Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕

Ars Technica writer. I do not speak for my employer. Retweets are endorsements unless ironic. Immigrant. Londoner, New Yorker, European. Poly/pan/pervy. He/Him.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

I got this very welcome message today (shared with permission), and it's a big part of why I'm so public about what I've been through and am continuing to work on with depression.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

Comforting lies are much more appealing to many people than complicated truths. That’s why revivalist preachers can get so rich peddling them. You’ve answered your own question quite perfectly here.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@victimclture @TheYoUtopian @alastair3215 @esmereldapurse @BBCWalesNews Is Norway in the EU?

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@victimclture @alastair3215 @esmereldapurse @BBCWalesNews And even WTO terms restrict the UK in some ways. Generally, the better the agreement, the more autonomy you give up.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@victimclture @alastair3215 @esmereldapurse @BBCWalesNews That's not what was on the ballot.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@victimclture @TheYoUtopian @alastair3215 @esmereldapurse @BBCWalesNews What the hell does that even mean? Her agreement puts us outside the EU. Isn't that what leavers want?

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

Ah yes, they problem is that Amazon delivery people aren't all in uniform, and not the notion that someone approaching your house with a package has done something that justifies being shot.

[emily m @maitlis]

We’ve almost used up 2 months of our extension. I feel we have a good idea of what the next 5 might look like. #brexit

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@jbarro @mattyglesias I dunno, impeaching and then having the senate decide "not guilty" feels like it teach a bad lesson as we head into his second term....

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@teroalhonen I dunno, I had to leave home and come into Manhattan.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

Well, so far this is proving impossible, because part-way through the uninstallation it fails with a "file not found" error. What file isn't found? I have no idea, the logs (both dism and cbs) don't appear to actually say.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@randileeharper Ugh that sucks. Meds not doing their job?

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

I enjoy the way the 90 day Huawei extension makes clear that there's no actual problem with the company, just presidential bloody mindedness.

[Douglas Wolk @douglaswolk]

I love my neighborhood movie theater. (@Laurelhurst)

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@mary_grace @gregcons @drkellyannfitz Stereotypically bad at speaking/presenting, certainly. But the written word should be precise and detailed, and these are developer traits.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@mary_grace @gregcons @drkellyannfitz Having worked with both developers and writers, I can't say I've even met many *people* that I'd consider to be fantastic writers. Clear, articulate, engaging writing is the exception, not the rule.

(But the stereotype you describe is not one I've come across, anyway)

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@mary_grace @gregcons @drkellyannfitz Developers are poor writers and communicators, because most people are poor writers and communicators.

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@blaktron Format and reinstall is a once a decade last resort

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

This is a consistent position and I wish more forced birthers had the honesty to adopt it

[The Federalist @FDRLST]

Pro-lifers have unintentionally sowed the seeds of injustice by exempting mothers who get abortions from prosecution. They, too, should face consequences.
https://t.co/jQ1goORuBO

[Pumpkin Fright👨‍⚕️🍕 @DrPizza]

@TheYoUtopian @victimclture @alastair3215 @esmereldapurse @BBCWalesNews Yes, but that position requires intellectual honesty. It means admitting that the referendum was absurdly broad and could mean almost anything.