Allen No-name-puns-November Versfeld

@uastronomer

Urban Astronomer Podcaster, Twitter wrangler for , AWS gun for hire, Linux/Unix consultant, writer. He/him 3, 2, 1, let's jam

Pretoria, South Africa
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Joined February 2009
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    Oct 26

    And here it is! An interview with about her work studying galaxy evolution in dense environments, and her career as a South African astronomer in the Netherlands.

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    20 hours ago

    If it took someone like Britney Spears, arguably one of the most famous people in the world well over a decade to get out of an abusive situation designed for disabled people, what is it like for people with less money and resources?

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  3. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    "who the heck has this many dogs"

    mano qm tem tanto cachorro assim
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  4. Retweeted
    Nov 12

    Marie Anntoinette reads her hate mail

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  5. 6 hours ago

    (exaggerating for comedic effect, also I've been like this for over 40 years and am still not dead, please don't worry about me or offer advice,)

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  6. 6 hours ago

    People keep telling everybody to go outside and touch grass, I'm literally allergic to grass and it makes my skin break out in a rash and even the smell of it makes my nose run and my throat constrict, you insensitive clods!

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  7. Retweeted
    Nov 11

    Some said an open-world experience this immersive wasn’t possible. But it’s already here. And you don’t even need silly VR headsets. Introducing, ✨Icelandverse✨

    Introducing the Icelandverse
    Some said an open-world experience this immersive wasn’t possible. But it’s already here. And you don’t even need silly VR headsets. Introducing, the✨Icelandverse✨ #icelandverse
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  8. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    Obi-Wan Kenobi keeps taking about how the spaceport on Tatooine is the worst and most fucked up and disgusting, low-down nasty piece of shit place in the whole universe and they get there and the cantina has a live in-house jazz band

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    23 hours ago

    This video from Iceland is too good.

    Introducing the Icelandverse
    Some said an open-world experience this immersive wasn’t possible. But it’s already here. And you don’t even need silly VR headsets. Introducing, the✨Icelandverse✨ #icelandverse
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  10. 6 hours ago

    Or if you're too proud, or are worried people will think you're hiding a guilty conscience, or whatever, then for heaven's sake stop interacting. Just go away for a week. There's plenty competition for dumb takes, somebody will take your place. They'll forget, if you let them.

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  11. Retweeted
    Nov 11

    is this an ad campaign for a live action tv show or for the strengths of animation as a medium

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    It’s time to wake up.
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  12. 6 hours ago

    If you can't appreciate that, if you're gonna insist on leaving horrible communication up, and try to fix it with an explanation 4 comments down, you're going to lose and lose hard. My advice: DELETE THE STUPID WORDS AND REPLACE THEM WITH GOOD WORDS.

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  13. 6 hours ago

    People online will judge you by your words because that's literally all they've got. They don't know you. They can't red your mind to appreciate the sheer brilliance of your thoughts. The only thing you've actually shown is "Maybe condoms?" under a headline about pregnant 8yo's.

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  14. 6 hours ago

    So here's the lesson: When this happens: Retract! Swallow your pride, admit that your stupid brain mangled the message and now YOU said something stupid in a stupid way. Delete the tweet, and think about what to do next. Rephrase, or abandon the topic, but don't double down.

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  15. 6 hours ago

    And you know, I get it. I often say things that sounded amazing in my head but that sound ridiculous when spoken out loud. Sometime you need to just own the fact that you communicated yourself badly. In this case, talking about contraception UNDER A HEADLINE ABOUT 8yo CHILDREN!!!

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  16. 6 hours ago

    So here's a quick lesson on engagement online. The doctor is struggling with people reading this as meaning "The way to save 8yo girls from rape is to give them condoms". He says later "Obviously rape is an issue but what about older teens experimenting, I was talking about them"

    What would be the best approach to addressing contraception in teenagers?
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    14 hours ago

    I am seeeen

    “I cannot remember any of the things that were on my list of things to do. I will just have to sit here and do nothing,” said Toad.
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  18. Retweeted
    27 Dec 2020

    This image gets posted a lot lately, and not everyone knows what it means. It's a reference to “survivor bias”: a statistical problem in which a sample is non-representative because some elements have been eliminated before the sample was taken. Here's a brief explainer.

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  19. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    “It has always struck me as revealing that a popular gauge for alcoholism is whether a person’s drinking interferes with their work – rather than, say, being the thing enabling them to go to work.“

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  20. Retweeted
    22 hours ago
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    »If it's not formatted according to ISO 8601, it's not a date, it's just hanging out.«

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  21. Retweeted
    24 hours ago

    Postulate: the more technical you are, the more likely you are to use plaintext email - preferring body text to PDF, say, or sending something like "Talk to you next Weds at 2PM PT" as opposed to a calendar invite.

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