April 2018 – Page 3 – Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

Twitter Updates for 19-04-2018

I wonder how many awkward conversations have been caused by mixing up EuroCosplay and EroCosplay? 01:19:08, 2018-04-19
RT @LupusLondonwolf: Told you it would happen @Alfa_fox! Article has everything required:
– words like 'sizzle' and 'basking'
– that it's… 12:32:04, 2018-04-19
RT @anamericanghost: Last year two of my students were complaining about how some people can draw the same thing over and over and make a l… 12:33:08, 2018-04-19
RT @davidschneider: Theresa May: “Labour destroyed the Windrush landing cards. They also sent out the Go Home vans, brought in all the ‘hos… 12:34:44, 2018-04-19
RT @DeoTasDevil: >> Women shouldn't work construction.
>> I've never had a job.
>> Hitler did nothing wrong.
ಠ_ಠ https://t.co/jOQ5xxnnIo 12:37:27, 2018-04-19
RT @davidschneider: Me: The Handmaid’s Tale was brilliant but it could never happen in reality.
Reality: https://t.co/UgbuKUlRab 12:39:37, 2018-04-19
RT @RestartProject: Been curious about repairing with us in London, but need a little more information? Join us tomorrow at our welcome ses… 13:22:15, 2018-04-19
RT @davidschneider: [Downing St]
Adviser: Good news, PM. Everyone’s still talking about the Windrush fiasco, the callous brutality of your… 16:05:42, 2018-04-19
RT @HeidilBlake: REVEALED: UK govt refused to assist a French investigation into suspected money laundering by telecoms giant Lycamobile –… 16:07:05, 2018-04-19
RT @HeidilBlake: The French launched their investigation into money laundering & tax fraud by Lyca two years ago after BuzzFeed News secret… 16:07:52, 2018-04-19
RT @BreeNewsome: The racial wealth gap is not simply a byproduct of racism. It is the *goal* of racism. Racism has always served to maintai… 16:08:57, 2018-04-19
RT @BoingBoing: Tumbleweeds invade a California town, prompting residents to call 911. https://t.co/SgGLiZdcX4 https://t.co/oI4TjotFRg 16:10:33, 2018-04-19
RT @UnburntWitch: https://t.co/x2B9ovUtEx 16:11:29, 2018-04-19
It really bugs me that who RT'd something on here gets a link to their account so you can actually see who the disp… https://t.co/39haNbRpUH 16:13:22, 2018-04-19
Off to have a look around the @remakery in Brixton.
Thankfully the trains are running again. 16:41:19, 2018-04-19
RT @Nyil_Hegedu: In honor of Tom Cruise and The Last Samurai, I'd like to write a historical fiction starring an Indian guy who saves Georg… 16:41:53, 2018-04-19
Nearly home from the @remakery. Met some nice folks, got a quick tour, and utterly failed to fix a vintage record deck. 22:24:06, 2018-04-19
Also saw someone who looked a lot like @emmablackery on the tube home. 22:36:00, 2018-04-19
RT @stevieboebi: It's sexual assault awareness month. And now my video with useful info about how to overcome sexual assault with @Jimaneki… 23:30:48, 2018-04-19
RT @grovndcontrxl: someone asked me for a nude so i sent them a really zoomed in picture of gordon ramsay’s forehead wrinkles and said it w… 23:30:54, 2018-04-19
RT @GiveMeInternet: the height of lazy https://t.co/LP42USCaYD 23:31:00, 2018-04-19
RT @Brainmage: Oh god. The sunshine. Everyone is beautiful. I fell in love eight times between three tube stops and I’d burn the world for… 23:31:14, 2018-04-19
@emmablackery If it was, you are taller than I imagined. Suddenly seeing video people in 3D is very odd though. Hop… https://t.co/5mVRL1S7aU in reply to emmablackery 23:35:03, 2018-04-19

Twitter Updates for 18-04-2018

RT @WolfSkullJack: Spring- for my fellow potatoes who deal with depression and anxiety. You deserve to be here xx https://t.co/3np0C4xlZY 00:38:52, 2018-04-18
RT @BuzzFeed: You won't believe what Obama says in this video ? https://t.co/n2KloCdF2G 00:41:24, 2018-04-18
RT @tanngrisnir: Can anyone explain why a war which ended 73 years ago is still relevant to old farts like this? What does it have to do wi… 00:46:13, 2018-04-18
RT @gradyfrankhowdy: BETELGEUSE TRIED TO CRASH SQUIDWARD'S MEET AND GREET SO SQUIDWARD PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE https://t.co/qFK3QsF3Ty 00:48:20, 2018-04-18
RT @spookperson: show me your fursona 00:59:56, 2018-04-18
RT @Gw1Valentine: HOT DAMN SOMEONE FINALLY NUTSHELLED IT https://t.co/ogYTnXaWMM 01:02:12, 2018-04-18
RT @TheCoffeeSnolf: #Cats https://t.co/1PiUwYerOP 01:07:24, 2018-04-18
RT @ddale8: A neo-Nazi who anonymously advised others on how to commit violence against protesters in Charlottesville has been exposed as a… 01:08:52, 2018-04-18
RT @NatashaBertrand: Russian reporter who died after falling from his fifth-floor balcony had been investigating allegations about Deripask… 01:09:46, 2018-04-18
RT @haveigotnews: Amber Rudd apologises to the Windrush generation, and admits she should have focused on deporting people with a lower pro… 01:21:58, 2018-04-18
RT @Grand_DM: #dnd tip: The IKEA catalog is your "Manual of Nordic Character Names." Items are listed by Scandinavian names instead of numb… 01:23:46, 2018-04-18
RT @UnburntWitch: did they choose “Alan” for Alan wake’s first name so he’d be A. Wake or is this weed lying to me again 11:45:20, 2018-04-18
RT @mrjamesob: Is Carrington the last Cabinet Minister to resign over departmental failure? (He was when I did my A-Level in 1990.) Is indi… 11:48:25, 2018-04-18
RT @jessicaelgot: My analysis on Theresa May's 'hostile environment' at heart of Windrush scandal https://t.co/d01aP1StdV
But also worth re… 11:51:54, 2018-04-18
RT @RealSexyCyborg: It's pretty sleazy that @PatreonSupport denied my appeal and terminated my account but it still showing people "This pa… 11:54:20, 2018-04-18
RT @sueperkins: This government is filth. https://t.co/7QGClwU961 12:01:37, 2018-04-18
RT @thepandalion: This. I am so much more productive and happier with a work/life balance. I love my job and I love leaving at 5.30 too ? h… 12:02:03, 2018-04-18
RT @IsolatedBrit: #HostileEnvironment https://t.co/VrsJkOAFTd 12:02:18, 2018-04-18
My room smells like warm dust. Spring has arrived. 12:10:16, 2018-04-18
RT @videocats: Royalty is here, get out of the way peasants! https://t.co/pq36piGrhY 12:10:26, 2018-04-18
RT @keano81: I feel like this might be a bit much, even for East London https://t.co/cReZRIqzPe 12:21:51, 2018-04-18
RT @davidschneider: In today’s episode of I Want My (Tolerant, Forward-Looking, Open) Country Back: https://t.co/Vk4xY4RQhg 15:36:41, 2018-04-18
Gutters cleared, ivy trimmed back and about half the fence done before I ran out of creosote. 17:23:42, 2018-04-18
Tomorrow I'll do clay walling, then friday the fibreglassing. 17:34:52, 2018-04-18
RT @LuxAlptraum: THE INTERNET, 1998: Don't use your real name, some creepo might stalk you!
THE INTERNET, 2008: Only creepos use handles i… 17:45:12, 2018-04-18
RT @jrawson: The original kilogram is located in Sèvres, France.
Look at this absolute unit. https://t.co/4gh3HOSSH7 17:45:20, 2018-04-18
I think the easiest way to get my laser working will be to pay for a new fan mount to be cut so the extraction does… https://t.co/F8mQIOYz6M 17:46:53, 2018-04-18
@Houndloaf Oh nooo. At least he's got plenty of nose to make up for it. in reply to Houndloaf 22:12:17, 2018-04-18
RT @mikarv: Fun Data Protection Bill fact of the day: a data subject loses essentially all data protection rights in relation to personal d… 22:15:14, 2018-04-18

Twitter Updates for 17-04-2018

RT @raynerlucas: Re: previous RTs, the last time I tried turning off my adblocker, *within ten minutes* an ad tried installing a virus-lade… 00:57:35, 2018-04-17
RT @MollyMcKew: "In one clip, the founder of SCL, Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, can be heard comparing Donald Trump’s political cam… 01:02:38, 2018-04-17
RT @hottestsingles: MY BODY IS A TEMPLE
ANCIENT & CRUMBLING,
PROBABLY CURSED,
HARBORING AN
UNSPEAKABLE HORROR

https://t.co/yWvu6OpZ9F http… 01:37:37, 2018-04-17
RT @NineLeavez: "The ‘landlord of the year’ is being announced but most buy-to-let opportunists make their tenants’ lives hell – giving the… 01:42:20, 2018-04-17
RT @Rschooley: Garden size? Was this like what is the most British angle we can inject into this dystopian plan? https://t.co/rQmbiMCYiO 01:48:30, 2018-04-17
RT @DeoTasDevil: People can do bad things, but people are also capable of change and remorse. I think we must not allow ourselves to become… 10:37:32, 2018-04-17
RT @stavvers: Thread. @twitter urgently need to revise their policy of locking people feeling suicidal out of their accounts, as it's takin… 10:40:26, 2018-04-17
RT @GuitarMoog: I'd imagine EU27 leaders and MEPs are watching UKGov's appalling treatment of the #windrush generation, and its unwillingne… 10:41:36, 2018-04-17
RT @DeoTasDevil: This is gonna starve the elderly and disabled. https://t.co/kUypcI6VnS 10:44:13, 2018-04-17
RT @nedroid: This vortex of swords is not exactly what I intended to happen but I can’t say I dislike it https://t.co/XRxEcuz092 10:45:40, 2018-04-17
RT @misoks: My idea for fixing Facebook: shut down Facebook and everyone goes back to the weird niche fan site forum they were on in 2001,… 10:46:25, 2018-04-17
RT @OwenJones84: Oh wow. The Tories have selected a council candidate for **SOHO** who thinks being gay is "immoral" and attacked Tim Farro… 10:47:35, 2018-04-17
RT @stephenfry: 36 out of 53 Commonwealth countries criminalise LGBT people. Join the rally for LGBT equality in the Commonwealth on Thursd… 10:52:12, 2018-04-17
RT @RobAshton: Fascinating https://t.co/bzE5xAccdJ 11:03:02, 2018-04-17
RT @tauriqmoosa: Dear white folks: Please read this interview with the woman who recorded the video of the two men who got arrested at Star… 11:03:58, 2018-04-17
RT @tauriqmoosa: White fragility is a neverending moving of goal posts, which dictates that "I will only listen to POC when they address me… 11:04:42, 2018-04-17
RT @BoingBoing: Security expert says she helped a casino whose high-roller database was stolen through an Internet of Shit fish-tank thermo… 15:49:11, 2018-04-17
RT @davidschneider: For someone who loudly decried citizens of nowhere, May sure did her best to create as many citizens of nowhere as poss… 15:52:58, 2018-04-17
RT @BoingBoing: Russian investigative journalist who wrote about Russian mercenaries in Syria dies from fall https://t.co/Jy3ronZ3Xj https:… 15:54:11, 2018-04-17
RT @GeorgeTakei: Good for them. https://t.co/d2y1kdHQH9 15:55:25, 2018-04-17
RT @borisblog: So so …. wenn das die #Polizei sieht !!! https://t.co/Ksv3NgHGny 15:58:24, 2018-04-17
RT @jimwaterson: The home office used to hold documents detailing when many Windrush immigrants arrived in the UK. Unfortunately were destr… 16:00:12, 2018-04-17
Exhausted today. 16:35:57, 2018-04-17
RT @TheJohnSu: Hi, I’m John Su and I may have misunderstood #artvsartist https://t.co/Y575UlVswR 21:49:47, 2018-04-17
RT @LizardbethArt: My dear friend Lauren has had a tweet encouraging gender equality in science go viral and let me tell you she is on fire… 21:50:20, 2018-04-17

Twitter Updates for 16-04-2018

@Bickpixx @shoadwood This is one of those yearbook photos that magazines trot out with the "they got hot" tag in reply to Bickpixx 00:13:59, 2018-04-16
RT @womensmarch: Racism is calling the police on two black men waiting for someone at a @Starbucks. This is disturbing and unacceptable. We… 01:21:44, 2018-04-16
RT @lcarreradesign: Drake Meme ? https://t.co/KOmurnAr6a 01:23:11, 2018-04-16
RT @helenmallam: As there isn't any other logical explanation for her failure to act on Johnson, Morris and now the children of Windrush, I… 02:07:32, 2018-04-16
RT @corafine: She’s out here living her best life https://t.co/1Jh0DjFein 10:45:38, 2018-04-16
RT @ryanqnorth: In the first 5 minutes of Lost in Space, the displays are in meters but the audio readout is in feet. Anyway that's probabl… 10:46:08, 2018-04-16
RT @fanf: https://t.co/c1cHDJP5jO – How could we tell if there was a civilization on Earth before Humans? 10:55:24, 2018-04-16
RT @lizardengland: In an alternate universe, the first use of physics in a video game was to simulate boiling water. Thirty years later, AA… 11:01:23, 2018-04-16
RT @joncstone: I went to Rotterdam to find out what Brexit is going to do to Europe’s ports:
– Dutch govt hiring 730 customs officers
– Po… 11:05:01, 2018-04-16
RT @cryoclaire242: I'm going to frame this comment https://t.co/LxXnYR1mzI 11:05:38, 2018-04-16
RT @KEIHIKO_GALAXY: RT's and any help/support would be much appreciated. Even if you cant donate, just RTing would be so helpful.
We found… 11:08:51, 2018-04-16
RT @CharlotteGore: Sitting here with an eviction notice in one hand and a leaflet from the local Tories urging me to vote for them so that… 11:09:13, 2018-04-16
RT @n8frogg: Pics from my bird box @Raspberry_Pi zero camera using RPi Cam. This bird was busy over 27 hours! https://t.co/oa38AB65BU 11:11:21, 2018-04-16
RT @LDHBrooks: The man next to me was masterbating on my @united flight. There was no action taken against the perpetrator even though I wa… 11:12:34, 2018-04-16
RT @krishgm: They came here as kids, attended British schools, worked British jobs and built British lives.
Now thousands from the first w… 11:15:23, 2018-04-16
RT @davidschneider: The government’s policy on Windrush immigrants right now: https://t.co/DoGX8YjQcD 13:23:33, 2018-04-16
RT @davidschneider: Government: “EU citizens need not worry about their rights after Brexit. They can trust us”
In unrelated news: https:/… 13:25:37, 2018-04-16
@apeslion Upgrade to some marine ply? Got a router if you wanted some drainage channels cut in. in reply to apeslion 13:26:31, 2018-04-16
RT @imajsaclaimant: Apparently these posters are now on bus windows in the West Midlands. If you see them, rip them down. https://t.co/IB0X… 13:28:08, 2018-04-16
RT @HJJoyceEcon: I've been persistently amazed by the UK's inability to realise that their negotiating counterparts are LISTENING AND WATCH… 13:30:27, 2018-04-16
RT @pswidlicki: The absolutely shameful treatment by the government of Caribbean migrants who have lived here for decades shows why EU was… 13:30:38, 2018-04-16
RT @Founderschat: Designing for users with physical or motor disabilities.
#accessibility #axschat via @dugboticus
https://t.co/hw6cEmO5Oy… 13:33:08, 2018-04-16
@ShanieTX Hope it's nothing serious. in reply to ShanieTX 13:38:30, 2018-04-16
@apeslion Welp if you need any welding of wood cutting done, remember I have tools. :P in reply to apeslion 13:40:01, 2018-04-16
RT @ggreenwald: One overlooked aspect of the Comey interview: it underscores how criminal and intentional was David Petraeus' felonies – no… 13:42:10, 2018-04-16
RT @swaldman: No 10 refuses Caribbean request to discuss children of Windrush | UK news | The Guardian – https://t.co/s1EBn2gukM so… This… 13:42:31, 2018-04-16
Even with currency conversion, that'd sure help out a lot. So let's see if it's genuine or not.. https://t.co/PSeZoySDX9 13:44:37, 2018-04-16
RT @doctorow: 1990 – When developers and the town of Oka wanted to start building a golf course on stolen land that belonged to them and t… 13:46:50, 2018-04-16
RT @huluyzx: Talented mom hand crafts an incredibly realistic "rocket raccoon" costume for her 6 year old son. ? #InfinityWar #rocketraccoo… 13:49:29, 2018-04-16
RT @airwars: Review by Airwars researchers concludes that single-source claim of 4 civilians killed in Damascus in recent US strikes is not… 13:51:43, 2018-04-16
RT @doctorow: 1990 – When developers and the town of Oka wanted to start building a golf course on stolen land that belonged to them and t… 13:52:07, 2018-04-16
And now an hour & a quarter wait. https://t.co/gfYuHrUw0N 16:49:34, 2018-04-16
RT @DavidLammy: When my parents came here they arrived as British citizens. This has come about because of the hostile environments policy… 17:49:40, 2018-04-16
RT @ActionZacku: Disney fun fact: the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie was such an enormous narrative mess that the first printing of t… 17:55:10, 2018-04-16
RT @funranium: Once again, I am overcome by this wave of job security feelings. https://t.co/jxfxhXufmR 17:56:50, 2018-04-16
Aaand done. https://t.co/mZvNVJKwqc 18:11:49, 2018-04-16

Twitter Updates for 15-04-2018

RT @MuslimIQ: Just gonna leave this right here.
#SyrianStrikes https://t.co/BA7pZ7Ad1S 01:51:10, 2018-04-15
RT @TaskandPurpose: The message from the UK's top enlisted soldier: If you’re a Nazi, get out fast. https://t.co/re2wY8KRcd https://t.co/AQ… 01:54:59, 2018-04-15
RT @davidschneider: I will never not be amazed at Boris Johnson’s shameless ability to condemn others for fake news and lying, like an arso… 10:49:16, 2018-04-15
So you have to get your existing electric car modified with brushes to use it?
I foresee a lot of brushes getting t… https://t.co/M55RtHy7T4 10:55:10, 2018-04-15
@cryoclaire242 I know the feeling. *hug* in reply to cryoclaire242 10:56:00, 2018-04-15
RT @punchesbears: waffle-based exploration. I re-did the body rotation system so he's zoomier. https://t.co/oMPpwsrAHx 10:56:28, 2018-04-15
RT @AdamWSweeney: So, let me get this straight…
We're bombing Syria, because Syria bombed Syria, to show Syria that Syria shouldn't bomb… 10:56:41, 2018-04-15
RT @AlexCSinger16: Fun fact: This picture is NOT from last night as Mike Pence is mysteriously in the room while also out of the country.… 10:57:34, 2018-04-15
RT @ellle_em: The best ways to "support the troops"
-don't have wars
-provide free health care & education so poor/marginalized ppl don't h… 11:01:42, 2018-04-15
RT @ananavarro: Learn this word. It perfectly describes the Trump mis-Administration:
kakistocracy (/ˌkækɪsˈtɒkrəsi, -ˈstɒk-/) is a system… 11:03:52, 2018-04-15
RT @Scarfolk: #SyriaStrikes https://t.co/ahhFnieDfz 11:04:33, 2018-04-15
RT @georgeeaton: Corbyn calls for a War Powers Act to guarantee MPs a vote on military action – promised by Gordon Brown and the coalition… 11:06:53, 2018-04-15
RT @angelicwonwoo: THE LAUGHING https://t.co/dHIlmbPBop 11:15:52, 2018-04-15
RT @seadragom: Seen so many amazing new fursuits and artists out there lately, I honestly think there's never been a better time to be a fu… 11:16:46, 2018-04-15
RT @pomeranian99: High school student wants to listen to music during an exam. School says "no phones"; they can be used for cheating. Solu… 11:17:31, 2018-04-15
RT @funder: BREAKING: There’s been a 2000% increase in Russian troll activity in the past 24 hours. If you encounter someone who is harassi… 11:18:17, 2018-04-15
RT @thejessicaraven: If you care about sex trafficking victims, ask yourself: What happens to kids after they're "rescued" from the sex tra… 11:19:46, 2018-04-15
RT @MattGoldstein26: Victimized twice: first by the pelvic mesh manufacturers and then the lawyers, doctors, marketers and litigation funde… 11:22:49, 2018-04-15
RT @gravislizard: What dark souls boss is about to appear here https://t.co/4lnD2Yc9ua 11:23:17, 2018-04-15
RT @PerkinsHammer: The Botafumeiro, also knows as "The Catholic Wrecking Ball" is a 264lb thurible used in the Santiago de Compostela Cathe… 11:26:06, 2018-04-15
RT @zzuBkaruaL: https://t.co/iTFCzAlKHD 11:26:42, 2018-04-15
RT @UrsulaV: You know, if the Twitter staff had thought this through, they’d have realized that showing you other people’s likes would resu… 14:16:26, 2018-04-15
Drinking a Hoegaarden Wit / Blanche by Brouwerij van Hoegaarden – https://t.co/yEfP0Q007A 15:03:37, 2018-04-15
A burning candle produces about 80-100w of radiation, mostly heat.
A mobile phone has a transmitter power of 1-0.5… https://t.co/GLs0rQkjOl 15:43:41, 2018-04-15
RT @davidschneider: “Bloody immigrants! Coming over here 50+ years ago as children with parents who’d been invited over to rebuild our coun… 15:44:09, 2018-04-15
RT @WeWantPlates: “What do we want?”
“Free sanitary products!”
“When do we want them?”
“Not while we’re eating dessert at an experimental J… 22:35:42, 2018-04-15
RT @hyperoats: WHOLESOME https://t.co/LB6lv9XOWS 22:36:25, 2018-04-15
RT @bensuffdonk: I made this song out of Tesco noises https://t.co/u5q33AjXL9 22:38:16, 2018-04-15
Thank goodness, some sane quotes. 22:40:34, 2018-04-15
RT @robmcd85: May didn’t listen… Actions speak louder than words and Theresa May dodged calls for Parliament to be consulted over #Syrian… 22:46:07, 2018-04-15
RT @davidschneider: I want my (tolerant, open, forward-looking, compassionate) country back. https://t.co/LfIP2QWtHK 23:07:54, 2018-04-15
@Biscuit_Noms Did they get you to hand in your badge and gun too? in reply to Biscuit_Noms 23:10:32, 2018-04-15
I remember the last two panels of this comic strip every time I hear a government or police protester has died.
https://t.co/AvTcqkQ2GX 23:28:00, 2018-04-15
RT @xeni: Massive lava bubble from 1969 https://t.co/KmBahdct76 https://t.co/5qCOOEDThy 23:44:50, 2018-04-15
RT @GayAsFay: You. Can. Be. Christian. And. Support. Trans. People. https://t.co/qWSdlm7uKw 23:44:56, 2018-04-15
RT @hibbary: one of my fav. recent digipaint experiments https://t.co/35NgqTP2pN 23:45:01, 2018-04-15
RT @TylerGlaiel: lol my brother actually sent me a GOOD game idea for once https://t.co/dG0JN8GUcO 23:45:05, 2018-04-15
@pb_johansson @t045tbr0t @AlexAndDraw @TylerGlaiel Scale mass/energy with size, so as you grow you get "slower". Yo… https://t.co/cDLSTrXzpJ in reply to pb_johansson 23:48:58, 2018-04-15
RT @_ryboflavin_: At long last, my laptop is complete. https://t.co/gfaHwATOv7 23:50:24, 2018-04-15
RT @theoztrucker: Safety message boys and girls. If its raining turn your lights on. Big trucks like mine have enough blind spots. This is… 23:50:38, 2018-04-15
RT @OwenWG1976: Kensington Wine Rooms in London commemorating #TrumpRussia treason with a classy blue plaque ? https://t.co/C7xhXJzYcr 23:50:57, 2018-04-15
@abigailb Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, thankyouverymuch in reply to abigailb 23:52:02, 2018-04-15
I need to have a read of this at some point. https://t.co/XXeApaojIY 23:54:31, 2018-04-15
RT @DawnHFoster: Nothing is going wrong in the Home Office with the hounding of Windrush citizens. As @garyyounge says "This isn't a glitch… 23:56:52, 2018-04-15