The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @texttheater ever

August 8th, 2021

j_kloiber This long read reminded me of a visit to a Chinese visa office a couple of years ago: I had written ‘Taiwan’ in the countries visited prior to this travel section – the officer immediately removed it with Tipp-Ex from the form.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:19 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

vagina_museum you might have noticed we've been going through comment cards from visitors and happy-crying in the last couple of days but this one is a small despair cry. we're glad we're here to address the gaps in the curriculum, we guess pic.twitter.com/hwTzniBzTx

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 4:16 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

SPIEGELCaptions Magda Goebbels: Kopfgeld-Angebote am Schwarzen Brett

via SPIEGELCaptions (retweeted on 4:15 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

LilithWittmann Auch wenn Behörden angekündigt haben, deswegen ihre APIs „besser“ vor der Zivilgesellschaft zu schützen. Das ist ein Katz- und Mausspiel, dass sie nicht gewinnen können.
Unser Widerstand für muss praktisch werden - jetzt APIs dokumentieren: github.com/bundesapi. ✊🏻

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:13 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

johnolson121 A good rule of thumb is that if a tech company claims it won’t be profitable unless it is allowed to misclassify workers,then the technology is not actually increasing productivity. They are simply exploiting labor. twitter.com/doctorow/statu…

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:11 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

gentlethorns I need some fellow queer geeks to appreciate this new shirt with me. (It's less fun when I have to explain it) pic.twitter.com/YBt6h4cjiS

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 4:09 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

FondaJLee Write the book you want to read.

Because you'll have to. Read it. Again and again and again. Though so many drafts, structural edits, line edits, copyedits, and proofreads until you just want to lie on the floor and contemplate the heat death of the universe. 💀

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 4:06 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

andreasdotorg Der Kampf gegen angeblichre Sprechverbote wird also durch tatsächliche Sprechverbote geführt. twitter.com/queer_de/statu…

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 4:05 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

wayfu i just thought of the corniest of motivational slogans:

Don't do it 1day. Do it 2day.

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 4:04 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

formschub Die Bedienungsanleitung dieses 50er-Jahre(?)-Grill-Blasebalgs ist ein pures Loriotkonzentrat. pic.twitter.com/jOf1gfiXtI

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:04 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

q_aurelius I just saw something disturbing and I want to alert the rest of you.

A short thread:
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via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 4:02 PM, Aug 8th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)