Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

RT @TurboHolborn: Israel has just put 65,000 troops into Gaza. Expect a new Srebrenica 00:02:06, 2014-07-18
RT @Moses916: Early reports from doctors in #Gaza suggest that white phosphorus — banned by the Geneva Convention — is being used on civi… 00:23:04, 2014-07-18
@YourAnonNews We're more than 20minutes into the future now. in reply to YourAnonNews 00:42:49, 2014-07-18
@YourAnonNews We've gone so far that by the time something happens it's already old news. in reply to YourAnonNews 00:45:26, 2014-07-18
RT @YourAnonNews: We've gone from "20 Minutes Into The Future" to the "Doomsday Clock". @SciStarborne 00:45:47, 2014-07-18
RT @Dymaxion: If immediate action isn't taken, a 50 Gton methane release will happen in the next 40 years, causing a species extinction eve… 00:48:19, 2014-07-18
@YourAnonNews Also, that's more appropriate than you know.. https://t.co/gek9MH9GCx in reply to YourAnonNews 00:49:15, 2014-07-18
RT @flutterbyfjl: WHAT is that bomb ??
Israel turns Gaza's night into a ball of fire shelling houses/ fields
#Gaza
http://t.co/BkLsAYRDlc… 00:53:34, 2014-07-18
RT @angryaussie: This. This makes me want to straight up fucking hurt people. I can't express my contempt strongly enough. http://t.co/30zu… 01:05:29, 2014-07-18
RT @realnunners: We need an annual world leader boxing match, satisfy their thirst for blood 01:05:44, 2014-07-18
@realnunners "@David_Cameron leaps into the ring, freshly spliced with dart-frog genes, now even more poisonous to the touch.." in reply to realnunners 01:07:25, 2014-07-18
A small mote of comfort that quoting Max Headroom has garnered a lot of retweets from non-followers. Keep the faith alive Blanks. 01:09:43, 2014-07-18
@realnunners Handily it dart-frogs come in blue and yellow. Who'd notice? in reply to realnunners 01:12:06, 2014-07-18
"In an unclassified but restricted report obtained by the Guardian under a public records request, the…" http://t.co/XHD4IFvxGp 01:14:55, 2014-07-18
I’ve been on the net for nearly 20 years. This past 12hrs I’ve seen worse than I ever have previously. Dead… http://t.co/WskOHTyD6m 01:28:34, 2014-07-18
@docm77 They actually had a social media account with pictures of the SAM platform they'd "acquired". That got taken down fast after. in reply to docm77 01:31:13, 2014-07-18
@realnunners I think the better suited term would be "supervillains" in most cases in reply to realnunners 01:33:22, 2014-07-18
@realnunners Is bloody silly. Understood the flight path was considered safe due to altitude, not geography. 20Kft+ isn't a warzone anymore? in reply to realnunners 01:36:01, 2014-07-18
@docm77 Considering the video Russia Today showed saying it proved the aircraft exploded on the ground, it's laughable to deny their support in reply to docm77 01:40:38, 2014-07-18
@0Apes0 The American social disease of sub-deviding populations into ethnic classes to "better manage them" in reply to 0Apes0 01:42:01, 2014-07-18
@realnunners As should all the other airlines who only started diverting around their airspace after this one was shot down. in reply to realnunners 01:43:22, 2014-07-18
@realnunners Worth noting what other airlines were complicit in this random death lottery, saving money by flying over a warzone. in reply to realnunners 01:44:59, 2014-07-18
@GatorPhox Appropriate music? https://t.co/ZMv4uVOnxT in reply to GatorPhox 01:46:36, 2014-07-18
@realnunners At least one early report today primarily focused on how expensive it was going to be for all the airlines to divert around in reply to realnunners 01:47:38, 2014-07-18
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/2TSoKr09HH The Terminator – End Credits 01:48:20, 2014-07-18
I'm sure we never used to sub-devide into British-asians/africans/indians until Blair fostered the "special relationship" with the USA.. 01:51:52, 2014-07-18
Or maybe it's rose-tinted glasses and I've only just begun to notice that insidious rascism being used here. 01:52:52, 2014-07-18
@Ukimori The only music for the coming of a storm https://t.co/ZMv4uVOnxT in reply to Ukimori 01:53:18, 2014-07-18
@Scapponess Because doing *something* justifies their jobs, wether it's any use or not. in reply to Scapponess 01:54:58, 2014-07-18
RT @docm77: Man, I am so sad. Those poor innocent people. Prayers to the families of the victims and the worst curse to the motherfuckers w… 01:55:19, 2014-07-18
@docm77 Sounds like saying some folk are more important than others, but a few on that flight were AIDs researchers..http://t.co/QDfecYK5jo in reply to docm77 01:57:21, 2014-07-18
RT @warrenellis: @mollycrabapple @McKelvie HUMAN PILLOW FORT is the children's television spinoff of HUMAN CENTIPEDE 01:57:49, 2014-07-18
RT @KevinRothrock: The putative leader of rebel Donetsk arrives at the #FlightMH17 crash site. Photo via @KSHN. http://t.co/bme5Utx2UL 01:59:00, 2014-07-18
@KevinRothrock @xeni @KSHN Well he sure LOOKS like an 80s business movie villain.. in reply to KevinRothrock 01:59:54, 2014-07-18
@docm77 Between that & Gaza, Twitter's feed today has shown me too many body parts light was never meant to touch. in reply to docm77 02:03:26, 2014-07-18
@docm77 The "Automatically display media" option is not something you want turned on today. in reply to docm77 02:03:53, 2014-07-18
@YourAnonNews Maybe we need a Max Headroom fan series. "Half past midnight" referencing the doomsday clock. in reply to YourAnonNews 02:06:50, 2014-07-18
@YourAnonNews No, "twenty past midnight". That makes more sense. in reply to SciStarborne 02:08:09, 2014-07-18
@theviewerxd @docm77 A perfect storm of coincidence, distraction and opportunity.. in reply to theviewerxd 02:09:27, 2014-07-18
RT @BoingBoing: NYT: Ukraine pro-Russia separatist who said his guys shot down #MH17 said in YouTube video he was Russian colonel. http:/… 02:12:38, 2014-07-18
The Terminator end-theme feels appropriate for so many reasons right now. 02:13:42, 2014-07-18
@bobbyllew Just got this link from a friend. Spooky as heck. http://t.co/AAMDcpS8sJ in reply to bobbyllew 02:15:09, 2014-07-18
@GatorPhox @mercuryhyena Thankyou for that! in reply to GatorPhox 02:15:22, 2014-07-18
Just saw my first lightning flashes in the sky. Lightning map suggests that was about 7 miles away. 02:18:22, 2014-07-18
RT @Scapponess: I really wish Russia and Ukraine would calm the fuck down. They're shooting down planes full of innocent people and it's re… 02:24:13, 2014-07-18
@blueybirdy http://t.co/AAMDcpS8sJ If you zoom in it shows the strikes and the audiable wavefront in reply to blueybirdy 02:27:20, 2014-07-18
It's at times like this that I wish my UPS still worked. 02:33:03, 2014-07-18
@blueybirdy Thank @GatorPhox I got the link from her in reply to blueybirdy 02:34:14, 2014-07-18
RT @bbcweather: Frequent lightning and now the rain is into central London. My turn to enjoy it and because I'm working I haven't been woke… 02:35:47, 2014-07-18
@tryst_me The gamble played by an airline saving fuel by flying over a warzone. And Israel using it as a distraction to invade Gaza. Sad day in reply to tryst_me 02:42:32, 2014-07-18
Yipes! Getting some close ones now! Maybe I shouldn't be online… ¬_¬;; 02:53:01, 2014-07-18
@blueybirdy Happening close enough I'm noting when the map's missing some. :| in reply to blueybirdy 02:55:26, 2014-07-18
@blueybirdy I think strikes over Epping Forest aren't showing up in reply to blueybirdy 02:56:12, 2014-07-18
Open Rights Group wants to sue UK government over #DRIP, needs your help – mostlysignssomeportents:… http://t.co/3j3qsH1ozv 13:36:42, 2014-07-18
"Talking about sex in general seems to be a little weird for a lot of people, but the more you talk…" http://t.co/70FODbKS12 13:38:38, 2014-07-18
RT @julesmattsson: Huge respect to @Sara__Firth, a fine journalist who's resigned today from Russia Today and come out with the truth of wo… 13:41:13, 2014-07-18
RT @Sara__Firth: I resigned from RT today. I have huge respect for many in the team, but I'm for the truth. http://t.co/mZ1g0R7N0D 13:42:59, 2014-07-18
RT @globalvoices: Russian State TV Edits Wikipedia to Blame Ukraine for MH17 Crash http://t.co/igJZdFS753 #MH17 http://t.co/jPSj5dCf2t 13:44:18, 2014-07-18
@haynesdeborah @julesmattsson @thetimes So it wouldn't have happened if they'd been better armed? There's something the UK can help with. :P in reply to haynesdeborah 13:47:45, 2014-07-18
RT @astro_reid: Got to ‘smell’ outer space today when we opened the ISS hatch to the #Cygnus outer hatch. Smelled like wet clothes after ro… 13:49:14, 2014-07-18
RT @Glinner: The fucking former environment secretary RT @guardiannews: Owen Paterson to give lecture to climate-sceptic thinktank http://t… 13:49:23, 2014-07-18
RT @appliedhistory: The loss of AIDS researchers on #MH17 demonstrates how one seemingly random event can have a ripple effect lasting gene… 13:50:50, 2014-07-18
RT @bbcweather: Over 13,000 lightning flashes across the UK & IRE overnight. More to come in the next 24hrs. http://t.co/plevXhEC4H http://… 13:55:37, 2014-07-18
RT @AkshatRathi: @doctorow This might be of interest: "The data retention bill means we have no privacy rights at all" https://t.co/Bj2ZhUE… 13:56:35, 2014-07-18
RT @HalaJaber: In #Mosul meanwhile, #IS is on another planet painting smileys on #Christian houses it conficates as spoils of war. http://t… 14:00:32, 2014-07-18
RT @PennyRed: Didn't have time to get coffee at the station. Girls with iced coffee standing in the aisle. The ice is tinkling. Considering… 14:01:59, 2014-07-18
RT @realnunners: Anyone know how many kids Israel killed last night? 14:05:11, 2014-07-18
RT @realnunners: 80 children on board #MH17 14:05:35, 2014-07-18
Currently 35c in my bedroom. With the fan on. I CAN'T TYPE IF THE KEYBOARD HAS MELTED. 14:10:38, 2014-07-18
RT @DailyMailUK: First world problems for British jihadist fighting in Syria http://t.co/CZ5i0Qimwd http://t.co/F7ljVBMdjo 14:11:58, 2014-07-18
RT @davidwearing: Good to see BBC News given a proper dressing down for their poor #Gaza coverage, live on air http://t.co/yfnS49Bjm9 14:13:27, 2014-07-18
RT @doctorow: Frightening #cosplay character http://t.co/YXsHc9efIe http://t.co/N6QcHj9ir0 14:17:11, 2014-07-18
RT @xeni: Ukrainian For. Minister Pablo Klimkin to CNN, on how they know Russian separatists took down MH17: “because they put it on their … 14:17:30, 2014-07-18
Strelkov explains that civilian passengers on MH17 were dead before they boarded the plane – brucesterling:… http://t.co/BN4aGSFeJD 15:13:11, 2014-07-18
19th Century Clients from Hell – clientsfromhell: Charles Babbage received funds from the English Treasury… http://t.co/gwN0fho8LH 15:16:37, 2014-07-18
RT @doctorow: I just gave @OpenRightsGroup £100 to sue the UK government over #DRIP – will you? http://t.co/v1U8Kq8yCR 15:45:27, 2014-07-18
@rainbowlemur First the bees, now this in reply to rainbowlemur 15:47:24, 2014-07-18
@thetomska Between #MH17 and #Gaza, yesterday was the worst day to have Twitter "auto display embedded media". :( in reply to thetomska 15:51:52, 2014-07-18
RT @sarahkendzior: CNN removes #Gaza reporter who tweeted about Israelis cheering while bombs landed, sends her to Moscow http://t.co/OgcnM… 16:43:51, 2014-07-18
For some reason my mini camera won't finish copying this one file off it. And the SD reader in my PC is broken. Time to grab the USB adaptor 16:44:51, 2014-07-18
RT @inmywindow: I love that my local butchers often give you a glass of wine as you’re paying. 17:41:41, 2014-07-18
RT @ftrain: When I am knee-deep in project mess this is what everything I read looks like: http://t.co/UP8pNEkUfd 18:38:34, 2014-07-18
RT @TPM_dk: Russian war re-enactor gets to fight actual Russian war http://t.co/kmMEdZ4umJ 18:43:09, 2014-07-18
First two on-hand items are now in my etsy shop! https://t.co/7DyCp5iJ5S Now to go cast up some of all the other types! 19:38:47, 2014-07-18
I'll pimp the shop properly through other channels once there's more stock. Want to maximise possible says on initial advertising rush. 19:39:42, 2014-07-18
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/za2wYqBr72 The Death and Return of Superman 20:00:47, 2014-07-18
RT @aritbenie: "She's been following me around the store the whole time…" kids vines his racial profiling http://t.co/XK9Cwp3qNl 20:02:46, 2014-07-18
RT @BoingBoing: Cosplay character Calne Miku sports insectile mouth-parts and terrifying symbiotic head-bugs. http://t.co/CXrPQynr3E http:/… 21:41:42, 2014-07-18
@cstross @PennyRed @budgie The political spectrum is more of a circle at times really. in reply to cstross 21:46:38, 2014-07-18
RT @DonalEvans: @Sips_ People spent $20 million on the kickstarter and now Yogscast can't even deliver a Dota 2 stream. 21:48:21, 2014-07-18
RT @mollycrabapple: This is the NYPD murdering a man on camera. He did literally nothing, except beg to be left alone http://t.co/XLLIupmrGC 21:52:50, 2014-07-18
Oh, also got my entry video up for Round 1 of the @HackadayPrize! Tags set as described. I'm out of practice on cam. http://t.co/ZmnN0R2gXK 21:55:17, 2014-07-18
I had to edit that 2min down from 16min of footage. I waffle a lot. :| 21:56:33, 2014-07-18
RT @BrookesTimes: My cartoon Saturday @TheTimes: Putin's deathly tally in Ukraine #malaysianplanecrash http://t.co/lZtfYf3xMW 22:56:10, 2014-07-18
RT @georgiap: 4 @globalvoices members among the 9 journalists & bloggers charged with terrorism, etc. yesterday in #Ethiopia. http://t.co/a… 22:57:19, 2014-07-18
RT @joshwkay: The days news, in one photo (via @reddit) http://t.co/fBZHkkAIKT 22:57:57, 2014-07-18
RT @alexdnz: 13 years old says a thing and gets doxxed and threatened to get stabbed by grown adults and feminists http://t.co/Men6rxMnlY 23:01:48, 2014-07-18
RT @WHO: We lost one of our colleagues, Glenn Thomas, on the Malaysian Airlines #MH17 that crashed yesterday. He will be greatly missed #RI… 23:02:57, 2014-07-18
RT @BoingBoing: UK government "dries out" its "water damaged" CIA torture files http://t.co/qDoLtC6prO 23:20:06, 2014-07-18

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