Andrew Foster

Writer of code and stories. Shortlistee and winner of various things, loser of many, many more

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

WH Smith in Luton Airport demanding to see boarding passes. Aye mate, rumbled, I infiltrated post-9/11 security to buy tropical skittles

[uncle Monstrous Carb @lowerformofwit]

You'd imagine a journalist who has written books about empire and colonialism might be able to come up with a more punchy synonym for "anti anti-racism"

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse @AwfullyMolly If you mean that she promised Patreon rewards and didn't deliver them, I'll take your word for it. Unless you have some proof that she never intended to, that's not 'lying' by the normal definition.

When you say, 'Maybe she did lie about the ONS,' what is your evidence for that?

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse @AwfullyMolly The weakness of the evidence presented in the original tweets above indicates that she did not, in fact, lie about influencing the ONS.

Instead of saying, 'Oh, maybe she didn't lie about that, after all,' you chucked it all and said 'Never mind that! What about her Patreon?'

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@limabean1981 Can I ask why you think that a bunch of ONS directors took the time to meet with her? If not them listening to her about the campaign she was running, then what do you imagine took place at the meeting?

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@AwfullyMolly @NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse Where is that claim? Is 'someone else tweeted it and she didn't correct them' seriously the best we've got? Never mind convincingly showing it was a lie, we can't even show that she actually said it?

I am trying to be open-minded. But, like. Is this really it?

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@AwfullyMolly @NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse Like... does the whole ONS thing seriously rest on some woolly corporate-speak saying that they already had a broad strategy of including more data sources? And this contradicts (sort of, a wee bit) her scurrilous claim to have single-handedly changed their policy?

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse @AwfullyMolly You know 'cherry-picking' isn't something I made up, right? It's an established term for when you focus on the evidence that supports your conclusions and discard the rest. It's what you do when you're deluding yourself, or trying to mislead people.

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse @AwfullyMolly Don't you hear yourself, though? That's the definition of cherry-picking.

You noticed that the facts were too ambiguous to support your conclusion, and instead of reconsidering your conclusion, you just... moved to new facts. Doesn't that strike you as a biased thought process?

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse @AwfullyMolly I followed this account because I was interested in hearing the other side of the story, but again, pivoting suddenly to the Patreon thing just makes it feel like we're starting from the conclusion that she's terrible and working backwards to whatever evidence we can find.

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@NumbersMan3 @KiwiWhitehouse @AwfullyMolly I mean... sure? I don't know anything about that, but I'm willing to take your word for it. It is very much not what we're talking about here.

[Marshall Long @OGBTC]

Some real life stuff here.
"Success isn't linear" by Yoann Bourgeois

[John McCall @JohnAWMcCall]

@garius ACTION: FB to walk into [REDACTED] and destroy the One Ring by hurling into the fires of Mount [REDACTED]

BsoD noted that one does not simply walk into [REDACTED]. Debate ensued. PT and MB joined meeting.

ACTION: GtG, AsoA, LG, GsoG, BsoD, SG, MB and PT to accompany FB on walk,

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@Davidbr55025958 @jessphillips Have you considered not being a huge racist, or do you just really enjoy guzzling down the talking points of crusty old billionaire goblins

[Callum @CallumCares]

This is the new Prime Minister

[Andrew Foster @SquadCakebox]

@mutablejoe Agreed. I simply have too many gorms