Joe at B11 🐝💉💉💉👍😷

Web solutions provider, photographer and freelancer. Tweets here are mostly a random concoction of rants, n3rding, comedy gold and just geeking-out! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤓

[Joe at B11 🐝💉💉💉👍😷 @b11webdev]

Just had the pleasure of driving and dropping off band members from the Terrys from @triplej fame. Soon to cut a name for themselves in the UK. Good luck with it fellas!! 🙏🎄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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[Joe at B11 🐝💉💉💉👍😷 @b11webdev]

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: https://t.co/AI1Ro9N7Br via @getup

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“People think of education as something they can finish.”

― Isaac Asimov

[Joe at B11 🐝💉💉💉👍😷 @b11webdev]

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[Dr Karl @DoctorKarl]

"Ancient scientists understood the importance of deferring to specialists and listening to expert advice. However, they were also keen for their readers to understand where scientists acquire knowledge and how scientific facts can be verified."
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[Joe at B11 🐝💉💉💉👍😷 @b11webdev]

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[Far Out Magazine @FarOutMag]

🎥 Nina Simone looking for David Bowie at her show in Montreux (1976): "David Bowie, are you here man?" ⚡️

David Bowie drew other musicians in and attempted to soothe their troubles by letting them know they were not alone. If he saw someone feeling held down by the pressures of the industry, he was quick to remind them that their unique artistry was a strength, not a burden. At least, this is how his friendship with Nina Simone started: after attending the same member’s club one night, he called her up to remind her of her power.

As Simone recalled, “He said, ‘The first thing I want you to know is that you’re not crazy—don’t let anybody tell you you’re crazy, because where you’re coming from, there are very few of us out there’.”

Bowie went on to describe her as “gifted”, telling her that her “genius overshadows the money”. He also admitted that he was never a genius, he just wanted to be a “rock and roll singer” who found out “the right formula”. In his view, Simone was the real deal whose artistry deserved to be shared with the world. Afterwards, Simone found Bowie to be the most authentic person she ever crossed paths with.

“He’s got more sense than anybody I’ve ever known,” she explained. “It’s not human—David ain’t from here.”

Although the ‘Starman’ would later pay homage to Simone by recording a version of ‘Wild Is The Wind’, it’s clear that he regarded her as a true visionary. In his eyes, the world needed her artistry more than it needed his science fiction-infused creativity, and he was keen to draw it out of her with positive encouragement and uplifting compliments. Bowie may have frequented the stars, but to him, Simone was the North Star.

[Joe at B11 🐝💉💉💉👍😷 @b11webdev]

“There’s been a boom in tequila sales… though we should take that news with a grain of salt” 🤣🇲🇽🍸🧂Comedy GOLD!! 🙌🌟 @CvEpodcast https://t.co/94IARd21ax

[University of Newcastle @Uni_Newcastle]

"Be curious, be optimistic, be generous" and "always look on the bright side of life".

This was the advice given to our College of Engineering, Science and Environment graduates last night by renowned science communicators @DoctorKarl and Mr Robyn Williams.

In recognition of their incredible contributions to the field, we presented them both with an Honorary Doctor of Science.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

Notices and messages we want to see

1. Made me smile

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

The future of Rolls-Royce

[INTERIOR PORN @INTERIORPORN1]

the most beautiful bathtub I’ve ever seen.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

The Puma looks at this man with so much love

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Iranian chess player Dorsa Derakhshani was given an ultimatum by the Islamic regime: wear the hijab or you won’t be allowed to compete.

Not only she refused to wear the hijab, she joined the USA team and became a world champion.

Queen behavior if you ask me. 👑

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This is what shopping at Blockbuster for a movie night in 1993 looked like

[Joe at B11 🐝💉💉💉👍😷 @b11webdev]

Aucun autre acteur ne pourrait te remplacer. Tu nous manqueras 🙏🕊️

[❤️ @MOSSYVIBES]

alain delon kissing actresses

[kang @jaycaspiankang]

Here’s the paper

[kang @jaycaspiankang]

Please hit me with the ‘I’m not reading all that’ meme and yes I paid for twitter bc I wanted to post longer clips of my documentary but here’s what I think was happening w Raygun.

Her work is about access, authenticity and ‘rep’ in breaking with a focus on class. She situates herself as a white woman in a Black and Puerto Rican American youth tradition and does the expected privilege talk but she also points out that she doesn’t have access second entry point in breaking, which is the meritocracy of it. To access that though you need to constantly involve yourself “the scene” which requires full commitment and resources, etc.

She says that in Australia, which has a nascent breaking scene and where ppl laugh at the idea of breaking in the Olympics, she and her co author cannot actually access the scene, which leads to the following “confession”

“We confessed what is subculturally considered a shameful secret: that Hip Hop is only part of our lives. We are not always and forever the Hip Hopper Fez or the Bgirl Raygun in every second of every day, but these are merely part of our lives that we move in and out of. We recalibrate our bodies, our habitus, to move across different social spheres - our work, our family, our non-Hip Hop friends.”

This imposter syndrome of sorts and the reality that they can’t just live and breathe hip hop makes them especially attuned to other hierarchies and exclusions in breakdancing, namely you have to be good at it.

“To gain respect and eventually a position of authority in the scene, you need to spend years representing, you need to know your history, you need to meet and learn from the right people, you need to be in the right places. This is not to say we disagree with these conventions, it is important to recognise those that have come before us, but how accessible is it? Much of Rachael’s work has examined how Hip Hop spaces, specifically Breaking spaces, are inscribed with masculinity and privilege men’s entry into the scene”

So all of hip hops conventions — repping where you’re from, taking part in a meritocracy — are part of an exclusionary ‘authenticity.’ What they find a better frame is ‘ethical engagement,’ which means you confess your distance and your bad feelings and you create something representative of where you are.

She says she isn’t living hip hop but doing it part time bc she’s Australian and white etc. and that her dance reflects all that. I imagine her doing ‘the kangaroo’ is ironic - it’s her way of ‘problematizing’ hip hop’s obsession with where you’re from as a marker of authenticity. And she is doing her own bad moves as a way to show that bad dancing is also valid bc the meritocracy is exclusionary.

That’s all kinda interesting I guess but what kills it all is that she decided to go to the Olympics lol. I don’t get how she doesn’t see this as an act of colonization or whatever where she, alone, gets to subvert the meritocracy and hip hop culture by doing her kangaroo dance and forcing her own struggles as a white Woman who feels excluded at times from hip hop onto the sport’s biggest audience ever.

Which is all to say, I did feel a little bad about making fun of her but idk it seems like she’s doing performance art that actually, in its way, is wildly disrespectful to the tradition and ‘centers’ her completely.

I promise to never do a long tweet again.

[Daniel @VoteLewko]

Raygun is awesome. The sprinkler was perfect technique and we were robbed. Get on board.