W9kdqx1tC9 02:33:38, 2019-02-19
RT @Troglit: Hey! im a Meeesh. im a UK artist and i am completely in-love with painting fantasy pictures with bold & vibrant colours Xxx… 12:23:04, 2019-02-19
What is the rate of self-discharge on a clock mainspring as a power storage device?
I presume it would be the metal… https://t.co/anqsOEavSF 15:06:47, 2019-02-19
RT @caitlin__kelly: ICYMI, @issielapowsky wrote about a @STRATCOMCOE experiment during a recent NATO military exercise: using info found on… 15:07:22, 2019-02-19
RT @cjsnowdon: Spare a thought for the Lib Dems, a centrist party opposed to Brexit that is behind in the polls to an imaginary centrist pa… 15:10:48, 2019-02-19
All the dry goods are now boxed and stored. Next is to cut, weld and paint the extra baskets for the freezer. Then,… https://t.co/CUChZmvz0z 17:09:13, 2019-02-19
@FrameshiftShark This tool mentions being able to read the Elite Dangerous OVL files for audio banks.
https://t.co/0EI7dYgXtj in reply to FrameshiftShark 17:30:35, 2019-02-19
RT @Papa_Shell: To all my fellow indie TTRPG creatives, this is potentially an important read for some of you: https://t.co/fM39K3Ov3M 17:35:16, 2019-02-19
The mini metal gearbox motors with magnetic encoders are 2.5Kg/cm stall torque. The smallest metal-gear servos at 2Kg/cm and half the price. 17:42:00, 2019-02-19

Twitter Updates for 18-02-2019

RT @MartinWongPhoto: This guy wins https://t.co/fg8T7Gi2VK 02:45:16, 2019-02-18
@I_amaDerek Maybe I live an amazing double life. in reply to I_amaDerek 02:47:36, 2019-02-18
RT @gray: This is somebody’s job. https://t.co/h4qgVR9Yhi 12:15:43, 2019-02-18
RT @d_ruddenwrites: 'If you got rid of every male creator who was a monster, we'd lose so many -'
Don't care. Do not. There isn't a single… 12:22:48, 2019-02-18
RT @ottocrat: This is getting attention outside the UK bubble. Ordinary people across Europe seeing a British politician in their Facebook… 12:26:57, 2019-02-18
RT @joabaldwin: Autotuned the cat because he won't shut up in the mornings. I don't know how this helps but I did it anyway. https://t.co/J… 12:29:45, 2019-02-18
RT @katietiedrich: *staggers into the room clutching a bunch of papers* okay babies let's fix the scare floor https://t.co/8lETerrDis 12:33:24, 2019-02-18
RT @hackaday: Don't care to relive your childhood bike riding stunts? This ABS system might keep your bike on the straight and narrow. http… 12:35:54, 2019-02-18
RT @DataPup_: ?My new chapbook is out!!?
Jovian Flesh & Fauna is an experiment to inspire alien empathy, using horror and surrealism in poe… 12:36:18, 2019-02-18
RT @xeni: One seller who didn't want to go on the record because he was afraid of retribution by Etsy told @ginalou they tried to put throu… 12:37:43, 2019-02-18
RT @band_john: TIL the first London Underground fare zones map was drawn by a ticket clerk who was fed up with looking up fares in the fare… 12:44:44, 2019-02-18
RT @CaseyExplosion: Oooh eeer, David Suchet! https://t.co/zUWYmxYhlV 12:45:57, 2019-02-18
RT @sarahnicholsons: Sure, but depression fends off exercise much more efficiently https://t.co/yxmiRA3B9A 15:41:26, 2019-02-18

Twitter Updates for 17-02-2019

@CaseyExplosion I misread it as a thread about unicorns and was both confused and inspired for a bit there. in reply to CaseyExplosion 12:50:37, 2019-02-17
Makerspaces are fine being volunteer run if they're for casual use. It's a matter of wants vs needs. For those that… https://t.co/FxwPf0mpmu 13:03:34, 2019-02-17
Makerspaces are affordable logistic support to people with few means at their disposal. They can be the thing that… https://t.co/469LxrP7um in reply to SciStarborne 13:06:45, 2019-02-17
This is an unstated root of conflict as those who start and run spaces are more often than not people who only want… https://t.co/k4DReBpMdg in reply to SciStarborne 13:08:01, 2019-02-17
This is why we need a reliable option for individuals, not professionals. The professional has the choice, the indi… https://t.co/hLu4FDRiEA in reply to SciStarborne 13:10:13, 2019-02-17
This is me trying to put into words something hard to express. It's a social situation that most people would rathe… https://t.co/QaH37I30zM in reply to SciStarborne 13:12:35, 2019-02-17
This is not an attack on those who run spaces. It is an observation of the emergent properties of that space. That… https://t.co/cpUIe4BIod in reply to SciStarborne 13:16:30, 2019-02-17
Basically I'm saying we need more recognition that makerspaces are more than just a source of recreation. They are… https://t.co/4oxv3soD1X in reply to SciStarborne 13:20:37, 2019-02-17
This is why it's so frustrating to see people dismissed when they complain that tools are broken or missing. Partic… https://t.co/ppuIWp83ic in reply to SciStarborne 13:23:47, 2019-02-17
Not everyone is in the same position as the people who chose to start these venues, and I'd like to see less of a s… https://t.co/HkXOsSicwI in reply to SciStarborne 13:24:43, 2019-02-17
RT @drs1969: @jayrosen_nyu It’s 1. Cameron did ref to paint r wing of party into corner. And he blew up the country as well as Conservative… 15:39:10, 2019-02-17
RT @rozietoez: TERFs now aggressively trying to erase Dr. James Barry's identity and claim him as a "long lost feminist sister" they unders… 15:40:09, 2019-02-17
RT @davidschneider: Remember, Flybmi going bust has NOTHING to do with Brexit.
Also not to do with Brexit:
Nissan changing mind re car pro… 15:49:13, 2019-02-17
RT @AOC: ‘You say you love your children, but you are destroying our future.’
Our sea levels are rising.
Droughts are worsening.
Wildfires… 15:52:08, 2019-02-17
@Sshhhparkle You're looking great! in reply to Sshhhparkle 15:53:38, 2019-02-17
RT @Brittany_Saturn: Today @Rex_ssb and I found out that they make horse taillights and it’s probably the best thing I’ve ever seen. https:… 15:54:44, 2019-02-17
Nearly lost my Critter pin on the bus, but on my way to Enfield to chat about Workbench Alpha. 19:11:49, 2019-02-17
RT @KentonVarda: NOOOO THEY FOUND IT https://t.co/lcqd61nDnF 19:18:10, 2019-02-17
RT @KentonVarda: @Google I really hope they never track down the lost server that has been running https://t.co/FeN2j3X53W for the past ten… 19:18:24, 2019-02-17
RT @2000_mondo: In a State of Emergency, the President Can Control Your Phone, TV, and Even Your Light Switches: New at Reason https://t.co… 19:18:46, 2019-02-17
RT @MicroSFF: "Release me," the frog said, "and I will grant you a wish."
"Oh!" the boy said, "I wish to understand all animals!"
All the w… 19:19:41, 2019-02-17
RT @skipai: Billionaire who backed Brexit 'will leave UK to avoid paying £4 billion in tax' https://t.co/eHtRipwXeC via @MetroUK 19:19:56, 2019-02-17
RT @inductivestep: Public sector workplaces are causing stress and burnout, so let’s test mindfulness.
No control group. Statistically sig… 19:20:47, 2019-02-17
RT @redhistorian: 10. As Rees-Mogg demonstrates, understanding the past requires more than an outdated wardrobe & a drawl. Britain's concen… 19:24:01, 2019-02-17
RT @redhistorian: Jacob Rees-Mogg says that "you've got to understand the history" before condemning the British concentration camps during… 19:24:16, 2019-02-17
RT @toomuchpete: "You don't need a degree" advice is fraught for a few reasons:
1. Code schools have significantly altered the entry level… 19:25:34, 2019-02-17
RT @Chican3ry: In case you missed it yesterday. If you know a TR supporter out them. Do anything you can to make their life harder. They sh… 19:26:29, 2019-02-17
@blueybirdy I need a jacket I can put them on instead of a bag strap. :P in reply to blueybirdy 19:28:22, 2019-02-17
RT @RebeccaRideal: Glad this is being highlighted. I’ve also had the “I’ve been reading your book. Can we chat (for free) about X because w… 19:28:50, 2019-02-17
On my way home. Good chat. Head's a bit clearer. Lost my Orinoco womble badge somewhere. 22:21:06, 2019-02-17
RT @Quantum_Sheep: A couple for @70sscifiart – covers (and back) for 'A Separate Reality' and 'The Space Warriors'.
Back of Space Warriors… 22:26:46, 2019-02-17
RT @scanlime: okay cool, my @drobo is out of warranty and a software update bricked it, now support sends me this email suggesting I need t… 22:29:07, 2019-02-17
RT @JimMFelton: Bloody EU how dare they [wearily squints] feed our poor https://t.co/4AxFOUbWEu 22:32:42, 2019-02-17
RT @virgoverit: How to be an ally when ICE is terrorizing your community: A toolkit for North Carolina
from @ quinnchez https://t.co/CmTpgl… 22:33:49, 2019-02-17
RT @AkinSawyerr: Talent is evenly distributed, opportunity isn’t https://t.co/bWvFVLlyHN 22:34:31, 2019-02-17
Bus cancelled at the last minute. On my way home by train. 22:51:37, 2019-02-17
RT @dragonessdrei: This isn’t something I normally post about, but my cousin needs to replace her wheelchair van for her disabled son and c… 22:52:18, 2019-02-17
RT @JimMFelton: @thequentinletts There are no excuses at this stage. You’re either willfully ignorant, painfully thick or just another liar… 22:52:48, 2019-02-17
RT @cpeedell: @thequentinletts Switzerland is a member of the Schengen Area, Mr Letts. You are in a privileged position that can influence… 22:54:29, 2019-02-17
RT @gavinesler: Try Google, mate. S -c-h-e-n-g-e-n. Hope it helps. https://t.co/YunbJndijZ 22:55:31, 2019-02-17
RT @steampunkdrox: Friendly reminder to LET YOUR PARTNER HAVE HOBBIES???
Girlfriend likes make up? Cool! Go shopping with her! Ask her ab… 22:56:13, 2019-02-17
I'm home and wombled an oven. https://t.co/uOc5KxcEV2 23:40:25, 2019-02-17
RT @David__Osland: Seems like the era in which Britain could simply sail a gunboat up the Yangtze and bombard the Chinese until they agree… 23:43:29, 2019-02-17
The ovens dial has *50* as its lowest setting.
This should be good for tempering lasercut plastics. 23:45:44, 2019-02-17
My goal for this week is now to write a statement of principles for the workshop so I have something to better get people on board with. 23:47:27, 2019-02-17
I'm out of coping for the day now though. 23:48:00, 2019-02-17

Twitter Updates for 16-02-2019

domaine du feynard pineau des charentes rouge is absolutely lush
dracula is a sympathic character

Hahah wankers drawbridge 03:32:19, 2019-02-16
YOU MUST BRING THE HOGFATHER HOME 03:33:48, 2019-02-16
A MISTAKE I FANCY 03:36:51, 2019-02-16
HOW DARE YOU
HOW DARE YOU 03:37:30, 2019-02-16
HO
HO

HO. 03:37:45, 2019-02-16
DID YOU KNOW IN A UNIVERSE FULL OF WONDERS THEY'VE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM? 03:52:37, 2019-02-16
My face is so warm. https://t.co/0NDnbs54b1 04:20:12, 2019-02-16
@kalinkafox Adult Elizabeth is more determined and more appealing. in reply to kalinkafox 04:26:53, 2019-02-16
RT @kalinkafox: Young or adult Elizabeth??
Young – like, adult – retweet!❤️
Want to make new costume, from the very beginning, what do you… 04:27:13, 2019-02-16
V thankful for functional kidneys 06:17:25, 2019-02-16
RT @quitedaft: https://t.co/OcQxvuJlmw 11:23:58, 2019-02-16
RT @BlogRedRobin: @SaraCo130813 @JustMeBeingMe4 @theJeremyVine Today. https://t.co/gEkre9HZxy 13:18:53, 2019-02-16
RT @graceblakeley: ‘Calm down woman, we’ve all dabbled in mass murder from time to time’ https://t.co/it57YSXIvE 13:19:34, 2019-02-16
RT @VeroVero777: @NickyMorgan01 @theresa_may We are actually stockpiling food, FFS, we are very afraid for our family members with drug-dep… 13:30:53, 2019-02-16
RT @VeroVero777: @NickyMorgan01 @theresa_may I am quite old, & TBH, I don’t believe the rupture in our society caused by this evil can be p… 13:31:09, 2019-02-16
RT @jayrayner1: I’m going to repeat a thought from a while back. @michaelgove is far too bloody quiet. Having bravely led the Brexit charge… 13:58:49, 2019-02-16
RT @WrightNDesk: 3/ To TERFs, trans men do not exist. At best we are confused butches, at best we are gender traitors. But the theming is c… 14:08:50, 2019-02-16
RT @GeorgeWParker: Gavin Williamson's idea of a "global Britain" – ie sending aircraft carriers to China's backyard – has undermined our at… 14:14:13, 2019-02-16
RT @quartzen: It bothers me that I keep seeing posts about James Barry talking about his "secret." As far as I can tell, he was quite open… 14:18:10, 2019-02-16
RT @sexyeyes70: So today whilst I was trying to serve a customer! She decided to push here way through the shop @healescycles into the offi… 14:37:13, 2019-02-16
RT @lalonde: This sort of thing is why CoC's which have a "professional"/"assume good faith"/"nice tone" argument are bullshit. Lots of mar… 14:37:49, 2019-02-16
So.. the way to make a 100v audio system is literally to throw a line transformer on the amplifier output and speaker input? 14:40:10, 2019-02-16
RT @Harryslaststand: In a book shop this morning, young man and woman, friends but one maybe wanted to be more. Young man is gently instruc… 14:40:41, 2019-02-16
Or there's just cat5 audio extenders. 15:06:27, 2019-02-16
What with all the schoolkids protesting at Parliament and getting kettled by mounted police, is this Theresa "Thatc… https://t.co/cutiqcmbYy 16:42:21, 2019-02-16
RT @Staedtler: I warned you, Europe will not let you misuse Article 50 to scam a new treaty, and they won't let you blackmail them by threa… 16:42:47, 2019-02-16
RT @spotted_menace: "There aren't enough black girls in STEM"
Them: Well why not do something about it instead of whining and playing the… 16:43:38, 2019-02-16
@Sshhhparkle What a cutie! :3 in reply to Sshhhparkle 16:44:05, 2019-02-16
RT @RobotBrush: HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!

??? https://t.co/nbbSl32idi 16:46:15, 2019-02-16
RT @alicegoldfuss: Opportunity didn’t die for this shit https://t.co/gF9OJQccy0 18:46:39, 2019-02-16
RT @SaHreports: Amazing… https://t.co/brf87D2t3J 18:57:15, 2019-02-16
RT @JimMFelton: Would be nice if the Tories would spend even half as much effort condemning these violent thugs as they did having a go at… 19:01:45, 2019-02-16
Anyone want this? It tastes like Bananamans jizz and that's not to my tastes. https://t.co/6NWyuErmMH 19:09:12, 2019-02-16
@NomasterC If you like jizz and bananas it's ideal in reply to NomasterC 19:33:36, 2019-02-16
RT @RyanGilleece: https://t.co/2jamnjEctY 20:05:14, 2019-02-16
RT @jansomo: okay i'm really scared right now and i can't stop crying, i'm so desperate for help.
please if anyone can help me, even just a… 20:57:23, 2019-02-16
RT @matthaig1: Amazing the amount of people who think 52 per cent is a conclusive Brexit result but won’t accept the 98 per cent of scienti… 20:58:47, 2019-02-16

Twitter Updates for 15-02-2019

Okay, finances aren't as bad as I feared. If I don't buy anything for the next fortnight the income support should get me back in the black. 04:10:54, 2019-02-15
RT @Doc_Wolverine: For the morning crowd https://t.co/hwPR1eJx2B 11:57:53, 2019-02-15
RT @OpenRightsGroup: Read about problems with #copyright web blocking in this excerpt from ORG’s new report “UK Internet Regulation Part I:… 12:01:43, 2019-02-15
RT @StrikeVixen: Yet there is constantly a massive clog of shit that is challenging people who try to eliminate the use of slurs in games a… 12:03:26, 2019-02-15
RT @mattlodder: We've got to start thinking about the future of the student essay if machines are this convincing at writing more-or-less-g… 12:04:37, 2019-02-15
RT @acrobotic: PSA: *always* wear eye protection when working with circuits/tools.
"Capacitor 470uF 10V connected to 24V"
? https://t.co/e… 12:05:36, 2019-02-15
RT @vedia_lupae: Retweet if you don't use slurs at all, much less have a "favorite slur" https://t.co/kOQGqtE1i9 12:07:37, 2019-02-15
RT @trufflesnuffle: OH MY GOD GUYS MY FRIEND IN NH WORKS AT A THRIFT STORE AND THIS WAS DONATED TODAY https://t.co/IcYntzIIwy 12:10:43, 2019-02-15
RT @remibun: sorry, no chocolate for dogs https://t.co/MrTCGkI42c 12:11:21, 2019-02-15
RT @Tirrelous: Flight across the country- £20
Train across the county- £150

Government- "tAkE tEh TrAInS eVeRyoNe, wE aRe CoMmITeD tO L… 12:13:14, 2019-02-15
RT @orbitalnomad: @Tirrelous Also government: "39% of Britons don't take the train regularly so we're treating 39% as if it's a majority &… 12:13:31, 2019-02-15
RT @hackaday: Adding that custom touch to the Chevy Volt with a Raspberry Pi and some CAN hacking. https://t.co/rMrCzbrotL 12:15:07, 2019-02-15
Jesus, the Facebook Marketplace is a den of unmoderated rip-off merchants.
Anything marked as "Free", isn't. Anyth… https://t.co/HNYrInBV5X 13:38:53, 2019-02-15
Theresa May believed to have been bitten by a zombie. Insists to other survivors; "It's nothing, really, I'm fine!" 14:50:59, 2019-02-15
RT @VonAnneli: This is the damage a button battery can do in just an hour. Swallowed button batteries are EMERGENCIES! Scott put this batte… 14:51:17, 2019-02-15
RT @PonchoRebound: You've probably heard about how Opportunity's last words to NASA were “my battery is low and it's getting dark.”
What y… 14:56:07, 2019-02-15
RT @tanngrisnir: “So, they call me Concentration Camp Mogg, do they?”
https://t.co/bfLrQECSld 14:59:32, 2019-02-15
RT @andreasdotorg: Comedy gold. So Adobe "fixed" an integer overflow by blocking the one value in the PoC. #offensivecon19 https://t.co/asm… 15:00:58, 2019-02-15
Hopefully that's fixed the leaks in the shed lean-to.
My stomach is churning but I want to complete more than a sin… https://t.co/PWj9Q9gdnS 17:01:16, 2019-02-15
Okay, new PSU is in and wiring is tidied up. Fingers crossed… https://t.co/jbS2WtbIme 19:47:14, 2019-02-15
It's functioning but I have a nasty feeling the 10-turn pot is causing trouble. Going to swap the original back in. 19:59:10, 2019-02-15
Finally.
Sadly I think part of all this has been my choice to use a 10-turn pot. They're wire-wound.

I suspect th… https://t.co/bvlvaUWcWQ 20:35:40, 2019-02-15
There seems to be a slow leak in the cooling loop to deal with next. That will mean opening up the chiller. I suspe… https://t.co/lolw21ZO0L 20:39:54, 2019-02-15
But, it's cutting again. :) https://t.co/h3OkpCSyvQ 20:40:43, 2019-02-15