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JK Rowling on Twitter

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babyjellyfish · 07/09/2022 10:09

twitter.com/guerrero_ramey/status/1567248658004934656

The fallout from this tweet last night was a sight to behold.

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SirSamVimesCityWatch · 13/09/2022 22:36

But she might have enough self-control not to post.

I think this. That or she's Datun. I would love it if she was @datun.

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 13/09/2022 21:46

She's here. JK understands social media in and out, and she put MN in-jokes in the last one. I think she's on the Relationships board, if she posts anywhere.

But she might have enough self-control not to post.

picklemewalnuts · 13/09/2022 21:27

Returning briefly to the idea JKR is on here...

I can't imagine her reading passively, which means... she's one of us! She's a name we'd recognise I reckon. One of those posters we admire and nod sagely about as we read their posts.

<happy sigh>

NitroNine · 13/09/2022 21:07

Oh can those utter shitehawks not give my reporting fingers a wee rest for a moment?

Not that I don’t delight in [contributing to] having people suspended/banned when they’re attacking women/engaging in sectarianism/being racist/posting porn at people (NB not saying all these relate to TRAs’ Twitter activity; rather that I have had to report Users for them in the last couple of days) but it’s genuinely exhausting because the stuff is just endless.

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 13/09/2022 14:51

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 12/09/2022 15:17

Not telling. 😉

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During my daily sojourn in a book-free location (known as the 'workplace') I was forced to muse on past chapters instead of rushing ahead. (I was truly worth my wage today, wasn't I? Grin)

I am now convinced my first guess was wrong. But I am absolutely certain I know who it is now, and JKR's been fiendishly clever. Now to discover how Robin and Strike work it out!

DameMaud · 13/09/2022 14:14

FernPotts · 13/09/2022 12:25

It is indeed.
By 'Rowling’s consciously provocative denunciation of trans women' and her 'anti-trans diatribe', it means... what, exactly? Sympathy, plus a view that sex matters to quite a lot of women?

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My thoughts too. So strange to read reason and unreason so juxtaposed

MythicalReasonableTwitterUser · 13/09/2022 14:00

PurgatoryOfPotholes:

I am nearly halfway through. I am absolutely certain I know who the killer is, this time. But am I being led up the garden path?

(Non-spoiler heads up...)
I really liked the bit where Robin and Strike thought they had one puzzle piece all figured out, so I thought they really did, but it turned out they'd overlooked a possibility that even I (or anyone who's spent a fair amount of time on social media) should have thought of...

BorkledDrek · 13/09/2022 13:46

Now I've finished The Ink Black Heart I'm re-listening to all the Robin and Strike books in order. I'd forgotten that there's a trans women character in The Silkworm, who is very sympathetically depicted.

But I suspect it would go against TRA principles to actually read what she has written about trans women 🙄

FernPotts · 13/09/2022 12:25

DameMaud · 13/09/2022 08:17

Interesting take:

www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-09-10/column-the-new-j-k-rowling-book-is-not-great-but-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-transphobia

It is indeed.
By 'Rowling’s consciously provocative denunciation of trans women' and her 'anti-trans diatribe', it means... what, exactly? Sympathy, plus a view that sex matters to quite a lot of women?

ScreamingMeMe · 13/09/2022 09:37

Tanith · 13/09/2022 08:26

That’s what I mean Grin

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Oh, right! 😆

Tanith · 13/09/2022 08:26

ScreamingMeMe · 10/09/2022 17:53

I think it's more simple than that: a lot of TRAs work for twitter.

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That’s what I mean Grin

Wanderingowl · 12/09/2022 16:10

AgnestaVipers · 10/09/2022 16:59

Katie Herzog is pissed off about the spoilers.
www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-130-arcade-fire-is-canceled?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Off topic but I just listened to that podcast and omfg, the daisy chain confusion. 😂

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 12/09/2022 15:17

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 12/09/2022 15:14

I am nearly halfway through. I am absolutely certain I know who the killer is, this time. But am I being led up the garden path?

Not telling. 😉

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 12/09/2022 15:14

I am nearly halfway through. I am absolutely certain I know who the killer is, this time. But am I being led up the garden path?

ScreamingMeMe · 10/09/2022 17:53

Tanith · 10/09/2022 13:08

I’ve always assumed that accounts allowed to flagrantly break the rules are trolls deliberately planted by Twitter to stir up emotions.

I think it's more simple than that: a lot of TRAs work for twitter.

AgnestaVipers · 10/09/2022 16:59

Katie Herzog is pissed off about the spoilers.
www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-130-arcade-fire-is-canceled?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

AgnestaVipers · 10/09/2022 16:21

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Tanith · 10/09/2022 13:08

I’ve always assumed that accounts allowed to flagrantly break the rules are trolls deliberately planted by Twitter to stir up emotions.

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 10/09/2022 12:54

I am planning to see my local MP about this in the autumn, when all has settled down with the new king and new pm. I think I will print out that side by side and ask him which he thinks should be classed as hateful and dangerous. I have a feeling he is one of those "toxic debate on both sides" people, and this is a pretty good rebuttal to that.

RedToothBrush · 10/09/2022 12:19

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 10/09/2022 12:11

Absolute insanity.

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No i think it's pretty clear. Men don't get banned. Women do.

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 10/09/2022 12:11

ScreamingMeMe · 10/09/2022 12:04

What does and doesn't get you banned on twitter:

Absolute insanity.

ScreamingMeMe · 10/09/2022 12:04

What does and doesn't get you banned on twitter:

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Igmum · 10/09/2022 06:17

Appalling. Twitter needs to ban these accounts quickly. Violence against women and girls and death threats against JKR all seem to fall into to special Twitter category of absolutely fine go right ahead. It's awful

ScreamingMeMe · 09/09/2022 10:25

dunBle · 09/09/2022 07:09

Well they say that, but I actually reported some of those messages last night and the "we want to let you know RandomArsehole hasn't broken our safety policy" messages are already trickling in.

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Oh yes it definitely depends on who is being wished death upon, and who is doing the wishing as to whether twitter will actually do anything.

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