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Twitter

I usually check their timeline before deciding whether to follow them back. If it's just a load of spam, I don't bother. If it looks like a vaguely interesting real person, I might consider it.
 
I've thought for a while I should start a thread of twitter feeds that would be of Fortean ineterest, so I might as well start here (mine by the way is in my signature):

@neilhimself (Neil Gaiman)
@MattMoneymaker1 (BFRO)
@karlshuker
@forteantimes
@Markgatiss
@steven_moffat
@DAVID_LYNCH
@Jen_Ogilvie
@tadwilliams

Any others people are following?
 
I'm following (apart from you lot):-

@DailyGrail

@nickredfernufo

@RupertSheldrake

@GaryLachman

@DailyWeirdNews9

@PlanetSlade

@thanatos_net

@CharlesHoyFort

@emmybooth

@TelegraphWeird

@OddNews

@morbidanatomy

@alexillustrator

@ForteanWiki

@Fortean_News

@ForteanLondon

@lionelfanthorpe

@AlixFox

@bizarremagazine

@CFZJon
 
Apart from all the accounts I have to follow for work...these are recommended (for various reasons) by me:

For games-related stuff......

Julian Rignall @JazRignall

????? @Kaz_Yamauchi

GTPlanet @GTPlanetNews

Cinemaware @CinemawarePR

Retro Gamer @RetroGamer_Mag


.....people everyone else follows....

Grace Dent @gracedent

Larry the Cat @Number10cat

George Michael @GeorgeMichael


...for tunes...

underworld @underworldlive

UNKLE @unkleofficial

mixcloud @mixcloud

SoundCloud @SoundCloud

IronMaiden @ironmaiden_fun

Record Collector Mag @RecCollMag


....for factoid goodness....

Fortean Times @forteantimes

Mass Observation @MassObsArchive

Curious Britain @CuriousBritain

Polly Evans @Polly_Evans

National Geographic @NatGeoPhotos

BBC Archive @ArchiveAtBBC

Prof Alice Roberts @DrAliceRoberts

Nick Crane @nicholascrane

UJ Bathroom Reader @Bathroom_Reader

English Heritage @EnglishHeritage

Fact Surf @FactSurf

The QI Elves @qikipedia


....geeky stuff...

LeVar Burton @levarburton

Ian McKellen @ianmckellen118

Oscar Lomax @Mr_Oscar_Lomax

Leonard Nimoy @TheRealNimoy

Den Of Geek @denofgeek

SciFiNow @SciFiNow


...bargains....

Amazon UK @AmazonUK


....and for comedy gold....

Leslie Phillips @LesliePhillips_

Omid Djalili @omid9

Tony Hawks @thefridgeman

Alan G Partridge @ThisisPartridge

Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew

Danny John-Jules @DannyJohnJules

Shappi Khorsandi @ShappiKhorsandi

Brian Butterfield @MrBButterfield

Terry Jones @PythonJones

Samuel L. Jackson @SamuelLJackson

Sarah Millican @SarahMillican75

William Shatner @WilliamShatner

Noel Fielding @noelfielding11

Arthur Smith @ArfurSmith

Ricky Gervais @rickygervais

Warwick Davis @WarwickADavis

Arabella Weir @ArabellaWeir

Tim Minchin @timminchin

Adam Buxton @AdamRealBuxton

James Bond @007

Jim Keats @TheDCIJimKeats
 
Kim Jong-il tweet: South Korean Park Jeonggeun held
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16852438

Park Jeonggeun is being held under the controversial National Security Law
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Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of a South Korean man detained for repeating North Korean government messages on Twitter.

Park Jeonggeun, a political activist, re-tweeted the message "Long live Kim Jong-il" from the communist country's official Twitter account.

He said he intended to ridicule the leader, who died in December, but could face up to seven years in jail.

Amnesty accused South Korea of "failing to understand sarcasm".

"Imprisoning anyone for peaceful expression of their opinions violates international law, but in this case the charges against Park Jeonggeun are simply ludicrous and should be dropped immediately," said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty's Asia-Pacific director.

Mr Park is a member of the South Korean Socialist Party, which openly and frequently criticises the North Korean regime.

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The NSL has a chilling effect on freedom of expression”

Sam Zarifi
Amnesty International
"My intention was to lampoon North Korea's leaders for a joke," he told Amnesty. "I did it for fun."

He stands accused of breaking the controversial National Security Law (NSL) which bans "acts that benefit the enemy".

Mr Park added that as well as re-tweeting North Korea's message, he also uploaded North Korean propaganda posters - with some alterations.

"I replaced a smiling North Korean soldier's face with a downcast version of my own face, and the soldier's weapon with a bottle of whisky."

He has been held at Seoul Detention Centre since 11 January.

'Intimidate'
"Park is a member of a party which open criticizes North Korea but the absurd case against him in not an isolated issue," added Mr Zarifi.

Amnesty and other human rights advocates argue that the NSL is being used to limit free speech in South Korea.

"The NSL has a chilling effect on freedom of expression," Mr Zarifi continued.

"It is not used to address threats to national security, but instead to intimidate people and limit their rights to free speech."

The South Korean government has denied the law is being abused.

Censorship issues surrounding Twitter have escalated after the micro-blogging service announced it would begin blocking tweets in certain countries.
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along with a couple from lists above (thanks for dr alice roberts BTW!!)

I'm following:

@feministhulk
@disinfo
@MuteMagazine
@NaomiAKlein (no logo; shock doctrine)
@libcomorg
@SchNEWS
@PsychToday
@NewPsychologist
@anarchistwriter
@ResearchDigest (psychology)
@BlackoutSOPA
@thecomputers (music)
 
Another example of Trial by Twitter?

Veteran newscaster Alastair Stewart had a favourite Shakespearean quotation, which he had a habit of using whenever he felt someone he was debating with was getting rather animated and unjustifiably claimed to be an expert on something.

"But man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal"

Unfortunately one recipient of this Shakespearean put-down was black.
Mr Stewart's 44 year TV career is now over.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www..../ranvir-singh-hits-back-alastair-21391385.amp
 
blessmycottonsocks said:
Another example of Trial by Twitter?

Veteran newscaster Alastair Stewart had a favourite Shakespearean quotation, which he had a habit of using whenever he felt someone he was debating with was getting rather animated and unjustifiably claimed to be an expert on something.

"But man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal"

Unfortunately one recipient of this Shakespearean put-down was black.
Mr Stewart's 44 year TV career is now over.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www..../ranvir-singh-hits-back-alastair-21391385.amp
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FFS! Madness.
But he is old enough to retire anyway. No doubt he'll get some kind of payoff.
 
blessmycottonsocks said:
Another example of Trial by Twitter?

Veteran newscaster Alastair Stewart had a favourite Shakespearean quotation, which he had a habit of using whenever he felt someone he was debating with was getting rather animated and unjustifiably claimed to be an expert on something.

"But man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal"

Unfortunately one recipient of this Shakespearean put-down was black.
Mr Stewart's 44 year TV career is now over.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www..../ranvir-singh-hits-back-alastair-21391385.amp
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Damn you!

Now I had to get involved!


Replying to
@DawnButlerBrent
It's the same quote he regularly uses against people who in his opinion don't know what they are talking about. You know that and you are using the case for political gain.
1:53 PM · Jan 30, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
As a - slight - counterbalance, Katie Hopkins (and if anyone deserves censure surely it is she) seems to have had her entire feed wiped, poss as a prelude to banning. About time. I've reported about a dozen of her outvomitings over the years, and I'm not especially trigger happy.

Not there, anyway.
 
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