penartur @[email protected]

Many thanks to @[email protected] for allowing me to use their drawing https://twitter.com/paxiti/status/994615716518158336 as my new userpic!

Ugh I have no idea how to write #introductions / #intros. Why is everything so difficult? It feels the same way when I have to write a cover letter... 😕 😒 😅

OK, I am a software engineer? Interested in interpersonal relationships and future and AI and speculative fiction? Unable to create art or to have a physical exercise but able to chat on the internets from the comfort of my couch (which is especially comfortable when my spouse is there)?

RT @aayoub
The Port that was destroyed in the #BeirutBlast was a main point in distributing food to the country. The wheat silos were destroyed. This is horrific for a country already going through an economic crisis, with many unable to afford food.

RT @jenanmoussa
My city Beirut after the explosion. What a tragedy. It's too much to bear 💔😢

@akhbar

RT @tomgrundy
#HongKong has begun to ban democrats from election, including: Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki, Tat Cheng, Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen, Cheng Chung-tai & Gwyneth Ho. More to follow. https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1288749479332442117

RT @tomgrundy
In making the arrests, GovHK & Beijing admit that a teen on Facebook is a challenge to the economic and military capacity of the People's Republic - a country of a 1.3 billion people, 2 million soldiers & 5,000 years of history.

Round-up of reactions: https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1288700190048899073

RT @tomgrundy
It begins: Election hopefuls were given 24 hours to respond.

Some candidates who took part in the democratic primary election 2 weeks ago were asked if they would veto the gov't motions if the pro-democracy camp secured a majority. https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1287249960531099648

RT @sofiaakel
Feel like this didn’t get ‘picked up’ enough in the news cycle.

So let me repeat THE HELLA RACIST POLICE STOPPED AND SEARCHED 22,000 YOUNG BLACK MEN DURING LOCKDOWN.

This equates to 30% of young Black men in London. Don’t ask us why we’re tired.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jul/08/one-in-10-of-londons-young-black-males-stopped-by-police-in-may

RT @ScottHech
A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN JAILED FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR NOT DOING HER HOMEWORK. A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN JAILED FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR NOT DOING HER HOMEWORK. A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN JAILED FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR NOT DOING HER HOMEWORK. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1285389052099932165

RT @BurnettRM
I just don't understand why this is so difficult to understand...?

RT @kixes
Nope. https://twitter.com/rwjdingwall/status/1283034910027059209

RT @_StephanieClay
Did the surgeon general just tell us that the US can’t mandate a nationwide mask order because police are incapable of enforcing it without killing black people?

That is a stunning admission from our national leadership. Absolutely stunning. https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1282661104599146497

RT @AlexandraErin
"Cure is simple," the doctor says. "Have some cake."

"But, doctor," the man sobs,

RT @Zuwuujun
I fucking love meme language. I fucking love these modern hieroglyphics. REFERENTIAL LANTUAGE IS SO FASCINATING, THIS IS TOTALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ANYONE THAT HASNT EXPERIENCED THE ROOTS OF THESE REFERENCES. This is darmok and jalad at tanagra. https://twitter.com/AlexandraErin/status/1282664674857754629

RT @tijptjik
The most metal thing this bar has ever hosted : Hong Kong pro-democratic primaries! #Vote4HK

RT @nick_kapur
A staggering 43% of white Harvard students are legacies, athletes, or children of donors, study finds.

Of those, around 75% would have been rejected if not for their special preference.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361

RT @kristinaboyar
Я не ненавижу мужчин, у меня даже есть друг-мужчина в близком окружении, и он никогда не обижается когда я говорю «мужики мусор» потому что понимает, что это про плохих людей а не про него.

RT @mitrofanbelov
Все происходит именно так

RT @alayadj
Over the last 10 years I have had several Hollywood types serious enough about my work to call me up and discuss deals, with both me and my agent. EVERY time I bring up that my signing would be contingent upon a clause like this they vanish like foam atop a wave. https://twitter.com/thetzechun/status/1277047534435938305

RT @HongKongHermit
I still can’t get over Carrie Lam, who wasn’t even allowed to see the national insecurity law, saying it would “only target a tiny minority” and then it turned out to target LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE PLANET.

RT @TrumpCIassics
After Columbine over 10,000 school police officers were hired just in case a school shooting happened. Two decades later, they haven't stopped a *single* school shooting. Instead they've arrested over 1 millions kids, mostly students of color, for routine behavior violations.

RT @myeshxa
Y’all notice a sharp decline in protest videos and content in the last couple weeks? https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1277789201183002627