you gotta respect it he died for what he believed in
― k3vin k., Thursday, December 15, 2016 2:05 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tru
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link
current josh marshall meltdown over a gizmodo article saying tweetstorms are bad is the good twitter
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
yeah the bruenig thing was a seriously wtffff moment and went off the rails hardcore when every twitter buddy (or person who wanted to be his buddy) started hammering his perceived foes about how he, a real person with a job, was now without a job and they should die in a fire for not letting this man rage at others
― mh 😏, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
the best part was he was only writing part time while holding an actual well paying lawyer job
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:54 (seven years ago) link
can't remember, is gamergate lawyer a real lawyer now? he was married to a real lawyer, but I was thinking he got divorced and remarried or something
― mh 😏, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
fraid i missed out on that "thread"
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
xp u sure about that? I thought I had seen tweets about how he had become unemployed.
tbf, I felt kind of the same way about the whole Salaita affair, like maybe he ultimately got canned because pro-Israel types were out to get him, but it's still probably a good idea for a professor to comport himself with some dignity on public social media and his tweets were bilious.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
im not positive but it is my iirc
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
I mean his wife was posting "hire my husband" stuff for a while, so I figured that meant unemployed.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
think he mightve lost his law job after idk? or maybe he just was looking for writing work... the brueings r lowkey shady
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
his wife seems great but that time she was all 'if everyone tells husband how wonderful he is, maybe he'll come back on twitter' made me rmde
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
chipper anti abortion socialist is admitly a novel approach
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
isn't that all of catholic twitter or w/e
― mh 😏, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
yeah i mean i guess i just dont understand that culture
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
yeah, left catholics are like that corner of the political matrix you didn't believe really existed
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
left catholics are the coolest ppl imo, get me fired up
― k3vin k., Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
haha nice
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
best part of the bruenig thing was a bunch of twitter guys being totally incredulous that anyone could possibly be unfamiliar with the "scumbag steve" meme
― intheblanks, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
feel like if you're a cool twitter guy you gotta know your memes
― k3vin k., Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:32 (seven years ago) link
yeah, i think a lot of twitter superstars just assume everyone else also spends 90% of their waking hours on the internet, absorbing every bad joke and microtrend
― intheblanks, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:34 (seven years ago) link
tbf scumbag steve is a very viral meme
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
probably, but even very viral memes have a pretty small reach if you're not on social media all the time.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
i dont understand what r u doing then
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:44 (seven years ago) link
like i don't assume neera tanden or heather mcghee from demos immediately thought, "obviously this is a sharp comic reference to the famous meme!"
― intheblanks, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:44 (seven years ago) link
Salaita had quit his other job and moved to take his tenure track position when they just decided to pull the offer as if they had no idea he was fond of free palestine wildin' on social media; no warning, and no job, and this is a major university system that did it
Bruenig had a day job (that he has kept) and the writing gig was part time - they definitely took a hit financially, but he was warned
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Friday, 16 December 2016 02:07 (seven years ago) link
basically nobody with a job should be on social media is what I learned
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Friday, 16 December 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Friday, 16 December 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
brb deleting my anonymous twitter account before it gets hacked by russians
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 16 December 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
I can't see the replies to sosadtoday's tweets. i didn't know you could hide them?
― rip van wanko, Friday, 16 December 2016 08:53 (seven years ago) link
Just in time for xmas:
https://twitter.com/hegelfan1
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 16 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, December 15, 2016 3:26 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― k3vin k., Thursday, December 15, 2016 3:29 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i went to 12 years of catholic school, 4 of them at a jesuit high school, i know a lot of these people, at one point i identified as one, they are okay imo
― marcos, Friday, 16 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
rip van wanko what are you talking about, I clicked on a couple of her tweets and the replies are right there
― mh 😏, Friday, 16 December 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto)
what i learned is that spending lots of time on social media is a great pathway to not having a job
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 16 December 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
I find myself enjoying their choice of Twitter handle most of all
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Friday, 16 December 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Love the ppl debating Karl Marx.
Also the one person he is following.
Its fantastic!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 16 December 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, December 16, 2016 12:02 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
*swallows*
― marcos, Friday, 16 December 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Why am I a fan of Mara Wilson on Twitter? I've never even seen Matilda.
― how's life, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
people clowning kurt eichenwald for getting a seizure is pretty gross
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
Did he actually have a seizure?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 16 December 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
I mean Eichenwald is eminently clownable but I wouldn't clown him for that.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 16 December 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
I, too, had a seizure that made me forget that I sent thousands of dollars to child pornographers
― mh 😏, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
this dude,,, might not be on the level
― lag∞n, Friday, 16 December 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
oh wait, someone sent him a gif that apparently caused a seizure?
that's legitimately horrible behavior but frantically tweeting about a television interview, deleting all those tweets, and then immediately claiming a gif was what gave you a seizure is some timing
he's doing very well in the shit account tourney!
― mh 😏, Friday, 16 December 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
a new low....
https://twitter.com/grabmybutstick/status/810226475026632704
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 December 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
ohnoshetwint!
― lag∞n, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
that account lol man
― lag∞n, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
glib "clever" comparisons make up like 50% of twitter, ppl r so proud of them
― lag∞n, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
she'll never top this one:
https://twitter.com/ohnoshetwitnt/status/779184559388852224
― intheblanks, Monday, 19 December 2016 00:11 (seven years ago) link
Harry Potter series of novels and films. They are a group of wizards and witches, led by the dark wizard Trump, who seek to purify the America community by eliminating the foreign or Muslim-born (wizards or witches born to non-white parents) and half-bloods, which are created when a foreign or Muslim and wizard or witch mate. They also try to create a new order
― Mordy, Monday, 19 December 2016 00:29 (seven years ago) link
tbph it sounds batshit crazy but i'd be interested in reading this series
― Mordy, Monday, 19 December 2016 00:35 (seven years ago) link