Deleting Social Media Posts En Masse

"Should Journalists Really Be Indiscriminately Deleting Their Old Tweets?" by Michael Tracey.

Various Tweets: From @postcarbon

How to Do a Food Rescue https://t.co/aLvKLWD5cd (@buildresilience)

— Post Carbon Inst. (@postcarbon) April 28, 2017

Shot: @bradplumer on science/gov't interactions

Chaser: @HardcoreHistory's history of the early nuclear age https://t.co/HzumOaf7jA https://t.co/Pql6RPnImQ

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) April 26, 2017

Juggling Live Hand Grenades: @richardheinberg reviews some important (and worrying) recent articles. https://t.co/vRgjhTdM7C pic.twitter.com/8b3LmBnagM

— Post Carbon Inst. (@postcarbon) April 26, 2017

Many California Sierra Club chapters are now firm opponents of actual urban sustainability and housing justice. https://t.co/QZygXsKGSJ

— Alex Steffen (@AlexSteffen) April 25, 2017

Peak Oil Review – 24 April 2017 https://t.co/h1HFwO7smh (@buildresilience)

— Post Carbon Inst. (@postcarbon) April 24, 2017

Review: Botanical Treasures by Joshua Smith https://t.co/Sb5A2HK5wu (@buildresilience)

— Post Carbon Inst. (@postcarbon) April 24, 2017

"For the most part, renewables don't work on individual or industrial level. Village-level use does" https://t.co/vyiJBFOAcm via @postcarbon

— Craig Morris (@PPchef) April 22, 2017

Figuring Out Twitter Background Photos, Part 1

In case you wondered what was that photo Nancy Nall uses as the background for her Twitter. I knew it was a heavily-marked up page from a speech, then I figured it was an Obama speech about health care.

Obama Revisions."

The photo itself.

Verify Those Memes

Browsing just now at Mark Ames's Twitter I found this:

A brief history of Vulture Capitalism pic.twitter.com/0oKbn4oqII

— Rafael (@RafaelStepanian) May 3, 2016

Something was off, namely the use of the word "selfesteem." It is said to have been coined by William James in his 1890 book, The Principles of Psychology, many decades after the speech Lord Macaulay allegedly made.

The "speech" has gained currency among some Hindu nationalists as evidence of a conspiracy to destroy Indian education and demoralize its people. (Interestingly, Ames often rails against Narendra Modi and other Hindu nationalist politicians. E.g.,

Chilling @NewRepublic on India's Modi, a genuine fascist https://t.co/rMt0ze4HY6

— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) May 4, 2016

)

This Wikipedia article on the English Education Act gives context to Macaulay's (actual) remarks.


Minute by the Hon'ble T. B. Macaulay, dated the 2nd February 1835.

The Columbia webpage gives as a source this site:

http://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/history/primarydocs/education/Macaulay001.htm (dead link)

Further discussion here.

Christmas Eve Twitter Assemblage

Works for me. https://t.co/VbyxmaJyKA pic.twitter.com/eblXVAIE4C

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) December 24, 2015

(No thanks, Grinch.)

Best Supporting Actor 2015: WALTON GOGGINS, The Hateful Eight. pic.twitter.com/1gHPUqOlDX

— Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) December 23, 2015

On this day in 1988, Anita Baker began a 4-week run on top of the Billboard album chart with Giving You the Best That I Got. #80s

— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) December 24, 2015

On this day in 1988, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison hit # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #80s Held for 3 weeks. https://t.co/vG4CQwkd3M

— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) December 24, 2015

Schotse Hooglander @ Texel #Texel #cow #koe #wadden #island #eiland #farm #animal #big #nature #bos #forrest #dekust pic.twitter.com/045KgkQNyn

— Justin Snnr Pictures (@Justin_Sinner) December 7, 2015

Study: Women’s Products Priced Higher 42 Percent Of The Time « CBS Philly https://t.co/qlqkzu7ww4

— Kate Theimer (@archivesnext) December 23, 2015

Bet You Didn't Know: #ChristmasHistory #ChristmasTradition #WarOnChristmas #WinterSolstice #PaganTraditions https://t.co/iPsZla3kVj

— Marti Babb (@ChiariGirl357) December 18, 2015

In 1836, Alabama became the first state in the US to make Christmas a legal holiday #TheMoreYouKnow #ChristmasHistory

— Austin Zinkle (@AZinkle) December 24, 2014

Forget a White Christmas, I like a mild grey, rainy, depressing Christmas with mosquitos

— JohnMoses (@JohnMoses) December 23, 2015

I've been warning you fucking buffoons about Steve Harvey for years, and you sat back and did nothing! This is your fault America!

— JohnMoses (@JohnMoses) December 21, 2015

Our English Christmas Reading List, filled with 2014's greatest anglophone publications on #Napoleon & the #19th c.: http://t.co/LeME37BnuL

— Fondation Napoléon (@FondaNapoleon) November 27, 2014

Christmas in Germany in numbers: (GK) pic.twitter.com/RVXJc8PE15

— German Consulate NY (@GermanyNY) December 22, 2015

There may not be any snow yet in DC, but we are dreaming of #WinterWonderlands in Germany! https://t.co/ph8JZTJQPw pic.twitter.com/x5NoBIzUDF

— German Embassy (@GermanyinUSA) December 23, 2015

Various Tweets

Rick Perry under indictments runs for President http://t.co/Xx1DSFNawI pic.twitter.com/DAv4fUwjLx

— Americans America (@americans4amer) June 4, 2015

That crashing disappointment when an actor, director, or musician you admire starts talking about politics.

— Thaddeus Russell (@ThaddeusRussell) June 2,
2015

New book by Samuel Alexander, Prosperous Descent: Crisis as Opportunity in an Age of Limits.

— Richard Heinberg (@richardheinberg) May 23, 2015

Wonder why John Amos was kicked off #GoodTimes? He didn’t agree with the shucking & jiving. http://t.co/W0gzPX5Ocj pic.twitter.com/G0IDUjLIRf

— The Root (@TheRoot) June 4, 2015

Good Times is still a relevant show, but it became all about J.J. Esther Rolle took a break from the show late in its run but returned for the final season. (I'll watch the John Amos interview later.)

In tomorrow's vote, Gawker's 119 writers may become the first workers at a major new media site to unionize. My Story http://t.co/GqEZkzmtUQ

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) June 3, 2015

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/07/01/fish

The Things I Find Through Twitter

Yesterday, as I browsed through Twitter, I found this tweet about the University of Wisconsin and its financial situation.

Will #UWSystem see an exodus of faculty? #ScottWalkerFailed and is destroying everything he can of #Wisconsin

— Harvey J Kaye (@harveyjkaye) June 2, 2015

Today, revisiting his Twitter, I saw this tweet which includes the hashtag #Wississippi.

Latest from #Wississippi > #Wisconsin Abortion Ban Would Allow Father To Sue For Emotional Distress http://t.co/aY0OIEHMNa

— Harvey J Kaye (@harveyjkaye) June 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wississippi?src=hash

Apparently, #Wississippi is a portmanteau of Mississippi and Wisconsin, meant to imply that Wisconsin is becoming more like Mississippi in governance.

Not a Pawn

@cvaldary @Julia_C_Salazar we will stay where we are and not be chess pieces in a rapture ready Christian Zionist's childlike fantasy.

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) April 27, 2014

#Twitterstorians

#twitterstorians

Happy Easter.

Richard Heinberg on Twitter

Here is the Twitter of peak oil writer Richard Heinberg.

A recent tweet of his:

nice article from Chris Nelder on why peak oil is still relevant. ow.ly/k2BN7

— Richard Heinberg (@richardheinberg) April 14, 2013

This is the Indiegogo page for his upcoming book Snake Oil: How Big Energy's Misleading Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future.