72 tweets for 2011-7-13

[azurelunatic]

In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:

• Wednesday, 0014: @nadyne Her own ill-advised idea?
• Wednesday, 0015: RT @MexicanAtheist: Whomever invented the term conspiracy theory should change it to conspiracy hypothesis. Or muddled bullshit. Whatever.
• Wednesday, 0018: Examining the Google+ Terms of Service, it does not appear that they allow pseudonymous use. My friends call me Azz; my co-workers don't.
• Wednesday, 0020: I do not feel the need to join another social networking site under my legal name. How do you delete a Google+ account?
• Wednesday, 0025: @merfilly I've been Azz for over 10 years now. I *like* Google+ except for this. I don't want to delete it.
• Wednesday, 0028: @amberfoxfire I'm signed up under my real name, which is not the legal name which I basically maintain for tax & work purposes.
• Wednesday, 0030: @merfilly I already invested emotionally, which is why I'm so pissed off and upset.
• Wednesday, 0031: @amberfoxfire It feels like a moral stand. If they don't want me, then fuck 'em.
• Wednesday, 0033: @amberfoxfire Or more precisely, to hell with them, because "fuck 'em" implies a lot more personal contact.
• Wednesday, 0043: @amberfoxfire It's the name I have chosen, and continue to choose, and will continue to choose. It's the name I wouldn't change if I married
• Wednesday, 0044: RT @amberfoxfire: @azurelunatic Your name is what, when people say it, they mean you, & when you say it, you mean "me". It's how we make ...
• Wednesday, 0046: Stillsuits, coming soon: http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/sci-tech/nasa-astronauts-trial-urine-sports-drink-20110711-1ha1g.html
• Wednesday, 0112: @amberfoxfire @mathsie I think I expressed myself half-decently here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=7153ee7768dcec4b&hl=en&fid=7153ee7768dcec4b0004a7ee118ea94b
• Wednesday, 0115: @amberfoxfire @mathsie Oh, it's supposed to be a very clear "If you don't let me use my real name here as I define it, to hell with you"
• Wednesday, 0125: @musingvirtual @whump I resent any version that omits the slam/man slant rhyme.
• Wednesday, 0150: @ifonlyella I still think many of his works are good. They can flourish in his absence, I hope.
• Wednesday, 0150: @ifonlyella I have enough friends of that age connected to the Aussie geek scene that even before I wouldn't want a friend alone with him.
• Wednesday, 0157: @ifonlyella Between the information from my friends and the shape of the commentary from the women, I'd already judged.
• Wednesday, 0158: @ifonlyella When someone who admits to coercion about sex is accused of rape, he doesn't get the benefit of my doubt.
• Wednesday, 0159: @ifonlyella I'm really sorry he turned out to be such a genuine shitbag. :(
• Wednesday, 0207: @ifonlyella Yeah.
• Wednesday, 0217: @mathsie @ifonlyella Julian Assange, the erstwhile charismatic front man of Wikileaks, who is a cad and rapist in his personal life.
• Wednesday, 0217: @mathsie @ifonlyella You may have missed the worst of the mediastorm as that was late 2010.
• Wednesday, 0225: @mathsie <3 <3 <3 Pretend I'm there! It could be a pretend #fishtrip!
• Wednesday, 0342: @shirozora Flower or bouquet.
• Wednesday, 0344: @semanticist Google seems to be a little better about not juggling settings to expose people's previously private info, minus Buzz.
• Wednesday, 0416: Tentacles! http://shirt.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=18291
• Wednesday, 0420: Somewhat rare to do this accidentally. Ah, memories... http://getglue.com/topics/p/fisting?ref=azurelunatic @GetGlue #Fisting
• Wednesday, 0424: @kiyala With Alzheimer's, you *are* the zombie. :(
• Wednesday, 0425: Well past bedtime. Stupid internet. :\
• Wednesday, 1303: @amberfoxfire There was one particular virgin boyfriend who I was having sexytiems with, and I was a bit of a size queen. SUDDENLY FISTING.
• Wednesday, 1412: Any family court finding that begins with "Paging Dr. Freud..." is not going to end well. http://kevinunderhill.typepad.com/Documents/Opinions/BruniVsBruni.pdf
• Wednesday, 1414: RT @trollprincess: I liked planking a lot better when I thought it was smacking irritating douchebags in the face with a two-by-four.
• Wednesday, 1423: RT @Suitov: Man must take psychological "fit to drive" exam because of his religion. Strains credulity. http://is.gd/PxCVEW Equality now ...
• Wednesday, 1626: @cassieclare Yay!
• Wednesday, 1635: @racheline_m \o/
• Wednesday, 1708: RT @guardianstyle: We admit it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2010/may/24/begging-the-question-mind-your-language RT @jimmywellington: The internet's broken. Someone used "begging the question" pro ...
• Wednesday, 1708: "The first draft is nothing more than a starting point, so be wrong as fast as you can." - Andrew Stanton... http://tumblr.com/xjv3hj5t75
• Wednesday, 1718: RT @Samuraiko: *laughing* So true! RT @intel_jim: If you're wondering what the summer heat in Phoenix is like, here's an analogy: http:/ ...
• Wednesday, 1721: Night of 1000 Stevies: Stevie's Closet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38008002@N03/4613224412/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerryvisco/4615112985/
• Wednesday, 1727: @EleriTMLH baji-naji? (Fortune & Chance, from C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner series)
• Wednesday, 1733: @shirozora Though CP does prefer temps who don't break. >_<
• Wednesday, 1735: Ooo, juicy! http://tgr.ph/qtQKao
• Wednesday, 1737: @tiferet93 @phoenixdreaming It used to be the best place for a band to stream its music for free.
• Wednesday, 1737: @phoenixdreaming Still its core function then, I see!
• Wednesday, 1741: Cracked: The Lunatic's Guide to Hacking Into Anyone's Voicemail: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-lunatics-guide-to-hacking-into-anyones-voicemail/
• Wednesday, 1745: RT @phoenixdreaming: Why the News of the World scandal is about you, no matter where you live http://tigerbeatdown.com/2011/07/13/why-the-news-of-the-world-scandal-is-about-you-no-matter-where-you-live/
• Wednesday, 1747: @khasael Oh honey. Please, no writing tonight if you can? Fuck the deadlines, you need some sleep. #fishmum
• Wednesday, 1752: RT: @oakandsage: Wow, "Dear Netflix" is trending. Apparently everyone else is just as happy with the new account structure as I am.
• Wednesday, 1753: @trollprincess Yes; a lot of my typoes (keyboard and written) are the result of my brain being several letters ahead of my hands.
• Wednesday, 1755: Deadly serial blasts hit Mumbai http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/07/2011713231555613216.html
• Wednesday, 1756: RT @semanticist: RT @Jifto: I see someone's been busy in Tesco http://twitpic.com/5opr3k #fisting
• Wednesday, 1759: @amberfoxfire With enough lube...
• Wednesday, 1800: @oakandsage That one's just spice jars lined up to spell entertaining things.
• Wednesday, 1802: @asciident *headdesk* http://www.vigile.net/Resume-being-ignored-Try-name (this was just the first link, try printing, rolling, smacking)
• Wednesday, 1804: "Commentary isn't censorship, no matter who expresses it." http://samhenderson.livejournal.com/174483.html
• Wednesday, 1825: RT @sadydoyle: Also, yes: That Thing Assange Could Not Possibly Have Done is now That Thing Assange Did (But It Was OK Really), as per H ...
• Wednesday, 1844: via matgb: Noted equestrian and social activist Khal Drogo has announced that he plans to enter the GOP primaries http://bart-calendar.livejournal.com/2169823.html
• Wednesday, 1901: Human Rights Groups Denounce Iran’s Rising Execution Rate http://www.care2.com/causes/human-rights-groups-denounce-irans-rising-execution-rate.html
• Wednesday, 1901: WikiLeaks says complaint against Visa, MasterCard sent to EU http://www.mysinchew.com/node/60480
• Wednesday, 1911: Well, duh. "Focus on flexibility: The benefits of giving employees true power over when & where they work" http://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2011/UR_CONTENT_340620.html
• Wednesday, 2013: Photo: thinhline: Transcription: Header: The Thin [smiley-face H] Happy Line by [signature] blogged at... http://tumblr.com/xjv3hn8su9
• Wednesday, 2052: Oooo, shiny, indoor-skydive dancing: http://youtu.be/iVvRWVoHDb8 (via @rickybuchanan)
• Wednesday, 2054: @grantimahara I envy you severely. Have fun!
• Wednesday, 2056: @asciident He needs a smack with a bigger newspaper than just that one article printout, then.
• Wednesday, 2102: *giggle* How It Should Have Ended: The Tron HISHE Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMb3hGzWW8&NR
• Wednesday, 2109: Sometimes the fish find some of the most AMAZINGLY WRONG things: http://ugliesttattoos.failblog.org/2011/05/10/funny-tattoos-one-hot-chick/
• Wednesday, 2111: @humpuphigh And if you know Shiunji's storyline, it's even more wrong!
• Wednesday, 2137: @humpuphigh It ran in the early Noughties under The Thin H Line and Sexy Losers, and this is a reboot.
• Wednesday, 2238: My fish may cluck at me scoldingly because I have just now today watched A Very Potter Musical. Now, on to the Sequel! (It's Not Over Yet!)
• Thursday, 0010: Bambi's mom!
• Thursday, 0038: @tiferet93 I'm watching A Very Potter Sequel and there's a moment in there that makes me glad that that KA doesn't exist there.

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Comments

[mad_maudlin]

I think what bothers me about the G+ naming policy is how condescending it is. We The Google have decided that pseuds and nicks are bad, so we're not going to let you use them. Your choices and opinions don't matter to We The Google. We The Google are the only one who can judge you.

I'm honestly >this close< to just deleting my profile and calling it all a bad job.

[krait]

So far I have spent 29 years on Planet Earth (and its otherplanar sister-planet, Planet Blogosphere) without joining anything under My Real Name; and I intend to carry on that way, because it seems to be working. So far no one has stolen my identity or fiscal information, harassed me over some past real or imagined slight, found out about my fanfiction hobby, learnt inappropriate details of my sexual identity or reading habits, or tracked me down in order to shove daily nonupdates about their sproggen down my throat... I think I'd like that state of affairs to continue! :D If it means living without a new Google product, well, I'll just have to suffer the loss. Woe. (sarcasm!mode)

mad_maudlin's above comment about Google's naming policy reading as condescending reminds me of the gigantic wankstorm in some online RPG fandom when the PTB decided that only real names could be used on the forums... Let's hope it ends the same way.

(The best summary anyone made of that mess was, paraphrased, "This does not eliminate bad behaviour on the forums. It only ensures that bad behaviour will have more serious consequences." I wholeheartedly agree, and any company that wants to convince me otherwise can suck it offer its refutational reasoning on a public, anonymous forum for my consideration, or else accept that the current objections are valid.)