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May 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
It’s no good explaining Bitcoin with similes or indeed metaphors I DON’T UNDERSTAND. But yes, Old Fashioneds are the best.
Blah blah blah gold.
Blah blah (Fidelius charm, nuff said)
Blah blah.
World wide blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah power.
Blah maths.
Dumbledore ❤️ Image
Ok, I’m going to stop you right there. ‘Imagine money is like alcohol?’ What exactly are you implying, Mr Bitcoin-Is-meths-and-that’s-clearly-the-only-way-to-get-through-to-this-dumb-fantasy-author? Image
I’m sure cryptocurrencies are fascinating. I’ve genuinely tried to grasp the very detailed information I’ve been sent tonight (people close to me understand it & have tried to explain it when I’m stone cold sober), but I’m afraid this is a total blind spot to me. 1/2
I’m just about able to grasp a barter system. Talk of collectibles, tokenomics and blockchains and my brain just takes a walk. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Some may dismiss this paper by experienced psychoanalyst @marcusevanspsych, but they do so at their own peril.

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I've ignored fake tweets attributed to me and RTed widely. I've ignored porn tweeted at children on a thread about their art. I've ignored death and rape threats. I'm not going to ignore this. 1/11
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Today I discovered that I was accused of hate by shadow environment minister Lloyd Russell-Moyle in the pages of @tribunemagazine. He claimed I was ‘using’ my experiences of sexual assault and domestic violence to ‘discriminate’ against trans people. 1/9
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May 28, 2020
I've been absolutely LOVING seeing the children's artwork for #TheIckabog, so I was sorry to see this tweet, which misrepresents the terms of @Scholastic's illustration competition (it's important to realise that different terms and conditions apply in different countries). 1/3 Image
A *non-exclusive* license simply allows the use of the entries of your children’s artwork on social media, in articles and other materials around the contest. @Scholastic won’t use them for anything else. 2/3
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I have a small announcement, but before I get started, I
want to head off one possible source of confusion.
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THIS IS NOT A HARRY POTTER SPIN-OFF
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when The Ickabog was written at jkrowling.com/j-k-rowling-in…

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I always meant to publish it, but after the last Potter
was released I wrote two novels for adults and, after some dithering, decided to put those out next.

Until very recently, the only people who’d heard the story of
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