Roy Tang

Streaming some more Arena Cube Sealed https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch

Pool wasn’t as good as the last one! Here’s the Youtube export: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un38dApAYHg

@mikong dami nang nagcorrect sakin lol. i guess the problem is those arent the ones i use heavily haha

I miss being able to set a custom status message in my messaging app. Company I worked at for the longest time used jabber/xmpp for internal messaging, which supported setting a status message. I often used it to put short messages, jokes or PSAs, and I like to think I was one of the first at the company to practice this and it spread later.

Just a fun thing to scroll through your contact list and see the random status messages people put. I suppose in the modern age no one really scrolls through their contact lists though.

Modern messaging apps like Messenger, Signal, Viber, WhatsApp etc dont have this. Discord does though, and so does Google Hangouts, since it is xmpp based I believe. Tweets are supposedly status updates. Hmm, maybe I should make a Twitter app where it just lists out all your contacts and shows the last status message from each one.

Streaming some Magic Arena Cube Sealed https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy

Youtube export: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t22Ugw7IJSE

Highlight (Elspeth’s Nightmare!): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/586399783

#mtg #magicarena #twitch

Whenever I see people complaining about negativity or criticism (which is ironically criticism in itself), I assume these are the same people who stay quiet when someone cuts in line.

This thread = goosebumps!

Just stop what you’re doing and enjoy listening to the #AvengersEndgame opening night crowd react to Captain America wielding Thor’s hammer.

CHILLS.

@wrongwaygoback that brazen borrower did a lot more work than the lyra i never saw lol

Hooray!

@cnnphilippines

@rocketkeis nasa Prime Video

day 18 of quarantine: marunong na po siya magattach ng GIF https://twitter.com/lenirobredo/status/1245609818900971521

isnt the term “face masks” redundant? i mean, is anyone wearing these on their elbows?

Sumunod ka na lang.

Wala namang mamamatay sa gutom in one month.

It would be an honor to die for your country.

@momblogger this would be a good time to “temper the law with compassion” as the DOJ sec says

@paulcatiang @pcoogov lol to be clear, above was just haka haka. although might not be far from the truth:

Okay from a verified MPC voklohh. The message was filmed mga 12pm onwards. Nagwarla daw sila which take/s should be shown or removed. Buti na lang talaga tanga silang lahat sa PCOO at PTV4.

@paulcatiang @pcoogov

Im told that people are using local area chat groups in messenger and viber to get info. Are there any such groups for bgy tandang sora?

@rocketkeis why are you in a group chat with strangers

Watch me struggle in Megaman Legacy Collection / Megaman 2 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy

VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwbZAZW8uc

I recorded myself struggling to beat the Cyclops boss from Megaman 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiWhBlrGiK8 #gaming

@momblogger Our death stats may already be very inaccurate

@bfintal @jutsine_ engineer jami! not sure if you remember me from azeus, glad to see you’re doing well and being good for society!

It is totally racist to call it to the China/Chinese/Wuhan virus, but I wouldn’t object to the terms “CCP virus” or “Xi Jinping virus”

In this time, remember the wisdom of Kahless the Unforgettable.

“Long ago, a storm was heading for the city of Quin’lat. Everyone took protection within the walls except one man who remained outside. Kahless went to him and asked what he was doing.” /

maybe this quarantine is how we finally catch up on our reading/watching/playing backlogs

@SeresaTagAraw lol

Watching the US inch towards sacrificing public health and risking the lives of millions at the altar of the economy is peak late-stage capitalism

NEW: Trump’s health officials uniformly horrified by idea of re-opening the economy. Top econ officials like Kudlow pushing for it, while Mnuchin & Kushner field calls from panicked CEOs.

Health ppl say testing is terrible & much abt virus we don’t know:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/coronavirus-economy-trump-restart-145222

@wrongwaygoback thanks!

@wrongwaygoback what is this tracker site you are using?

Instead of asking for more budget, the govt should be telling us first how they are planning to spend the money they are already allocated, which they claimed was sufficient

(1/8)

Instead of just saying we can’t do mass testing because of limited kits (we get that!), they should be telling us about their plans for getting more testing kits, ppes, etc and for making sure patients and frontliners are prioritized instead of VIPs

(2/8)

Instead of telling off the LGUs for being creative, they should tell us how they plan to support the LGUs in keeping the quarantine under control and in feeding the poor people who are most affected.

(3/8)

It’s the difference between “Sumunod ka na lang!” and “Ok, we can see you’re having trouble, ano pwede namin matulong?” or “Sige, eto itutulong namin para hindi nyo yan kelangan gawin.”

(4/8)

Instead of sending just confirmed cases home due to lack of hospital capacity, tell us what measures you are doing to set up new isolation units etc. Maybe seek out private enterprises that have now unused buildings that can be used?

(5/8)

Instead of complaining about the haters, tell us what you are doing to address their concerns

It would be ok to admit to mistakes. “We tried this, it didn’t work, these are the other things we want to try now.”

(6/8)

Instead of increasing fear, uncertainty and doubt with poor messaging, lay out your plans and principles and tell us clearly what we should expect. Messaging should aim to reassure people, not to threaten or confuse or to make excuses for past mistakes

(7/8)

Instead of asking for emergency powers, maybe use your existing powers better! Not everything can be solved by throwing more authoritarianism at it.

(8/8)

The private sector is stepping up to do what it can. Ordinary citizens are stepping up to donate and support and help where they can. Now is not the time for the government to be mediocre. Be better! (9/?)

Same questions apply to our own government here

This is very confusing. Also, exactly what I predicted.

Okay. Spell it out: why would we ever just give up our civil liberties to the very same people who failed to prepare our emergency infrastructure?

Shouldn’t we get new capable untainted people before even discussing this? https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/1241413073761689602

we dont have time for shenanigans

There’s a good chance we might have avoided the brunt of this, but nooo we didnt eant to hurt china’s feelings

@rocketkeis ano kaya source nun lol

@rocketkeis looks like its from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_the_Philippines

@rocketkeis may names? that’s a data privacy violation lol

@paulcatiang this is in QC right? has there been an announcement from QC LGU requiring this? I don’t recall it

If you have an online webapp for storing notes and you don’t have any easy way for me to select-all-copy or otherwise export all of my text data, wtf are you doing

@rovietoosin uwi ka na

I’m usually at home most of the time normally, so this staying at home isnt new for me, but I still find it hard to be productive in these times. It’s like the virus thing is a lingering concern always at the back of my head

@rocketkeis PH142 was announced on the exact same day he said he was positive, yun ang most likely

OMG who made this? 🖖🏼

@berkun Arent emails searchable too?

[email protected] and I realized that different countries respond to COVID-19 based on their institutional memory.

Hong Kong’s institutional memory is the SARS outbreak.

The UK’s institutional memory is World War 2.

And the Philippines’ institutional memory is Martial Law.

@SeresaTagAraw Dds family ba kayo lol

I’m going give $13,700 to someone random who retweets this in the next 72 hours because we need good news ☀️ (must be following me so I can dm you if you win!)

This thread has an example of some of the problems with the police/military focus while guidelines/checks are few and unclear; giving them more discretion has a high likelihood of leading to abuse

This is Metro Manila under AFP-PNP lockdown

A THREAD

That last one didn’t go so well.

So here’s to one more!

I am testing something. You can ignore this if you like.

Or don’t, I’m not your mom.

Stay at home and wash your hands!

Germany’s health ministry is confirming this bombshell story from German media outlet @welt

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-stop-us-from-luring-away-firm-seeking-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV

Something had jammed my blog’s auto-syndication so some posts came out all at once. Sorry!