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How Twitter Times Change

February 4, 2012

Under Saturday morning Extreme Trivia, I’ve just been reminded of two Twitter incidents from way back in 2009. Firstly, Armando Iannucci’s reaction when he was listed as a “Guest Contributor” by Labour List for this article: Secondly, Nick Lezard the Guardian / Observer’s reflector-in-circles, on why Twitter is only for: idiots with a steadily decreasing [...]

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Zuckerberg was on a roll …

February 2, 2012
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Mark Zuckerberg had it all. Most successful social media company in the world. Umpteen-billionaire in his 20s. Beautiful girlfriend. And presumably a Philippe Starck Lemon Squeezer. And then he got the Hippy, Hippy Shake, and innoculated himself with Social Management-Speak: Personal relationships are the fundamental unit of our society. Relationships are how we discover new [...]

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In support of Laurie Penny

January 30, 2012
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Not a post I expected to be writing this afternoon; it was to be about Laurie’s interesting  comments on Channel 4 News last night. However, that’s been trumped, and this is now about online harrassment. One of the Youtube video’s of one of Laurie’s TV appearances over the weekend received this comment from a Twitter [...]

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Occupy Psycho-Sociology

January 30, 2012
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From the thrumming intellectual engine at the heart of the Occupy movement, earlier this month: (Davane) I just wanted to point out that I found the Sack Boris Campaign website the other day, and took the opportunity to donate some cash to get some Sack Boris Oyster card wallets. A friend of mine works in [...]

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Off Colour

January 29, 2012
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An intervention from a makeup artist at slightly the wrong moment on Sky News. The presenter is Samantha Washington, who used to work for BBC Breakfast. via @liarpoliticians.  

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Daily Mail Fail: Moldovan Squatters

January 23, 2012
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Last week the Daily Mail reported last week that so-called ‘Moldovan Squatters’ have occupied a house in London, subsequently picked up by the Telegraph and the Evening Standard. The ‘Moldovan squatters’ were discovered on 8 January, in a house belonging to Mr and Mrs Mason: The house was built in 1970 and Mrs Mason’s parents, [...]

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Occupy Bolt Cutters

January 22, 2012
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We all know that the Advisory Service for Squatters (ASS) until recently hosted an internet forum which was used by Housebreakers to advertise ‘handyman’ services for ‘opening up’ (i.e., breaking into) buildings which squatters wanted to use. That is the standard trick – squatting is itself legal, but unlawful; breaking and entering is not. And [...]

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