I've been blocked by a few more people on Twitter. A couple of them appear to have done it preemptively. First, there's Katharine Hayhoe, who is getting something of a reputation as a Twitter blocker. I don't remember ever tweeting to her. And now I've found out that Twitter has a nifty advanced search. It's a little tricky to find. First you search for anything. Then hit the "Search Filters Show" button. Then hit "Advanced Search". There's all kinds of search options. I found I made no tweets to Katharine Hayhoe, but did make some that mention her account.
The other preemptive block was anti-nuclear zealot Helen Caldicott. I made no tweets to or mentioning her. I tweet quite a bit about nuclear power, so she clearly took preemptive action.
I've got a couple blocks due to my interest in the Penn State Paterno/Sandusky case. PZ Myers blocked me for tweeting to him about it. He still lets me comment on his blog, Pharyngula, on other topics. The other block is a motor mouth named Steve Shives. I have another blog called Canman Canned Facts where I blog about the Penn State scandal.
I just got blocked by Sarah Myhre for tweeting to her that I thought she was hysterical. I had no intention of being misogynistic, but that is the only word I could think of to describe her. She is hyper-emotional, almost beyond parody. She's apparently blocking quite a few other twitterers. Judith Curry has a new post up with some stunning quotes from Myhre. She's also tweeted about it.
PS: Here's a link to Twitter's advance search. It even works when you're not logged in, so you can search for tweets from people who've blocked you.
List of Links:
https://twitter.com/KHayhoe
https://twitter.com/DrHCaldicott
https://twitter.com/pzmyers
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/
https://twitter.com/steve_shives
https://canmancannedfacts.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/SarahEMyhre
https://judithcurry.com/2018/12/12/cliff-mass-victim-of-academic-political-bullying/
https://twitter.com/curryja/status/1072959865952370692
https://twitter.com/search-advanced
